Netherlands at the 1996 Summer Olympics
# Netherlands at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The Netherlands competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Bart Brentjes | Cycling | Men's cross-country | July 30 |
| Gold | Netherlands men's national volleyball team Peter BlangéBas van de GoorMike van de GoorRob GrabertHenk-Jan HeldGuido GörtzenMisha LatuhihinOlof van der MeulenJan PosthumaBrecht RodenburgRichard SchuilRon Zwerver | Volleyball | Men's tournament | August 4 |
| Gold | Netherlands men's national field hockey team Jacques BrinkmanFloris Jan BovelanderMaurits CrucqMarc Delissen (captain)Jeroen DelmeeTaco van den HonertErik JazetRonald JansenLeo Klein GebbinkBram LomansTeun de NooijerWouter van PeltStephan VeenGuus VogelsTycho van MeerRemco van Wijk | Field hockey | Men's tournament | August 2 |
| Gold | Michiel BartmanJeroen DuysterRonald FlorijnKoos MaasdijkNico RienksDiederik SimonNiels van SteenisNiels van der ZwanHenk-Jan Zwolle | Rowing | Men's eight | July 27 |
| Silver | Ingrid Haringa | Cycling | Women's points race | July 28 |
| Silver | Margriet Matthijsse | Sailing | Women's Europe | August 2 |
| Silver | Anky van Grunsven | Equestrian | Individual dressage | August 3 |
| Silver | Tineke Bartels, Anky van Grunsven, Gonnelien Rothenberger and Sven Rothenberger | Equestrian | Team dressage | July 27 |
| Silver | Maarten van der Linden and Pepijn Aardewijn | Rowing | Men's lightweight double sculls | July 28 |
| Bronze | Kirsten Vlieghuis | Swimming | Women's 400 m freestyle | July 22 |
| Bronze | Kirsten Vlieghuis | Swimming | Women's 800 m freestyle | July 25 |
| Bronze | Ingrid Haringa | Cycling | Women's sprint | July 27 |
| Bronze | Roy Heiner | Sailing | Men's Finn | August 2 |
| Bronze | Sven Rothenberger | Equestrian | Individual dressage | August 3 |
| Bronze | Mark Huizinga | Judo | Men's middleweight (-86 kg) | July 22 |
| Bronze | Jenny Gal | Judo | Women's half middleweight (-61 kg) | July 23 |
| Bronze | Claudia Zwiers | Judo | Women's middleweight (-66 kg) | July 22 |
| Bronze | Irene Eijs and Eeke van Nes | Rowing | Women's double sculls | July 27 |
| Bronze | Netherlands women's national field hockey team Suzanne PlesmanDillianne van den BoogaardFlorentine SteenbergheWillemijn DuysterMijntje DonnersFleur van de KieftNicole KoolenJeannette LewinWietske de RuiterEllen KuipersMargje TeeuwenCarole ThateJacqueline ToxopeusStella de HeijNoor HolsboerSuzan van der Wielen | Field hockey | Women's tournament | August 2 |

## Archery

The Dutch archery team included former Soviet Union archer Lyudmila Arzhannikova. She placed 15th for the Netherlands in Atlanta.

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals / BM | Finals / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Lyudmila Arzhannikova | Women's individual | 652 | 11 | Bilukha (UKR) (54) W 149–141 | Sjovall (SWE) (22) W 160–151 | Altinkaynak (TUR) (6) L 150–160 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 15 |
| Christel Verstegen | Women's individual | 639 | 27 | Eksi (TUR) (38) W 155–150 | Altinkaynak (TUR) (6) L 160–149 | did not Advance | did not Advance | did not Advance | did not Advance | 27 |

## Athletics

### 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
* NM = No mark
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Marko Koers | 1500 m | 3:36.18 | 2 Q | — | — | 3:36.06 | 5 Q | 3:38.18 | 7 |
| Bert van Vlaanderen | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:20.48 | 45 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Laurens Looije | Pole vault | 5.40 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Combined events – Decathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Marcel Dost | Result | 10.87 | 7.21 | 13.91 | 1.95 | 48.19 | 14.52 | 41.92 | 5.20 | 57.76 | 4:38.81 | 8111 | 18 |
| Marcel Dost | Points | 890 | 864 | 723 | 758 | 900 | 908 | 704 | 972 | 704 | 688 | 8111 | 18 |
| Jack Rosendaal | Result | 11.24 | 7.33 | 13.59 | 2.07 | 50.93 | 14.46 | 41.24 | 4.70 | 63.80 | 4:25.98 | 8035 | 21 |
| Jack Rosendaal | Points | 808 | 893 | 703 | 868 | 772 | 916 | 690 | 819 | 795 | 771 | 8035 | 21 |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Stella Jongmans | 800 m | 2:00.26 | 2 Q | — | — | DNF | DNF | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anne van Schuppen | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:40.46 | 41 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Sharon Jaklofsky | Long Jump | 6.75 | 3 Q | NM | NM |
| Jacqueline Goormachtigh | Discus throw | 58.74 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Corrie de Bruin | Discus throw | 55.48 | 36 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Corrie de Bruin | Shot put | did not start | did not start | did not start | did not start |

## Badminton

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Joris van Soerland | Men's singles | Bye | Dong (CHN) L (9–15, 4–15) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jeroen van Dijk | Men's singles | Uvarov (RUS) W (15–8, 15–10) | Hock (MAS) L (11–15, 10–15) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ron Michels | Men's singles | Hall (GBR) L (4–15, 4–15) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eline Coene Erica van den Heuvel | Women's doubles | — | Morgan / Muggeridge (GBR) W (15–10, 15–5) | Chen / Peng (CHN) L (3–15, 8–15) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eline Coene Ron Michels | Mixed doubles | — | Velkov / Nedjalkova (BUL) W (15–4, 15–6) | Sogaard / Olsen (DEN) L (4–15, 6–15) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Baseball

The Netherlands made its first Olympic baseball appearance in 1996. They defeated Australia and Italy but lost their other five games in the preliminary round. When this result put the Dutch team in a three-way tie for fifth through seventh place with Australia and Italy, the head-to-head victories gave the Netherlands fifth place.

### Results

| Team | W | L | Tiebreaker |
| - | - | - | - |
| Cuba | 7 | 0 | - |
| United States | 6 | 1 | - |
| Japan | 4 | 3 | 1-0 |
| Nicaragua | 4 | 3 | 0-1 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 5 | 2-0 |
| Italy | 2 | 5 | 1-1 |
| Australia | 2 | 5 | 0-2 |
| South Korea | 1 | 6 | - |

## Canoeing

### Slalom

**Men**

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Best | Best |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Michael Reys | K-1 | 146.79 | 7 | 210.49 | 38 | 146.79 | 11 |
| Frits Sins | K-1 | 209.42 | 35 | 169.33 | 27 | 169.33 | 37 |

## Cycling

### Road competition

**Men**

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Erik Dekker | Road Race | 04:53:58 | 38 |
| Erik Dekker | Time Trial | 1:07:08 | 11 |
| Erik Breukink | Road Race | 04:53:58 | 45 |
| Erik Breukink | Time Trial | 1:08:33 | 17 |
| Tristan Hoffman | Road Race | 04:53:58 | 108 |
| Aart Vierhouten | Road Race | 04:53:58 | 56 |
| Danny Nelissen | Road Race | 04:54:00 | 111 |

**Women**

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Yvonne Brunen | Road Race | 02:37:06 | 26 |
| Yvonne Brunen | Time Trial | 40:39 | 19 |
| Elsbeth Vink | Road Race | 02:37:06 | 28 |
| Ingrid Haringa | Road Race | did not Finish | did not Finish |

### Track competition

**Points race**

| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Peter Pieters | Men's points race | 0 | 21 |
| Ingrid Haringa | Women's points race | 23 | |

**Sprint**

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | First round | Repechage 1 | Second round | Repechage 2 | Round of 16 | Repechage 3 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time Speed | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Ingrid Haringa | Women's sprint | 11.456 62.84 km/h | 4 Q | — | — | — | — | Salumäe (EST) W 12.164 | Bye | Dubnicoff (CAN) W | Ferris (AUS) L | Neuman (GER) W | |

**Pursuit**

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Peter Pieters | Men's individual pursuit | OVT | OVT | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jarich Bakker Robert Slippens Richard Rozendaal Peter Schep | Men's team pursuit | 4:16.175 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

**Time trial**

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Dirk Jan van Hameren | Men's 1000m time trial | 1:05.886 | 12 |

### Mountain bike

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Bart Brentjens | Men's cross-country | 2:17.38 | |
| Marcel Arntz | Men's cross-country | did not finish | did not finish |
| Elsbeth Vink | Women's cross-country | 1:54.38 | 5 |

## Equestrian

### Dressage

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix | Grand Prix | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Freestyle | Grand Prix Freestyle | Overall | Overall |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Tineke Bartles-de Vries | Olympic Barbria | Individual | 67.70 | 14 Q | 68.28 | 14 Q | 69.66 | 13 | 205.54 | 13 |
| Sven Rothenberger | Weyden | Individual | 74.16 | 4 Q | 74.00 | 4 Q | 76.78 | 4 | 224.94 | |
| Anky van Grunsven | Bonfire | Individual | 75.72 | 2 Q | 77.72 | 1 Q | 79.58 | 2 | 233.02 | |
| Gonnelien Rothenberger | Olympic Dondolo | Individual | 66.92 | =15 Q | 68.42 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tineke Bartles-de Vries Sven Rothenberger Anky van Grunsven Gonnelien Rothenberger | See above | Team | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5437 | |

### Show jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | | | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Jump off | Rank |
| Jos Lansink | Carthago | Individual | 4 | =14 | 8 | 12 | =22 | 8 | 20 | =29 | 8.00 | — | =11 |
| Emile Hendrix | Finesse | Individual | 4 | =14 | 12 | 16 | =38 | 4 | 20 | =29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bert Romp | Samantha | Individual | 4 | =14 | 8 | 12 | =22 | 12 | 24 | =40 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jan Tops | Top Gun | Individual | 0 | =1 | 0 | 0 | =1 | 4.25 | 4.25 | 4 Q | 4.00 | 8.00 | 7 |
| Jos Lansink Emile Hendrix Bert Romp Jan Tops | See above | Team | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32.35 | — | 7 |

## Judo

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Patrick Klas | –78 kg | Bye | Figueroa (PUR) W | García (ARG) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mark Huizinga | –86 kg | Bye | Jeon (KOR) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | Biwole Abolo (CMR) W | Despaigne (CUB) W | Gill (CAN) W | Croitoru (ROU) W | |
| Ben Sonnemans | –95 kg | Bye | W | Stevens (GBR) W | Kim (KOR) L | Did not advance | Bye | Sergeyev (RUS) W | Nakamura (JPN) L | did not advance | did not advance |
| Denny Ebbers | +95 kg | Bye | Möller (GER) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Tamara Meijer | -48 kg | Kuligina (KGZ) W | Kye (PRK) L | did not advance | did not advance | bye | Nichilo (FRA) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jessica Gal | -56 kg | bye | González (CUB) L | did not advance | did not advance | Baton (CUB) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jenny Gal | -61 kg | Buckingham (CAN) W | Beltrán (CUB) W | Álvarez (ESP) W | Emoto (JPN) L | bye | bye | bye | Kobas (TUR) W | |
| Claudia Zwiers | -66 kg | bye | Ogasawara (USA) W | Wu (TPE) W | Cho (KOR) L | bye | bye | bye | Revé (CUB) W | |
| Karin Kienhuis | -72 kg | bye | Howey (GBR) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Angelique Seriese | +72 kg | Hagn (GER) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Rowing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Sjors van Iwaarden Kai Compagner | Coxless pair | 7:00.45 | 5 R | 7:24.17 | 4 FC | — | — | 7:10.43 | 17 |
| Maarten van der Linden Pepijn Aardewijn | Lightweight double sculls | 6:49.93 | 1 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 6:27.07 | 2 FA | 6:26.48 | |
| Sander van der Marck Adri Middag Joris Loefs Pieter van Andel | Quadruple sculls | 6:06.98 | 3 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 6:03.72 | 4 FB | 5:55.15 | 10 |
| Henk-Jan Zwolle Diederik Simon Michiel Bartman Michiel Bartman Niels van der Zwan Niels van Steenis Ronald Florijn Nico Rienks Jeroen Duyster (cox) | Eight | 5:41.41 | 1 FA | Bye | Bye | — | — | 5:42.74 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Elien Meijer Anneke Venema | Coxless pair | 7:43.58 | 3 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 7:48.40 | 5 FB | 7:17.26 | 7 |
| Irene Eijs Eeke van Nes | Double sculls | 7:23.12 | 1 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 7:16.39 | 2 FA | 6:58.74 | |
| Laurien Vermulst Ellen Meliesie | Lightweight double sculls | 7:32.30 | 3 R | 7:00.17 | 1 SA/B | 7:19.20 | 2 FA | 7:21.92 | 6 |
| Irene Eijs Eeke van Nes Meike van Driel Nelleke Penninx | Quadruple sculls | 6:43.76 | 2 R | 6:15.92 | 2 FA | — | — | 6:35.54 | 6 |
| Femke Boelen Marleen van der Velden Astrid van Koert Marieke Westerhof Rita de Jong Tessa Knaven Tessa Appeldoorn Muriel van Schilfgaarde Jissy de Wolf (cox) | Eight | 6:32.71 | 3 R | 6:08.85 | 3 FA | — | — | 6:31.11 | 6 |

## Sailing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Points | Rank |
| Martijn van Geemen | Mistral | 15 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 12 | 23 | PMS | 20 | 19 | — | — | 118 | 18 |
| Roy Heiner | Finn | 21 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | — | 50 | |
| Ben Kouwenhoven Jan Kouwenhoven | Finn | DNS | 5 | 11 | 32 | 24 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 30 | 20 | DQ | 164 | 24 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Points | Rank |
| Dorien de Vries | Mistral | 13 | 5 | DQ | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 6 | — | — | 52 | 10 |
| Margriet Matthijsse | Europe | PMS | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 37 | |

   ### Fleet racing

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Points | Rank |
| Serge Kats | Laser | 6 | PMS | 12 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 22 | DSQ | 19 | 11 | 3 | 98 | 13 |
| Ron van Teylingen Herbert Dercksen | Tornado | 13 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | PMS | 5 | 6 | 56 | 9 |

   ### Mixed racing

| Athlete | Event | Fleet racing | Fleet racing | Fleet racing | Fleet racing | Fleet racing | Fleet racing | Fleet racing | Fleet racing | Fleet racing | Fleet racing | Fleet racing | Fleet racing | Match racing | Match racing | Match racing | Match racing |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Total | Total | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Points | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Willem Potma Frank Hettinga Gerhard Potma | Soling | 8 | 7 | 10 | PMS | 10 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 84 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Shooting

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Hennie Dompeling | Men's skeet | 120 | =15 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Eric Swinkels | Men's skeet | 117 | =32 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Softball

### Summary

| Team | Event | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Netherlands women | Women's tournament | Japan L 0-3 | United States L 0-9 | Chinese Taipei L 1-7 | Australia L 0-1 | China L 0-8 | Canada L 1-4 | Puerto Rico W 2-0 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 7 |

### Team roster

   * Madelon Beek

   * Petra Beek

   * Lucienne Geels

   * Jacqueline de Heer

   * Marjolein de Jong

   * Jacqueline Knol

   * Anita Kossen

   * Anouk Mels

   * Sandra Nieuwveen

   * Penny le Noble

   * Corrine Ockhuijsen

   * Sonja Pannen

   * Marlies van der Putten

   * Gonny Reijnen

   * Martine Stiemer
* Head coach: Ruud Elfers

## Swimming

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Pieter van den Hoogenband | 50 m freestyle | 22.82 | 13 FB | 22.67 | 9 |
| Pieter van den Hoogenband | 100 m freestyle | 49.73 | 7 FA | 49.13 | 4 |
| Pieter van den Hoogenband | 200 m freestyle | 1:48.68 | 4 FA | 1:48.36 | 4 |
| Benno Kuipers | 100 m breaststroke | 1:09.92 | =18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Stefan Aartsen | 100 m butterfly | 54.62 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Stefan Aartsen | 200 m butterfly | 2:00.04 | 12 FB | 2:00.41 | 13 |
| Martin van der Spoel | 200 m individual medley | 2.03.75 | 11 FB | 2.03.01 | 10 |
| Marcel Wouda | 200 m individual medley | 2:01.21 | 2 FA | 2:01.45 | 4 |
| Marcel Wouda | 400 m individual medley | 4:17.30 | 2 FA | 4:17.71 | 5 |
| Mark Veens Pie Geelen Martin van der Spoel Pieter van den Hoogenband | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:20.16 | 3 Q | 3:19.02 | 5 |
| Marcel Wouda Mark van der Zijden Martin van der Spoel Pieter van den Hoogenband Tim Hoeijmans* | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:23.39 | 8 Q | 7:21.96 | 7 |
| Martin van der Spoel Benno Kuipers Stefan Aartsen Pieter van den Hoogenband | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:42.42 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

Key: * – Swimmer competed in the heat but not the final; FA – Qualify to A final (medal); FB – Qualify to B final (non-medal)

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Marianne Muis | 50 m freestyle | 25.93 | 11 FB | 25.74 | 9 |
| Angela Postma | 50 m freestyle | 26.00 | 13 FB | 25.82 | 10 |
| Karin Brienesse | 100 m freestyle | 55.81 | 5 FA | 56.12 | 8 |
| Carla Geurts | 400 m freestyle | 4:11.18 | 5 FA | 4:10.06 | 6 |
| Carla Geurts | 800 m freestyle | 8:39.85 | 7 FA | 8:40.43 | 7 |
| Kirsten Vlieghuis | 400 m freestyle | 4:11.04 | 3 FA | 4:08.70 | |
| Kirsten Vlieghuis | 800 m freestyle | 8:39.73 | 7 FA | 8:30.84 | |
| Madelon Baans | 100 m breaststroke | 1:11.17 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Minouche Smit | 100 m individual medley | 2:16.30 | 3 FA | 2:16.73 | 7 |
| Marianne Muis Minouche Smit Wilma van Hofwegen Karin Brienesse | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:43.63 | 2 Q | 3:42.40 | 4 |
| Carla Geurts Patricia Stokkers Minouche Smit Kirsten Vlieghuis | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 8:12.78 | 7 Q | 8:08.48 | 6 |
| Brenda Starink Madelon Baans Wilma van Hofwegen Karin Brienesse | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 4:11.64 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

Key: * – Swimmer competed in the heat but not the final; FA – Qualify to A final (medal); FB – Qualify to B final (non-medal)

## Table tennis

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Denny Heister | Men's singles | Wang (CHN) L 1–2 | Tsiokas (GRE) L 0–2 | Mutambuze (UGA) W 2–0 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Denny Heister Trinko Keen | Men's doubles | Persson / Waldner (SWE) L 1–2 | Tasaki / Yuzawa (JPN) W 2–1 | Morales / Salamanca (CHI) W 2–0 | 2 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gerdi Keen | Women's singles | Lijuan (CAN) L 0–2 | Park (KOR) L 0–2 | — | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bettine Vriesekoop | Women's singles | Bădescu (ROU) L 0–2 | Paškauskienė (LTU) L 1–2 | Radhika (IND) W 2–0 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mirjam Hoorman-Kloppenburg | Women's singles | Chai (HKG) L 0–2 | Simion (ROU) L 0–2 | Ramos (VEN) W 2–0 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bettine Vriesekoop Emily Noor | Women's doubles | Palina / Timina (RUS) L 0–2 | Wang / Yip (USA) L 0–2 | Kaffo / Oshonaike (NGR) W 2–0 | 3 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gerdi Keen Mirjam Hoorman-Kloppenburg | Women's doubles | Koyama / Todo (JPN) L 0–2 | Schall / Struse (GER) L 1–2 | Arisi / Negrisoli (ITA) W 2–1 | 3 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Jacco Eltingh | Singles | Fetterlein (DEN) L 4–6, 6–4, 6–8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Paul Haarhuis | Singles | Philippoussis (AUS) L 6–7, 6–7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jan Siemerink | Singles | Woodbridge (AUS) L 2–6, 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | Doubles | — | Pavel / Pescariu (ROU) W 6–2, $6–7^{(1–7)},$ 6–4 | C N'Goran / C N'Goran (CIV) W 6–4, 6–4 | W Ferreira / E Ferreira (RSA) W $7–6^{(7–4)},$ $7–6^{(7–4)}$ | Woodbridge / Woodforde (AUS) L 2–6 7–5 16–18 | Prinosil / Goellner (GER) L 2–6 5–7 | 4 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Brenda Schultz-McCarthy | Singles | Sfar (TUN) W 6–4, 6–0 | Choi (KOR) W 6–2 6–4 | Sánchez Vicario (ESP) L 4-6 6-7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Manon Bollegraf Brenda Schultz-McCarthy | Doubles | — | Lugina / Medvedeva (UKR) W w/o | Csurgo / Temesvári (HUN) W 7–6 7–6 | Hingis / Schnyder (SUI) W 6–4 6–3 | MJ Fernández / G Fernández (USA) L 5–7 6–7 | Sánchez Vicario / Martínez (ESP) L 1–6 3–6 | 4 |

## Volleyball

### Beach

| Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Third round | Fourth round | Elimination | Elimination | Elimination | Elimination | Elimination | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Michel Everaert Sander Mulder | Men's | Maia – Brenha (POR) L 15–8 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | Palinek – Pakosta (CZE) L 15–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | =17 |
| Debora Schoon-Kadijk Lisette van de Ven | Women's | Bye | Castro – Richardson (USA) L 15-8 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | Cooper – Glover (GBR) L 15-12 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | =13 |

### Indoor

**Summary**

| Team | Event | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal / Pl. | Final / BM / Pl. | Final / BM / Pl. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Netherlands men | Men's tournament | Tunisia W 3–0 | Russia W 3–0 | Italy L 0–3 | Yugoslavia W 3–0 | South Korea W 3–0 | 2 Q | Bulgaria W 3–1 | Russia W 3–0 | Italy W 3–2 | |
| Netherlands women | Women's tournament | China L 1-3 | United States L 0–3 | Japan W 3–0 | South Korea W 3–1 | Ukraine W 3–0 | 3 | Russia L 1-3 | 5-8 semifinal Germany W 3-2 | 5th place macth South Korea W 3-0 | 5 |

**Men**

* Team roster

   * Peter Blangé

   * Bas van de Goor

   * Mike van de Goor

   * Rob Grabert

   * Henk-Jan Held

   * Guido Görtzen

   * Misha Latuhihin

   * Olof van der Meulen

   * Jan Posthuma

   * Brecht Rodenburg

   * Richard Schuil

   * Ron Zwerver
* Head coach: Joop Alberda

**Women**

* Team roster

   * Cintha Boersma

   * Erna Brinkman

   * Riëtte Fledderus

   * Jerine Fleurke

   * Marjolein de Jong

   * Saskia van Hintum

   * Elles Leferink

   * Irena Machovcak

   * Claudia van Thiel

   * Lisette van der Ven

   * Ingrid Visser

   * Henriëtte Weersing
* Head coach: Bert Goedkoop

## Water polo

### Men's team competition

**Summary**

| Team | Event | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Classification | Classification | Classification | Quarterfinal | Semifinal / Pl. | Final / BM / Pl. | Final / BM / Pl. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| United States men | Men's tournament | Yugoslavia L 8–11 | Spain L 7–8 | Hungary L 8–10 | Russia L 5–11 | Germany L 8-9 | 6 | Romania W 10-8 | Germany L 6-9 | Ukraine D 9-9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 10 |

**Team roster**


   * Arie van de Bunt

   * Gert de Groot

   * Arno Havenga

   * Koos Issard

   * Bas de Jong

   * Niels van der Kolk

   * Marco Kunz

   * Harry van der Meer

   * Hans Nieuwenburg

   * Joeri Stoffels

   * Eelco Uri

   * Wyco de Vries

   * Hans van Zeeland (Head Coach)
