Netherlands at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Netherlands at the
2008 Summer Olympics

Flag of the Netherlands

IOC code| NED
NOC| Dutch Olympic Committee*
Dutch Sports Federation
Website| www.nocnsf.nl (in Dutch)
in Beijing
Competitors| 243 in 20 sports
Flag bearers | Jeroen Delmee (opening)
Maarten van der Weijden (closing)
Medals
Ranked 11th|

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The Netherlands competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. This was announced in an official statement on the NOC*NSF website.[1] In the statement they named the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games as a highlight in sports to which a lot of sportspeople, coaches and the Dutch sports fans would look forward. The Netherlands aimed for a top 10 nations ranking in the Olympics as well as a top 25 ranking in the Paralympics; they ended up ranking 12th at the Games.[1]

Further in the statement they announced that they were aware of the political discussions about human rights and other issues in the People's Republic of China and that they encouraged these discussions, but that they would only participate in sports related discussions.[1] They say individual sportspeople, coaches and managers might have their own opinions about the issues but these would always be conveyed as personal opinions deriving from their own social views.[1] They believe sports activities do have the opportunity to positively influence the situation in the People's Republic of China when it comes to implementing the sports rules correctly as well as in situations improving the levels of respect, solidarity and fair play in sports.[1]

There were 243 athletes representing the Netherlands.[2] 15 in athletics, 24 in baseball, 2 in canoeing, 27 in cycling, 8 in equestrian, 2 in fencing, 32 in field hockey, 18 in football, 2 in gymnastics, 10 in judo, 30 in rowing, 12 in sailing, 15 in softball, 21 in swimming, 3 in table tennis, 1 in taekwondo, 2 in triathlon, 6 in volleyball and 13 in water polo. 61 different athletes won a medal, which is 25.10% of all athletes. With a gold and a silver medal Anky van Grunsven was the only multiple medalist. The athletes that qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics are listed below.[3]

## Medalists

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Gold | Inge Dekker
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Femke Heemskerk
Marleen Veldhuis
Hinkelien Schreuder*
Manon van Rooijen* | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
Gold | Marit van Eupen
Kirsten van der Kolk | Rowing | Women's lightweight double sculls
Gold | Marianne Vos | Cycling | Women's points race
Gold | Anky van Grunsven | Equestrian | Individual dressage
Gold | Maarten van der Weijden | Swimming | Men's 10 km open water
Gold | Netherlands women's national water polo team

* Iefke van Belkum
* Gillian van den Berg
* Daniëlle de Bruijn
* Mieke Cabout
* Rianne Guichelaar
* Biurakn Hakhverdian
* Marieke van den Ham
* Noeki Klein
* Simone Koot
* Ilse van der Meijden
* Meike de Nooy
* Alette Sijbring
* Yasemin Smit

| Water polo | Women's tournament
Gold | Netherlands women's national field hockey team

* Marilyn Agliotti
* Naomi van As
* Minke Booij
* Wieke Dijkstra
* Miek van Geenhuizen
* Maartje Goderie
* Eva de Goede
* Ellen Hoog
* Fatima Moreira de Melo
* Eefke Mulder
* Maartje Paumen
* Sophie Polkamp
* Lisanne de Roever
* Janneke Schopman
* Minke Smabers
* Lidewij Welten

| Field hockey | Women's tournament
Silver | Deborah Gravenstijn | Judo | Women's 57 kg
Silver | Anky van Grunsven
Hans Peter Minderhoud
Imke Schellekens-Bartels | Equestrian | Team dressage
Silver | Annemieke Bes
Mandy Mulder
Merel Witteveen | Sailing | Yngling class
Silver | Femke Dekker
Annemiek de Haan
Nienke Kingma
Roline Repelaer van Driel
Annemarieke van Rumpt
Sarah Siegelaar
Marlies Smulders
Helen Tanger
Ester Workel | Rowing | Women's eight
Silver | Lobke Berkhout
Marcelien de Koning | Sailing | Women's 470 class
Bronze | Ruben Houkes | Judo | Men's 60 kg
Bronze | Elisabeth Willeboordse | Judo | Women's 63 kg
Bronze | Edith Bosch | Judo | Women's 70 kg
Bronze | Henk Grol | Judo | Men's 100 kg

## Ambassadors

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The NOC*NSF announced a total of eleven athletes as their official ambassadors in the period before, during and after the Olympics in 2008 until the end of that year.[4] The ambassadors that were chosen were all athletes who had a good chance of qualifying for the Olympics or who had already achieved qualification individually or with their team.[4] They were a mixture of men, women, individual athletes, team athletes, Olympians and Paralympians. Chefs de Mission were Charles van Commenée (Olympics) and Thea Limbach (Paralympics).[4]

The eleven ambassadors were:

* Anky van Grunsven, Equestrian, 2 times gold and 4 times silver at previous Olympics, 2 times World and 4 times European champion.
* Edith Bosch, Judoka, 2004 Summer Olympics silver medallist, World champion and double European champion.
* Kees Luyckx, Footballer.
* Kenny van Weeghel, Wheeler, 2004 Summer Paralympics gold, silver and bronze medallist, 4 times World and 3 times European champion.
* Lobke Berkhout, Sailor, triple 470-class World champion together with De Koning.
* Marcelien de Koning, Sailor, triple 470-class World champion together with Berkhout.
* Marije Smits, Paralympic runner and long jumper, 2002 World champion in long jumping.
* Marleen Veldhuis, Swimmer, 2004 Summer Olympics bronze medallist, 2 times World and 11 times European champion.
* Minke Booij, Field hockey player, silver and bronze at previous Olympics, World champion and triple European champion.
* Rutger Smith, Discus thrower and shot putter, silver (shot put) and bronze (discus) medallist at World championships.
* Theo Bos, Track cyclist, 2004 Summer Olympics silver medallist, 5 times World and 3 times European champion.

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Dutch athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard). Simon Vroemen, who qualified for the steeplechase event, was tested positive for the banned anabolic steroid dianabol in July 2008.[5]

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
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events
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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Robert Lathouwers | 800 m | 1:46.94  | 3  | —  | Did not advance
Kamiel Maase | Marathon | —  | 2:20:30  | 39
Gregory Sedoc | 110 m hurdles | 13.54  | 4 Q | 13.43  | 3 Q | 13.60  | 6  | Did not advance
Marcel van der Westen | 13.50  | 2 Q | 13.48  | 4 q | 13.45  | 6  | Did not advance
Caimin Douglas
Maarten Heisen
Guus Hoogmoed
Gregory Sedoc
Virgil Spier
Patrick van Luijk | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.87  | 3 Q | —  | DSQ

Field events
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Distance  | Position  | Distance  | Position
Rutger Smith | Shot put | 20.13  | 10 Q | 20.41  | 8
Discus throw | 65.65  | 3 Q | 65.39  | 7

Combined events – Decathlon
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Eugène Martineau | Result  | 11.19  | 7.19  | 13.78  | 1.99  | 49.99  | 14.73  | 44.09  | 4.70  | 71.44  | 4:37.96  | 8055  | 13
Points  | 819  | 859  | 715  | 794  | 815  | 882  | 748  | 819  | 911  | 693

Women
Track & road events
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Hilda Kibet | 10000 m | 31:29.69  | 15
Lornah Kiplagat | 30:40.27  | 8

Combined events – Heptathlon
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Laurien Hoos | Result  | 13.52  | 1.65  | 14.98  | 24.57  | 5.74  | 48.54  | DNS | DNF
Points  | 1047  | 795  | 860  | 927  | 771  | 832  | 0
Jolanda Keizer | Result  | 13.90  | 1.83  | 15.15  | 23.97  | 6.15  | 42.76  | 2:15.21  | 6370 PB | 9*
Points  | 993  | 1016  | 871  | 984  | 896  | 720  | 890

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of the Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance.[6] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Keizer moved up a position.

## Baseball

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Main article: Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The qualification criteria for baseball were the same as the international standards. For European countries the first ranked team at the 2007 European Championship would qualify directly, while the second and third ranked teams would qualify for an extra qualification round.[7][8] The Dutch team became first in the European Championship, securing their spot in Beijing.[9]

Roster

* Sharnol Adriana
* David Bergman
* Leon Boyd
* Yurendell de Caster
* Rob Cordemans
* Dave Draijer
* Michael Duursma
* Bryan Engelhardt
* Percy Isenia
* Sidney de Jong
* Michiel van Kampen
* Eugene Kingsale
* Dirk van 't Klooster
* Roel Koolen
* Reily Legito
* Diego Markwell
* Shairon Martis
* Martijn Meeuwis
* Danny Rombley
* Jeroen Sluijter
* Tjerk Smeets
* Alexander Smit
* Juan Carlos Sulbaran
* Pim Walsma

Loek van Mil was originally selected in the squad, but withdrew from the tournament before the games had been started. He was replaced by Draijer.[10]

Results
Team  | G  | W  | L  | RS  | RA  | WIN%  | GB  | Tiebreaker

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South Korea | 7 | 7 | 0 | 41 | 22 | 1.000 | - | \-
Cuba | 7 | 6 | 1 | 52 | 23 | .857 | 1 | \-
United States | 7 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 22 | .714 | 2 | \-
Japan | 7 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 14 | .571 | 3 | \-
Chinese Taipei | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 33 | .286 | 5 | 1–0
Canada | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 20 | .286 | 5 | 0–1
Netherlands | 7 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 50 | .143 | 6 | 1–0
China | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 60 | .143 | 6 | 0–1
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1
Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 7 | 0
WP: Wei-Yin Chen (1–0)  LP: David Bergman (0–1)
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 7 | 10 | 0
Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | 0
WP: Stephen Strasburg (1–0)  LP: Shairon Martis (0–1)
Home runs:
USA: Matt Brown (1), Matt Laporta (1)
NED: None
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1
Japan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 6 | 10 | 0
WP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (1–0)  LP: Alexander Smit (0–1)
Home runs:
NED: None
JPN: Takahiko Sato (1)
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 1
China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1
WP: Leon Boyd (1–0)  LP: Kai Liu (0–1)  Sv: David Bergman (1)
Home runs:
NED: Sharnol Adriana (1), Sidney de Jong (1), Bryan Engelhardt (1)
CHN: None
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Cuba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | - | 14 | 16 | 0
Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 10 | 2
WP: Jonder Martínez (1–0)  LP: Juan Carlos Sulbaran (0–1)
Home runs:
CUB: None
NED: Bryan Engelhardt (2), Percy Isenia (1)
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1
Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0
WP: Brooks McNiven (1–0)  LP: Shairon Martis (0–2)
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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South Korea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | 10 | 16 | 1
Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 4 | 1
WP: Won-Sam Jang (1–0)  LP: Alexander Smit (0–2)
Home runs:
KOR: Dae-Ho Lee (3), Taek-Keun Lee (1)
NED: None

## Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

### Slalom

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Athlete  | Event  | Preliminary  | Semifinal  | Final

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Run 1  | Rank  | Run 2  | Rank  | Total  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Total  | Rank
Robert Bouten | Men's K-1 | 86.26  | 11  | 88.90  | 16  | 175.16  | 14 Q | 88.40  | 5 Q | 139.59  | 9  | 227.99  | 9
Ariane Herde | Women's K-1 | 102.30  | 12  | 117.98  | 20  | 222.28  | 13 Q | 117.60  | 10 Q | 114.39  | 6  | 231.99  | 6

## Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

### Road

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Stef Clement | Road race | Did not finish
Time trial | 1:04:59  | 9
Laurens ten Dam | Road race | 6:34:26  | 65
Robert Gesink | Road race | 6:24:07  | 10
Time trial | 1:05:02  | 10
Karsten Kroon | Road race | Did not finish
Niki Terpstra | Did not finish

Women
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Chantal Beltman | Road race | 3:37:02  | 47
Mirjam Melchers | Road race | 3:33:17  | 36
Time trial | 37:51.59  | 18
Marianne Vos | Road race | 3:32:45  | 6
Time trial | 36:58.67  | 14

### Track

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Sprint
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Round 1  | Repechage 1  | Round 2  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Time
Speed (km/h)  | Rank  | Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)  | Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)  | Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)  | Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)  | Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)  | Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)  | Rank
Theo Bos | Men's sprint | 10.318
69.780  | 9 Q |  French (AUS)
W 10.959
65.699  | Bye  |  Sireau (FRA)
W 10.777
66.808  |  Bourgain (FRA)
L, L | Did not advance  | 5th place final
Sireau (FRA)
Mulder (NED)
Awang (MAS)
L | 7
Teun Mulder | 10.373
69.410  | 13 Q |  Levy (GER)
L |  French (AUS)
Dmitriev (RUS)
W 10.889
66.121  |  Nimke (GER)
W 10.888
66.127  |  Levy (GER)
L, L | Did not advance  | 5th place final
Sireau (FRA)
Bos (NED)
Awang (MAS)
L | 6
Theo Bos
Teun Mulder
Tim Veldt | Men's team sprint | 44.213
61.068  | 4 Q |  Australia (AUS)
L 44.212
61.069  | —  | Did not advance  | 5
Yvonne Hijgenaar | Women's sprint | 11.533
62.429  | 10  |  Meares (AUS)
L |  Krupeckaitė (LTU)
Grankovskaya (RUS)
L | —  | Did not advance  | 9th place final
Grankovskaya (RUS)
Guerra (CUB)
Tsukuda (JPN)
L | 11
Willy Kanis | 11.167
64.475  | 4  |  Guerra (CUB)
W 12.155
59.234  | Bye  | —  |  Reed (USA)
W 11.944, W 11.767  |  Pendleton (GBR)
L, L |  Guo S (CHN)
L, L | 4

Pursuit
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Semifinals  | Finals

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Results  | Rank  | Opponent
Results  | Rank
Jens Mouris | Men's individual pursuit | 4:27.445  | 13  | Did not advance
Jenning Huizenga | 4:37:097  | 18  | Did not advance
Levi Heimans
Pim Ligthart
Jens Mouris
Robert Slippens
Wim Stroetinga | Men's team pursuit | 4:04.806  | 6 Q |  Australia (AUS)
LAP | —  | Did not advance

Keirin
Athlete  | Event  | 1st round  | Repechage  | 2nd round  | Finals

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Rank  | Rank  | Rank  | Rank
Theo Bos | Men's keirin | 2 Q | Bye  | 5  | 12
Teun Mulder | 3 R | 4  | Did not advance

Omnium
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Peter Schep | Men's points race | 0  | 0  | 20
Marianne Vos | Women's points race | 30  | 1  |
Jens Mouris
Peter Schep | Men's madison | 6  | −1  | 8

### Mountain biking

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Bart Brentjens | Men's cross-country | LAP (2 laps)  | 37
Rudi van Houts | LAP (2 laps)  | 34
Elsbeth van Rooy-Vink | Women's cross-country | 1:53:30  | 14

### BMX

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Athlete  | Event  | Seeding  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Robert de Wilde | Men's BMX | 36.803  | 23  | 18  | 7  | Did not advance
Raymon van der Biezen | 36.112  | 5  | 10  | 3 Q | 14  | 5  | Did not advance
Rob van den Wildenberg | 36.522  | 18  | 8  | 2 Q | 9  | 2 Q | 39.772  | 5
Lieke Klaus | Women's BMX | 38.709  | 11  | —  | 13  | 5  | Did not advance

## Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics

### Dressage

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Athlete  | Horse  | Event  | Grand Prix  | Grand Prix Special  | Grand Prix Freestyle  | Overall

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Score  | Rank  | Score  | Rank  | Score  | Rank  | Score  | Rank
Hans Peter Minderhoud | Exquis Nadine  | Individual | 69.625  | 11 Q | 70.920  | 7 Q | 75.150  | 5  | 73.035  | 5
Imke Schellekens-Bartels | Sunrise  | 70.875  | 5 Q | Withdrew
Anky van Grunsven | Salinero  | 74.750  | 2 Q | 74.960  | 2 Q | 82.400  | 1  | 78.680  |
Hans Peter Minderhoud
Imke Schellekens-Bartels
Anky van Grunsven | See above | Team | 71.750  | 4  | —  | 71.750  |

### Eventing

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Qualifier  | Final
Penalties  | Rank  | Penalties  | Total  | Rank  | Penalties  | Total  | Rank  | Penalties  | Total  | Rank  | Penalties  | Rank
Tim Lips | Oncarlos  | Individual | 52.60  | 41  | 22.40  | 75.00  | 28  | 0.00  | 75.00  | 21 Q | 0.00  | 75.00  | 15  | 75.00  | 15

### Show jumping

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Round 1  | Round 2  | Round 3  | Round A  | Round B
Penalties  | Rank  | Penalties  | Total  | Rank  | Penalties  | Total  | Rank  | Penalties  | Rank  | Penalties  | Total  | Rank  | Penalties  | Rank
Angelique Hoorn | Blauwendraad's O'Brien  | Individual | 4  | 30  | 4  | 8  | 16 Q | 8  | 16  | 18 Q | 0  | =1 Q | 4  | 4  | =3 JO | 8  | 9
Marc Houtzager | Opium VS  | 2  | 28  | 1  | 3  | 7 Q | 5  | 8  | 8 Q | 0  | =1 Q | 4  | 4  | =3 JO | 8  | 8
Gerco Schröder | Monaco  | 5  | 39  | 12  | 17  | 37 Q | 4  | 21  | 29 Q | 4  | 11 Q | 12  | 16  | =15  | 12  | 16
Vincent Voorn | Alpapillon-Armanie  | 0  | =1  | 16  | 16  | 35 Q | 27  | 43  | 44  | Did not advance  | 43  | 44
Angelique Hoorn
Marc Houtzager
Gerco Schröder
Vincent Voorn | See above | Team | —  | 17  | 6  | 17  | 34  | =4  | 34  | =4

## Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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Score  | Opposition
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Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Bas Verwijlen | Individual épée | Bye  |  Wang L (CHN)
W 15–10  |  Kauter (SUI)
W 15–13  |  Tagliariol (ITA)
L 11–15  | Did not advance

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Indra Angad-Gaur | Individual foil |  El Gammal (EGY)
W 13–4  |  Granbassi (ITA)
L 6–11  | Did not advance

## Field hockey

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Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The qualification criteria for field hockey were the same as the international standards. For European countries the first three ranked teams at the 2007 European Championships would qualify directly, while the fourth through eighth ranked teams would qualify for an extra qualification round, of which only the winners of three qualification tournaments would qualify.[11][12] The Dutch men's team was first in the European Championship, while the women's team was second in their Championship, each team securing their spot in Beijing.[13]

### Men's tournament

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Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Dutch roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[14]

