Netherlands at the 2010 Winter Olympics
# Netherlands at the 2010 Winter Olympics

The Netherlands participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Dutch team consisted of 34 competitors and participated in bobsleigh, short track speed skating, snowboarding, and speed skating.

The Dutch team won eight medals, of which four are gold medals. Seven medals were won in speed skating, one in snowboarding. The gold medal Nicolien Sauerbreij won on the women's parallel giant slalom was the first Dutch medal outside speed skating at the Winter Olympics since Sjoukje Dijkstra's medal for figure skating in 1964 and the 100th Dutch gold medal at the Olympics overall. This was also the first medal for the Netherlands at the Winter Olympics at a snow event.

## Records

### Olympic record

Sven Kramer set a new Olympic record of 6:14.60 in the 5000m men's longtrack speedskating event. He also finished in an Olympic record time in the 10,000 m, but he was disqualified for finishing in the wrong lane.

Jan Blokhuijsen, Sven Kramer, Simon Kuipers and Mark Tuitert set a new Olympic record of 3:39.95 in the men's team pursuit longtrack speedskating event. It brought them no more than the bronze medal, since they had lost their semifinal before.

### Track records

Mark Tuitert set a new track record of 1:45.57 in the men's 1500m longtrack speedskating event. Ireen Wüst equalled the track record of 1:56.89 in the women's 1500 m race. The above-mentioned 5,000 m and men's team pursuit Olympic records were also track records.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Sven Kramer | Speed skating | Men's 5000 metres |
| Gold | Mark Tuitert | Speed skating | Men's 1500 metres |
| Gold | Ireen Wüst | Speed skating | Women's 1500 metres |
| Gold | Nicolien Sauerbreij | Snowboarding | Women's parallel giant slaloms |
| Silver | Annette Gerritsen | Speed skating | Women's 1000 metres |
| Bronze | Laurine van Riessen | Speed skating | Women's 1000 metres |
| Bronze | Bob de Jong | Speed skating | Men's 10000 metres |
| Bronze | Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Simon Kuipers Mark Tuitert | Speed skating | Men's team pursuit |

## Bobsleigh

Men & Women

| Event | Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Two-man | Edwin van Calker Sybren Jansma | 52.37 | 14 | 52.83 | 15 | 52.63 | 17 | 52.62 | 16 | 3:30.45 | 16 |
| Two-woman | Esmé Kamphuis Tine Veenstra | 53.81 | 9 | 53.59 | 10 | 54.09 | 12 | 53.65 | 6 | 3:35.14 | 8 |
| Four-man | Edwin van Calker Sybren Jansma Arnold van Calker Timothy Beck | Pre-competition withdrawal | Pre-competition withdrawal | Pre-competition withdrawal | Pre-competition withdrawal | Pre-competition withdrawal | Pre-competition withdrawal | Pre-competition withdrawal | Pre-competition withdrawal | Pre-competition withdrawal | Pre-competition withdrawal |

## Short track speed skating

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Position | Time | Position | Time | Position | Time | Position |
| 500 m | Niels Kerstholt | 42.180 | 2 Q | 42.128 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 500 m | Sjinkie Knegt | 44.448 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 1000 m | Sjinkie Knegt | 1:25.449 | 2 Q | 1:26.176 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 1500 m | Niels Kerstholt | 2:46.222 | 5 ADV | | | 2:16.352 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 1500 m | Sjinkie Knegt | 2:14.862 | 2 Q | | | 2:13.870 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Position | Time | Position | Time | Position | Time | Position |
| 500 m | Annita van Doorn | 44.751 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 500 m | Liesbeth Mau Asam | 45.135 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 500 m | Jorien Ter Mors | 45.120 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 1000 m | Annita van Doorn | 1:31.516 | 2 Q | 1:32.067 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 1000 m | Liesbeth Mau Asam | - | DSQ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 1000 m | Jorien Ter Mors | - | DSQ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 3000 m relay | Annita van Doorn Liesbeth Mau Asam Jorien ter Mors Sanne van Kerkhof Maaike Vos | | | | | 4:16.520 | 3 QB | 4:16.120 | 4 |

