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Peter O’Leary is set to add an Olympic Games to his already formidable refereeing resume with appointment to the Men’s Olympic Football Tournament in London.

O’Leary will lead his Oceania trio – fellow kiwi Jan-Hendrik Hintz and Ravinesh Kumar from Fiji are his assistant referees – among a total of 16 refereeing teams from 22 nations.

The Whangarei school teacher has already officiated at eight FIFA events including four FIFA Club World Cups, two FIFA U-20 World Cups, an U-17 World Cup and the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa where he was a fourth official.

There are three New Zealand Swimming officials heading to London, Ross Bragg, John West and Jo Davidson.

Ross Bragg will be officiating at the London 2012 Paralympics will be Bragg's fourth Paralympics as a swimming Technical Official. Sydney 2000 was his first followed by Athens in 2004. In Athens, the indoor pool was used by Water Polo and Synchronised Swimming whereas the Olympics swimming was in the outdoor pool area which was extremely hot. The swimming in 2008 in Beijing, was held in the complex known as “The Bubble”.

Former elite New Zealand diver Simon Latimer is heading to London for the Olympics, as a judge. The 30-year-old became a FINA judge in 2008, and has steadily risen through the ranks, judging the Youth Olympics and New Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010. He is also a national selector and a member of the Diving New Zealand Development Committee.

Latimer will be the youngest judge on the Olympic panel this year. In February Latimer went to London for the test event and said that the diving facility is great, as was the quality of diving.

The New Zealand Olympic Committee has marked the 100 day milestone to the Olympic Games with the announcement of more selections for London 2012.

Along with Triathlon and Football announcements, the New Zealand Olympic Committee confirmed the selection of 50km race walker Quentin Rew who met the IAAF A standard on March 25, just missing the initial athletics team selection.