Netherlands at the 1972 Summer Olympics
The Netherlands competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 119 competitors, 90 men and 29 women, took part in 72 events in 16 sports. Medalists The Netherlands finished in 16th position in the final medal rankings, with three gold medals and five medals overall. Gold Hennie Kuiper — Cycling Road, Men's Individual Road Race Wim Ruska — Judo, Men's Heavyweight Wim Ruska — Judo, Men's Open Category Silver Mieke Jaapies — Canoe, Women's Flatwater K-1 500m Bronze Roel Luynenburg and Ruud Stokvis — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs Athletics Men's 800 metres Sjef Hensgens Heat — 1:51.2 (→ did not advance) Men's 1500 metres Haico Scharn Heat — 3:41.4 Semifinals — 3:44.4 (→ did not advance) Men's 5000 metres Jos Hermens Heat — DNS (→ did not advance) (left Munich after the murder of the Israeli athletes) Boxing Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) James Vrij First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to János Kajdi (HUN), 1:4 Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) Anthony Richardson First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Svetomir Belić (YUG), 3:2 Third Round — Lost to Loucif Hamani (ALG), TKO-2 Canoeing Cycling Eleven cyclists represented the Netherlands in 1972. Individual road race Hennie Kuiper — 04:14:37 (→ Gold Medal) Piet van Katwijk — 04:15:13 (→ 11th place) Cees Priem — 04:15:13 (→ 12th place) Fedor den Hertog — 04:15:13 (→ 25th place) Team time trial Fedor den Hertog Hennie Kuiper Cees Priem Aad van den Hoek Sprint Klaas Balk Peter van Doorn 1000m time trial Peter van Doorn Final — 1:08.09 (→ 11th place) Tandem Klaas Balk and Peter van Doorn → 7th place Individual pursuit Roy Schuiten Team pursuit Ad Dekkers Gerard Kamper Herman Ponsteen Roy Schuiten Diving Women's 3m Springboard Mariette Dommers — 239.40 points (→ 23rd place) Women's 10m Platform Annita Smith — 156.99 points (→ 27th place) Equestrian Fencing One fencer represented the Netherlands in 1972. Men's sabre Eduard Ham Gymnastics Hockey Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group B) Drew with India (1-1) Defeated Poland (4-2) Defeated Kenya (5-1) Defeated New Zealand (2-0) Defeated Mexico (4-0) Lost to Great Britain (1-3) Defeated Australia (3-2) Semi Final Round Lost to West Germany (0-3) Bronze Medal Match Lost to India (1-2) → 4th place Team Roster André Bolhuis Marinus Dijkerman Thijs Kaanders Coen Kranenberg Ties Kruize Wouter Leefers Flip Lidth de Jeude Paul Litjens Irving van Nes Maarten Sikking (gk) Frans Spits Nico Spits Bert Taminiau Kick Thole Pieter Weemers Jeroen Zweerts Judo Modern pentathlon Three male pentathletes represented the Netherlands in 1972. Men's Individual Competition: Jan Bekkenk — 4391 points (→ 46th place) Rob Vonk — 4153 points (→ 53rd place) Henk Krediet — 3786 points (→ 58th place) Men's Team Competition: Bekkenk, Vonk, and Krediet — 12340 points (→ 18th place) Rowing Men's Coxless Pairs Roel Luynenburg and Ruud Stokvis Heat — 7:26.80 Repechage — 7:38.51 Semi Finals — 7:41.86 Final — 6:58.70 (→ Bronze Medal) Men's Coxed Pairs Bernard Luttikhuizen, René Kieft and Herman Zaanen Heat