1932 Summer Olympics / Participant (Netherlands)

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The Netherlands took part in the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles with a delegation of 45 athletes (30 men and 15 women) in 29 competitions in nine sports.

The Dutch athletes won two gold and five silver medals. In the art competitions, the Dutch artists secured a bronze medal, but this was not included in the official medal table, in which the Netherlands took 13th place. Olympic champion was the cyclist Jacobus van Egmond in the track sprint and Charles Pahud de Mortanges in the individual eventing. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was Charles Pahud de Mortanges.

Participants by sport

fencing

Men

• Doris de Jong

  Foil: eliminated in the 2nd round

  Epee: eliminated in the 2nd round

  Saber: eliminated in the 1st round

Women

• Johanna de Boer

  Foil: 6th place

Art competitions

• Jan Wils
• Jaap Weyand
• Menno van Meeteren Brouwer
• Chris van der Hoef
• Piet van der Hem
• Willy Sluiter
• Jos Seckel
• W. Schaap
• Kees Roovers
• Cornelis Mension
• Jos Lussenburg
• Cornelis Kloos
• JB Kan
• Isaac Israëls
• Marian Gobius
• Corry Gallas
• Jan Feith
• Toon Dupuis
• Agnes Canta
• Walther Boer
• Gerard Westermann

  Drawings and watercolors: bronze

athletics

Men

• Christiaan Berger

  100 m: heats

  200 m: heats

• Willem Peters

  Triple jump: 5th place

Women

• Tollien Schuurman

  100 m: semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter relay: 4th place

• Cor Aalten

  100 m: semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter relay: 4th place

• Bep du Mée

  100 m: heats

  4 x 100 meter relay: 4th place

• Jo Dalmolen

  4 x 100 meter relay: 4th place

• Lien Gisolf

  High jump: 4th place

Modern pentathlon

• Willem van Rhijn

  16th place

Cycling

• Jacobus van Egmond

  Rail sprint: gold

  Track 1000 m time trial: silver

  Rail tandem: 4th place

• Bernard Leene

  Rail tandem: 4th place

horse riding

• Charles Pahud de Mortanges

  Versatility: gold

  Versatility team: silver

• Karel Schummelketel

  Versatility: 6th place

  Versatility team: silver

• Aernout van Lennep

  Versatility: 9th place

  Versatility team: silver

rowing

• Pieter Roelofsen

  Two without a helmsman: 4th place

• Godfried Roëll

  Two without a helmsman: 4th place

swim

Women

• Zus Philipsen brown

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Marie Vierdag

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: silver

• Puck oversloot

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: silver

• Corrie Laddé

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: silver

• Willy den Ouden

  100 m freestyle: silver

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: silver

sailing

• Bob Maas

  Snowbird: silver

  Star: 6th place

• Jan Maas

  Star: 6th place

Web links

• Dutch Olympic team from 1932 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )