Gus Nketia

Ghanaian/New Zealand sprinter

Augustine K. Nketia (born 30 December 1970 in Kumasi, Ghana) is a former track and field competitor, specialising in sprinting events, who represented both his home country and New Zealand.

Nketia represented Ghana until 1991 including the 1990 Commonwealth Games. He competed for New Zealand at the 1994 Commonwealth Games and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. His New Zealand Olympic athlete number is 733. He set the New Zealand national 100m record of 10.11 in 1994 and held it for 28 years before it was eclipsed by his son Eddie Osei-Nketia in 2022, and won five national titles over that distance.^[1]

Personal bests

Distance	Time	Place	Date
100 m	10.11 NR	Victoria, CAN	1994

References

Athletes at the Games by John Clark, page 170 (1998, Athletics New Zealand) ISBN 0473-05498-1

^ "Gus Nketia". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 May 2017.

External links

Gus Nketia at World Athletics

1996 New Zealand Olympic team

Archery

Andrew Lindsay

Athletics

Craig Barrett
Chantal Brunner
Nyla Carroll
Matthew Coad
Chris Donaldson
Beatrice Faumuina
Anne Hare
Martin Johns
Robbie Johnston
Mark Keddell
Gavin Lovegrove
Lorraine Moller
Scott Nelson
Gus Nketia
Doug Pirini
Sean Wade
Jonathan Wyatt

Badminton

Boxing

Garth da Silva

Canoeing

Owen Hughes

Cycling

Equestrian

Sally Clark
Vaughn Jefferis
Vicky Latta
Daniel Meech
Andrew Nicholson
Blyth Tait

Chunli Li

Tennis

Brett Steven

Volleyball

Glenn Hamilton
Reid Hamilton

Chef de Mission: Dave Gerrard

v t e New Zealand national champions in men's 100 m
Note: 100 yards before 1970
100 yards	1888: Frank Meenan 1889: T.W. Lewis 1890: Jack Hempton 1891: Billy MacPherson (NSW) 1892–1894: Jack Hempton 1895: Alfred Patrick 1896: E.A. Robinson 1897: Alfred Patrick 1898–1900: George Smith 1901: Claude Hiorns 1902: George Smith 1903: L.B. Webster 1904: George Smith 1905: Arthur Duffey (USA) 1906: F.E. Drake 1907–1908: H. Henderson 1909–1910: William Woodger 1911: Ron Opie 1912: Richard Eggleston 1913: A.T. Duncan 1914–1915: Henry Martis 1916–1919: not held 1920–1921: George Davidson 1922: Harry Wilson 1923: Morris Kirksey (USA) 1924: Charlie Jenkins 1925: Les Parker (AUS) 1926–1928: Malcolm Leadbetter 1929–1930: Allan Elliot 1931: George Simpson (USA) 1932: Allan Elliot 1933–1935: J.B. Macfarlane 1936: Brian Tapley 1937: W.J. Fitzsimmons 1938: Graham Quinn 1939: Frank Sharpley 1940: J. Sutherland 1941–1944: not held 1945–1946: Ron Agate 1947: John Treloar (AUS) 1948: Arthur Eustace 1949: Peter Henderson 1950: Clem Parker 1951: Arthur Eustace 1952–1953: H.R. Carter 1954–1959: Maurice Rae 1960: Graham Davy 1961–1963: Rod Heeps 1964: Don Mackenzie 1965–1966: Tony Steel 1967: Wayne Overend 1968: Craig Daly 1969: Laurie D'Arcy
100 metres	1970: Laurie D'Arcy 1971: Bevan Smith 1972: Laurie D'Arcy 1973: Steve Erkkila 1974: Bevan Smith 1975: Steve Erkkila 1976: Ross Pownall 1977: Steve Erkkila 1978: Graeme French 1979: Shane Downey 1980: Peter Hunt 1981: Shane Downey 1982–1983: Gary Henley-Smith 1984: Joe Leota 1985: Rhys Dacre 1986: Dale McClunie 1987: Shane Downey 1988: Simon Poelman 1989: Murray Gutry 1990: Mark Woods 1991: Gus Nketia (GHA) 1992–1994: Gus Nketia 1995: Mark Keddell 1996: Gus Nketia 1997: Chris Donaldson 1998: Matthew Coad 1999–2000: Chris Donaldson 2001: Matthew Coad 2002: James Dolphin 2003–2004: Donald MacDonald 2005–2006: James Dolphin 2007: James Dolphin / Chris Donaldson 2008: Chris Donaldson 2009–2011: Carl van der Speck 2012–2014: Joseph Millar 2015: Kodi Harman 2016: Matthew Wyatt 2017–2018: Joseph Millar 2019–2020: Eddie Osei-Nketia 2021: Shay Veitch 2022: Eddie Osei-Nketia 2023–2024: Tiaan Whelpton

v t e New Zealand national champions in men's 200 m
Note: 250 yards before 1901; 220 yards from 1901 to 1969
250 yards	1888: A.B. Williams 1889: Hugh Reeves 1890: Jack Hempton 1891: Billy MacPherson (NSW) 1892: Jack Hempton 1893: L.W. Harvey 1894: H.M. Reeves 1895: L. Broad 1896: William Kingston 1897: Arthur Holder 1898: Alfred Patrick 1899: William Kingston 1900: George Smith
220 yards	1901: Claude Hiorns 1902–1903: L.B. Webster 1904: W. Anderson 1905–1906: F.E. Drake 1907–1908: E.E. Fisher 1909–1910: William Woodger 1911–1912: Ron Opie 1913: A.T. Duncan 1914–1915: Henry Martis 1916–1919: not held 1920–1921: George Davidson 1922: Harry Wilson 1923: Morris Kirksey (USA) 1924: L.A. Tracey 1925: L.A. Tracey / R. Morgan 1926–1928: Malcolm Leadbetter 1929: Allan Elliot 1930: George Golding (AUS) 1931: Charlie Jenkins 1932: Allan Elliot 1933–1934: J.B. Macfarlane 1935: W.S. Bainbridge 1936: Graham Quinn 1937: W.J. Fitzsimmons 1938: Graham Quinn 1939: C. Robinson 1940: J. Ford 1941–1944: not held 1945–1946: Ron Agate 1947: John Treloar (AUS) 1948–1951: Dave Batten 1952–1954: Don Jowett 1955–1959: Maurice Rae 1960: John Taylor 1961–1962: Dave Norris 1963: Brian Seymour 1964: Don Mackenzie 1965–1966: Tony Steel 1967: Wayne Overend 1968: Graham Atchison 1969: Laurie D'Arcy
200 metres	1970: Laurie D'Arcy 1971–1975: Bevan Smith 1976: Terry Morrison 1977: Steve Erkkila 1978: Graeme French 1979–1981: Shane Downey 1982–1983: Gary Henley-Smith 1984: Shane Downey 1985–1989: Dale McClunie 1990: Scott Bowden 1991: Gus Nketia (GHA) 1992: Gus Nketia 1993: Mark Keddell 1994: Todd Blythe 1995: Mark Keddell 1996: Matthew Coad 1997: Chris Donaldson 1998: Matthew Coad 1999–2000: Chris Donaldson 2001: Matthew Coad 2002: Michael O'Connor 2003–2004: Dallas Roberts 2005–2008: James Dolphin 2009: Jeffrey Thurmath 2010: James Dolphin 2011: Alex Jordan 2012–2014: Joseph Millar 2015: James Mortimer 2016: Alex Jordan 2017–2018: Joseph Millar 2019: Jordan Bolland 2020: Eddie Osei-Nketia 2021: Cody Wilson 2022: Eddie Osei-Nketia 2023: Dhruv Rodrigues-Chico 2024: Angus Lyver