## Snowboarding

Women

| Event | Athlete | Qualification | Qualification | 1st round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank | Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Rank |
| Women's parallel giant slalom | Nicolien Sauerbreij | 1:23.18 | 2 Q | Isabella Laboeck W +17.98 | Claudia Riegler W +0.30 | Selina Jörg W DNF | Ekaterina Ilyukhina W +0.23 | |

Men

| Event | Athlete | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank |
| Men's halfpipe | Dolf van der Wal | 14.5 | 11.8 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Speed skating

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Jan Bos | 36.149 | 31 | 36.111 | 29 | 72.26 | 29 |
| 500 m | Simon Kuipers | 35.662 | 23 | 35.669 | 20 | 71.33 | 20 |
| 500 m | Ronald Mulder | 35.155 | 11 | 35.146 | 10 | 70.30 | 11 |
| 500 m | Jan Smeekens | 35.160 | 12 | 35.051 | 4 | 70.21 | 6 |
| 1000 m | Jan Bos | | | | | 1:10.29 | 12 |
| 1000 m | Stefan Groothuis | | | | | 1:09.45 | 4 |
| 1000 m | Simon Kuipers | | | | | 1:09.65 | 6 |
| 1000 m | Mark Tuitert | | | | | 1:09.48 | 5 |
| 1500 m | Stefan Groothuis | | | | | 1:48.03 | 16 |
| 1500 m | Sven Kramer | | | | | 1:47.40 | 13 |
| 1500 m | Simon Kuipers | | | | | 1:46.76 | 7 |
| 1500 m | Mark Tuitert | | | | | 1:45.57 TR | |
| 5000 m | Jan Blokhuijsen | | | | | 6:26.30 | 9 |
| 5000 m | Bob de Jong | | | | | 6:19.02 | 5 |
| 5000 m | Sven Kramer | | | | | 6:14.60 OR | |
| 10,000 m | Bob de Jong | | | | | 13:06.73 | |
| 10,000 m | Arjen van der Kieft | | | | | 13:33.37 | 9 |
| 10,000 m | Sven Kramer | | | | | DSQ | — |
| Event | Athletes | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Rank |
| Team pursuit | Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Simon Kuipers Mark Tuitert | Sweden 3:44.25 Q | United States 3:43.11 QB | Norway 3:39.95 OR | |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Margot Boer | 38.511 | 4 | 38.365 | 4 | 76.87 | 4 |
| 500 m | Annette Gerritsen | 97.952 | 36 | 38.709 | 9 | 136.66 | 35 |
| 500 m | Thijsje Oenema | 38.892 | 14 | 38.869 | 17 | 77.76 | 15 |
| 500 m | Laurine van Riessen | 39.302 | 21 | 38.845 | 15 | 78.15 | 19 |
| 1000 m | Margot Boer | | | | | 1:16.94 | 6 |
| 1000 m | Annette Gerritsen | | | | | 1:16.58 | |
| 1000 m | Laurine van Riessen | | | | | 1:16.72 | |
| 1000 m | Ireen Wüst | | | | | 1:17.28 | 8 |
| 1500 m | Margot Boer | | | | | 1:58.10 | 4 |
| 1500 m | Annette Gerritsen | | | | | 1:58.46 | 7 |
| 1500 m | Laurine van Riessen | | | | | 1:59.79 | 17 |
| 1500 m | Ireen Wüst | | | | | 1:56.89 | |
| 3000 m | Renate Groenewold | | | | | 4:11.25 | 10 |
| 3000 m | Diane Valkenburg | | | | | 4:11.71 | 11 |
| 3000 m | Ireen Wüst | | | | | 4:08.09 | 7 |
| 5000 m | Jorien Voorhuis | | | | | 7:13.27 | 10 |
| 5000 m | Elma de Vries | | | | | 7:16.68 | 11 |
| Event | Athletes | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Rank |
| Team pursuit | Renate Groenewold Ireen Wüst Diane Valkenburg Jorien Voorhuis | Germany 3:03.38 QC | | Canada 3:02.04 | 6 |
