Competing under the New Zealand flag at the 1928 Olympics, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, welterweight boxer Ted Morgan won a gold medal. The medal is on display at the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame. Photo: Gregor Richardson : A nation strikes gold
Competing under the New Zealand flag at the 1928 Olympics, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, welterweight boxer Ted Morgan won a gold medal. The medal is on display at the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame. Photo: Gregor Richardson : A nation strikes gold
Arguably New Zealand's first Olympian, Victor Lindberg (second from left), who took part in the 1900 Paris Olympics, is pictured here with fellow Australasian swimmers (from left) Jack Hellings, William Stratton and Percy Cavill, who went to Europe in... : A nation strikes gold
Arguably New Zealand's first Olympian, Victor Lindberg (second from left), who took part in the 1900 Paris Olympics, is pictured here with fellow Australasian swimmers (from left) Jack Hellings, William Stratton and Percy Cavill, who went to Europe in... : A nation strikes gold
A scene from the France v Germany rugby game at the 1900 Olympic Games, in Paris. The photograph appeared in the French weekly magazine La vie au Grand Air. Photo by Public Domain. : A nation strikes gold
A scene from the France v Germany rugby game at the 1900 Olympic Games, in Paris. The photograph appeared in the French weekly magazine La vie au Grand Air. Photo by Public Domain. : A nation strikes gold
A poster promoting fencing at the Paris Olympic Games, in 1900. The term "Olympic" was rarely used during the Games, which confusingly were more often called the "Concours internationaux d'exercices physiques et de sport''
... : A nation strikes gold
A poster promoting fencing at the Paris Olympic Games, in 1900. The term "Olympic" was rarely used during the Games, which confusingly were more often called the "Concours internationaux d'exercices physiques et de sport''
... : A nation strikes gold
A nation strikes gold
The 2016 Rio Olympics will be a bit peculiar. But they have nothing on the farcical 1900 Paris Olympics, at which New Zealand did, or maybe did not...