New Zealand at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 217 competitors and 80 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Kuala Lumpur, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic Committee. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was cyclist Graeme Miller, and at the closing ceremony was weightlifter Darren Liddel. The New Zealand team finished sixth on the medal table, winning a total of 34 medals, 8 of which were gold.

New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.

Medal tables

| width="78%" align="left" valign="top" | MedalNameSportEvent Athletics Women's discus throw Cycling – track Men's points race Cycling – track Women's 3000 m individiaul pursuit New Zealand rugby sevens team Rugby sevens Men's tournament Shooting Men's 50 m rifle prone Weightlifting Men's +105 kg snatch Weightlifting Men's +105 kg clean & jerk Weightlifting Men's +105 kg total Cycling – road Women's road race Cycling – track Women's points race New Zealand netball team Netball Women's tournament Jocelyn Lees Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol pairs Jocelyn Lees Shooting Women's 25 m pistol pairs Jason Wakeling Shooting Men's 25 m rapid-fire pistol pairs Athletics Women's heptathlon Tammy Jenkins Badminton Women's doubles Chris BlairDean GaltAnton GargiuloNick HallJarrod KingDaniel Shirley Badminton Men's team Boxing Men's heavyweight New Zealand men's cricket team Cricket Men's tournament Cycling – track Men's scratch race Tim CarswellGreg HendersonLee Vertongen Cycling – track Men's 4000 m team pursuit Cycling – track Men's points race Gymnastics Men's floor New Zealand women's hockey team Hockey Women's tournament Lawn bowls Women's singles Shooting Men's trap Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol Shooting Women's 50 m rifle prone Shooting Men's 10 m air pistol Glen Wilson Squash Mixed doubles Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle Scott CameronJohn DavisDanyon Loader Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Weightlifting Men's 105 kg snatch Weightlifting Men's 105 kg total |style="text-align:left;width:22%;vertical-align:top;"| Medals by sportSportTotal Weightlifting 3025 Cycling 2237 Shooting 1348 Athletics 1012 Rugby sevens 1001 Netball 0101 Badminton 0022 Swimming 0022 Boxing 0011 Cricket 0011 Gymnastics 0011 Hockey 0011 Lawn bowls 0011 Squash 0011 Total862034

Medals by genderGenderTotal Male 6 1 1219 Female 2 5 714 Mixed / open 0 0 11 Total 8 6 20 34

Competitors The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors who participated at the Games according to gender and sport. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 16 12 28Badminton 7 7 14Boxing 6 6Cricket 14 14Cycling 15 8 23Diving 1 1 2Gymnastics 4 7 11Hockey 16 16 32Lawn bowls 7 7 14Netball 12 12Rugby sevens 10 10Shooting 15 5 20Squash 4 4 8Swimming 8 4 12Synchronised swimming 1 1Tenpin bowling 2 2 4Weightlifting 6 6 Total 131 86 217

Athletics

Zion Armstrong Craig Barrett Diggory Brooke Chantal Brunner Alan Bunce Hamish Christensen Mathew Coad Phil Costley Chris Donaldson Jenni Dryburgh Shaun Farrell Beatrice Faumuina Melina Hamilton Joanne Henry Toni Hodgkinson Philip Jensen Cassandra Kelly Aaron Langdon Tania Lutton Frith Maunder Lee-Ann McPhillips Rowena Morton Denis Petouchinski Doug Pirini Simon Poelman Tony Sargisson Tasha Williams Ian Winchester

Badminton

Boxing

Cricket

New Zealand named the below squad for the tournament. Roster

Stephen Fleming (c) Geoff Allott Nathan Astle Mark Bailey Matthew Bell Chris Drum Chris Harris Matt Horne Craig McMillan Shayne O'Connor Adam Parore (wk) Alex Tait Daniel Vettori Paul Wiseman

Summary TeamEventGroup stage SemifinalFinal / OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult Rank OppositionResult OppositionResult RankNew Zealand menMen's tournament W by 5 wickets W by 177 runs W by 81 runs 1 Q L by 9 wickets W by 51 runs

Group stage

Semi-final

Bronze medal match

Cycling

Diving

Gymnastics

Hockey

Men's tournament Scott Anderson Ryan Archibald Michael Bevin Andrew Buckley Hymie Gill Dion Gosling Bevan Hari Andrew Hastie Brett Leaver Wayne McIndoe Umesh Parag Mitesh Patel Ken Robinson Darren Smith Andrew Timlin Simon Towns

Women's tournament Tina Bell-Kake Helen Clarke Jenny Duck Emily Gillam Sandy Hitchcock Anna Lawrence Robyn Toomey Skippy Hamahona Suzie Pearce Moira Senior Jenny Shepherd Karen Smith Mandy Smith Kate Trolove Lisa Walton Diana Weavers

Lawn bowls

Netball With a team captained by Belinda Colling and coached by Yvonne Willering, New Zealand finished as silver medallists in the netball at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, losing 42–39 to Australia in the final. In the group stages, they won all five of their matches and in the semi-finals they defeated England 70–30.

Group B

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Playoffs Semi-final 2

Gold Medal Match

Squad

Rugby sevens

Shooting

Squash

Swimming

Synchronised swimming

Tenpin bowling

Weightlifting

Officials

Chef de mission – Les Mills

References

External links NZOC website on the 1998 games Commonwealth Games Federation website