Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics
# Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The team of 35 competed in speed skating, bobsleigh, short track speed skating and snowboarding. The Dutch flag bearer during the opening ceremony was speedskater Jan Bos.

Historically, the Dutch have only won medals in skating; of their 78 Winter Olympic medals since 1952, 75 have been won in speed skating, and a further three in figure skating. The Netherlands have not won a figure skating medal since 1976.

Dirk Matschenz (skeleton) did meet the limits set by the Dutch Olympic Committee but did not participate because he did not get his Dutch passport before the start of the Olympics. Matschenz is originally from Germany.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Ireen Wüst | Speed skating | Women's 3000 m |
| Gold | Marianne Timmer | Speed skating | Women's 1000 m |
| Gold | Bob de Jong | Speed skating | Men's 10000 m |
| Silver | Sven Kramer | Speed skating | Men's 5000 m |
| Silver | Renate Groenewold | Speed skating | Women's 3000 m |
| Bronze | Sven Kramer Rintje Ritsma Mark Tuitert Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars | Speed skating | Men's team pursuit |
| Bronze | Erben Wennemars | Speed skating | Men's 1000 m |
| Bronze | Ireen Wüst | Speed skating | Women's 1500 m |
| Bronze | Carl Verheijen | Speed skating | Men's 10000 m |

## Bobsleigh

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank |
| Ilse Broeders Jeanette Pennings | Two-woman | 1:00.13 | did not start | did not start | did not start | did not start | did not start |
| Arend Glas Sybren Jansma | Two-man | 56.70 | 56.54 | 56.95 | 57.15 | 3:47.36 | 19 |
| Eline Jurg Kitty van Haperen | Two-woman | 58.05 | 58.08 | 58.42 | 58.35 | 3:52.90 | 11 |
| Arend Glas Sybren Jansma Arno Klaassen Vincent Kortbeek | Four-man | 55.82 | 56.08 | 55.78 | 55.51 | 3:43.19 | 16 |

## Short track speed skating

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Cees Juffermans | Men's 500 m | 42.849 | 3 Q | 42.515 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 11 |
| Cees Juffermans | Men's 1500 m | 2:27.696 | 2 Q | — | — | DNF | DNF | did not advance | 16 |
| Niels Kerstholt | Men's 1000 m | disqualified | disqualified | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Niels Kerstholt | Men's 1500 m | 2:23.854 | 2 Q | — | — | 2:21.748 | 3 | Final B 2:24.962 | 10 |
| Liesbeth Mau Asam | Women's 500 m | 45.500 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 15 |
| Liesbeth Mau Asam | Women's 1000 m | 1:38.039 | 2 Q | 1:34.034 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 10 |
| Liesbeth Mau Asam | Women's 1500 m | 2:28.910 | 2 Q | — | — | 2:26.370 | 6 | did not advance | 14 |

## Snowboarding

Two women were selected for the Netherlands in snowboarding events in Torino; Cheryl Maas for the halfpipe event and Nicolien Sauerbreij in the parallel giant slalom event. Maas qualified in 4th place for the final, but on her final run, Maas landed on the top edge of the halfpipe, fell and ended up in 11th.

### Halfpipe

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying Run 1 | Qualifying Run 1 | Qualifying Run 2 | Qualifying Run 2 | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank |
| Cheryl Maas | Women's halfpipe | 38.6 | 4 Q | n/a | n/a | (8.7) | 16.5 | 11 |

Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.

### Parallel GS

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Rank |
| Nicolien Sauerbreij | Women's parallel giant slalom | 1:22.17 | 12 | Kober (GER) (1) L +0.03 (-1.50 +1.53) | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 12 |

Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.

## Speed skating

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Time | Rank |
| Jan Bos | 500 m | 35.68 | 35.43 | 1:11.11 | 11 |
| Jan Bos | 1000 m | n/a | n/a | 1:09.42 | 5 |
| Jan Bos | 1500 m | n/a | n/a | 1:48.61 | 20 |
| Bob de Jong | 5000 m | n/a | n/a | 6:22.12 | 6 |
| Bob de Jong | 10000 m | n/a | n/a | 13:01.57 | |
| Stefan Groothuis | 1000 m | n/a | n/a | 1:09.57 | 8 |
| Sven Kramer | 1500 m | n/a | n/a | 1:48.36 | 15 |
| Sven Kramer | 5000 m | n/a | n/a | 6:16.40 | |
| Sven Kramer | 10000 m | n/a | n/a | 13:18.14 | 7 |
| Simon Kuipers | 500 m | 36.10 | 35.74 | 1:11.84 | 23 |
| Simon Kuipers | 1500 m | n/a | n/a | 1:46.58 | 4 |
| Beorn Nijenhuis | 500 m | 48.84 | 35.71 | 1:24.55 | 35 |
| Beorn Nijenhuis | 1000 m | n/a | n/a | 1:09.85 | 12 |
| Carl Verheijen | 5000 m | n/a | n/a | 6:18.84 | 4 |
| Carl Verheijen | 10000 m | n/a | n/a | 13:08.80 | |
| Erben Wennemars | 500 m | 35.46 | 35.84 | 1:11.30 | 16 |
| Erben Wennemars | 1000 m | n/a | n/a | 1:09.32 | |
| Erben Wennemars | 1500 m | n/a | n/a | 1:46.71 | 5 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Time | Rank |
| Barbara De Loor | 1000 m | n/a | n/a | 1:16.73 | 6 |
| Annette Gerritsen | 500 m | 39.12 | 38.97 | 1:18.09 | 12 |
| Annette Gerritsen | 1000 m | n/a | n/a | 1:18.33 | 23 |
| Renate Groenewold | 1500 m | n/a | n/a | 1:59.33 | 9 |
| Renate Groenewold | 3000 m | n/a | n/a | 4:03.48 | |
| Renate Groenewold | 5000 m | n/a | n/a | 7:11.32 | 9 |
| Carien Kleibeuker | 5000 m | n/a | n/a | 7:12.18 | 10 |
| Moniek Kleinsman | 3000 m | n/a | n/a | 4:13.81 | 17 |
| Marianne Timmer | 500 m | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified |
| Marianne Timmer | 1000 m | n/a | n/a | 1:16.05 | |
| Marianne Timmer | 1500 m | n/a | n/a | 2:00.45 | 14 |
| Paulien van Deutekom | 1500 m | n/a | n/a | 2:00.15 | 13 |
| Sanne van der Star | 500 m | 39.26 | 39.33 | 1:18.59 | 14 |
| Ireen Wüst | 1000 m | n/a | n/a | 1:16.39 | 4 |
| Ireen Wüst | 1500 m | n/a | n/a | 1:56.90 | |
| Ireen Wüst | 3000 m | n/a | n/a | 4:02.43 | |

### Team Pursuit

| Athlete | Event | Seeding | Seeding | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Rank |
| Sven Kramer Rintje Ritsma Mark Tuitert Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars | Men's team pursuit | 3:48.02 | 3 | Russia (6) W 3:44.65 | Italy (2) L Overtaken | Bronze final Norway (4) W 3:44.53 | |
| Paulien van Deutekom Renate Groenewold Moniek Kleinsman Gretha Smit Ireen Wüst | Women's team pursuit | 3:06.67 | 4 | Germany (5) L 3:03.65 | did not advance | 5th place final United States (6) L 3:05.62 | 6 |
