Netherlands at the 2012 Summer Olympics

The Netherlands competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. Dutch athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since their official debut in 1908, with the exception of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, which the Netherlands boycotted because of the Soviet invasion of Hungary. The Netherlands National Olympic Committee (Dutch: Nederlands Olympisch Comité * Nederlandse Sport Federatie, NOC*NSF) sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since 1988. A total of 175 athletes, 95 men and 80 women, competed in 18 sports.

Netherlands at the
2012 Summer Olympics
IOC codeNED
NOCDutch Olympic Committee*
Dutch Sports Federation
Websitewww.nocnsf.nl (in Dutch)
in London
Competitors175 in 18 sports
Flag bearer Dorian van Rijsselberghe[1] (opening)
Ranomi Kromowidjojo (closing)
Medals
Ranked 13th
Gold
6
Silver
6
Bronze
8
Total
20
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

The Netherlands left London with a total of 20 Olympic medals (6 gold, 6 silver, and 8 bronze), finishing thirteenth in the overall medal standings. Four of these medals were awarded to the team in swimming and equestrian, and three each in cycling and sailing. Four Dutch athletes won more than a single Olympic medal in London. With the absence of baseball and softball at the Olympics, Netherlands' team-based athletes proved successful in London, as the men's and women's national field hockey teams won gold and silver medals, respectively. For the first time in its history, Netherlands won an Olympic medal in BMX cycling.

Among the nation's medalists were cyclist Marianne Vos, who took her second gold medal, this time in women's road race, windsurfer Dorian van Rijsselberghe, who became the second Dutch man to claim an Olympic title since 1984, and gymnast Epke Zonderland, who won the Netherlands' first ever gold medal in his sport after 84 years.[2] Anky van Grunsven, who won bronze in London, emerged as the greatest equestrian rider in Olympic history, with a total of nine medals (three of them gold). Meanwhile, Ranomi Kromowidjojo became one of the most successful Dutch swimmers in history, with a total of four Olympic medals (including two golds in London), and three Olympic records.

Medalists

Competitors

NOC*NSF selected a team of 175 athletes (exclusive reserves), 95 men and 80 women, to compete in 18 sports; it was the nation's eighth-largest team sent to the Olympics, but the smallest since 1988. Field hockey was the only team-based sport in which the Netherlands had its representation in these Olympic games. There was only a single competitor in archery, badminton, fencing, shooting, and taekwondo.

The Dutch team featured three defending Olympic champions (dressage rider Anky van Grunsven, the women's freestyle swimming team, and the women's national field hockey team). Van Grunsven, eight-time medalist and the oldest member of the team, at age 44, became the first Dutch female athlete to compete in seven Olympic games. Beach volleyballer Richard Schuil was at his fifth appearance, having participated in the Olympics since the sport's introduction in 1996. Meanwhile, gymnast Céline van Gerner, at age 17, was the youngest athlete of the team. Windsurfer Dorian van Rijsselberghe, who claimed seven World cup titles and a single world championship title for his event, became the Netherlands' flag bearer at the opening ceremony.[1]

Among the Dutch athletes in the team, several of them were born outside the Netherlands. Sprinter Churandy Martina played for two of his previous Olympics under the Netherlands Antilles, which was dissolved in 2010. Two other athletes competed for their respective nations before representing the Netherlands: table tennis player Elena Timina, who made her first two Olympic appearances under the Unified Team and Russia, and field hockey player Marilyn Agliotti, who played for the South African team in Sydney.

Other notable Dutch athletes featured gymnast Epke Zonderland, who called himself "The Flying Dutchman" for his astonishing display in the men's horizontal bar exercises, swimmer and world short course champion Ranomi Kromowidjojo, judokas Edith Bosch and Elisabeth Willeboordse, who both previously won the bronze medal in Beijing, and cyclist Marianne Vos, a former Olympic champion who later competed in the women's road race.

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 101
Athletics 10818
Badminton 011
Cycling 151025
Equestrian 8311
Fencing 101
Field hockey 171633
Gymnastics 123
Judo 549
Rowing 191332
Sailing 5611
Shooting 101
Swimming 7815
Table tennis 033
Taekwondo 101
Tennis 202
Triathlon 022
Volleyball 246
Total9580175

Archery
Main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Netherlands has qualified the following archers.

