Netherlands at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Netherlands at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Netherlands at the; 2016 Summer Olympics
	Flag of the Netherlands
IOC code	NED
NOC	Dutch Olympic Committee*; Dutch Sports Federation
Website	www.nocnsf.nl(in Dutch)
inRio de Janeiro
Competitors	242 in 21 sports
Flag bearers	Jeroen Dubbeldam(opening); Sanne Wevers(closing)
Medals; Ranked 11th	Gold 8 Silver 7 Bronze 4 Total 19
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	1906Intercalated Games

TheNetherlandscompeted at the2016 Summer OlympicsinRio de Janeiro,from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in1900,Dutch athletes had competed at every edition of the Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, with the exception of the sparsely attended1904 Summer Olympicsin St. Louis and1956 Summer Olympicsin Melbourne (except the equestrian events in Stockholm), which the Netherlands boycotted because of the Soviet invasion of Hungary.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Anna van der Breggen	Cycling	Women's road race	7 August
Gold	Maaike Head Ilse Paulis	Rowing	Women's lightweight double sculls	12 August
Gold	Elis Ligtlee	Cycling	Women's keirin	13 August
Gold	Dorian van Rijsselberghe	Sailing	Men's RS:X	14 August
Gold	Sharon van Rouwendaal	Swimming	Women's 10 km open water	15 August
Gold	Sanne Wevers	Gymnastics	Women's balance beam	15 August
Gold	Ferry Weertman	Swimming	Men's 10 km open water	16 August
Gold	Marit Bouwmeester	Sailing	Women's Laser Radial	16 August
Silver	Tom Dumoulin	Cycling	Men's road time trial	10 August
Silver	Chantal Achterberg Nicole Beukers Inge Janssen Carline Bouw	Rowing	Women's quadruple sculls	11 August
Silver	Matthijs Büchli	Cycling	Men's keirin	16 August
Silver	Dafne Schippers	Athletics	Women's 200 m	17 August
Silver	Jelle van Gorkom	Cycling	Men's BMX	19 August
Silver	Netherlands women's national field hockey team Naomi van As Willemijn Bos Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel Margot van Geffen Eva de Goede Ellen Hoog Kelly Jonker Marloes Keetels Laurien Leurink Caia van Maasakker Kitty van Male Maartje Paumen Joyce Sombroek Maria Verschoor Xan de Waard Lidewij Welten	Field hockey	Women's tournament	19 August
Silver	Nouchka Fontijn	Bo xing	Women's middleweight	21 August
Bronze	Anicka van Emden	Judo	Women's 63 kg	9 August
Bronze	Anna van der Breggen	Cycling	Women's road time trial	10 August
Bronze	Dirk Uittenbogaard Boaz Meylink Kaj Hendriks Boudewijn Röell Olivier Siegelaar Tone Wieten Mechiel Versluis Robert Lücken Peter Wiersum(cox)	Rowing	Men's eight	13 August
Bronze	Alexander Brouwer Robert Meeuwsen	Volleyball	Men's beach volleyball	18 August

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Cycling	2	3	1	6
Sailing	2	0	0	2
Swimming	2	0	0	2
Rowing	1	1	1	3
Gymnastics	1	0	0	1
Athletics	0	1	0	1
Bo xing	0	1	0	1
Field hockey	0	1	0	1
Judo	0	0	1	1
Volleyball	0	0	1	1
Total	8	7	4	19

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
Day 1	6 August	0	0	0	0
Day 2	7 August	1	0	0	1
Day 3	8 August	0	0	0	0
Day 4	9 August	0	0	1	1
Day 5	10 August	0	1	1	2
Day 6	11 August	0	1	0	1
Day 7	12 August	1	0	0	1
Day 8	13 August	1	0	1	2
Day 9	14 August	1	0	0	1
Day 10	15 August	2	0	0	2
Day 11	16 August	2	1	0	3
Day 12	17 August	0	1	0	1
Day 13	18 August	0	0	1	1
Day 14	19 August	0	2	0	2
Day 15	20 August	0	0	0	0
Day 16	21 August	0	1	0	1
Total		8	7	4	19

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in cycling, equestrian, field hockey and handball are not counted as athletes as long as the athlete did not compete in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	0	3
Athletics	11	21	32
Badminton	1	2	3
Bo xing	2	1	3
Cycling	16	10	26
Diving	0	1	1
Equestrian	9	3	12
Fencing	1	0	1
Field hockey	16	16	32
Golf	1	0	1
Gymnastics	5	5	10
Handball	0	14	14
Judo	6	5	11
Rowing	19	17	36
Sailing	4	7	11
Swimming	7	10	17
Table tennis	0	3	3
Tennis	2	1	3
Taekwondo	0	1	1
Triathlon	0	1	1
Volleyball	4	16	20
Wrestling	0	1	1
Total	107	135	242

Archery

The Netherlands qualified three archers into the men's individual and team events after having secured a top eight finish in the team recurve event at the2015 World Archery ChampionshipsinCopenhagen,Denmark.^[2]^[3]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sjef van den Berg	Men's individual	684	4	Jensen(TGA) W7–3	Gazoz(TUR) W7–3	Soto(CHI) W6*–5	Lee S-y(KOR) W6–4	Valladont(FRA) L3–7	Ellison(USA) L2–6	4
Mitch Dielemans		634	58	Furukawa(JPN) L1–7	did not advance
Rick van der Ven		663	27	Huston(GBR) L4–6	did not advance
Sjef van den Berg Mitch Dielemans Rick van der Ven	Men's team	1981	9	—		Spain(ESP) W5–1	South Korea(KOR) L0–6	did not advance

Athletics

The Netherlands has qualified 32 athletes (11 men and 21 women) into the following athletics events.^[4]

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q= Qualified for the next round
q= Qualified for the next round as a fastest loseror,in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR= National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
NM = No mark