Head Coach: Roelant Oltmans

1. Guus Vogels (GK)
2.   3. Geert-Jan Derikx
4.   5. Rob Derikx
6. Thomas Boerma
7. Sander van der Weide
8. Ronald Brouwer
9. Roderick Weusthof
10. Taeke Taekema
11.   12. Laurence Docherty
13. Jeroen Delmee (c)
14.   15. Teun de Nooijer
16.   17. Rob Reckers
18. Matthijs Brouwer
19. Jeroen Hertzberger
20.   21. Timme Hoyng
22. Robert van der Horst

Reserve:

1.   2. Jaap Stockmann (GK)
3. Rogier Hofman

Group play
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1  |  Netherlands | 5  | 4  | 1  | 0  | 16  | 6  | +10  | 13  | Semi-finals
2  |  Australia | 5  | 3  | 2  | 0  | 24  | 7  | +17  | 11
3  |  Great Britain | 5  | 2  | 2  | 1  | 10  | 7  | +3  | 8  | Fifth place game
4  |  Pakistan | 5  | 2  | 0  | 3  | 11  | 13  | −2  | 6  | Seventh place game
5  |  Canada | 5  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 10  | 17  | −7  | 4  | Ninth place game
6  |  South Africa | 5  | 0  | 0  | 5  | 4  | 25  | −21  | 0  | Eleventh place game

Source: FIH

| 11 August 2008
21:00

Netherlands | 5–0  |  South Africa

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Taekema 4', 35'
Docherty 44'
Hertzberger 47'
M. Brouwer 66' | Report |
Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Xavier Adell (ESP)

| 13 August 2008
21:00

Netherlands | 1–0  |  Great Britain

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Taekema 63' | Report |
Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Gary Simmonds (RSA)

| 15 August 2008
10:30

Netherlands | 4–2  |  Canada

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Taekema 4', 8', 33'
Weusthof 49' | Report | Deol 12'
Kahlon 64'
Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Chen Dekang (CHN)

| 17 August 2008
20:30

Australia | 2–2  |  Netherlands

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Ockenden 58'
Doerner 61' | Report | Taekema 55', 70'
Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Christian Blasch (GER)

| 19 August 2008
08:30

Netherlands | 4–2  |  Pakistan

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Brouwer 41'
Taekema 46', 58'
Hertzberger 69' | Report | Imran 28'
Maqsood 65'
Umpires:
David Leiper (GBR)
Kim Hong-lae (KOR)

Semifinal
| 21 August 2008
18:00

Netherlands | 1–1 (a.e.t.)  |  Germany

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Hoyng 66' | Report | P. Zeller 68'
Penalties
Taekema
R. Brouwer
Reckers
Weusthof
De Nooijer
\

Taekema | 3–4  |  C. Zeller
Keller
Meinert
P. Zeller
Weißenborn
\

C. Zeller
Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
John Wright (RSA)

Bronze medal match
| 23 August 2008
18:00

Netherlands | 2–6  |  Australia

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Taekema 12'
De Nooijer 27' | Report | Ockenden 5', 6'
Abbott 9'
Matheson 28'
Hammond 42'
Doerner 62'
Umpires:
Andy Mair (GBR)
Christian Blasch (GER)

### Women's tournament

[edit]

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Dutch roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[15]

Head Coach: Marc Lammers

1. Lisanne de Roever (GK)
2.   3. Eefke Mulder
4. Fatima Moreira de Melo
5.   6. Miek van Geenhuizen
7.   8. Wieke Dijkstra
9.   10. Maartje Goderie
11. Lidewij Welten
12. Minke Smabers
13.   14. Minke Booij (c)
15. Janneke Schopman
16.   17. Maartje Paumen
18. Naomi van As
19. Ellen Hoog
20.   21. Sophie Polkamp
22.   23. Eva de Goede
24.   25. Marilyn Agliotti

Reserve:

1.   2. Kelly Jonker
3.   4. Floortje Engels (GK)

Group play
Team

* v
* t
* e

| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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Netherlands | 5  | 5  | 0  | 0  | 14  | 3  | +11  | 15  | Advanced to semifinals
China | 5  | 3  | 1  | 1  | 14  | 4  | +10  | 10
Australia | 5  | 3  | 1  | 1  | 17  | 9  | +8  | 10  |
Spain | 5  | 2  | 0  | 3  | 4  | 12  | −8  | 6
South Korea | 5  | 1  | 0  | 4  | 13  | 18  | −5  | 3
South Africa | 5  | 0  | 0  | 5  | 2  | 18  | −16  | 0

Source: [citation needed]

| 10 August 2008
20:30

Netherlands | 6–0  |  South Africa

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Mulder 5'
Agliotti 27'
Paumen 46', 58'
Booij 56'
Dijkstra 66' | Report |
Umpires:
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

| 12 August 2008
20:30

Netherlands | 3–2  |  South Korea

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Paumen 3', 55'
Schopman 7' | Report | Lee Seon-ok 4', 39'
Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Ute Conen (GER)

| 14 August 2008
08:30

China | 0–1  |  Netherlands

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| Report | Paumen 21'
Umpires:
Chieko Soma (JPN)
Soledad Iparruguirre (ARG)

| 16 August 2008
10:30

Australia | 1–2  |  Netherlands

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Young 17' | Report | Paumen 20', 46'
Umpires:
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

| 18 August 2008
18:30

Netherlands | 2–0  |  Spain

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Paumen 22'
Hoog 69' | Report |
Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Minka Woolley (AUS)

Semifinal
| 20 August 2008
20:30

Netherlands | 5–2  |  Argentina

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Paumen 9', 25', 47'
Agliotti 31'
Hoog 68' | Report | Russo 59'
Gulla 69'
Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Sarah Garnett (NZL)

Gold medal match
| 22 August 2008
20:30

China | 0–2  |  Netherlands

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| Report | Van As 51'
Goderie 62'
Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

## Football

[edit]

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The qualification criteria for football were the same as the international standards. For male European countries the first four ranked teams at the 2007 European Under-21 Championship would qualify.[16][17] The Dutch men's team was first in the European under-21 Championship, claiming their second consecutive title and securing their spot in Beijing.[18]

### Men's tournament

[edit]

Roster

The following is the Netherlands squad in the men's football tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[19]

