1928 Summer Olympics / Participant (Netherlands)

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The Netherlands hosted the 1928 Summer Olympics . They took part with a delegation of 214 athletes (179 men and 35 women).

Medalist

gold

Name (s)	sport	competition
Bep van Klaveren	Boxing	Featherweight
Daan van Dijk & Bernard Leene	Cycling	tandem
Charles Pahud de Mortanges	horse riding	Versatility, single
Charles Pahud de Mortanges, Gerard de Kruijff & Adolf van der Voort van Zijp	horse riding	Versatility, team
Marie Braun	swim	Women, 100 meters back
Estella Agsteribbe , Jacomina van den Berg , Alida van den Bos , Petronella Burgerhof , Elka de Levie , Helena Nordheim , Anna Polak , Petronella van Randwijk , Hendrika van Rumt , Judikje Simons , Jacoba Stelma , Anna van der Vegt	do gymnastics	Women, team all-around

silver

Name (s)	sport	competition
Adriaan Katte , Ab Tresling , Jan Ankerman , Rein de Waal , Jan Brand , Emile Duson , Gerrit Jannink , Paul van de Rovaart , Haas Visser 't Hooft , Robert van der Veen & August Kop	hockey	Men's tournament
Lien Gisolf	athletics	Women, high jump
Antoine Mazairac	Cycling	sprint
Gerard Bosch van Drakestein	Cycling	1,000 meters time trial
Janus Braspennincx , Piet van der Horst , Johannes Maas & Jan Pijnenburg	Cycling	4,000 meters team pursuit
Gerard de Kruijff	horse riding	Versatility, single
Marie Braun	swim	Women, 400 meters freestyle
Mietje Baron	swim	200 meters chest
Lambertus Doedes , Johannes van Hoolwerff , Hendrik Kersken , Cornelis van Staveren , Gerard de Vries Lentsch & Maarten de Wit	sailing	8 meter class

bronze

Name (s)	sport	competition
Karel Miljon	Boxing	Light heavyweight
August Scheffer	Weightlifting	medium weight
Johannes Verheijen	Weightlifting	Lightweight
Gerard le Heux , Jan van Reede & Pierre Versteegh	horse riding	Dressage, team