Track & road events
Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Solomon Bockarie	100 m	Bye		10.36	=5	Did not advance
Churandy Martina	100 m	Bye		10.22	5	Did not advance
Solomon Bockarie	200 m	20.42	3	—		Did not advance
Churandy Martina	200 m	20.29	2Q	—		20.10	2Q	20.13	5
Liemarvin Bonevacia	400 m	45.49	3Q	—		45.03	7	Did not advance
Solomon Bockarie Giovanni Codrington Dimitri Juliet* Churandy Martina Hensley Paulina Joren Tromp*	4 × 100 m relay	38.53	8	—				Did not advance
Abdi Nageeye	Marathon	—						2:13:01	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dafne Schippers	100 m	Bye		11.16	1Q	10.90	2Q	10.90	5
Jamile Samuel	200 m	23.04	3	—		Did not advance
Tessa van Schagen		23.41	4	—		Did not advance
Dafne Schippers		22.51	1Q	—		21.96	1Q	21.88SB
Sifan Hassan	800 m	2:00.27	5	—		Did not avance
Sifan Hassan	1500 m	4:06.64	1Q	—		4:03.62	2Q	4:11.23	5
Maureen Koster	1500 m	4:13.15	8	—		Did not advance
Maureen Koster	5000 m	DNS		—				Did not advance
Susan Kuijken	5000 m	15:19.96	5Q	—				15:00.69	8
Susan Kuijken	10000 m	—						31:32.43	14
Jip Vastenburg	10000 m	—						32:08.92	28
Nadine Visser	100 m hurdles	13.07	4	—		Did not advance
Marije van Hunenstijn* Tasa Jiya* Jamile Samuel Tessa van Schagen Dafne Schippers Naomi Sedney	4 × 100 m relay	42.88	6	—				Did not advance
Madiea Ghafoor* Eva Hovenkamp Nicky van Leuveren Laura de Witte Lisanne de Witte	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.98	6	—				Did not advance
Andrea Deelstra	Marathon	—						2:40:49	60

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Fabian Florant	Men's triple jump	16.51	22	Did not advance
Femke Pluim	Women's pole vault	4.15	=29	Did not advance
Melissa Boekelman	Women's shot put	17.69	15	Did not advance

Combined events –Men's decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final
Pieter Braun	Result	11.03	7.55	13.90	1.95	DNS	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
Pieter Braun	Points	854	947	722	758	0	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
Eelco Sintnicolaas	Result	10.87	DNS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
Eelco Sintnicolaas	Points	890	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF

Combined events –Women's heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Nadine Broersen	Result	13.56	1.77	14.04	24.94	6.15	50.80	2:17.55	6300	13
Nadine Broersen	Points	1041	941	797	892	896	876	857	6300	13
Anouk Vetter	Result	13.47	1.77	14.78	23.93	6.10	48.42	2:17.71	6394	10
Anouk Vetter	Points	1055	941	846	987	880	830	855	6394	10
Nadine Visser	Result	13.02	1.68	12.84	24.34	6.35	42.48	2:14.47	6190	19
Nadine Visser	Points	1121	830	717	948	959	715	900	6190	19

Badminton

The Netherlands qualified three badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament.Selena Piek,along with her partnersEefje Muskensand Jacco Arends, had claimed their Olympic spots each in the women's and mixed doubles, respectively, by virtue of their top 16 national finish in theBWFWorld Rankings as of 5 May 2016.^[5]^[6]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Eefje Muskens Selena Piek	Women's doubles	Supajirakul/ Taerattanachai(THA) W(21–13, 22–20)	Gutta/ Ponnappa(IND) W(21–16, 16–21, 21–17)	Matsutomo/ Takahashi(JPN) L(9–21, 11–21)	2Q	Jung K-e/ Shin S-c(KOR) L(13–21, 22–20, 14–21)	Did not advance
Jacco Arends Selena Piek	Mixed doubles	Kazuno/ Kurihara(JPN) L(14–21, 19–21)	Ko S-h/ Kim H-n(KOR) L(10–21, 10–21)	Chew/ Subandhi(USA) W(21–15, 21–19)	3	Did not advance

Bo xing

The Netherlands entered three boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic bo xing tournament for the first time since1992.Peter Müllenberg was the first Dutch boxer being selected to the Olympic team with a semifinal victory at the2016 European Qualification TournamentinSamsun,Turkey.^[7]Meanwhile,Nouchka Fontijnhad claimed her Olympic spot with a quarterfinal victory in the women's middleweight division at theWorld ChampionshipsinAstana,Kazakhstan.^[8]^[9]

Enrico Lacruz secured an additional Olympic place on the Dutch roster with his quarterfinal triumph at the2016 AIBA World Qualifying TournamentinBaku,Azerbaijan.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Enrico Lacruz	Men's lightweight	Lai C-e(TPE) W2–1	Otgondalai(MGL) L1–2	Did not advance
Peter Müllenberg	Men's light heavyweight	Rouzbahani(IRI) W3–0	Mammadov(AZE) L0–3	Did not advance
Nouchka Fontijn	Women's middleweight	—	Bye	Marshall(GBR) W2–0	Li Q(CHN) W2–1	Shields(USA) L0–3

Cycling

Road

Dutch riders qualified for the following quota places in the men's and women's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the2015 UCI World Tour(for men) and top 22 in the UCI World Ranking (for women).^[11]^[12]The Dutch women's road cycling squad was named to the Olympic roster on May 17, 2016, and was preceded by the men's squad two weeks later.^[13]^[14]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tom Dumoulin	Road race	Did not finish
Tom Dumoulin	Time trial	1:13:02.83
Steven Kruijswijk	Road race	6:22:23	39
Bauke Mollema	Road race	6:13:36	17
Wout Poels	Road race	Did not finish
Wout Poels	Time trial	Did not start^[15]

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Anna van der Breggen	Road race	3:51:27
Anna van der Breggen	Time trial	44:37.80
Ellen van Dijk	Road race	3:56:34	21
Ellen van Dijk	Time trial	44:48.74	4
Annemiek van Vleuten	Road race	Did not finish
Marianne Vos	Road race	3:52:41	9

Track

Following the completion of the2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships,Dutch riders have accumulated spots in both men's and women's team sprint, as well as both the men's and women's omnium. As a result of their place in the men's and women's team sprint, Netherlands has assured its right to enter two riders in both men's and women's sprint and men's and women's keirin.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Theo Bos	Men's sprint	10.140 71.005	21	Did not advance
Jeffrey Hoogland	Men's sprint	9.837 73.193	8Q	Pervis(FRA) W10.181 70.719	Bye	Baugé(FRA) L	Constable(AUS) Levy(GER) L	Did not advance		9th place final Levy(GER) Webster(NZL) Puerta(COL) L	11
Elis Ligtlee	Women's sprint	10.803 66.648	4Q	Gong(CHN) W11.425 63.019	Bye	Krupeckaitė(LTU) W11.360 63.380	Bye	Voynova(RUS) W11.405, W11.391	James(GBR) L,L	Marchant(GBR) L,L	4
Laurine van Riessen	Women's sprint	11.023 65.317	13Q	Vogel(GER) L	Meares(AUS) Ismayilova(AZE) L	Did not advance

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Theo Bos Matthijs Büchli* Jeffrey Hoogland Nils van 't Hoenderdaal	Men's team sprint	43.688 61.801	6Q	Australia(AUS) L43.552 61.994	6	Did not advance
Elis Ligtlee Laurine van Riessen	Women's team sprint	33.189 54.234	5Q	Australia(AUS) L32.792 54.891	5	Did not advance

*Shanne Braspennincxis the first reserve for the women's team sprint. She lives outside the Olympic Village during the Games, while she is not a member of the Dutch Olympic Team.
**Nils van 't Hoenderdaalis the first reserve for the men's team sprint.