Head coach: Foppe de Haan

No. | Pos. | Player  | Date of birth (age)  | Caps  | Goals  | Club

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1  | 1GK | Piet Velthuizen |  (1986-11-03)3 November 1986 (aged 21)  | 0  | 0  |  Vitesse
2  | 2DF | Gianni Zuiverloon |  (1986-12-30)30 December 1986 (aged 21)  | 0  | 0  |  West Bromwich Albion
3  | 2DF | Dirk Marcellis |  (1988-04-13)13 April 1988 (aged 20)  | 0  | 0  |  PSV
4  | 2DF | Kew Jaliens*  |  (1978-09-15)15 September 1978 (aged 29)  | 10  | 0  |  AZ
5  | 2DF | Erik Pieters |  (1988-08-07)7 August 1988 (aged 19)  | 0  | 0  |  PSV
6  | 3MF | Kees Luyckx |  (1986-02-11)11 February 1986 (aged 22)  | 0  | 0  |  AZ
7  | 3MF | Jonathan de Guzmán |  (1987-09-13)13 September 1987 (aged 20)  | 0  | 0  |  Feyenoord
8  | 3MF | Urby Emanuelson |  (1986-06-16)16 June 1986 (aged 22)  | 11  | 0  |  Ajax
9  | 4FW | Roy Makaay* (c)  |  (1975-03-09)9 March 1975 (aged 33)  | 43  | 6  |  Feyenoord
10  | 4FW | Gerald Sibon*  |  (1974-04-19)19 April 1974 (aged 34)  | 0  | 0  |  Heerenveen
11  | 4FW | Ryan Babel |  (1986-12-19)19 December 1986 (aged 21)  | 25  | 5  |  Liverpool
12  | 3MF | Hedwiges Maduro |  (1985-02-13)13 February 1985 (aged 23)  | 12  | 0  |  Valencia
13  | 2DF | Calvin Jong-a-Pin |  (1986-08-18)18 August 1986 (aged 21)  | 0  | 0  |  Heerenveen
14  | 3MF | Evander Sno |  (1987-04-09)9 April 1987 (aged 21)  | 0  | 0  |  Celtic
15  | 3MF | Royston Drenthe |  (1987-04-08)8 April 1987 (aged 21)  | 0  | 0  |  Real Madrid
16  | 4FW | Roy Beerens |  (1987-12-22)22 December 1987 (aged 20)  | 0  | 0  |  Heerenveen
17  | 3MF | Otman Bakkal |  (1985-02-27)27 February 1985 (aged 23)  | 0  | 0  |  PSV
18  | 1GK | Kenneth Vermeer |  (1986-01-10)10 January 1986 (aged 22)  | 0  | 0  |  Ajax

* Over-aged player.

Group play
Pos | Team

* v
* t
* e

| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Nigeria | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 4  | 2  | +2  | 7  | Qualified for the quarterfinals
2  |  Netherlands | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 3  | 2  | +1  | 5
3  |  United States | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 4  | 0  | 4  |
4  |  Japan | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 4  | −3  | 0

Source: [citation needed]

7 August 2008

19:45

Netherlands | 0–0|  Nigeria

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| Report |

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 52,390

Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

10 August 2008

19:45

United States | 2–2|  Netherlands

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Kljestan 64'
Altidore 72' | Report | Babel 16'
Sibon 90+3'

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 45,016

Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)

13 August 2008

17:00

Netherlands | 1–0|  Japan

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Sibon 73' (pen.) | Report |

Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang

Attendance: 38,790

Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

Quarterfinals

16 August 2008

21:00

Argentina | 2–1 (a.e.t.)|  Netherlands

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Messi 14'
Di María 105' | Report | Bakkal 36'

Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai

Attendance: 51,366

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

## Gymnastics

[edit]

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

### Artistic

[edit]

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Apparatus  | Total  | Rank  | Apparatus  | Total  | Rank
F  |  PH  |  R  |  V  |  PB  |  HB  |  F  |  PH  |  R  |  V  |  PB  |  HB
Epke Zonderland | Horizontal bar | —  | 15.750  | 15.750  | 4 Q | —  | 15.000  | 15.000  | 7

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Apparatus  | Total  | Rank  | Apparatus  | Total  | Rank
F  |  V  |  UB  |  BB  |  F  |  V  |  UB  |  BB
Suzanne Harmes | All-around | 13.825  | 14.825  | 13.825  | 14.600  | 57.075  | 32  | Did not advance

## Judo

[edit]

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

To qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics Dutch judokas were required to meet both the international (set by the IOC and IJF) and the Dutch criteria (set by the NOC*NSF).[20][21]

On 26 January 2008, Elisabeth Willeboordse was the first judoka to secure her spot in Beijing. She proved to remain among the world's top ranked judokas by winning her fifth consecutive World Cup in Sofia.[22] Two days later Edith Bosch qualified by reaching the final of the World Cup in Sofia.[23] On 9 February World Champion Ruben Houkes secured his spot by finishing in the top 7 in the Super World Cup in Paris.[24] The next day Mark Huizinga qualified for his fourth consecutive Olympics as he finished in fifth position at the same event in Paris.[25]

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Preliminary  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Repechage 1  | Repechage 2  | Repechage 3  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Ruben Houkes | −60 kg | Bye  |  Will (CAN)
W 0011–0001  |  Alexanidis (GRE)
W 0001–0000  |  Guédez (VEN)
W  0010–0001  |  Choi (KOR)
L 0000–1000  | Bye  |  Yekutiel (ISR)
W 1000–0000  |
Dex Elmont | −66 kg | Bye  |  Madeira (MOZ)
W 1000–0000  |  Takata (USA)
L 0000–0001  | Did not advance
Guillaume Elmont | −81 kg | Bye  |  Nyamkhüü (MGL)
W 0001–0000  |  Maddaloni (ITA)
W 1001–0000  |  Mrvaljević (MNE)
W 0010–0000  |  Kim J-B (KOR)
L 0000–0001  | Bye  |  Camilo (BRA)
L 0001–1100  | 5
Mark Huizinga | −90 kg | —  |  Iliadis (GRE)
W 1010–0001  |  Aschwanden (SUI)
L 0010–1101  | Did not advance
Henk Grol | −100 kg | —  |  Corrêa (BRA)
W 0210–0001  |  Ze'evi (ISR)
W 0010–0001  |  Matyjaszek (POL)
W 1000–0000  |  Zhitkeyev (KAZ)
L 0100–1010  | Bye  |  Zhorzholiani (GEO)
W 0020–0000  |
Dennis van der Geest | +100 kg | Bye  |  Tmenov (RUS)
L 0000–0101  | Did not advance