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Rick van der Ven Men's individual 671 16  Henckels (LUX) (49)
W 6–2		  Gankin (KAZ) (17)
W 7–1		  Im D-h (KOR) (1)
W 7–1		  Kuo C-w (TPE) (40)
W 6–0		  Furukawa (JPN) (5)
L 5–6		  Dai Xx (CHN) (7)
L 5–6		 4

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Dutch athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):[3][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 loser or, 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
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Robert Lathouwers 800 m 1:46.06 2 Q N/A 1:45.85 5 Did not advance
Churandy Martina 100 m Bye 10.20 3 Q 9.91 2 Q 9.94 6
200 m 20.58 1 Q N/A 20.17 1 Q 20.00 5
Gregory Sedoc 110 m hurdles 13.52 3 Q N/A DNF Did not advance
Giovanni Codrington
Brian Mariano
Churandy Martina
Patrick van Luijk		 4 × 100 m relay* 38.29 3 Q N/A 38.39 6

* Wouter Brus and Jerrel Feller were reserves for the 4 × 100 m relay, but did not compete.

Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Erik Cadée Discus throw 63.55 12 q 62.78 10
Rutger Smith Discus throw 63.09 16 Did not advance
Shot put 20.08 14 Did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Eelco Sintnicolaas Result 10.85 7.37 14.18 1.93 48.85 14.43 32.26 5.30 58.82 4:31.17 8034 11
Points 894 903 739 740 868 920 509 1004 720 737
Ingmar Vos Result 10.98 7.27 13.77 1.96 49.62 14.61 42.26 4.50 61.60 4:50.01 7805 21
Points 865 878 714 767 832 897 711 760 762 619
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Hilda Kibet Marathon N/A 2:28:52 24
Lornah Kiplagat N/A DNF
Dafne Schippers 200 m DNS Did not advance
Eva Lubbers
Jamile Samuel
Dafne Schippers
Kadene Vassell		 4 × 100 m relay 42.45 3 Q N/A 42.70 6

* Esther Akihary and Marit Dopheide were reserves for the 4 × 100 m relay, but did not compete.

Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Monique Jansen Discus throw 57.50 31 Did not advance
Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank
Nadine Broersen Result 13.64 1.86 13.57 25.13 5.94 51.98 2:16.98 6319 12
Points 1030 1054 765 875 831 899 865
Dafne Schippers Result 13.48 1.80 13.67 22.83 6.28 36.63 2:15.52 6324 11
Points 1053 978 772 1096 937 603 885

Badminton
Main article: Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Group Stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Jie Yao Women's singles  Ingólfsdóttir (ISL)
W 21–12, 25–23		  Stapušaitytė (LTU)
W 21–16, 21–7		 1 Q  Nehwal (IND)
L 14–21, 16–21		 Did not advance

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Netherlands has so far qualified cyclists for the following events.

Road
Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Lars Boom Road race 5:46:05 11
Time trial 55:29 22
Robert Gesink Road race 5:46:05 23
Sebastian Langeveld 5:46:37 74
Niki Terpstra 5:46:37 82
Lieuwe Westra Road race 5:46:47 97
Time trial 54:19 11
Ellen van Dijk during the time trial supported by the Dutch Royal Family (Prince Willem-Alexander, Princess Maxima, Princess Catharina-Amalia, Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane).
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Loes Gunnewijk Road race OTL
Ellen van Dijk Road race OTL
Time trial 38:53 8
Annemiek van Vleuten Road race 3:35:56 14
Marianne Vos Road race 3:35:29
Time trial 40:40 16