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Joost van der Burg Nils van 't Hoenderdaal* Jan-Willem van Schip Wim Stroetinga Tim Veldt	Men's team pursuit	DNF		did not advance

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Final
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Theo Bos	Men's keirin	3R	3	did not advance
Matthijs Büchli	Men's keirin	2Q	Bye	2Q
Elis Ligtlee	Women's keirin	1Q	Bye	2Q
Laurine van Riessen	Women's keirin	4R	1Q	4	9

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Individual pursuit			Elimination race		Time trial			Flying lap			Points race		Total points	Rank
Athlete	Event	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Points	Rank	Total points	Rank
Tim Veldt	Men's omnium	16	10	4:22.856	7	28	16	10	1:03.464	7	28	13.170	7	28	7	7	111	9
Kirsten Wild	Women's omnium	9	24	3:31.941	5	32	4	34	36.562	13	16	14.023	4	34	43	5	183	6

Mountain biking

Dutch mountain bikers qualified for two men's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's sixth-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 25, 2016.Rudi van Houtswas the first mountain biker, who met the criteria set by theNOC*NSFbeing selected to the Dutch cycling squad by virtue of his top ten finish at the2015 European Mountain Bike ChampionshipsinChies d'Alpago,Italy^[16]

The DutchNOC*NSFdecided to refuse the second quota place, as they didn't have a second mountain biker who met the national criteria. As a result of this, Van Houts was the only Dutch mountain biker to compete at the Games.

Originally,Anne Terpstrafinished in eleventh place at the 2016European Mountain Bike Championships,which was not enough to qualify for Rio 2016, while she did not manage to have a top 10 finish at a European Championships or a World Championships during the qualification period. However, theUCIdecided to disqualify the Russian mountain bikerEkateryna Anoshina,who finished in eighth place. After the disqualification, Terpstra finished in tenth place and was qualified forRio 2016.^[17]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Rudi van Houts	Men's cross-country	DNF
Anne Terpstra	Women's cross-country	1:36:33	15

BMX

The Netherlands has received three men's and two women's quota spots for BMX at the Olympics as a result of the nation's second-place finish for men and third for women in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 30, 2016. The BMX cycling team was announced on 1 June 2016.^[18]

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Twan van Gendt	Men's BMX	34.93	6	10	3Q	15	5	did not advance
Jelle van Gorkom		35.41	17	6	1Q	11	2Q	35.31
Niek Kimmann		35.07	8	14	4Q	12	3Q	36.57	7
Merle van Benthem	Women's BMX	35.64	9	—		21	8	did not advance
Laura Smulders	Women's BMX	35.11	3	—		4	1Q	1:52.23	7

Diving

Dutch divers qualified for one individual spot at the Olympics through the2015 FINA World Championships,signifying the nation's Olympic return to the sport for the first time since1992.

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Uschi Freitag	Women's 3 m springboard	317.10	11Q	298.95	14	did not advance

Equestrian

The Netherlands became one of the first three nations to earn places at the Games, qualifying a complete team in dressage by winning the bronze medal in the team event at the2014 FEI World Equestrian Games.^[19]The Dutch eventing team also qualified for Rio by winning the bronze medal at the same World Games.^[20]

Dressage

The Dutch dressage team was named on noon of 17 July 2016, after two selection events: CDIORotterdam(23-26 June) and Dutch Championships (15-17 July).^[21]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Adelinde Cornelissen	Parzival	Individual	Retired		did not advance				DNF
Edward Gal	Voice		75.271	16Q	73.655	20	did not advance		73.655	20
Hans Peter Minderhoud	Johnson		76.957	9Q	75.224	13Q	80.571	9	80.571	9
Diederik van Silfhout	Arlando		75.900	13Q	76.092	11Q	79.535	11	79.535	11
Adelinde Cornelissen Edward Gal Hans Peter Minderhoud Diederik van Silfhout	See above	Team	76.043	4Q	74.991	4	—		74.991	4

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Merel Blom	Rumour Has It	Individual	54.40	53	12.00	66.40	20	2.00	68.40	19Q	8.00	76.40	19	76.40	19
Tim Lips	Bayro		46.00	20	28.00	74.00	25	8.00	82.00	23Q	0.00	82.00	21	82.00	21
Alice Naber-Lozeman	Peter Parker		46.20	21	52.00	98.20	32	4.00	102.20	32	did not advance			102.20	32
Theo van de Vendel	Zindane		65.70 #	64	Eliminated			did not advance
Merel Blom Tim Lips Alice Naber-Lozeman Theo van de Vendel	See above	Team	146.60	11	92.00	238.60	5	14.00	252.60	6	—			252.60	6

"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Jeroen Dubbeldam	Zenith	Individual	4	=27Q	0	4	=15Q	5	9	=23Q	0	=1Q	1	1	=10	1	=10
Harrie Smolders	Emerald		0	=1Q	0	0	=1Q	12	12	=31Q	4	=16Q	DNS			DNF	27
Maikel van der Vleuten	Verdi		0	=1Q	0	0	=1Q	1	1	=2Q	4	=16Q	5	9	=18	9	=18
Jur Vrieling	Zirocco Blue		DSQ#	TO	DSQ#	TO		DNS#	TO		did not advance
Jeroen Dubbeldam Harrie Smolders Maikel van der Vleuten Jur Vrieling	See above	Team	4	=3Q	—						0	=1Q	18	18	=7	18	=7

"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

"TO" indicates that Vrieling was disqualified from competing for a place in the individual final rounds. He was allowed to start in the second and third qualification round, however, to be able to set a score for the team competition. After another disqualification in the second qualification round, Vrieling withdrew.

(*)Gerco Schröderand his horseLondonis the first reserve for the Dutch jumping squad. He resided outside the Olympic Village during the Games, as he was not a member of the Dutch Olympic Team.

Fencing

Following the completion of the Grand Prix finals, Netherlands has entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. 2012 OlympianBas Verwijlenhad claimed a spot in the men's épée, as one of the top two individual fencers from Europe outside the world's top eight qualified teams in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.^[22]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bas Verwijlen	Men's épée	Bye	Avdeev(RUS) L9–15	did not advance

Field hockey

Summary

Key:

FT – Afterfull time.
P – Match decided bypenalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Netherlands men's	Men's tournament	Argentina D3–3	Ireland W5–0	Canada W7–0	India W2–1	Germany L1–2	2Q	Australia W4–0	Belgium L1–3	Germany L3–4^P FT: 1–1	4
Netherlands women's	Women's tournament	Spain W5–0	South Korea W4–0	China W1–0	New Zealand D1–1	Germany W2–0	1Q	Argentina W3–2	Germany W4–3^P FT: 1–1	Great Britain L0–2^P FT: 3–3

Men's tournament

The Netherlands men's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved a top three finish at the2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals.^[23]

Team roster

The following is the Netherlands roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[24]

Head coach:Max Caldas

Reserves:

Pirmin Blaak(GK)
Constantijn Jonker

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	5	4	1	0	17	10	+7	13	Quarter-finals
2	Netherlands	5	3	1	1	18	6	+12	10
3	Argentina	5	2	2	1	14	12	+2	8
4	India	5	2	1	2	9	9	0	7
5	Ireland	5	1	0	4	10	16	−6	3
6	Canada	5	0	1	4	7	22	−15	1

Source:Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.^[25]

6 August 2016
10:00

Argentina	3–3	Netherlands
Vila29',49' Paredes54'	Report	Hertzberger18' Van der Weerden36' Van Ass43'

Umpires:
Martin Madden (GBR)
Adam Kearns (AUS)

7 August 2016
18:00

Netherlands	5–0	Ireland
van der Weerden7',40' Croon8' Pruijser42' Hertzberger60'	Report

Umpires:
Nathan Stagno (GBR)
Tim Pullman (AUS)

9 August 2016
13:30

Netherlands	7–0	Canada
Van Ass9' Van der Weerden25',52',60' Hertzberger29',36' Kemperman58'	Report

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Nathan Stagno (GBR)

11 August 2016
10:00

Netherlands	2–1	India
Hofman35' Van der Weerden54'	Report	Raghunath38'

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Martin Madden (GBR)

12 August 2016
13:30

Germany	2–1	Netherlands
Fuchs7' Grambusch33'	Report	Van As44'

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Marcelo Servetto (ESP)

Quarterfinal

14 August 2016
18:00

Netherlands	4–0	Australia
Bakker1' De Voogd28' Verga33' Van der Weerden49'	Report

Umpires:
Christian Blasch (GER)
Paco Vázquez (ESP)

Semifinal

16 August 2016
17:00

Belgium	3–1	Netherlands
Truyens25' Dohmen29' van Aubel46'	Report	van der Weerden29'

Umpires:
Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
Murray Grime (AUS)

Bronze medal match

18 August 2016
12:00

Netherlands	1–1	Germany
Croon35'	Report	M. Grambusch42'
Penalties
Bakker Kemperman Hertzberger Van Ass De Wijn	3–4	Hauke M. Grambusch Herzbruch Butt

Umpires:
Marcelo Servetto (ESP)
Martin Madden (GBR)

Women's tournament

The Netherlands women's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved a top three finish at the second stop of the2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals.^[26]

Team roster

The following is the Netherlands roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[27]

Head coach:Alyson Annan

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)
1	GK	Joyce Sombroek	(1990-09-10)10 September 1990 (aged 25)
3	FW	Xan de Waard	(1995-11-08)8 November 1995 (aged 20)
4	FW	Kitty van Male	(1988-06-05)5 June 1988 (aged 28)
6	MF	Laurien Leurink	(1994-11-13)13 November 1994 (aged 21)
7	DF	Willemijn Bos	(1988-05-02)2 May 1988 (aged 28)
8	MF	Marloes Keetels	(1993-05-04)4 May 1993 (aged 23)
9	MF	Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel	(1987-04-16)16 April 1987 (aged 29)
10	FW	Kelly Jonker	(1990-05-23)23 May 1990 (aged 26)
11	MF	Maria Verschoor	(1994-04-22)22 April 1994 (aged 22)
12	MF	Lidewij Welten	(1990-07-16)16 July 1990 (aged 26)
13	DF	Caia van Maasakker	(1989-04-05)5 April 1989 (aged 27)
17	DF	Maartje Paumen	(1985-09-19)19 September 1985 (aged 30)
18	MF	Naomi van As	(1983-07-26)26 July 1983 (aged 33)
19	FW	Ellen Hoog	(1986-03-26)26 March 1986 (aged 30)
23	DF	Margot van Geffen	(1989-11-23)23 November 1989 (aged 26)
24	MF	Eva de Goede	(1989-03-23)23 March 1989 (aged 27)

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	4	1	0	13	1	+12	13	Quarter-finals
2	New Zealand	5	3	1	1	11	5	+6	10
3	Germany	5	2	1	2	6	6	0	7
4	Spain	5	2	0	3	6	12	−6	6
5	China	5	1	2	2	3	5	−2	5
6	South Korea	5	0	1	4	3	13	−10	1

Source:Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.^[28]

7 August 2016
12:30

Netherlands	5–0	Spain
Welten12' Leurink16' Keetels19' Paumen23',49'	Report

Umpires:
Amy Baxter (USA)
Amber Church (NZL)

8 August 2016
17:00

Netherlands	4–0	South Korea
Jonker9',30',42' Dirkse van den Heuvel46'	Report

Umpires:
Kelly Hudson (NZL)
Sarah Wilson (GBR)

10 August 2016
18:00

China	0–1	Netherlands
	Report	Van Male59'

Umpires:
Kelly Hudson (NZL)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

12 August 2016
11:00

New Zealand	1–1	Netherlands
Whitelock59'	Report	Paumen28'

Umpires:
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Michelle Joubert (RSA)

13 August 2016
12:30

Netherlands	2–0	Germany
De Waard5' Van Male44'	Report

Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Melissa Trivic (AUS)

Quarterfinal

15 August 2016
20:30

Netherlands	3–2	Argentina
Welten5' Leurink25' Jonker47'	Report	F. Habif41' Merino53'

Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Laurine Delforge (BEL)

Semifinal

17 August 2016
12:00

Netherlands	1–1	Germany
Paumen16'	Report	Schütze11'
Penalties
Bos Hoog Keetels Van Geffen Jonker Bos Hoog	4–3	Müller-Wieland Mävers Hahn Teschke Hauke Müller-Wieland Mävers

Umpires:
Laurine Delforge (BEL)
Soledad Iparraguiree (ARG)

Gold medal match

19 August 2016
17:00

Netherlands	3–3	Great Britain
Van Male16',37' Paumen25'	Report	Owsley10' Cullen26' White52'
Penalties
Bos Hoog Leurink Van Geffen	0–2	H. Richardson-Walsh Danson Bray Unsworth Webb

Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Laurine Delforge (BEL)

Golf

Netherlands has entered one golfer into the Olympic tournament.Joost Luiten(world no. 65) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective individual events based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.^[29]^[30]Christel BoeljonandAnne van Damalso managed to reach a top 60 finish in the same list, but they did not manage to reach a top 100 finish at the World Ranking, which was the criteria set by theNOC*NSFto be qualified.^[31]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total	Par	Rank
Joost Luiten	Men's individual	72	70	70	70	282	−2	=27

Gymnastics

Artistic

Netherlands fielded a full squad of ten gymnasts (five men and five women). Men's team and women's team have qualified for the first time since1928and1976Olympics, respectively. The women's team qualified through a top eight finish at the2015 World Artistic Gymnastics ChampionshipsinGlasgow.^[32]Meanwhile, the men's team had claimed one of the remaining four spots in the team all-around at the Olympic Test Event inRio de Janeiro.^[33]

Men
Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Bart Deurloo	Team	14.000	14.200	14.266	14.858	14.566	15.100	86.990	14Q	did not advance
Yuri van Gelder		—		15.333Q	—
Frank Rijken		13.866	13.966	13.700	14.200	14.500	14.033	84.265	33
Jeffrey Wammes		14.533	11.933	12.941	14.900	14.333	14.066	82.706	40
Epke Zonderland		—					15.366Q	—
Total		42.399	40.099	43.299	43.958	43.399	44.532	257.686	10

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Bart Deurloo	All-around	14.666	14.733	14.633	14.700	14.300	14.566	87.598	15
Yuri van Gelder	Rings	Banned by NOCdue to misbehaviour^[34]
Epke Zonderland	Horizontal bar	—					14.033	14.033	7

Women
Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Eythora Thorsdottir	Team	14.900	14.733	14.300	13.633	57.566	7Q	15.000	14.733	14.566	13.900	—
Céline van Gerner		13.766	14.533	13.800	13.716	55.815	25	—	14.400	—	13.933
Vera van Pol		14.266	—		13.500	—		14.100	—
Lieke Wevers		13.966	14.600	14.366	13.850	56.782	15Q	13.933	—	14.266	13.833
Sanne Wevers		—	14.408	15.066Q	—			—	14.533	15.250	—
Total		43.132	43.866	43.732	41.199	171.929	8Q	43.033	43.666	44.082	41.666	172.447	7

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Eythora Thorsdottir	All-around	14.833	14.200	14.066	14.533	57.632	9
Lieke Wevers	All-around	14.066	14.600	13.066	14.133	55.865	20
Sanne Wevers	Balance beam	—		15.466	—	15.466

Handball

Summary

Key:

ET – Afterextra time
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Netherlands women's	Women's tournament	France L14–18	Argentina W26–18	South Korea D32–32	Sweden D29–29	Russia L34–38	4Q	Brazil W32–23	France L23–24	Norway L26–36	4

Women's tournament

The Netherlands women's handball team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top two finish at the first meet of theOlympic Qualification TournamentinMetz,France.^[35]

Team roster

The following is the Dutch roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[36]

Head coach:Henk Groener

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
5	LB	Jessy Kramer	(1990-02-16)16 February 1990 (aged 26)	1.77 m	97	83	Toulon Handball
6	RB	Laura van der Heijden	(1990-06-27)27 June 1990 (aged 26)	1.72 m	148	477	Team Esbjerg
8	LB	Lois Abbingh	(1992-08-13)13 August 1992 (aged 23)	1.77 m	92	405	Issy-Paris
9	RB	Sanne van Olphen	(1989-03-13)13 March 1989 (aged 27)	1.77 m	65	110	Toulon Saint-Cyr Var Handball
10	P	Danick Snelder	(1990-05-22)22 May 1990 (aged 26)	1.78 m	120	297	Ferencváros
13	P	Yvette Broch	(1990-12-23)23 December 1990 (aged 25)	1.85 m	84	198	Győri ETO
17	CB	Cornelia Groot	(1988-05-04)4 May 1988 (aged 28)	1.75 m	96	291	Győri ETO
18	LB	Kelly Dulfer	(1994-03-21)21 March 1994 (aged 22)	1.86 m	50	39	VfL Oldenburg
21	LW	Michelle Goos	(1989-12-27)27 December 1989 (aged 26)	1.78 m	58	102	Buxtehuder SV
23	GK	Jasmina Janković	(1986-12-06)6 December 1986 (aged 29)	1.68 m	56	0	TuS Metzingen
24	LW	Martine Smeets	(1990-05-05)5 May 1990 (aged 26)	1.72 m	58	105	SG BBM Bietigheim
26	RW	Angela Malestein	(1993-01-31)31 January 1993 (aged 23)	1.73 m	85	149	SG BBM Bietigheim
30	RW	Jurswailly Luciano	(1991-03-25)25 March 1991 (aged 25)	1.71 m	45	104	Metz Handball
33	GK	Tess Wester	(1993-05-19)19 May 1993 (aged 23)	1.78 m	43	2	SG BBM Bietigheim
79	CB	Estavana Polman	(1992-08-05)5 August 1992 (aged 24)	1.74 m	89	293	Team Esbjerg

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	0	165	147	+18	10	Quarter-finals
2	France	5	4	0	1	118	93	+25	8
3	Sweden	5	2	1	2	150	141	+9	5
4	Netherlands	5	1	2	2	135	135	0	4
5	South Korea	5	1	1	3	130	136	−6	3
6	Argentina	5	0	0	5	101	147	−46	0

Source:IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

6 August 2016(2016-08-06) 11:30	Netherlands	14–18	France	Future Arena,Rio de Janeiro Referees: Røen, Arntsen(NOR)
	three players3	(6–10)	Lacrabère,Pineau5
	3×5×	Report	3×3×

8 August 2016(2016-08-08) 19:50	Argentina	18–26	Netherlands	Future Arena,Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mousaviyan, Kolahdouzan(IRI)
	Mendoza3	(9–13)	Polman6
	3×5×	Report	3×10×

10 August 2016(2016-08-10) 19:50	Netherlands	32–32	South Korea	Future Arena,Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lopéz, Ramírez(ESP)
	Broch,Groot7	(18–17)	Gwon11
	3×5×	Report	4×3×

12 August 2016(2016-08-12) 11:30	Sweden	29–29	Netherlands	Future Arena,Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alpaidze, Berekzina(RUS)
	Hagman14	(16–13)	Malestein5
	3×3×	Report	2×1×

14 August 2016(2016-08-14) 14:40	Netherlands	34–38	Russia	Future Arena,Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok(SLO)
	Polman12	(16–17)	Ilina8
	3×6×	Report	2×4×

Quarterfinal

16 August 2016(2016-08-16) 10:00	Brazil	23–32	Netherlands	Future Arena,Rio de Janeiro Referees: Arntsen, Røen(NOR)
	Da Silva7	(11–12)	Polman7
	4×6×	Report	3×2×

Semifinal

18 August 2016(2016-08-18) 15:30	Netherlands	23–24	France	Future Arena,Rio de Janeiro Referees: Koo, Lee(KOR)
	van der Heijden8	(13–17)	Pineau7
	3×2×	Report	2×3×

Bronze medal match

20 August 2016(2016-08-20) 11:30	Netherlands	26–36	Norway	Future Arena,Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura(FRA)
	Groot6	(13–19)	Mørk7
	3×	Report	1×1×

Judo

The Netherlands has qualified a total of eleven judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Six men and four women, led by two-time Olympic bronze medalistHenk Grol,were selected by virtue of their top 22 (men) and top 14 (women) finish at theIJFWorld Ranking List as of 30 May 2016. Meanwhile, Sanne Verhagen at women's lightweight (57 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the European region, as the highest-ranked Dutch judoka outside of direct qualifying position.^[37]^[38]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jeroen Mooren	−60 kg	Bye	Mudranov(RUS) L000–002	did not advance
Dex Elmont	−73 kg	Bye	Sharipov(UZB) W010–000	Ungvári(HUN) L000–100	did not advance
Frank de Wit	−81 kg	Bye	Ivanov(BUL) L000–110	did not advance
Noël van 't End	−90 kg	Bye	Lkhagvasüren(MGL) L000–100	did not advance
Henk Grol	−100 kg	Bye	Reyes(CAN) W101–000	Maret(FRA) L000–001	did not advance
Roy Meyer	+100 kg	—	Ngokaba(CGO) W100–000	Kim S-m(KOR) W101–000	Sasson(ISR) L000–010	Did not advance	R Silva(BRA) L000–000S	Did not advance	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sanne Verhagen	−57 kg	Diédhiou(SEN) W100−000	Dorjsüren(MGL) L000−000S	did not advance
Anicka van Emden	−63 kg	Valkova(RUS) W000−000S	Schlesinger(GBR) W000−000S	Agbegnenou(FRA) L000−101	Did not advance	Unterwurzacher(AUT) W001−000	M Silva(BRA) W001−000
Kim Polling	−70 kg	Bye	Tachimoto(JPN) L001−002	did not advance
Marhinde Verkerk	−78 kg	Bye	Castillo(CUB) L000−000S	did not advance
Tessie Savelkouls	+78 kg	Bye	Iaromka(UKR) W101–000	Yamabe(JPN) L000–101	Did not advance	Kim M-j(KOR) L000–102	Did not advance	7

Rowing

The Netherlands has qualified a total of eight boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. Majority of rowing crews had confirmed Olympic places for their boats at the2015 FISA World ChampionshipsinLac d'Aiguebelette,France,while the rowers competing in the women's lightweight double sculls and women's eight were further added to the Dutch roster as a result of their top two finish at the 2016 European & Final Qualification Regatta inLucerne,Switzerland.

The full Dutch rowing squad for the Games was named on July 6, 2016.^[39]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Roel Braas Mitchel Steenman	Pair	7:22.93	4R	6:34.16	1SA/B	6:26.94	4FB	7:01.88	8
Harold Langen Peter van Schie Vincent van der Want Govert Viergever	Four	6:00.55	3SA/B	Bye		6:21.04	3FA	6:08.38	5
Joris Pijs Tim Heijbrock Jort van Gennep Björn van den Ende	Lightweight four	6:07.88	3SA/B	Bye		6:12.87	5FB	6:37.28	11
Dirk Uittenbogaard Boaz Meylink Kaj Hendriks Boudewijn Röell Olivier Siegelaar Tone Wieten Mechiel Versluis Robert Lücken Peter Wiersum(cox)	Eight	5:36.16	2R	5:52.95	2FA	—		5:31.59

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aletta Jorritsma Karien Robbers	Pair	7:23.10	5R	8:03.07	5FC	—		8:23.61	13
Maaike Head Ilse Paulis	Lightweight double sculls	6:57.28	1SA/B	Bye		7:13.93	1FA	7:04.73
Chantal Achterberg Nicole Beukers Carline Bouw Inge Janssen	Quadruple sculls	6:38.58	3R	6:24.61	1FA	—		6:50.33
Wianka van Dorp Claudia Belderbos Lies Rustenburg José van Veen Ellen Hogerwerf Sophie Souwer Monica Lanz Olivia van Rooijen Ae-Ri Noort(cox)	Eight	6:14.36	2R	6:35.96	4FA	—		6:08.37	6

Qualification Legend:FA=Final A (medal);FB=Final B (non-medal);FC=Final C (non-medal);FD=Final D (non-medal);FE=Final E (non-medal);FF=Final F (non-medal);SA/B=Semifinals A/B;SC/D=Semifinals C/D;SE/F=Semifinals E/F;QF=Quarterfinals;R=Repechage

Sailing

Dutch sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships,the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas.^[40]Following the completion of thePrincess Sofia Trophy,a total of nine sailors, highlighted by London 2012 windsurfing championDorian van Rijsselberghe,had been selected to the Dutch team for the Olympics. Meanwhile, 49erFX duo Annemiek Bekkering andAnnette Duetzrounded out the selection to the nation's Olympic sailing team at the ISAF World Cup meet (April 26 to May 1) inHyères,France.^[41]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Net points	Final rank
Dorian van Rijsselberghe	RS:X	5	3	1	4	1	1	4	1	1	1	1	6	1	25
Rutger van Schaardenburg	Laser	3	21	24	8	1	4	22	4	21	24	—		5	118	9
Pieter-Jan Postma	Finn	14	13	12	4	4	5	14	1	19	24	—		9	105	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Net points	Final rank
Lilian de Geus	RS:X	3	4	14	3	3	7	15	19	5	2	7	5	1	70	4
Marit Bouwmeester	Laser Radial	6	4	14	4	1	6	6	13	5	2	—		7	61
Afrodite Kyranakou Anneloes van Veen	470	15	2	8	8	14	4	11	2	3	7	—		2	63	4
Annemiek Bekkering Annette Duetz	49erFX	21	10	12	3	8	3	5	7	13	11	3	10	6	97	7

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Net points	Final rank
Coen de Koning Mandy Mulder	Nacra 17	5	11	21	11	7	14	7	21	6	14	3	13	EL	112	14

M= Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Swimming

A total of 17 swimmers (7 men and 10 women) were named to the Dutch roster for the Games on July 12, 2016, with sprinterRanomi Kromowidjojolooking to defend her Olympic titles in both the women's 50 and 100 m freestyle.^[42]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sebastiaan Verschuren	100 m freestyle	48.51	12Q	48.28	10	did not advance
Dion Dreesens	200 m freestyle	1:47.76	27	did not advance
Sebastiaan Verschuren	200 m freestyle	1:46.32	8Q	1:46.34	11	did not advance
Maarten Brzoskowski	400 m freestyle	3:48.00	18	—		did not advance
Joeri Verlinden	100 m butterfly	52.48	22	did not advance
Maarten Brzoskowski Dion Dreesens Ben Schwietert Kyle Stolk Sebastiaan Verschuren	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:09.16	8Q	—		7:09.10	7
Ferry Weertman	10 km open water	—				1:52:59.8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Inge Dekker	50 m freestyle	24.77	=13Q	25.31	16	did not advance
Ranomi Kromowidjojo	50 m freestyle	24.57	=8Q	24.39	3Q	24.19	6
Femke Heemskerk	100 m freestyle	54.63	20	did not advance
Ranomi Kromowidjojo	100 m freestyle	53.43	4Q	53.42	7Q	53.08	5
Femke Heemskerk	200 m freestyle	1:57.68	15Q	1:57.82	16	did not advance
Robin Neumann	200 m freestyle	1:59.23	26	did not advance
Sharon van Rouwendaal	400 m freestyle	4:11.44	19	—		did not advance
Sharon van Rouwendaal	800 m freestyle	DNS		—		did not advance
Kira Toussaint	100 m backstroke	1:01.17	18	did not advance
Marrit Steenbergen	200 m individual medley	2:16.59	34	did not advance
Inge Dekker Femke Heemskerk Ranomi Kromowidjojo Maud van der Meer Marrit Steenbergen	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:35.94	5Q	—		3:33.81	4
Femke Heemskerk Andrea Kneppers Robin Neumann Marrit Steenbergen Esmee Vermeulen	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:58.74	14	—		did not advance
Sharon van Rouwendaal	10 km open water	—				1:56:32.1

Table tennis

Netherlands has fielded a team of three athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. China-based playerLi Jiaosecured a spot in thewomen's singlesafter claiming her respective title at the2015 European Games.^[43]Furthermore,Li Jiesecured a spot in the women's singles by winning the repechage group final at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament inHalmstad,Sweden.^[44]

Britt Eerland was awarded the third spot to build the women's team for the Games by virtue of a top 10 national finish in the ITTF Olympic Rankings.^[45]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Li Jiao	Women's singles	Bye		Sawettabut(THA) W4–2	Liu J(AUT) L1–4	did not advance
Li Jie	Women's singles	Bye			Li X(FRA) L3–4	did not advance
Britt Eerland Li Jiao Li Jie	Women's team	—				Austria(AUT) L1–3	did not advance

Taekwondo

Netherlands entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Reshmie Oogink secured a place in the women's heavyweight category (+67 kg) by virtue of her top two finish at the2016 European Qualification TournamentinIstanbul,Turkey.^[46]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Reshmie Oogink	Women's +67 kg	Sorn(CAM) W7–1	Galloway(USA) L1–1SUP	did not advance

Tennis

The Netherlands has entered three tennis players into the Olympic tournament. After winning theNürnberger Versicherungscupand reaching the semi-final of theFrench Open,Kiki Bertens(world no. 27) qualified directly for the women's singles as one of the top 56 eligible players in theWTAWorld Rankings, whileRobin Haasedid so for the men's singles based on theATPWorld Rankings as of June 6, 2016.^[47]^[48]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Robin Haase	Men's singles	Sousa(POR) L1–6, 5–7	did not advance
Robin Haase Jean-Julien Rojer	Men's doubles	—	López/ Nadal(ESP) L4–6, 4–6	did not advance
Kiki Bertens	Women's singles	Errani(ITA) L6–4, 4–6, 3–6	did not advance
Kiki Bertens Jean-Julien Rojer	Mixed doubles	—		V Williams/ Ram(USA) L7–6^(7–4),6–7^(3–7),[8–10]	did not advance

Triathlon

The Netherlands has entered one triathlete to compete at the Olympics. London 2012 OlympianRachel Klamerwas ranked among the top 40 eligible triathletes in the women's event based on the ITU Olympic Qualification List as of May 15, 2016.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Rachel Klamer	Women's	19:10	1:00	1:01:19	0:48	36:38	1:58:55	10

Volleyball

Beach

Three Dutch beach volleyball teams (two men's pairs and one women's pair) qualified directly for the Olympics by virtue of their nation's top 15 placement in theFIVBOlympic Rankings as of June 13, 2016.^[49]^[50]Among the beach volleyball players featured four-time Olympian and London 2012 fourth-place finalistReinder Nummerdor,along with his rookie partner Christiaan Varenhorst.

Meanwhile,Sophie van Gesteland Jantine van der Vlist secured an additional women's beach volleyball place for the Games with their gold medal triumph over Ukraine at the2016 CEV Continental CupinStavanger,Norway.^[51]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alexander Brouwer Robert Meeuwsen	Men's	Pool B Barsouk–Liamin(RUS) W2 – 0 (21–15, 21–14) Böckermann–Flüggen(GER) W2 – 1 (21–19, 17–21, 16–14) Kantor–Łosiak(POL) W2 – 0 (21–19, 21–19)	1Q	Saxton– Schalk(CAN) W2 – 0 (21–12, 21–15)	Nummerdor– Varenhorst(NED) W2 – 0 (25–23, 21–17)	Alison– Bruno Schmidt(BRA) L1 – 2 (17–21, 23–21, 16–14)	Krasilnikov– Semenov(RUS) W2 – 0 (23–21, 22–20)
Reinder Nummerdor Christiaan Varenhorst	Men's	Pool E E. Grimalt–M. Grimalt(CHI) W2 – 0 (21–16, 21–13) Fijałek–Prudel(POL) W2 – 1 (21–17, 19–21, 15–9) Krasilnikov–Semenov(RUS) L1 – 2 (15–21, 21–14, 9–15)	2Q	Ontiveros– Virgen(MEX) W2 – 0 (21–18, 21–15)	Brouwer– Meeuwsen(NED) 0L0 – 2 (23–25, 17–21)	did not advance
Marleen van Iersel Madelein Meppelink	Women's	Pool F Agudo–Pérez(VEN) W2 – 0 (21–17, 21–11) Alfaro–Charles(CRC) W2 – 0 (21–16, 21–16) Bawden–Clancy(AUS) L1 – 2 (25–27, 21–18, 14–16)	2Q	Heidrich– Zumkehr(SUI) L1 – 2 (21–19, 13–21, 10–15)	did not advance
Sophie van Gestel Jantine van der Vlist	Women's	Pool E Bansley–Pavan(CAN) L0 – 2 (15–21, 17–21) Borger–Büthe(GER) L0 – 2 (19–21, 14–21) Heidrich–Zumkehr(SUI) L1 – 2 (21–17, 11–21, 8–15)	4	did not advance

Indoor

Women's tournament

The Netherlands women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top three national finish at the first meet of theWorld Olympic Qualifying TournamentinTokyo,Japan,signifying the team's Olympic comeback for the first time since1996.^[52]^[53]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Netherlands women's	Women's tournament	China W2–3	United States L3–2	Italy W0–3	Puerto Rico W3–0	Serbia W2–3	2Q	South Korea W1–3	China L3–1	United States L3–1	4

Team roster

The following is the Dutch roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[54]^[55]

Head coach:Giovanni Guidetti

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2015–16 club
2	Femke Stoltenborg	30 July 1991	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	303 cm (119 in)	299 cm (118 in)	MTV Stuttgart
3	Yvon Beliën	28 December 1993	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	307 cm (121 in)	303 cm (119 in)	River Volley Piacenza
4	Celeste Plak	26 October 1995	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	314 cm (124 in)	302 cm (119 in)	Volley Bergamo
5	Robin de Kruijf	5 May 1991	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	313 cm (123 in)	300 cm (120 in)	VakifBank Istanbul
6	Maret Balkestein-Grothues(C)	16 September 1988	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	304 cm (120 in)	285 cm (112 in)	Atom Trefl Sopot
7	Quinta Steenbergen	2 April 1985	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	309 cm (122 in)	300 cm (120 in)	VK Prostějov
8	Judith Pietersen	3 July 1989	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	306 cm (120 in)	296 cm (117 in)	Pallavolo Scandicci
9	Myrthe Schoot(L)	29 August 1988	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	298 cm (117 in)	286 cm (113 in)	Dresdner SC
10	Lonneke Slöetjes	15 November 1990	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	322 cm (127 in)	315 cm (124 in)	VakifBank Istanbul
11	Anne Buijs	2 December 1991	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	317 cm (125 in)	299 cm (118 in)	VakifBank Istanbul
14	Laura Dijkema	18 February 1990	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	293 cm (115 in)	279 cm (110 in)	Dresdner SC
16	Debby Stam	24 July 1984	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	303 cm (119 in)	281 cm (111 in)	Rocheville Le Cannet

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	14	15	5	3.000	470	400	1.175	Quarter-finals
2	Netherlands	5	4	1	11	14	7	2.000	455	425	1.071
3	Serbia	5	3	2	10	12	6	2.000	410	394	1.041
4	China	5	2	3	7	9	9	1.000	398	389	1.023
5	Italy	5	1	4	3	4	12	0.333	351	374	0.939
6	Puerto Rico	5	0	5	0	0	15	0.000	277	379	0.731

Source:FIVB
Rules for classification:Tiebreakers

6 August 2016(2016-08-06) 11:35	China	2–3	Netherlands	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho,Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,410 Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Paulo Turci (BRA)
	(23–25, 25–21, 25–18, 22–25, 13–15) Result Statistics

8 August 2016(2016-08-08) 15:00	United States	3–2	Netherlands	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho,Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,455 Referees: Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI), Juraj Mokrý (SVK)
	(18–25, 25–18, 21–25, 25–20, 15–8) Result Statistics

10 August 2016(2016-08-10) 11:35	Italy	0–3	Netherlands	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho,Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,539 Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)
	(21–25, 20–25, 20–25) Result Statistics

12 August 2016(2016-08-12) 17:05	Netherlands	3–0	Puerto Rico	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho,Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,742 Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG)
	(25–14, 25–22, 25–16) Result Statistics

14 August 2016(2016-08-14) 09:30	Serbia	2–3	Netherlands	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho,Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,387 Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Andrey Zenovich (RUS)
	(22–25, 20–25, 25–22, 25–18, 8–15) Result Statistics

Quarterfinal

16 August 2016(2016-08-16) 10:00	South Korea	1–3	Netherlands	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho,Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,351 Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)
	(19–25, 14–25, 25–23, 20–25) Result Statistics

Semifinal

18 August 2016(2016-08-18) 22:15	China	3–1	Netherlands	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho,Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,411 Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA)
	(27–25, 23–25, 29–27, 25–23) Result Statistics

Bronze medal match

20 August 2016(2016-08-20) 13:00	Netherlands	1–3	United States	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho,Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,897 Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Piotr Dudek (POL)
	(23–25, 27–25, 22–25, 19–25) Result Statistics

Wrestling

The Netherlands has qualified one wrestler for the women's freestyle 48 kg into the Olympic competition, as a result of her top six finish at the2015 World Championships,signifying the nation's Olympic return to the sport for the first time since2000.^[56]^[57]

Key:

VT –Victory by Fall.
PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
ST – Decision by points – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jessica Blaszka	−48 kg	Bye	Augello(USA) L0–3^PO	did not advance					15

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Netherlands at the 2016 Summer OlympicsatSR/Olympics(archived)

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[6] Sukumar, Dev (5 May 2016)."Provisional List of Olympic Qualifiers Published".Badminton World Federation.Archived fromthe originalon 8 May 2016.Retrieved5 May2016.

[7] "Azerbaijan's Yana Alekseevna delivers an inspired performance as Europe's top boxers book places at Rio 2016".AIBA.16 April 2016.Retrieved16 April2016.

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Netherlands at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Netherlands
IOC code	NED
NOC	Dutch Olympic Committee* Dutch Sports Federation
Website	www.nocnsf.nl(in Dutch)
inRio de Janeiro
Competitors	242 in 21 sports
Flag bearers	Jeroen Dubbeldam^[1](opening) Sanne Wevers(closing)
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 8 Silver 7 Bronze 4 Total 19
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
1906Intercalated Games

Netherlands at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Competitors

Archery

Athletics

Badminton

Bo xing

Cycling

Road

Track

Mountain biking

BMX

Diving

Equestrian

Dressage

Eventing

Jumping

Fencing

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Golf

Gymnastics

Artistic

Handball

Women's tournament

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

Volleyball

Beach

Indoor

Women's tournament

Wrestling

See also

References

External links