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Ben Bril

  Flyweight: 5th place

• Bep van Klaveren

  Featherweight: gold

• David Baan

  Lightweight: 5th place

• Cornelis Blommers

  Welterweight: 5th place

• Karel Miljon

  Light Heavyweight: Bronze

• Sam Olij

  Heavyweight: 5th place

fencing

• Nicolaas Nederpeld

  Foil, singles: semi-finals

  Foil, team: quarter-finals

• Frans Mosman

  Foil, singles: preliminary round

  Foil, team: quarter-finals

• Paul Kunze

  Foil, singles: preliminary round

  Foil, team: quarter-finals

• Doris de Jong

  Foil, team: quarter-finals

• Wouter Brouwer

  Foil, team: quarter-finals

• Otto Schiff

  Foil, team: quarter-finals

• Willem Driebergen

  Epee, singles: semi-finals

  Epee, team: 5th place

• Pieter Mijer

  Epee, singles: preliminary round

• Aria de Jong

  Epee, singles: preliminary round

  Epee, team: 5th place

  Saber, singles: 9th place

  Saber, team: 5th place

• Leonard Kuypers

  Epee, team: 5th place

• Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls

  Epee, team: 5th place

  Saber, singles: preliminary round

  Saber, team: 5th place

• Alfred Labouchere

  Epee, team: 5th place

• Karel, Jonkheer van den Brandeler

  Epee, team: 5th place

• Jan van der Wiel

  Saber, singles: 11th place

  Saber, team: 5th place

• Cornelis Ekkart

  Saber, team: 5th place

• Hendrik Hagens

  Saber, team: 5th place

• Maarten van Dulm

  Saber, team: 5th place

• Johanna de Boer

  Women, foil, singles: 8th place

• Adriana Admiraal-Meijerink

  Women, foil, singles: semi-finals

• Friederike Koderitsch

  Women, foil, singles: preliminary round

Soccer

• Men's team

  9th place

• Squad

  Dolf van Kol

  Gejus van der Meulen

  Bertus Freese

  Puck van Heel

  Harry Dénis

  Jaap Weber

  Jan Elfring

  Leo Ghering

  Pierre Massy

  Piet van Boxtel

  Wout Buitenweg

Weightlifting

• Hendrik de Wolf

  Featherweight: 17th place

• Cornelis Compter

  Featherweight: 20th place

• Cor tobacco

  Lightweight: 10th place

• Gerrit Roos

  Lightweight: 14th place

• August Scheffer

  Middleweight: bronze

• Joop Zalm

  Middleweight: 9th place

• Jan Verheijen

  Lightweight: bronze

• Willem Tholen

  Lightweight: 12th place

• Minus Verheijen

  Heavyweight: 12th place

• Hendrik Verheijen

  Heavyweight: No result

hockey

• Men's team

  silver

• Squad

  Adriaan Katte

  From Tresling

  Jan Ankerman

  Rein de Waal

  Jan Brand

  Emile Duson

  Gerrit Jannink

  Paul van de Rovaart

  Haas Visser 't Hooft

  Robert van der Veen

  August Kop

athletics

• Marinus van den Berge

  100 meters: quarter-finals

  200 meters: quarter-finals

  400 meters: heats

  4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Wim Hennings

  100 meters: heats

• Jaap Boot

  100 meters: heats

• Dolf Benz

  100 meters: heats

• Harry Broos

  200 meters: quarter-finals

  400 meters: semi-finals

  4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Andries Hoogerwerf

  400 meters: quarter-finals

  800 meters: heats

  4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Adje Paulen

  400 meters: quarter-finals

  800 meters: heats

  4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Guus Zeegers

  800 meters: heats

  1,500 meters: heats

• Wilhelm Effern

  1,500 meters: heats

• Jan Zeegers

  1,500 meters: heats

• Frédéric du Hen

  1,500 meters: heats

• Arie Klaase

  5,000 meters: heats

• Nol Wolf

  5,000 meters: heats

• Pieter Gerbrands

  5,000 meters: heats

• Henri Land Army

  Marathon: 30th place

• Joop Vermeulen

  Marathon: 54th place

• Pelp van Leenen

  Marathon: 55th place

• Willem van der Steen

  Marathon: 57th place

• Bram Groeneweg

  Marathon: DNF

• Teun Sprong

  Marathon: DNF

• Lau Spel

  110 meter hurdles: prelims

• Aria Kaan

  110 meter hurdles: prelims

• Arie van Leeuwen

  110 meter hurdles: prelims

• Jan Britstra

  110 meter hurdles: prelims

• Henri Thesingh

  High jump: 19th place in qualification

• Joop Kamstra

  High jump: 28th place in qualification

• Frits Buhrman

  High jump: 28th place in qualification

• Age van der Zee

  Pole vault: 14th place in qualification

• Hannes de Boer

  Long jump: 6th place

• Toon van Welsenes

  Long jump: 17th place in qualification

• Gijs Lamoree

  Long jump: 20th place in qualification

  Triple jump: 13th place in qualification

• Willem Peters

  Triple jump: 7th place in qualification

• Jan Blankers

  Triple jump: 9th place in qualification

• Steef van Musscher

  Triple jump: 15th place in qualification

• Gerrit Eijsker

  Discus throwing: 24th place in qualification

• Gerrit Postma

  Discus throw: 31st place in qualification

• Henk Kamerbeek

  Hammer throw: 10th place in qualification

• Jaap Knol

  Javelin: 25th place in qualification

• Joop van der Leij

  Javelin: 28th place in qualification