Track
Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage 1 Round 2 Repechage 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Rank
Willy Kanis Women's sprint 11.322
63.593		 11  Krupeckaitė (LTU)
L		  Cueff (FRA)
 Larreal (VEN)
W 11.643
61.839		  Pendleton (GBR)
L		  Shulika (UKR)
 Lee W S (HKG)
L		 Did not advance 9th place final
 Lee W S (HKG)
 Sullivan (CAN)
 Hansen (NZL)
W 11.852		 9
Team sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Rank
Yvonne Hijgenaar
Willy Kanis		 Women's team sprint 33.253 OR
54.130		 5 Q  Australia (AUS)
L 33.090
54.397		 5 Did not advance
Pursuit
Ellen van Dijk, Kirsten Wild and Amy Pieters riding the women's team pursuit qualification.
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinals Final
Time Rank Opponent
Results		 Rank Opponent
Results		 Rank
Levi Heimans
Jenning Huizenga
Wim Stroetinga
Tim Veldt
Michael Vingerling		 Men's team pursuit 4:03.818 NR 8 Q  Russia (RUS)
4:04.029		 7  Colombia (COL)
4:04.569		 7
Vera Koedooder
Amy Pieters
Ellen van Dijk
Kirsten Wild		 Women's team pursuit 3:21.602 OR 6 Q  Germany (GER)
3:20.013 NR		 6  New Zealand (NZL)
3:23.256		 6
Keirin
Athlete Event 1st Round Repechage 2nd Round Final
Rank Rank Rank Rank
Teun Mulder Men's keirin 2 Q Bye 3 Q
Willy Kanis Women's keirin 6 R 2 Q 4 12
Omnium
Athlete Event Flying lap Points race Elimination race Individual pursuit Scratch race Time trial Total points Rank
Time Rank Points Rank Rank Time Rank Rank Time Rank
Kirsten Wild Women's omnium 14.335 4 2 16 5 3:39.741 6 4 37.152 15 50 6

Mountain biking
Athlete Event Time Rank
Rudi van Houts Men's cross-country 1:32:53 17
Michael Vingerling DNS

BMX
Athlete Event Seeding Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Points Rank Points Rank Result Rank
Raymon van der Biezen Men's BMX 37.779 1 3 1 Q 8 2 Q 38.492 4
Twan van Gendt 38.339 3 7 1 Q 8 2 Q 44.744 5
Jelle van Gorkom 39.529 21 31 7 Did not advance
Laura Smulders Women's BMX 39.420 6 N/A 11 3 Q 38.231

Equestrian
Main article: Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Dressage
Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix Grand Prix Special Grand Prix Freestyle Overall
Score Rank Score Rank Technical Artistic Score Rank
Adelinde Cornelissen Parzival Individual 81.687 2 Q 81.968 2 Q 84.107 92.286 88.196
Edward Gal Glock's Undercover 75.395 11 Q 75.556 10 Q 76.964 83.571 80.267 9
Patrick van der Meer Uzzo 70.912 25 Q 67.444 32 Did not advance
Anky van Grunsven Salinero 73.343 16 Q 74.794 12 Q 77.714 86.286 82.000 6
Adelinde Cornelissen
Edward Gal
Anky van Grunsven		 See above Team 76.809 3 77.439 3 N/A 77.124

Eventing
Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Qualifier Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Andrew Heffernan Millthyme Corolla Individual 50.60 34 12.40 63.00 32 12.00 75.00 33 Did not advance 75.00 33
Tim Lips Concrex Oncarlos 51.70 39 22.00 73.70 39 13.00 86.70 38 Did not advance 86.70 38
Elaine Pen Vira 52.20 43 Eliminated Did not advance
Andrew Heffernan
Tim Lips
Elaine Pen		 See above Team 154.50 12 982.20 1136.70 11 25.00 1161.70 11 N/A 1161.70 11

Jumping
Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final Total
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round A Round B
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Marc Houtzager Sterrehof's Tamino Individual 0 1 Q 0 0 1 Q 0 0 1 Q 4 11 Q 4 8 9 8 9
Gerco Schröder London 0 1 Q 4 4 17 Q 4 8 11 Q 1 7 Q 0 1 2 JO 0
Maikel van der Vleuten Verdi 0 1 Q 0 0 1 Q 0 0 1 Q Retired Did not advance
Jur Vrieling Bubalu 0 1 Q 8 8 31 Q 8 16 33 Did not advance
Marc Houtzager
Gerco Schröder
Maikel van der Vleuten
Jur Vrieling		 See above Team N/A 4 2 Q 4 8 1 JO 4

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Netherlands has qualified 1 fencer.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Bas Verwijlen Individual épée  Schwantes (BRA)
W 15–10		  Fiedler (GER)
L 8–15		 Did not advance

Field hockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament
Main article: Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The following is the Netherlands roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[5]

Head Coach: Paul van Ass

  1. Jaap Stockmann (GK)
  2. Tim Jenniskens
  3. Klaas Vermeulen
  4. Marcel Balkestein
  5. Wouter Jolie
  6. Billy Bakker
  7. Roderick Weusthof
  8. Robbert Kemperman
  9. Sander Baart
  10. Teun de Nooijer
  11. Floris Evers (C)
  12. Bob de Voogd
  13. Sander de Wijn
  14. Rogier Hofman
  15. Robert van der Horst
  16. Valentin Verga
  17. Mink van der Weerden

Reserves:

Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 5 5 0 0 18 7 +11 15 Semi-finals
2  Germany 5 3 1 1 14 11 +3 10
3  Belgium 5 2 1 2 8 7 +1 7 Fifth place game
4  South Korea 5 2 0 3 9 8 +1 6 Seventh place game
5  New Zealand 5 1 2 2 10 14 −4 5 Ninth place game
6  India 5 0 0 5 6 18 −12 0 Eleventh place game
Source: FIH
30 July 2012
16:00
Netherlands  3–2  India
Van der Horst  20'
Weusthof  29'
Van der Weerden  51'		 Report D. Singh  45'
Sh. Singh  48'
Umpires:
Tim Pullman (AUS)
Nathan Stagno (GIB)
1 August 2012
10:45
Belgium  1–3  Netherlands
Dekeyser  58' Report Van der Weerden  43', 62'
De Voogd  70'
Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (NZL)
Gary Simmonds (RSA)
3 August 2012
10:45
Netherlands  5–1  New Zealand
Weusthof  16'
Van der Weerden  27'
Bakker  29', 56'
Kemperman  67'		 Report Child  5'
Umpires:
Ged Curran (GBR)
Nathan Stagno (GIB)
5 August 2012
16:00
Netherlands  3–1  Germany
De Voogd  14'
De Nooijer  36'
Van der Weerden  41'		 Report Zeller  3'
Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Ged Curran (GBR)
7 August 2012
08:30
South Korea  2–4  Netherlands
Nam  53'
Lee N.  62'		 Report Van der Weerden  17'
Verga  21'
Weusthof  47'
Bakker  64'
Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Ged Curran (GBR)
Semi-final
9 August 2012
20:00
Netherlands  9–2  Great Britain
Weusthof  9', 15', 60'
Van der Weerden  22'
Bakker  33', 44', 51'
De Nooijer  47'
Evers  48'		 Report Jackson  18'
Moore  65'
Umpires:
Christian Blasch (GER)
David Gentles (AUS)
Final
11 August 2012
20:00
Germany  2–1  Netherlands
Rabente  33', 66' Report Van der Weerden  54'
Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Ged Curran (GBR)

Women's tournament
Main article: Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Roster

The following is the Netherlands roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[6]

Head Coach: Maximiliano Caldas

Netherlands women's hockey team (in orange) before the final against Argentina
  1. Joyce Sombroek (GK)
  2. Kitty van Male
  3. Willemijn Bos^
  4. Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel
  5. Kelly Jonker
  6. Maartje Goderie
  7. Lidewij Welten
  8. Caia van Maasakker
  9. Maartje Paumen (C)
  10. Naomi van As
  11. Ellen Hoog
  12. Sophie Polkamp
  13. Kim Lammers
  14. Eva de Goede
  15. Marilyn Agliotti
  16. Merel de Blaeij
  17. Margot van Geffen

Reserves:

^ Willemijn Bos injured her cruciate ligament during a friendly match.

Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 5 5 0 0 12 5 +7 15 Semi-finals
2  Great Britain (H) 5 3 0 2 14 7 +7 9
3  China 5 2 1 2 6 3 +3 7
4  South Korea 5 2 0 3 9 13 −4 6
5  Japan 5 1 1 3 4 9 −5 4
6  Belgium 5 0 2 3 2 10 −8 2
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.
(H) Host.
29 July 2012
10:45
Netherlands  3–0  Belgium
Lammers  33', 42'
van Maasakker  60'		 Report
Umpires:
Claire Adenot (FRA)
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
31 July 2012
08:30
Netherlands  3–2  Japan
Lammers  4', 43'
Hoog  30'		 Report Komazawa  46'
Mitsuhashi  53'
Umpires:
Kang Hyun-young (KOR)
Irene Presenqui (ARG)
2 August 2012
13:45
China  0–1  Netherlands
Report Goderie  10'
Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Chieko Soma (JPN)
4 August 2012
10:45
Netherlands  3–2  South Korea
Welten  10'
Hoog  14'
Dirkse van den Heuvel  36'		 Report Cheon Seul-ki  5', 65'
Umpires:
Irene Presenqui (ARG)
Claire Adenot (FRA)
6 August 2012
19:00
Great Britain  1–2  Netherlands
Cullen  29' Report van As  43'
van Male  52'
Umpires:
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Chieko Soma (JPN)
Semi-final
8 August 2012
15:30
Netherlands  2–2 (a.e.t.)  New Zealand
Paumen  32', 53' Report Sharland  7'
Forgesson  49'
Penalties
Van As
Paumen
De Goede
Van Geffen
Hoog 		3–1 Sharland
Michelsen
Flynn
Punt
Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Final
10 August 2012
20:00
Netherlands  2–0  Argentina
Dirkse van den Heuvel  45'
Paumen  54'		 Report
Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Lisa Roach (AUS)

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Artistic
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Epke Zonderland Parallel bars N/A 15.133 N/A 15.133 18 Did not advance
Horizontal bar N/A 15.966 15.966 1 Q N/A 16.533 16.533
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F V UB BB F V UB BB
Céline van Gerner All-around 12.966 13.700 14.866 14.100 55.632 19 Q 14.000 14.133 14.966 14.133 57.232 12

Trampoline
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Rea Lenders Women's 98.115 13 Did not advance

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Netherlands has qualified 9 judokas

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Jeroen Mooren −60 kg Bye  Arshansky (ISR)
L 0001–0001		 Did not advance
Dex Elmont −73 kg Bye  Nartey (GHA)
W 1110–0003		  Mendonça (BRA)
W 0011–0002		  Legrand (FRA)
W 1000–0000		  Nakaya (JPN)
L 0000–0001		 Bye  Sainjargal (MGL)
L 0002–0011		 5
Guillaume Elmont −81 kg Bye  Schmitt (FRA)
L 0000–0001		 Did not advance
Henk Grol −100 kg Bye  Dugasse (SEY)
W 1010–0000		  Corrêa (BRA)
W 0101–0003		  Peters (GER)
L 0001–0100		 Did not advance  Krpálek (CZE)
W 1010–0000		  Hwang H-T (KOR)
W 0100–0000
Luuk Verbij +100 kg Bye  Bor (HUN)
L 0002–0010		 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Birgit Ente −48 kg Bye  Csernoviczki (HUN)
L 0001–0000		 Did not advance
Elisabeth Willeboordse −63 kg  Chammas (LIB)
W 0110–0000		  Nébié (BUR)
W 0100–0000		  Xu L (CHN)
L 0000–0100		 Did not advance  Ueno (JPN)
L 0000–0001		 Did not advance 7
Edith Bosch −70 kg Bye  Conway (GBR)
W 0010–0001		  Thiele (GER)
L 0000–0101		 Did not advance  Tachimoto (JPN)
W 0011–0002		  Hwang Y-S (KOR)
W 0011–0011
Marhinde Verkerk −78 kg Bye  Ogata (JPN)
W 0110–0020		  Gibbons (GBR)
L 0000–0100		 Did not advance  Yang Xl (CHN)
W 0000–0000		  Aguiar (BRA)
L 0000–1000		 5

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

The following quota place has been qualified for the Netherlands rowing squad at the Games [7]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Meindert Klem
Nanne Sluis		 Pair 6:25.90 3 SA/B Bye 7:13.77 6 FB 7:05.12 11
Kaj Hendriks
Ruben Knab
Boaz Meylink
Mechiel Versluis		 Four 5:55.99 2 SA/B Bye 6:03.71 5 FA 6:14.78 5
Tim Heijbrock
Roeland Lievens
Tycho Muda
Vincent Muda		 Lightweight four 5:52.47 2 SA/B Bye 6:01.37 5 FA 6:11.39 6
Rogier Blink
Roel Braas
Sjoerd Hamburger
Jozef Klaassen
Olivier Siegelaar
Diederik Simon
Mitchel Steenman
Matthijs Vellenga
Peter Wiersum (cox)		 Eight 5:28.99 3 R 5:27.98 3 FA N/A 5:51.72 5
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ellen Hogerwerf
Inge Janssen		 Double sculls 7:00.10 4 R 7:19.80 5 FB N/A 7:29.57 8
Maaike Head
Rianne Sigmond		 Lightweight double sculls 7:10.49 4 R 7:19.26 1 SA/B 7:19.31 5 FB 7:20.36 8
Chantal Achterberg
Claudia Belderbos
Carline Bouw
Sytske de Groot
Annemiek de Haan
Nienke Kingma
Anne Schellekens (cox)
Roline Repelaer van Driel
Jacobine Veenhoven		 Eight 6:18.98 3 R 6:15.36 1 FA N/A 6:13.12

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
Main article: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Netherlands has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Dorian van Rijsselberghe RS:X 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 39
DNF		 1 15
Rutger van Schaardenburg Laser 33 11 14 7 11 14 26 5 19 23 EL 130 14
Pieter-Jan Postma Finn 5 10 3 4 20 13 2 2 1 2 10 52 4
Kalle Coster
Sven Coster		 470 8 5 19 7 21 24 9 22 6 8 EL 105 12
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Marit Bouwmeester Laser Radial 6 3 4 5 6 1 4 3 6 1 4 37
Lobke Berkhout
Lisa Westerhof		 470 1 8 6 4 2 18 4 3 20 6 12 64

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

Match racing
Athlete Event Round Robin Rank Knockouts Rank

NZL
RUS
FRA
FIN
ESP
DEN
POR
AUS
USA
GBR
SWE		 Q-final S-final Final
Annemieke Bes
Marcelien de Koning
Renée Groeneveld		 Elliott 6m W L L W L L W L L W L 8 Q
AUS
L (1–3)		 Did not advance 8

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

The following quota place has been qualified for the Netherlands shooting squad at the Games;[8]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Peter Hellenbrand 50 m rifle 3 positions 1160 28 Did not advance
50 m rifle prone 588 43 Did not advance
10 m air rifle 596 7 Q 699.8 5

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Dutch swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[9][10]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Dion Dreesens 200 m freestyle 1:49.00 27 Did not advance
Nick Driebergen 100 m backstroke 53.62 6 Q 53.81 10 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 1:57.29 7 Q 1:57.35 9 Did not advance
Job Kienhuis 1500 m freestyle 15:03.16 11 N/A Did not advance
Bastiaan Lijesen 100 m backstroke 54.88 23 Did not advance
Lennart Stekelenburg 100 m breaststroke 1:00.96 20 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:12.02 18 Did not advance
Joeri Verlinden 100 m butterfly 52.07 6 Q 51.75 5 Q 51.82 6
Sebastiaan Verschuren 100 m freestyle 48.37 3 Q 48.13 4 Q 47.88 5
200 m freestyle 1:47.31 11 Q 1:46.95 11 Did not advance
Dion Dreesens
Nick Driebergen
Bastiaan Lijesen
Lennart Stekelenburg
Joeri Verlinden
Sebastiaan Verschuren		 4 × 100 m medley relay 3:33.78 5 Q N/A 3:33.46 7
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Inge Dekker 100 m butterfly 58.30 10 Q Withdrew
Femke Heemskerk 100 m freestyle 54.43 15 Q 54.13 11 Did not advance
200 m freestyle DNS Did not advance
Ranomi Kromowidjojo 50 m freestyle 24.51 1 Q 24.07 1 Q 24.05 OR
100 m freestyle 53.66 5 Q 53.05 OR 1 Q 53.00 OR
Moniek Nijhuis 100 m breaststroke 1:08.31 20 Did not advance
Sharon van Rouwendaal 100 m backstroke 1:00.61 20 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:10.60 16 Q 2:09.50 11 Did not advance
Marleen Veldhuis 50 m freestyle 24.57 2 Q 24.50 3 Q 24.39
Inge Dekker
Femke Heemskerk
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Hinkelien Schreuder*
Marleen Veldhuis		 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:37.76 3 Q N/A 3:33.79
Inge Dekker
Femke Heemskerk*
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Moniek Nijhuis
Sharon van Rouwendaal
 4 × 100 m medley relay 3:59.19 5 Q N/A 3:57.28 6

Table tennis
Main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Netherlands has qualified a women's team.

Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Li Jiao Women's singles Bye  Pesotska (UKR)
W 4–0		  Samara (ROU)
W 4–2		  Li Xx (CHN)
L 0–4		 Did not advance
Li Jie Bye  Partyka (POL)
W 4–2		  Fukuhara (JPN)
L 4–3		 Did not advance
Li Jiao
Li Jie
Elena Timina		 Women's team N/A  Egypt (EGY)
W 3–0		  China (CHN)
L 0–3		 Did not advance

Taekwondo
Main article: Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Netherlands has qualified 1 athlete.

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze Medal Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Tommy Mollet Men's −80 kg  Abdelrahman (EGY)
W 9–8 SDP		  Yeremyan (ARM)
L 4–6		 Did not advance

Tennis
Main article: Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Robin Haase Men's singles  Gasquet (FRA)
L 3–6, 3–6		 Did not advance
Robin Haase
Jean-Julien Rojer		 Men's doubles N/A  Paes /
Vardhan (IND)
L 6–7, 6–4, 2–6		 Did not advance

Triathlon
Main article: Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Netherlands has qualified the following athletes.

Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Maaike Caelers Women's 20:49 0:44 1:09:41 0:36 35:03 2:06:53 41
Rachel Klamer 19:27 0:44 1:07:14 0:35 36:59 2:04:59 36

Volleyball
Main article: Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Beach
Athlete Event Preliminary round Standing Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Reinder Nummerdor
Richard Schuil		 Men's Pool E
 Hernández – Villafañe (VEN)
W 2 – 1 (21–18, 17–21, 15–10)
 Erdmann – Matysik (GER)
W 2 – 0 (21–9, 21–16)
 Pļaviņš – Šmēdiņš (LAT)
L 0 – 2 (14–21, 18–21)		 2 Q  Bellaguarda –
Heuscher (SUI)
W 2 – 0 (22–20, 21–15)		  Lupo –
Nicolai (ITA)
W 2 – 0 (21–16, 21–18)		  Brink –
Reckermann (GER)
L 0 – 2 (14–21, 16–21)		  Pļaviņš –
Šmēdiņš (LAT)
L 1 – 2 (21–19, 19–21, 11–15)		 4
Sanne Keizer
Marleen van Iersel		 Women's Pool D
 Baquerizo – Fernández (ESP)
L 1 – 2 (21–14, 16–21, 11–15)
 Kessy – Ross (USA)
L 1 – 2 (15–21, 21–12, 8–15)
 Gallay – Zonta (ARG)
W 2 – 0 (21–12, 21–16)		 3 Q  May-Treanor –
Walsh Jennings (USA)
L 0 – 2 (13–21, 12–21)		 Did not advance 9
Madelein Meppelink
Sophie van Gestel		 Pool E
 Antonelli – Antunes (BRA)
L 0 – 2 (10–21, 19–21)
 Bawden – Palmer (AUS)
W 2 – 0 (21–19, 21–15)
 Goller – Ludwig (GER)
L 0 – 2 (18–21, 14–21)
Lucky Losers
 Háječková – Klapalová (CZE)
W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–17)		 3 Q  Felisberta –
França (BRA)
L 0 – 2 (10–21, 17–21)		 Did not advance 9

Sponsors

National house
Main article: 2012 Holland Heineken House
The front of the 2012 Holland Heinken House in Alexandra Palace

The Holland Heineken House in Alexandra Palace was the Dutch meeting place for supporters, athletes and other followers during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The Holland Heineken House opened their doors at the day of the opening ceremony on 27 July 2012 and closed on the day of the closing ceremony, 12 August 2012. All Dutch medalists, including the women's road cycling squad (Ellen van Dijk, Loes Gunnewijk and Annemiek van Vleuten) and the belonging coaches, were honoured in Holland Heineken House. Due to the expected numbers of visitors, tickets had to be bought in advance.[11] With about six thousand visitors per day, over hundred thousand visitors visited the Dutch national home during the Games.[12]

Clothes

Suitsupply was the official supplier of the 2012 Dutch Olympic team.[13] and was awarded best Olympic outfit by multiple websites among which Yahoo Sports.[14][15][16]

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