Netherlands at the 2022 Winter Olympics
# Netherlands at the 2022 Winter Olympics

The Netherlands competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.

The Netherlands won eight gold medals at these Games, matching their gold medal hauls from 2014 and 2018, although the total number of medals won decreased from 24 in 2014 to 20 in 2018 and 17 in 2022.

Speed skater Irene Schouten was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.

## Medalists

The following Dutch competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Irene Schouten | Speed skating | Women's 3000 metres | 5 February |
| Gold | Ireen Wüst | Speed skating | Women's 1500 metres | 7 February |
| Gold | Kjeld Nuis | Speed skating | Men's 1500 metres | 8 February |
| Gold | Irene Schouten | Speed skating | Women's 5000 metres | 10 February |
| Gold | Suzanne Schulting | Short track speed skating | Women's 1000 metres | 11 February |
| Gold | Suzanne Schulting Selma Poutsma Xandra Velzeboer Yara van Kerkhof | Short track speed skating | Women's 3000 metre relay | 13 February |
| Gold | Thomas Krol | Speed skating | Men's 1000 metres | 18 February |
| Gold | Irene Schouten | Speed skating | Women's mass start | 19 February |
| Silver | Patrick Roest | Speed skating | Men's 5000 metres | 6 February |
| Silver | Patrick Roest | Speed skating | Men's 10,000 metres | 11 February |
| Silver | Suzanne Schulting | Short track speed skating | Women's 500 metres | 7 February |
| Silver | Thomas Krol | Speed skating | Men's 1500 metres | 8 February |
| Silver | Jutta Leerdam | Speed skating | Women's 1000 metres | 17 February |
| Bronze | Antoinette de Jong | Speed skating | Women's 1500 metres | 7 February |
| Bronze | Kimberley Bos | Skeleton | Women's | 12 February |
| Bronze | Marijke Groenewoud Antoinette de Jong Irene Schouten Ireen Wüst | Speed skating | Women's team pursuit | 15 February |
| Bronze | Suzanne Schulting | Short track speed skating | Women's 1500 metres | 16 February |

Medals by sport :

| Sport | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Speed skating | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| Short track | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Skeleton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 5 | 4 | 17 |

Medals by date :

| Day | Date | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Day 1 | February 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 2 | February 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 3 | February 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Day 4 | February 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Day 5 | February 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 6 | February 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 7 | February 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Day 8 | February 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Day 9 | February 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 10 | February 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 11 | February 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Day 12 | February 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Day 13 | February 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 14 | February 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 15 | February 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 16 | February 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Bobsleigh | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Figure skating | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Short track speed skating | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Skeleton | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Snowboarding | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Speed skating | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| Total | 21 | 20 | 41 |

## Alpine skiing

By meeting the basic qualification standards The Netherlands qualified one male and one female alpine skier.

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Maarten Meiners | Men's giant slalom | 1:06.03 | 22 | 1:09.45 | 20 | 2:15.48 | 18 |
| Adriana Jelinkova | Women's giant slalom | DNF | DNF | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Adriana Jelinkova | Women's slalom | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |

## Bobsleigh

The Netherlands qualified three sleds (two-man, four-man and women's monobob) over the course of the 2021–22 Bobsleigh World Cup.

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ivo de Bruin Jelen Franjic | Two-man | 1:00.46 | 27 | 1:00.36 | 18 | 1:00.35 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 3:01.17 | 23 |
| Ivo de Bruin Janko Franjic Jelen Franjic Dennis Veenker | Four-man | 59.85 | 26 | 1:00.07 | 24 | 1:00.08 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 3:00.00 | 26 |
| Karlien Sleper | Women's monobob | 1:05.88 | 16 | 1:06.59 | 16 | 1:05.85 | 11 | 1:06.65 | 18 | 4:24.97 | 16 |

## Figure skating

In the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, the Netherlands secured one quota in the ladies singles competition.

| Athlete | Event | SP | SP | FS | FS | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Lindsay van Zundert | Women's singles | 59.24 | 22 | 116.57 | 16 | 175.81 | 18 |

## Short track speed skating

The Netherlands qualified all three relays and the maximum of five athletes in each gender.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Itzhak de Laat | 500 m | No Time | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | =28 |
| Dylan Hoogerwerf | 500 m | No Time | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | =28 |
| Jens van 't Wout | 500 m | PEN | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Itzhak de Laat | 1000 m | 1:24.332 | 3 AA | 1:42.490 | 3 AA | 1:24.229 | 3 FB | 1:35.925 | 5 |
| Sjinkie Knegt | 1000 m | 1:23.097 | 2 Q | YC | 5 | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| Jens van 't Wout | 1000 m | 1:23.946 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 19 |
| Sjinkie Knegt | 1500 m | — | — | 2:12.208 | 1 Q | PEN | 7 | Did not advance | 20 |
| Sven Roes | 1500 m | — | — | 2:18.687 | 2 Q | 2:10.841 | 4 FB | 2:18.299 | 14 |
| Itzhak de Laat | 1500 m | — | — | 3:08.907 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 30 |
| Itzhak de Laat Sjinkie Knegt Sven Roes Jens van 't Wout | 5000 m relay | — | — | — | — | 6:37.927 | 3 FB | 6:39.780 | 7 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Selma Poutsma | 500 m | 43.472 | 1 Q | 1:07.285 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 15 |
| Suzanne Schulting | 500 m | 42.379 OR | 1 Q | 42.922 | 1 Q | 42.475 | 1 FA | 42.559 | |
| Xandra Velzeboer | 500 m | 42.563 | 1 Q | PEN | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 |
| Selma Poutsma | 1000 m | 1:28.115 | 2 Q | 1:29.09 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 |
| Suzanne Schulting | 1000 m | 1:27.292 OR | 1 Q | 1:26.514 WR | 1 Q | 1:28.10 | 1 FA | 1:28.391 | |
| Xandra Velzeboer | 1000 m | 1:30.454 | 2 Q | 1:26.592 | 2 Q | 1:27.80 | 5 FB | 1:29.668 | 5 |
| Suzanne Schulting | 1500 m | — | — | 2:18.810 | 1 Q | 2:18.942 | 1 FA | 2:17.865 | |
| Xandra Velzeboer | 1500 m | — | — | 2:21.148 | 2 Q | 2:18.303 | 3 FA | 2:18.781 | 5 |
| Rianne de Vries | 1500 m | — | — | 2:22.244 | 4 ADV | 2:18.712 | 5 | Did not advance | 16 |
| Selma Poutsma Suzanne Schulting Yara van Kerkhof Xandra Velzeboer | 3000 m relay | — | — | — | — | 4:03.409 | 1 FA | 4:04.133 OR | |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Itzhak de Laat Sjinkie Knegt Selma Poutsma Suzanne Schulting Jens van 't Wout Xandra Velzeboer | 2000 m relay | 2:36.437 OR | 1 Q | 2:51.919 | 4 FB | 2:36.966 | 4 |

Key: AA = Advanced to medal round due to being impeded by another skater; DNF = Did not finish; FA = Qualified to medal round; FB = Qualified to consolation round; PEN = Penalty; Q = Qualified to next round

## Skeleton

The Netherlands qualified one female skeleton racer over the course of the 2021–22 Skeleton World Cup.

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Kimberley Bos | Women's | 1:02.51 | 10 | 1:02.22 | 2 | 1:01.86 | 4 | 1:01.87 | 2 | 4:08.46 | |

## Snowboarding

The Netherlands have qualified for 4 quota places (2 men, 2 women) racer over the course of the 2021–22 Snowboard World Cup.

### Freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best/Total | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best/Total | Rank |
| Niek van der Velden | Men's slopestyle | 26.51 | 46.03 | — | 46.03 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Niek van der Velden | Men's big air | 79.00 | 60.00 | 63.75 | 142.75 | 11 | 83.75 | 78.25 | 26.75 | 162.00 | 6 |
| Melissa Peperkamp | Women's slopestyle | 61.26 | 60.18 | — | 61.26 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Melissa Peperkamp | Women's big air | 60.00 | 68.25 | 58.00 | 128.25 | 11 | 64.25 | 72.00 | 69.75 | 141.75 | 6 |

### Parallel

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Michelle Dekker | Women's giant slalom | 1:28.73 | 13 Q | Nadyrshina (ROC) W +0.03 | Dujmovits (AUT) W +4.29 | Ledecká (CZE) L DNF | Kotnik (SLO) L DNF | 4 |

### Snowboard cross

| Athlete | Event | Seeding | Seeding | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Position | Position | Position | Position | Rank |
| Glenn de Blois | Men's | 1:19.69 | 27 Q | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 28 |

## Speed skating

The Dutch Olympic Committee selected the maximum allowed delegation of nine men and nine women, largely based on the results of the Olympic qualification tournament, held in December 2021.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Jorrit Bergsma | 5000 m | 6:13.18 | 5 |
| Jorrit Bergsma | 10000 m | 12:48.94 | 4 |
| Marcel Bosker | 1500 m | 1:45.42 | 9 |
| Sven Kramer | 5000 m | 6:17.04 | 9 |
| Thomas Krol | 500 m | 35.06 | 18 |
| Thomas Krol | 1000 m | 1:07.92 | |
| Thomas Krol | 1500 m | 1:43.55 | |
| Kjeld Nuis | 1500 m | 1:43.21 OR | |
| Hein Otterspeer | 1000 m | 1:08.80 | 10 |
| Patrick Roest | 5000 m | 6:09.31 | |
| Patrick Roest | 10000 m | 12:44.59 | |
| Merijn Scheperkamp | 500 m | 34.736 | 12 |
| Kai Verbij | 500 m | 34.87 | 14 |
| Kai Verbij | 1000 m | 1:14.17 | 30 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Carlijn Achtereekte | 3000 m | 4:02.21 | 7 |
| Marijke Groenewoud | 1500 m | 1:54.97 | 5 |
| Sanne in 't Hof | 5000 m | 6:59.77 | 7 |
| Antoinette de Jong | 1000 m | 1:14.92 | 5 |
| Antoinette de Jong | 1500 m | 1:54.82 | |
| Antoinette de Jong | 3000 m | 4:02.37 | 8 |
| Michelle de Jong | 500 m | 37.97 | 13 |
| Femke Kok | 500 m | 37.39 | 6 |
| Jutta Leerdam | 500 m | 37.34 | 5 |
| Jutta Leerdam | 1000 m | 1:13.83 | |
| Irene Schouten | 3000 m | 3:56.93 OR | |
| Irene Schouten | 5000 m | 6:43.51 OR | |
| Ireen Wüst | 1000 m | 1:15.11 | 6 |
| Ireen Wüst | 1500 m | 1:53.28 OR | |

### Mass start

| Athlete | Event | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Time | Rank | Points | Time | Rank |
| Jorrit Bergsma | Men's mass start | 3 | 7:44.42 | 8 Q | 3 | 7:50.25 | 9 |
| Sven Kramer | Men's mass start | 3 | 7:58.22 | 7 Q | 0 | 7:13.37 | 16 |
| Irene Schouten | Women's mass start | 13 | 8:34.43 | 4 Q | 60 | 8:14.73 | |
| Marijke Groenewoud | Women's mass start | 9 | 8:30.92 | 5 Q | 1 | 9:12.86 | 11 |

### Team pursuit

| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Marcel Bosker Sven Kramer Patrick Roest | Men's team pursuit | Canada (CAN) W 3:38.90 | 4 Q | Norway (NOR) L 3:39.62 | 2 FB | United States (USA) L 3:41.62 | 4 |
| Marijke Groenewoud Antoinette de Jong Irene Schouten Ireen Wüst | Women's team pursuit | Norway (NOR) W 2:57.26 | 3 Q | Canada (CAN) L 2:55.93 | 2 FB | ROC W 2:56.86 | |

Key: FA = Qualified to gold medal round; FB = Qualified to bronze medal round; L = Lost; OR = Olympic record; Q = Qualified to next round; W = Won