• Nettie Grooss

  Women, 100 meters: heats

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 5th place

• Rie Briejer

  Women, 100 meters: heats

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 5th place

• Read Aengenendt

  Women, 100 meters: heats

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 5th place

• Bets ter Horst

  Women, 100 meters: heats

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 5th place

• Jo Mallon

  Women, 800 meters: heats

• Aat van Noort

  Women, 800 meters: heats

• Mien Duchateau

  Women, 800 meters: heats

• Lien Gisolf

  Women, high jump: silver

• IJke Buisma

  Women, high jump: final

• Lena Michaëlis

  Women, discus throwing: 11th place

• Bets Dekens

  Women, discus throwing: 17th place

Modern pentathlon

• Christiaan Tonnet

  Singles: 7th place

• Willem van Rhijn

  Singles: 9th place

• Tjeerd Pasma

  Singles: 24th place

Cycling

• Leen Buis

  Road race, individual: 17th place

  Road race, team: 9th place

• Janus Braspennincx

  Road race, individual: 27th place

  Road race, team: 9th place

  4,000 meters team pursuit: silver

• Ben Duijker

  Road race, individual: 36th place

  Road race, team: 9th place

• Antonius Kuys

  Road race, individual: DNF

• Antoine Mazairac

  Sprint: silver

• Gerard Bosch van Drakestein

  1,000 meter time trial: silver

  4,000 meters team pursuit: silver

• Bernard Leene

  Tandem: gold

• Daan van Dijk

  Tandem: gold

• Johannes Maas

  4,000 meters team pursuit: silver

• Jan Pijnenburg

  4,000 meters team pursuit: silver

• Piet van der Horst

  4,000 meters team pursuit: silver

horse riding

• Jan van Roads

  Dressage, individual: 8th place

  Dressage, team: bronze

• Pierre Versteegh

  Dressage, individual: 9th place

  Dressage, team: bronze

• Gerard le Heux

  Dressage, individual: 12th place

  Dressage, team: bronze

• Gerard de Kruijff

  Show jumping, singles: 27th place

  Show jumping, team: 10th place

  Versatility, Singles: Silver

  Versatility, team: gold

• Antonius Colenbrander

  Show jumping, singles: 29th place

  Show jumping, team: 10th place

• Charles Labouchere

  Show jumping, singles: 30th place

  Show jumping, team: 10th place

• Charles Pahud de Mortanges

  Versatility, Singles: Gold

  Versatility, team: gold

• Adolf van der Voort van Zijp

  Versatility, singles: 4th place

  Versatility, team: gold

Wrestling

• Johannes van Maaren

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 9th place

• Johannes Nolten junior

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 14th place

• Walter Massop

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place

• Simon Balkema

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 13th place

• Johan Heijm

  Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 8th place

• Jacob Simonis

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 9th place

rowing

• Bert Gunther

  One: 4th place

• Han Cox

  Double scull: quarter-finals

• Constant Pieterse

  Double scull: quarter-finals

• Carel van Wankum

  Two without a helmsman: quarter-finals

• Hein van Suylekom

  Two without a helmsman: quarter-finals

• Tjapko van Bergen

  Two with a helmsman: DNF in the 1st round

• Cornelis Dusseldorp

  Two with a helmsman: DNF in the 1st round

• Hendrik Smits

  Two with a helmsman: DNF in the 1st round

• Simon Bon

  Foursome without a helmsman: 2nd round

• Egbertus Waller

  Foursome without a helmsman: 2nd round

• Ansco Dokkum

  Foursome without a helmsman: 2nd round

• Paul Maasland

  Foursome without a helmsman: 2nd round

• Daan Ferman

  Eighth: 3rd round

• Teun Beijnen

  Eighth: 3rd round

• Jan Huges

  Eighth: 3rd round

• Tjallie James

  Eighth: 3rd round

• Appel Ooiman

  Eighth: 3rd round

• Jaap Stenger

  Eighth: 3rd round

• Hans Kruyt

  Eighth: 3rd round

• Guus van Ditzhuyzen

  Eighth: 3rd round

• Koos Schouwenaar

  Eighth: 3rd round

swim

• Henk van Essen

  100 meters freestyle: prelims

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: prelims

• Dick de Man

  1,500 meters freestyle: prelims

• Gerrit van Voorst

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: prelims

• Piet Bannenberg

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: prelims

• Johannes Brink

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: prelims

• Leen Korpershoek

  200 meters chest: heats

• Rie Vierdag

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: semi-finals

  Women, 4 × 100 meter freestyle: Disqualified in the final

• Marie Braun

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: silver

  Women, 4 × 100 meter freestyle: Disqualified in the final

  Women, 100 meters back: gold

• Truus builder

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meter freestyle: Disqualified in the final

