New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	NZL
NPC	Paralympics New Zealand
Website	paralympics.org.nz
inLondon
Competitors	24 in 7 sports
Flag bearers	Michael Johnson (opening) Sophie Pascoe (closing)
Medals Ranked 21st	Gold 6 Silver 7 Bronze 4 Total 17
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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New Zealand competed at the2012 Summer Paralympics inLondon,United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012. The country won 17 medals in total, including six gold medals, and finished twenty-first on the medals table.

New Zealand had 23 athletes, plus 1 cycling pilot, competing across 7 sports. It was the nation's smallest team sinceBarcelona in 1992, in part because it included no representatives in team events such as wheelchair rugby and boccia.^[1][2]

Michael Johnson, New Zealand's most successful Paralympic shooter, carried the flag at the opening ceremony.Sophie Pascoe, who won six swimming medals at the Games, carried the flag at the closing ceremony. Former Paralympic swimmer and gold medallistDuane Kale was theChef de Mission. Paralympic cyclistJayne Parsons withdrew from the team after failing her final pre-Games fitness test.^[1][2][3][4]

At age 13 years and 8 months, swimmerNikita Howarth was the youngest member of the team as well as New Zealand's youngest ever Paralympian.^[5]

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Sophie Pascoe Swimming Women's 200m individual medley SM10 30 August  Gold Sophie Pascoe Swimming Women's 100m butterfly S10 1 September  Gold Phillipa Gray Laura Thompson (pilot) Cycling Women's individual pursuit B 2 September  Gold Cameron Leslie Swimming Men's 150m individual medley SM4 2 September  Gold Sophie Pascoe Swimming Women's 100m freestyle S10 6 September  Gold Mary Fisher Swimming Women's 200m individual medley SM11 8 September  Silver Sophie Pascoe Swimming Women's 50m freestyle S10 31 August  Silver Mary Fisher Swimming Women's 100m freestyle S11 31 August  Silver Mary Fisher Swimming Women's 100m backstroke S11 2 September  Silver Sophie Pascoe Swimming Women's 100m backstroke S10 4 September  Silver Phillipa Gray Laura Thompson (pilot) Cycling Women's road time trial B 5 September  Silver Sophie Pascoe Swimming Women's 100m breaststroke SB9 8 September  Silver Daniel Sharp Swimming Men's 100m backstroke SB13 8 September  Bronze Fiona Southorn Cycling Women's individual pursuit C5 30 August  Bronze Phillipa Gray Laura Thompson (pilot) Cycling Women's 1 km time trial B 31 August  Bronze Mary Fisher Swimming Women's 50m freestyle S11 1 September  Bronze Michael Johnson Shooting Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 2 September

Medals by sport Sport Total Swimming 5 6 1 12 Cycling 1 1 2 4 Shooting 0 0 1 1 Total 6 7 4 17

Men—Track

Men—Field

Women—Field

Athlete	Event	Classification	Time	Rank
Phillipa Gray Laura Thompson (pilot)	Women's road race	B	2:12:56	7
	Women's time trial	B	35:07.68
Susan Reid	Women's road race	H1-3	2:00:39	8
	Women's time trial	H3	36:00.46	4
Chris Ross	Men's road race	C4-5	2:01:32	18
	Men's time trial	C5	36:17.18	12
Nathan Smith	Men's road race	C1-3	did not finish
	Men's time trial	C-3	24:59.69	10
Fiona Southorn	Women's road race	C4-5	1:57:05	10
	Women's time trial	C-5	26:00.81	5

Athlete	Event	Classification	Heats		Final
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Phillipa Gray Laura Thompson (pilot)	Women's kilo	B	—		1:11.245
	Women's pursuit	B	3:31.530WR	1Q	3:32.243
Chris Ross	Men's kilo	C4-5	—		1:11.569	14
	Men's pursuit	C5	5:04.669	12	did not advance
Nathan Smith	Men's kilo	C1-3	—		1:16.159	23
	Men's pursuit	C3	3:48.555	8	did not advance
Fiona Southorn	Women's 500	C4-5	—		41.796	7
	Women's pursuit	C5	3:52.695	3Q	3:55.867

Team Sprint

Michael Johnson was New Zealand's flag bearer for the opening ceremonies.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Michael Johnson	Mixed R4–10 m air rifle standing SH2	600	1Q	704.7
	Mixed R5–10 m air rifle prone SH2	600	5Q	705.7	4

Note: Qualifiers for the finals (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore ranks shown are overall ranks versus competitors in all heats. Also, ranks shown for those who did not advance are their final ranks.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Daniel Holt	50 m freestyle S13	25.89	13	did not advance
	100 m freestyle S13	55.23	10	did not advance
	400 m freestyle S13	4:17.63	3Q	4:12.66	4
	100 m butterfly S13	1:02.77	10	did not advance
Cameron Leslie	200 m freestyle S5	2:56.74	5Q	2:54.27	6
	50 m backstroke S5	42.88	7Q	42.40	5
	150 m individual medley SM4	2:32.96PR	1Q	2:25.98WR
Daniel Sharp	50 m freestyle S13	25.16	10	did not advance
	100 m freestyle S13	55.88	12	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB13	1:08.43	3Q	1:06.72

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rebecca Dubber	50 m freestyle S7	37.20	11	did not advance
	100 m freestyle S7	1:18.30	9	did not advance
	400 m freestyle S7	5:27.79	5Q	5:30.05	5
	100 m backstroke S7	1:26.26	4Q	1:25.80	5
Mary Fisher	50 m freestyle S11	32.19	3Q	31.67
	100 m freestyle S11	1:12.01	5Q	1:09.83
	400 m freestyle S11	5:32.31	4Q	5:22.09	4
	100 m backstroke S11	1:20.89PR	1Q	1:19.62
	200 m individual medley SM11	2:51.90	2Q	2:46.91WR
Nikita Howarth	50 m butterfly S7	40.94	11	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB8	1:33.48	9	did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM7	3:13.77	5Q	3:10.48	6
Aine Kelly-Costello	50 m freestyle S11	36.85	17	did not advance
	100 m freestyle S11	1:23.10	15	did not advance
	400 m freestyle S11	6:27.02	10	did not advance
	100 m backstroke S11	1:26.57	6Q	1:24.70	6
Sophie Pascoe	50 m freestyle S10	28.41	2Q	28.24
	100 m freestyle S10	1:01.17PR	1Q	1:00.89PR
	100 m backstroke S10	1:07.77PR	1Q	1:06.69
	100 m breaststroke SB9	1:19.28	2Q	1:18.38
	100 m butterfly S10	1:04.97WR	1Q	1:04.43WR
	200 m individual medley SM10	2:28.73WR	1Q	2:25.65WR

Key

• Note–Ranks given for preliminary rounds are within the athlete's heat only, with the exception of swimming (see section)
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or by position without achieving the qualifying target
• PR = Paralympic record
• WR = World record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

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