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Repechage 1  | Repechage 2  | Repechage 3  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Deborah Gravenstijn | −57 kg | Bye  |  Quadros (BRA)
W 0001–0000  |  Fernández (ESP)
W 0001–0000  |  Xu Y (CHN)
W 0100–0010  | Bye  |  Quintavalle (ITA)
L 0001–0011  |
Elisabeth Willeboordse | −63 kg |  Koval (RUS)
W 0012–0010  |  Saidi (ALG)
W 1100–0001  |  Won O-I (PRK)
L 0000–0200  | Did not advance  | Bye  |  Krukower (ARG)
W 0230–0000  |  Žolnir (SLO)
W 0001–0000  |  González (CUB)
W 0001–0000  |
Edith Bosch | −70 kg |  Nasiga (FIJ)
W 1000–0001  |  Ouerdane (ALG)
W 0110–0010  |  Rousey (USA)
W 1000–0000  |  Ueno (JPN)
L 0001–0110  | Bye  |  Iglesias (ESP)
W 1001–0000  |
Carola Uilenhoed | +78 kg |  Tserenkhand (MGL)
L 0001–0010  | Did not advance

## Rowing

[edit]

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Repechage  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Sjoerd Hamburger | Single sculls | 7:27.05  | 2 QF | —  | 6:57.24  | 4 SC/D | 7:10.06  | 1 FD | 6:58.71  | 13
Geert Cirkel
Jan-Willem Gabriëls
Matthijs Vellenga
Gijs Vermeulen | Four | 6:00.50  | 1 SA/B | Bye  | —  | 6:02.46  | 4 FB | 6:06.37  | 8
Paul Drewes
Marshall Godschalk
Ivo Snijders
Gerard van der Linden | Lightweight four | 5:57.54  | 4 R | 6:25.25  | 2 SA/B | —  | 6:08.73  | 3 FA | 5:54.06  | 6
Rogier Blink
Jozef Klaassen
Meindert Klem
David Kuiper
Diederik Simon
Olivier Siegelaar*
Mitchel Steenman
Olaf van Andel
Peter Wiersum (cox)
Reinder Lubbers*  | Eight | 5:40.48  | 3 R | 5:42.62  | 3 FA | —  | 5:29.26  | 4

* Lubbers replaced the injured Siegelaar in the repechage.

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Repechage  | Semifinals  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Marit van Eupen
Kirsten van der Kolk | Lightweight double sculls | 6:50.90  | 1 SA/B | Bye  | 7:03.87  | 1 FA | 6:54.74  |
Femke Dekker
Annemiek de Haan
Nienke Kingma
Roline Repelaer van Driel
Annemarieke van Rumpt
Sarah Siegelaar
Marlies Smulders
Helen Tanger
Ester Workel (cox) | Eight | 6:07.41  | 2 R | 6:11.58  | 2 FA | —  | 6:07.22  |

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

## Sailing

[edit]

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

To qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics Dutch sailors met both the international (set by the IOC and ISAF) and the Dutch criteria (set by the NOC*NSF).[26][27]

The first two boats to qualify for the Olympics were the women's 470 of Lobke Berkhout and Marcelien de Koning and the finn of Pieter-Jan Postma. Berkhout and De Koning were 2007 World champions in their class, and secured their spot by finishing sixth in the pre-Olympic tournament in Qingdao on 22 August 2007.[28] Postma, who won silver at the 2007 World Championships in the finn class, also qualified during the pre-Olympic tournament by finishing in second place.[29] Brothers Sven and Kalle Coster qualified in the 470 class after finishing 12th in the 2008 World Championships.[30]

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Race  | Net points  | Final rank

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1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | M*
Casper Bouman | RS:X | 20  | ~~27~~ | 21  | 22  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 20  | 21  | EL  | 112  | 15
Rutger van Schaardenburg | Laser | 32  | 29  | ~~34~~ | 32  | 25  | 18  | 30  | 26  | 20  | CAN  | EL  | 216  | 37
Kalle Coster
Sven Coster | 470 | 11  | ~~15~~ | 12  | 2  | 8  | 15  | 2  | 8  | 4  | 2  | 14  | 78  | 4

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Race  | Net points  | Final rank

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1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | M*
Lobke Berkhout
Marcelien de Koning | 470 | 3  | 1  | 9  | 5  | 2  | 2  | 10  | 7  | 4  | ~~16~~ | 10  | 53  |
Annemieke Bes
Mandy Mulder
Merel Witteveen | Yngling | 9  | 1  | 2  | ~~13~~ | 1  | 5  | 4  | 1  | CAN  | CAN  | 8  | 31  |

Open
Athlete  | Event  | Race  | Net points  | Final rank

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1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | M*
Pieter-Jan Postma | Finn | 19  | 15  | 16  | ~~22~~ | 15  | 2  | 10  | 16  | CAN  | CAN  | EL  | 93  | 14
Mitch Booth
Pim Nieuwenhuis | Tornado | 3  | ~~13~~ | 8  | 3  | 10  | 2  | 8  | 2  | 11  | 10  | 6  | 64  | 5

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

## Softball

[edit]

Main article: Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The qualification criteria for softball were the same as the international standards. Reaching the semifinals in the 2006 World Championships was an automatic qualification to compete in the Games in Beijing. The Dutch team did not reach the semifinals, and had to enter the African/European qualification tournament to secure their spot.[31][32][33]

### Women's tournament

[edit]

* Women's softball team

– Noemi Boekel
– Marloes Fellinger
– Sandra Gouverneur
– Petra van Heijst
– Judith van Kampen
– Kim Kluijskens
– Saskia Kosterink
– Jolanda Kroesen
– Daisy de Peinder
– Marjan Smit
– Rebecca Soumeru
– Nathalie Timmermans
– Ellen Venker
– Britt Vonk
– Kristi de Vries

## Swimming

[edit]

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Dutch swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)).[34][35]

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Nick Driebergen | 100 m backstroke | 55.31  | 28  | Did not advance
200 m backstroke | 2:00.24  | 24  | Did not advance
Robert Lijesen | 50 m freestyle | 22.51  | 32  | Did not advance
Robin van Aggele | 200 m breaststroke | 2:17.14  | 48  | Did not advance
100 m butterfly | 52.26  | =20  | Did not advance
200 m individual medley | 2:04.33  | 39  | Did not advance
Thijs van Valkengoed | 100 m breaststroke | 1:01.32  | 26  | Did not advance
Pieter van den Hoogenband | 100 m freestyle | 47.97  | 5 Q | 47.68  | 3 Q | 47.75  | 5
Maarten van der Weijden | 10 km open water | —  | 1:51:51.6  |
Mitja Zastrow | 100 m freestyle | 49.61  | 38  | Did not advance
Nick Driebergen
Robert Lijesen
Bas van Velthoven
Pieter van den Hoogenband
Mitja Zastrow | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:14.90  | 10  | —  | Did not advance

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Inge Dekker | 100 m freestyle | 55.23  | 24  | Did not advance
100 m butterfly | 58.22  | 9 Q | 58.20  | 7 Q | 58.54  | 8
Chantal Groot | 100 m butterfly | 59.35  | =30  | Did not advance
Femke Heemskerk | 200 m individual medley | 2:16.28  | 28  | Did not advance
Ranomi Kromowidjojo | 200 m freestyle | 2:00.02  | 23  | Did not advance
Hinkelien Schreuder | 50 m freestyle | 25.00  | =12 Q | 24.52  | 6 Q | 24.65  | 7
Edith van Dijk | 10 km open water | —  | 2:00:02.8  | 14
Jolijn van Valkengoed | 100 m breaststroke | 1:11.26  | 35  | Did not advance
Marleen Veldhuis | 50 m freestyle | 24.38  | 2 Q | 24.46  | 4 Q | 24.26  | 5
100 m freestyle | 53.76  | 3 Q | 53.81  | 2 Q | 54.21  | =6
Inge Dekker
Femke Heemskerk
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Hinkelien Schreuder
Manon van Rooijen
Marleen Veldhuis | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:37.61  | 4 Q | —  | 3:33.76 OR |
Inge Dekker
Femke Heemskerk
Saskia de Jonge
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Manon van Rooijen | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:56.60  | 11  | —  | Did not advance
Inge Dekker
Chantal Groot
Femke Heemskerk
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Jolijn van Valkengoed | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 4:04.74  | 13  | —  | Did not advance

## Synchronized swimming

[edit]

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Technical routine  | Free routine (preliminary)  | Free routine (final)

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Total (technical + free)  | Rank  | Points  | Total (technical + free)  | Rank
Bianca van der Velden
Sonja van der Velden | Duet | 45.584  | 10  | 45.834  | 91.418  | 9 Q | 46.083  | 91.667  | 9

## Table tennis

[edit]

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

To qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics Dutch table tennis players needed to meet both the international (set by the IOC and ITTF) and the Dutch criteria (set by the NOC*NSF).[36][37] Li Jiao qualified herself in January 2008 when she was selected by the ITTF as one of the top 20 players in the World.[38]

Singles
Athlete  | Event  | Preliminary round  | Round 1  | Round 2  | Round 3  | Round 4  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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Li Jiao | Women's singles | Bye  |  Ni Xl (LUX)
W 4–1  |  Guo Y (CHN)
L 0–4  | Did not advance
Li Jie | Bye  |  Zhu F (ESP)
W 4–1  |  Liu J (AUT)
W 4–1  |  Feng Tw (SIN)
L 1–4  | Did not advance

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Li Jiao
Li Jie
Elena Timina | Women's team | Group B
Singapore (SIN)
L 0 – 3
United States (USA)
L 1 – 3
Nigeria (NGR)
W 3 – 0  | 3  | Did not advance

## Taekwondo

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Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

To qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics Dutch taekwondo practitioners needed to meet both the international (set by the IOC and WTF) and the Dutch criteria (set by the NOC*NSF).[39][40] Dennis Bekkers finished third in the qualification tournament in Istanbul, thus qualifying to compete at the Olympics in Beijing.

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Dennis Bekkers | Men's −68 kg |  Son T-J (KOR)
L 3–4  | Did not advance  |  Tazegül (TUR)
L 2–3  | Did not advance

## Triathlon

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Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Lisa Mensink | Women's | 20:03  | 0:28  | 1:07:44  | 0:33  | 41:30  | 2:10:18.98  | 45

## Volleyball

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Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

### Beach volleyball

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Emiel Boersma
Bram Ronnes | Men's | Pool F
Gibb – Rosenthal (USA)
L 0 – 2 (16–21, 15–21)
Asahi – Shiratori (JPN)
L 0 – 2 (15–21, 25–23, 11–15)
Brink – Dieckmann (GER)
W 2 – 0 (21–16, 21–19)
Lucky Losers
Klemperer – Koreng (GER)
L 0 – 2 (16–21, 25–27)  | 3  | Did not advance
Reinder Nummerdor
Richard Schuil | Pool E
Laciga – Schnider (SUI)
W 2 – 0 (21–14, 21–15)
Kjemperud – Skarlund (NOR)
W 2 – 1 (13–21, 21–15, 15–9)
Klemperer – Koreng (GER)
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Slack (AUS)
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Gia (GEO)
L 0 – 2 (19–21, 19–21)  | Did not advance
Rebekka Kadijk
Merel Mooren | Women's | Pool E
Branagh – Youngs (USA)
L 0 – 2 (19–21, 25–27)
Crespo – Esteves (CUB)
L 0 – 2 (11–21, 15–21)
Pohl – Rau (GER)
L 0 – 2 (19–21, 18–21)  | 4  | Did not advance

## Water polo

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Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The Netherlands participated in the women's tournament, where the team won the gold medal.

### Women's tournament

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Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The qualification criteria for water polo were the same as the international standards.[41][42] The Dutch women's team became first at the European qualification tournament in Kirishi by beating the host nation Russia in the final.[43]

Roster

The following is the Dutch roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[44]

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1 | Ilse van der Meijden | GK | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 71 kg (157 lb) | 22 October 1988 |  Brandenburg Bilthoven
2 | Yasemin Smit | CB | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 70 kg (150 lb) | 21 November 1984 |  Het Ravijn Nijverdal
3 | Mieke Cabout | D | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 70 kg (150 lb) | 30 March 1986 |  ZVL Leiden
4 | Biurakn Hakhverdian | D | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | 65 kg (143 lb) | 4 October 1985 |  Polar Bears
5 | Marieke van den Ham | D | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 21 January 1983 |  Polar Bears
6 | Daniëlle de Bruijn | D | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | 68 kg (150 lb) | 13 February 1978 |  Widex GZC Donk Gouda
7 | Iefke van Belkum | CF | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 75 kg (165 lb) | 22 July 1986 |  ZVL Leiden
8 | Noeki Klein | CF | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 28 April 1983 |  ZVL Leiden
9 | Gillian van den Berg | D | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | 66 kg (146 lb) | 8 September 1971 |  De Gouwe Waddinxveen
10 | Alette Sijbring | CB | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | 68 kg (150 lb) | 20 March 1982 |  TWZ Zaandam
11 | Rianne Guichelaar | D | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | 63 kg (139 lb) | 16 August 1983 |  Het Ravijn Nijverdal
12 | Simone Koot | D | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | 65 kg (143 lb) | 12 November 1980 |  Brandenburg Bilthoven
13 | Meike de Nooy | GK | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 73 kg (161 lb) | 2 May 1983 |  Het Ravijn Nijverdal

Head coach: Robin van Galen

Group play
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Netherlands | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 27  | 27  | 0  | 2
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Greece | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 16  | 27  | −11  | 0  | Will play for places 7th–8th

Source: [citation needed]

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

11 August 2008
13:00  | Report | Hungary | 11-9  |  Netherlands | Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Radoslaw Piotr Koryzna (POL)

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Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 4–3, 1–1
Pelle 4, Kisteleki 2, Stieber 2, Valkai 2  | Goals | de Bruijn 4, van den Berg 3
13 August 2008
14:20  | Report | Greece | 6-9 |  Netherlands | Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Shiwei Ni (CHN), Decio Jr Patelli (BRA)

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Liosi 2  | Goals | Cabout 4, de Bruijn 2, van Belkum 2
15 August 2008
13:00  | Report | Netherlands | 9-10 |  Australia | Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Gaetan Turcotte (CAN)

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Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 1–2, 5–4
van den Ham 3, van Belkum 2, Sijbring 2  | Goals | B. Knox 4, Beadsworth 2, Gynther 2

Quarterfinal
17 August 2008
15:40  | Report | Italy | 11-13 |  Netherlands | Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Torsten Bock (GER), Nikolaos Argyros (GRE)

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Zanchi 4, Miceli 2, Bosurgi 2  | Goals | Cabout 4, de Bruijn 3, Smit 2, van Belkum 2

Semifinal
19 August 2008
15:40  | Report | Hungary | 7-8 |  Netherlands | Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Mario Brguljan (MNE), Sergey Antsiferov (RUS)

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Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–3, 3–3, 1–1
Pelle 3
Drávucz, Primász 2
| Goals | van den Ham, van Belkum 3
Cabout, Sijbring 1

Final
21 August 2008
18:20  | Report |  United States | 8-9 |  Netherlands | Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Gabor Kiszelly (HUN), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)

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Steffens 2
Hayes, Villa, Golda, Gregorka, van Norman, Craig 1  | Goals | de Bruijn 7
van Belkum, van den Ham 1

## See also

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* Netherlands at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e Statement NOC*NSF Beijing 2008, sport.nl (in Dutch)
2. ^ De sporters, NOC*NSF Netherlands Olympics Team list (in Dutch)
3. ^ Gekwalificeerden, sport.nl (in Dutch)
4. ^ a b c Ambassadeurs, sport.nl (in Dutch)
5. ^ Steeplechaser Simon Vroemen claims dianobol would hurt performance, steroidreport.com
6. ^ "Blonska thrown out of long jump". BBC Sport. 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
7. ^ IOC and IBAF – Baseball criteria, sport.nl
8. ^ NOC*NSF – Baseball criteria, sport.nl (in Dutch)
9. ^ Netherlands won the European Championship 2007, baseballeurope.com
10. ^ Draaijer vervangt Van Mil, nos.nl, ret: 13 Aug 2008
11. ^ IOC and FIH – Field hockey criteria, sport.nl
12. ^ NOC*NSF – Field hockey criteria, sport.nl (in Dutch)
13. ^ Women – Final placings / Men – Final placings Archived 2007-12-06 at the Wayback Machine, eurohockeymanchester2007.com
14. ^ 2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling, LA84 Foundation.
15. ^ 2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling, LA84 Foundation.
16. ^ IOC and FIFA – Football criteria, sport.nl
17. ^ NOC*NSF – Football criteria, sport.nl (in Dutch)
18. ^ Dutch double for De Haan, uefa.com
19. ^ "Men's Olympic Football Tournament Beijing – Netherlands Squad List". FIFA. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
20. ^ IOC and IJF – Judo criteria, sport.nl
21. ^ NOC*NSF – Judo criteria, sport.nl (in Dutch)
22. ^ Willeboordse zeker van Spelen, nu.nl (in Dutch)
23. ^ Edith Bosch verzekert zich van de Spelen, sporttribune.nl (in Dutch)
24. ^ Houkes zeker van Olympische Spelen, sportweek.nl (in Dutch)
25. ^ Huizinga plaatst zich voor Spelen, judoinside.com (in Dutch)
26. ^ IOC and ISAF – Sailing criteria, sport.nl
27. ^ NOC*NSF – Sailing criteria, sport.nl (in Dutch)
28. ^ Berkhout en De Koning, Postma zeker van Olympische Spelen, sportnet.wordpress.com (in Dutch)
29. ^ Finn-zeiler Postma kwalificeert zich voor Olympische spelen, watersportalmanak.nl (in Dutch)
30. ^ Sven en Kalle bij WK 470 12e plaats, braassemermeer.nl (in Dutch)
31. ^ IOC and ISF – Softball criteria, sport.nl
32. ^ NOC*NSF – Softball criteria, sport.nl (in Dutch)
33. ^ Dutch qualify for Beijing, xs4all.nl Grand Slam Stats & News
34. ^ IOC and FINA – Swimming criteria, sport.nl
35. ^ NOC*NSF – Swimming criteria, sport.nl (in Dutch)
36. ^ IOC and ITTF – Table tennis criteria, sport.nl
37. ^ NOC*NSF – Table tennis criteria, sport.nl (in Dutch)
38. ^ Tafeltennis – Li Jiao geplaatst voor Olympische Spelen, regiosportaktuaal.nl (in Dutch)
39. ^ IOC and WTF – Taekwondo criteria, sport.nl
40. ^ NOC*NSF – Taekwondo criteria, sport.nl (in Dutch)
41. ^ IOC and FINA – Water polo criteria, sport.nl
42. ^ NOC*NSF – Water polo criteria, sport.nl (in Dutch)
43. ^ QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENT OLYMPIC GAMES 2008 WATERPOLO WOMEN Archived 2007-09-03 at the Wayback Machine, sportkinef.com
44. ^ 2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling, LA84 Foundation.

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