1964 Summer Olympics / Participant (Netherlands)

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The Netherlands participated in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with a delegation of 125 athletes (105 men and 20 women) in 57 competitions in twelve sports. With two gold, four silver and four bronze medals, the nation took 15th place in the medal table. There was gold in the team time trial in cycling as well as for judoka Anton Geesink , who was also the flag bearer at the opening ceremony. The swimmers were also successful, Ada Kok and Erica Terpstra each won two medals. Medal successes were also achieved in canoeing and rowing. Chef de mission was Simon de Wit , a former rowing Olympian.

Participants by sport

Boxing

Men

• Jan de Rooij
• Wim Gerlach
• Jan Huppen
• Rudie Lubbers

hockey

Men

• 7th place

• Joost Boks
• Charles Coster van Voorhout
• Aria de Keyzer
• John Elffers
• Frans Fiolet
• Jan Piet Fokker
• Leendert Krol
• Jaap Leemhuis
• Chris Mijnarends
• Nico Spits
• Theo Terlingen
• Francis van 't Hooft
• Jan van Gooswilligen
• Erik van Rossem
• Theo van Vroonhoven
• Jan Veentjer
• Jaap Voigt
• Frank Zweerts

Judo

Men

• Anton Geesink

  Gold Open Class

• Joop Gouweleeuw
• Jan Snijders
• Peter Snijders

canoe

Men

• Toon Geurts

  Silver kayak two-man 1000 m

• Theo van Halteren
• Paul Hoekstra

  Silver kayak two-man 1000 m

• Chick Weijzen
• Jan Wittenberg

athletics

Men Eef Kamerbeek Cees cook Frans Luitjes

Women Joke Bijleveld Lia behind Gerda Kraan Tilly van der Zwaard Jannie van Eyck-Vos

Cycling

Men

• Henk Cornelisse

  Bronze team pursuit 4000 m

• Aad de Graaf
• Evert Dolman

  Gold team time trial 100 km

• Tiemen Groen
• Karstens tanning

  Gold team time trial 100 km

• Gerard Koel

  Bronze team pursuit 4000 m

• Jaap Oudkerk

  Bronze team pursuit 4000 m

• Jan Pieterse

  Gold team time trial 100 km

• Cor Schuuring

  Bronze team pursuit 4000 m

• Harry Steevens
• Piet van der Touw
• Bart Zoet

  Gold team time trial 100 km

rowing

Men

• Max Alwin
• Steven Blaisse

  Silver twos without a helmsman

• Herman Boelen
• Jan-Just Bos

  Bronze two with helmsman

• Peter Bots
• Sipke Castelein
• Jim Enters
• Rob Groen
• Erik Hartsuiker

  Bronze two with helmsman

• Marius Klumperbeek

  Bronze foursome with helmsman

• Alex Mullink

  Bronze foursome with helmsman

• Herman Rouwé

  Bronze two with helmsman

• Frederik van de Graaff

  Bronze foursome with helmsman

• Jan van de Graaff

  Bronze foursome with helmsman

• Robert van de Graaf

  Bronze foursome with helmsman

• Ernst Veenemans

  Silver twos without a helmsman

• Sjoerd Wartena

shoot

• Joop van Domselaar

swim

Men Johan Bontekoe Jan Jiskoot Ron Kroon Dick Langerhorst Wieger Mensonides Aad Oudt Bert Sitters Vinus van Baalen Henri van Osch Hemmie Vriens Jan Weeteling

Women Toos beumer Bronze 4 x 100 m freestyle Klenie Bimolt Silver 4 x 100 m layers Adrie Lasterie Silver 4 x 100 m layers Marianne Heemskerk Betty Heukels Ada Kok Silver 100 m butterfly Silver 4 x 100 m layers Gretta Kok Truus Looijs Erica Terpstra Silver 4 x 100 m layers Bronze 4 x 100 m freestyle Ineke Tigelaar Pauline van der Wildt Bronze 4 x 100 m freestyle Ria van Velsen Winnie van Weerdenburg Bronze 4 x 100 m freestyle Bep weeteling Corrie Winkel Silver 4 x 100 m layers

sailing

• Nico de Jong
• Jan Jongkind
• Henny Scholtz
• Wim van Duyl
• Ben Verhagen
• Dick Wayboer
• Hans Willems

volleyball

Men

• 8th place

• Frank Constandse
• Jacques de Vink
• Jacques Ewalds
• Rob Groenhuyzen
• Jurjaan Koolen
• Jaap Korsloot
• Jan Oosterbaan
• Piet Swieter
• Joop Tinkhof
• Jan van der Hoek
• Dinco van der Stoep
• Hans van Wijnen

Water polo

Men

• 8th place

• Jan Bultman
• Henk Hermsen
• Ben knees
• Bram Leenards
• Hans Müller
• Nico van der Voet
• Fred van Dorp
• Wim van Spingelen
• Harry Vriend
• Wim Vriend
• Gerrit Wormgoor

Web links

• Dutch Olympic team from 1964 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )