Olympics: NZ results on day 1

10.30am

New Zealand results on day one of the Athens Olympics (Saturday/Sunday NZ time):

BADMINTON: mixed doubles round of 32, Sara Runesten Petersen and Daniel Shirley bt Philippe Bourret and Denyse Julien (Canada) 15-4 15-6

BASKETBALL: women's preliminary, New Zealand women lost to United States 47-99 (HT: 63-24). New Zealand: Angela Marino 13, Donna Loffhagen 9, Aneka Kerr 8, Gina Farmer 5, Tania Tupu 4, Sally Farmer 3, Jody Tini 2, Megan Compain 2, Rebecca Cotton 1.

BOXING: light heavyweight preliminary, Soulan Pownceby lost to Ihsan Yildirim Tarhan (Turkey), referee stopped contest, 1:23, round 3.

CYCLING: men's road race, Julian Dean 5:41:56 +00:12 15, Jeremy Yates, Heath Blackgrove, Robin Reid all DNF.

ROWING: women's single sculls heat, Sonia Waddell 7min 36.15sec 2nd (to repechage), women's coxless pairs heat, Nicola Coles and Juliette Haigh 9:37.53 5th (to repechage), men's coxless pairs heat, George Bridgewater and Nathan Twaddle 6:54.75 1st (to semifinals), women's double sculls heat, Georgina and Caroline Evers-Swindell 7:25.57 1st (to final), men's coxless fours heat, Mahe Drysdale, Donald Leach, Carl Meyer, Eric Murray 6:22.91 2nd (to semifinals).

SAILING: Finn, Dean Barker 5th, 11th (7th overall). Men's 470, Andrew Brown and Jamie Hunt 27th, 25th (27th overall). Women's 470, Linda Dickson and Shelley Hesson 7th, 9th (8th overall). Women's Yngling, Sharon Ferris, Kylie Jameson, Joanna White 15th, 16th, (16th overall).

SWIMMING: men's 400m individual medley heat, Dean Kent 4min 18.55sec 1st (13th overall), women's 100m butterfly heat, Elizabeth Coster 1:00.61 3rd (23rd overall), men's 400m freestyle heat, Moss Burmester 3:57.29 2nd (28th overall), women's 400m individual medley, Helen Norfolk 4:45.21 4th (9th overall), men's 100m breaststroke heat, Ben Labowitch 1:03.99 3rd (36th overall).

- NZPA