For the Summer Games, athletes representing New Zealand first competed at the Games of the VII Olympiad Antwerp 1920, taking part there in the sports or discipline of athletics, rowing and swimming. At the Games of the VII Olympiad Antwerp 1920, Darcy Hadfield became the first athlete representing New Zealand to win an Olympic medal of any colour, capturing bronze in the men’s rowing single sculls event. At the Games of the IX Olympiad Amsterdam 1928, Edward Morgan became the first athlete representing New Zealand to win an Olympic Games gold medal, competing in the men’s boxing welterweight event. For the Winter Games, athletes representing New Zealand first competed at the VI Olympic Winter Games Oslo 1952, taking part there in the discipline of alpine skiing. At the XVI Olympic Winter Games Albertville 1992, Annelise Coberger became the first athlete representing New Zealand to win an Olympic Winter Games medal of any colour, capturing silver in the women’s alpine skiing slalom event. At the XXIV Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, Zoi Sadowski-Synnott became the first athlete representing New Zealand to win an Olympic Winter Games gold medal, competing in the women’s snowboard slopestyle event.

Sadowski-Synnott also took home a silver medal in the women's big air event in Beijing, while the NOC's third medal was another gold, won by freestyle skier Nico Porteous in the men's halfpipe event. Both Sadowski-Synnott and Porteous were taking part in their second Games in Beijing. On debut at PyeongChang 2018, Sadowski-Synnot's bronze in women's big air was New Zealand's first ever snowboard medal at a Winter Games, while Porteous' bronze in men's halfpipe in PyeongChang was New Zealand's first ever freestyle skiing medal at a Winter Games.

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Medals won at previous Olympic Winter Games by discipline

Medals won at previous Olympic Winter Games

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