• Eva Smits

  Women, 4 × 100 meter freestyle: Disqualified in the final

• Jeanne Grendel

  Women, 100 meters back: heats

• Marie Baron

  Women, 200 meters chest: silver

• Greet van Norden

  Women, 200 meters chest: semi-finals

• Cor van Gelder

  Women, 200 meters chest: prelims

sailing

• Willem de Vries Lentsch

  12-foot dinghy: 4th place

• Carl Huisken

  6-meter class: 4th place

• Hans Fokker

  6-meter class: 4th place

• Hans Pluijgers

  6-meter class: 4th place

• Roeffie Vermeulen

  6-meter class: 4th place

• Wim Schouten

  6-meter class: 4th place

• Cornelis van Staveren

  8 meter class: silver

• Gerard de Vries Lentsch

  8 meter class: silver

• Hendrik Kersken

  8 meter class: silver

• Johannes van Hoolwerff

  8 meter class: silver

• Lambertus Doedes

  8 meter class: silver

• Maarten de Wit

  8 meter class: silver

do gymnastics

• Elias Melkman

  Individual all-around: 56th place

  Team all-around competition: 8th place

  Bars: 64th place

  Horse jump: 55th place

  Horizontal bar: 39th place

  Rings: 41st place

  Pommel horse: 65th place

• Pieter van Dam

  Individual all-around: 59th place

  Team all-around competition: 8th place

  Bars: 51st place

  Horse jump: 34th place

  Horizontal bar: 69th place

  Rings: 77th place

  Pommel horse: 59th place

• Mozes Jacobs

  Individual all-around: 60th place

  Team all-around competition: 8th place

  Bars: 55th place

  Horse jump: 49th place

  Horizontal bar: 85th place

  Rings: 55th place

  Pommel horse: 21st place

• Israel Wijnschenk

  Individual all-around: 64th place

  Team all-around competition: 8th place

  Bars: 71st place

  Horse jump: 74th place

  Horizontal bar: 65th place

  Rings: 72nd place

  Pommel horse: 54th place

• Willibrordus Pouw

  Individual all-around: 65th place

  Team all-around competition: 8th place

  Bars: 61st place

  Horse jump: 67th place

  Horizontal bar: 68th place

  Rings: 70th place

  Pommel horse: 70th place

• Klaa's boat

  Individual all-around: 71st place

  Team all-around competition: 8th place

  Bars: 66th place

  Horse jump: 69th place

  Horizontal bar: 71st place

  Rings: 81st place

  Pommel horse: 77th place

• Jacobus van der Vinden

  Individual all-around: 71st place

  Team all-around competition: 8th place

  Bars: 78th place

  Horse jump: 78th place

  Horizontal bar: 43rd place

  Rings: 79th place

  Pommel horse: 78th place

• Hugo Licher

  Individual all-around: 85th place

  Team all-around competition: 8th place

  Bars: 84th place

  Horse jump: 55th place

  Horizontal bar: 86th place

  Rings: 86th place

  Pommel horse: 61st place

Water polo

• Men's team

  5th place

• Squad

  Appie van Olst

  Jean van Silfhout

  Han van Senus

  Sjaak Koehler

  Cees Leenheer

  Jan Scholte

  Koos Koehler

Diving

• Louis Gompers

  Art jumping: prelims

• Henk Lotgering

  Art jumping: prelims

  High diving: prelims

• Emanuel Davidson

  High diving: prelims

• Truus Klapwijk

  Women, jumping: 7th place

  Women, high diving: prelims

• Alie van Leeuwen

  Women, jumping: 8th place

  Women, high diving: prelims

• Bep Hesterman

  Women, jumping: 10th place

• Marie Baron

  Women, diving: 4th place

Web links

• Dutch Olympic team from 1928 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )