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The New Zealand Olympic team

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Nick Willis will compete in both the men's 800m and 1500m. Photo / Getty Images

Nick Willis will compete in both the men's 800m and 1500m. Photo / Getty Images

New Zealand will send 185 athletes to the London 2012 Olympics. The number equals that of Beijing 2008 in size and is a far cry from the team of seven athletes which represented New Zealand at the London Olympic Games in 1948.

Athletics
Valerie Adams - women's shot put
Adrian Blincoe -
men's 5000m
Sarah Cowley - heptathlon
Stuart Farquhar - men's javelin
Brent Newdick - decathlon
Quentin Rew - walking
Kimberley Smith - women's marathon
Lucy Van Dalen - women's 1500m
Nick Willis - men's 800m, 1500m

Boxing
Siona Fernandes - women's flyweight
Alexis Pritchard - women's lightweight

Canoe/Kayak - Flatwater
Lisa Carrington - women's K1 200m, K2 500m
Steven Ferguson - men's K2 1000m
Darryl Fitzgerald - men's K2 1000m
Ben Fouhy - men's K1 1000m
Teneale Hatton - women's K1 500m
Erin Taylor - women's K2 500m

Canoe/Kayak - Slalom
Mike Dawson - men's slalom
Luuka Jones - women's slalom

Cycling - BMX
Kurt Pickard - men's event
Sarah Walker - women's event
Marc Willers - men's event

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Cycling - Mountain biking
Karen Hanlen - women's event

Cycling - Road
Jack Bauer - men's road race, men's time trial
Greg Henderson - men's road race
Linda Villumsen - women's road race, women's time trial

Cycling - Track
Shane Archbold - Men's Omnium
Sam Bewley - Men's Team Pursuit
Eddie Dawkins - Men's Sprint/Men's Team Sprint
Lauren Ellis - Women's Team Pursuit
Aaron Gate - Men's Team Pursuit
Westley Gough - Men's Team Pursuit
Natasha Hansen - Women's Sprint/Keirin
Joanne Kiesanowski - Women's Omnium
Ethan Mitchell - Men's Sprint/Men's Team Sprint
Jaime Nielsen - Women's Team Pursuit
Marc Ryan - Men's Team Pursuit
Jesse Sergent - Men's Team Pursuit
Alison Shanks - Women's Team Pursuit
Simon van Velthooven - Keirin/Men's Team Sprint

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Equestrian - Dressage
Louisa Hill

Equestrian - Eventing
Andrew Nicholson
Jock Paget
Caroline Powell
Jonelle Richards
Mark Todd

Football
Men: Kosta Barbarouses, Alex Feneridis, Jake Gleeson, Ian Hogg, Cameron Howieson, Dakota Lucas, Adam McGeorge, Michael McGlinchey, James Musa, Tim Myers, Ryan Nelsen, Michael O'Keeffe, Tim Payne, Marco Rojas, Shane Smeltz, Tommy Smith, Adam Thomas, Chris Wood

Women: Jenny Bindon, Rebecca Rolls, Ria Percival, Anna Green, Abby Erceg, Rebecca Smith, Ali Riley, Kristy Hill, Rebekah Stott, Katie Hoyle, Hayley Moorwood, Kirsty Yallop, Betsy Hassett, Annalie Longo, Amber Hearn, Sarah Gregorius, Rosie White, Hannah Wilkinson.

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Men: Ryan Archibald, Phil Burrows, Simon Child, Dean Couzins, Steve Edwards, Nick Haig, Andy Hayward, Blair Hilton, Blair Hopping, Hugo Inglis, Stephen Jenness, Shea McAleese, Richard Petherick, Kyle Pontifex, Bradley Shaw, Nick Wilson

Women: Samantha Charlton, Melody Cooper, Clarissa Eshuis, Cathryn Finlayson, Gemma Flynn, Krystal Forgesson, Katie Glynn, Ella Gunson, Charlotte Harrison, Sam Harrison, Stacey Michelsen, Alana Millington, Emily Naylor, Anita Punt, Bianca Russell, Kayla Sharland

Judo
Moira De Villiers - women's under 70kg

Rowing
Michael Arms - men's quadruple scull
Louise Ayling - women's lightweight double scull
Hamish Bond - men's pair
Fiona Bourke - women's quadruple scull
Nathan Cohen - men's double scull
Mahe Drysdale - men's single scull
Julia Edward - women's lightweight double scull
Sarah Gray - women's quadruple scull
Juliette Haigh - women's coxless pair
Chris Harris - men's coxless four
Eve Macfarlane - women's quadruple scull
Robbie Manson - men's quadruple scull
Eric Murray - men's pair
Sean O'Neill - men's coxless four
Fi Paterson - women's double scull
Anna Reymer - women's double scull
Rebecca Scown - women's coxless pair
John Storey - men's quadruple scull
Joseph Sullivan - men's double scull
Peter Taylor - men's lightweight double scull
Louise Trappitt - women's quadruple scull
Matthew Trott - men's quadruple scull
Emma Twigg - women's single scull
Jade Uru - men's coxless four
Storm Uru - men's lightweight double scull
Tyson Williams - men's coxless four

Sailing
Jo Aleh - Women's 470
Peter Burling - 49er
Jenna Hansen - Elliott 6
Stephanie Hazard - Elliott 6
Andrew Murdoch - Laser
Hamish Pepper - Star
Polly Powrie - Women's 470
Susannah Pyatt - Elliott 6
Jason Saunders - Men's 470
Dan Slater - Finn
Paul Snow-Hansen - Men's 470
JP Tobin - Men's RS:X (windsurfing)
Blair Tuke - 49er
Jim Turner - Star
Sara Winther - Laser Radial

Shooting
Ryan Taylor - men's 50m prone rifle

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Swimming
Daniel Bell - 100m backstroke, 100m butterfly, 4x100m medley relay
Lauren Boyle - 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 800m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle relay
Dylan Dunlop-Barrett - 4x200m freestyle relay
Amaka Gessler -4x100m freestyle relay, 4x200m freestyle relay
Tash Hind - 4x100m freestyle relay, 4x200m freestyle relay
Melissa Ingram - 100m backstroke, 200m backstroke
Gareth Kean -100m backstroke, 200m backstroke, 4x100m medley relay
Steven Kent - 4x200m freestyle relay
Samantha Lucie-Smith - 4x200m freestyle relay
Penelope Marshall - 4x100m freestyle relay, 4x200m freestyle relay
Andy McMillan - 4x200m freestyle relay
Carl O'Donnell - 4x100m medley relay
Hayley Palmer 50m freestyle, 4x100m freestyle relay
Glenn Snyders -100m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke, 4x100m medley relay
Matthew Stanley - 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle relay
Natalie Wiegersma - 200m individual medley, 400m individual medley

Taekwondo
Logan Campbell - men's under-60kg
Robin Cheong - women's under-57kg
Vaughn Scott - men's under-80kg

Tennis
Marina Erakovic - women's singles

Triathlon
Men's - Bevan Docherty, Kris Gemmell, Ryan Sissons
Women's - Andrea Hewitt, Kate McIlroy, Nicky Samuels

Weightlifting
Richie Patterson - 85kg division

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