1972 Summer Olympics / Participant (Netherlands)

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The Netherlands took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich . 119 athletes, including 90 men and 29 women, took part in 72 competitions in 16 sports. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the hockey player Nico Spits .

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Willem Ruska	Judo	Men, Heavyweight & Men, Open Class
Hennie Kuiper	Cycling	Men, street races

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Mieke Jaapies	canoe	Women, kayak single, 500 meters

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Roelof Luynenburg & Rudolf Stokvis	rowing	Men, twos without a helmsman

Participants by sport

Boxing

Men

• Anthony Richardson

  Light middleweight: 3rd round

• James Vrij

  Welterweight: 2nd round

fencing

Men

• Eddy Ham

  Saber, singles: 2nd round

hockey

Men's tournament

• 4th Place

• Squad

  André Bolhuis

  Paul Brauckmann

  Jan Willem Buij

  Marinus Dijkerman

  Thijs Kaanders

  Coen Kranenberg

  Ties Kruize

  Wouter Leefers

  Flip van Lidth de Jeude

  Paul Litjens

  Irving van Nes

  Maarten Sikking

  Frans Spits

  Nico Spits

  Bart Taminiau

  Kik Thole

  Piet Weemers

  Jeroen Zweerts

Judo

Men

• Jan Bosman

  Light Heavyweight: 11th place

• Martin Poglajen

  Middleweight: 13th place

• Wim Ruska

  Heavyweight: gold

  Open class: gold

canoe

Women

• Mieke Jaapies

  Kayak single, 500 meters: silver

  Kayak twos, 500 meters: 7th place

• Maria van der Holst-Blijlevens

  Kayak twos, 500 meters: 7th place

athletics

Men Sjef Hensgens 800 meters: heats Haico Scharn 1500 meters: semi-finals

Women Ria Ahlers High jump: 16th place Berny Boxem-Lenferink 1500 meters: 9th place Wilma van Gool 100 meters: quarter-finals 200 meters: quarter-finals Ilya Keizer 1500 meters: 6th place Trudy Ruth 400 meters: semi-finals

Modern pentathlon

Men

• Jan Bekkenk

  Singles: 46th place

  Team: 18th place

• Henk Krediet

  Singles: 58th place

  Team: 18th place

• Rob Vonk

  Individual: 53rd place

  Team: 18th place

Cycling

In the team time trial, the Dutch relay originally won the bronze medal. However, since one of the participants, Aad van den Hoek, was subsequently convicted of doping, the relay was disqualified. The bronze medals were withdrawn, but not re-awarded.

Men

• Klaas Balk

  Sprint: 4th place

  Tandem sprint: 5th place

• Ad Dekkers

  4000 meters team pursuit: 5th place

• Peter van Doorn

  Sprint: 5th place

  1000 meter time trial: 11th place

  Tandem sprint: 5th place

• Fedor the Hertog

  Road race: 25th place

  Team time trial: bronze disqualified

• Aad van den Hoek

  Team time trial: bronze disqualified

• Gerard Kamper

  4000 meters team pursuit: 5th place

• Piet van Katwijk

  Road race: 11th place

• Hennie Kuiper

  Road race: gold

  Team time trial: bronze disqualified

• Herman Ponsteen

  4000 meters team pursuit: 5th place

• Cees Priem

  Road race: 12th place

  Team time trial: bronze disqualified

• Roy Schuiten

  4000 meters single pursuit: 5th place

  4000 meters team pursuit: 5th place

horse riding

• Cees Benedictus-Lieftinck

  Jumping, singles: 27th place

  Jumping, team: 8th place

• Hans Brugman

  Eventing, individual: DNF

  Eventing, team: DNF

• Anny van Doorne

  Jumping, singles: 18th place

  Jumping, team: 8th place

• Maarten Jurgens

  Eventing, individual: DNF

  Eventing, team: DNF

• Piet van der Schans

  Eventing, individual: 48th place

  Eventing, team: DNF

• Eddy Stibbe

  Eventing, individual: DNF

  Eventing, team: DNF

• John Swaab

  Jumping, singles: 28th place

  Jumping, team: 8th place

rowing

Men

• Jan Bruyn & Paul Veenemans

  Double scull: 7th place

• Roelof Luynenburg & Rudolf Stokvis

  Two without a helmsman: bronze

• René Kieft , Bernard Luttikhuizen & Herman Zaanen

  Two with a helmsman: hope run

• Wim Grothuis , Johan ter Haar , Kees de Korver , Evert Kroes & Jan-Willem van Woudenberg

  Foursome with helmsman: 7th place

• Herman Eggink , Hans Huisinga , Frank Mulder , Jannes Munneke , Pieter Offens , Henk Rouwé , Rutger Stuffken , Bram Tuinzing & Jan van der Vliet

  Eighth: 9th place

shoot

• Willy Hillen

  Small bore, lying: 17th place

• Ben Pon junior

  Skeet: 31st place

• Eric Swinkels

  Skeet: 35th place

swim

Men Bert Bergsma 4 × 100 meter freestyle: prelims 4 × 200 meter freestyle: prelims Hans Elzerman 4 × 100 meter freestyle: prelims 4 × 200 meter freestyle: prelims Roger van Hamburg 4 × 100 meter freestyle: prelims 4 × 200 meter freestyle: prelims 400 meter individual medley: prelims Ton van Klooster 400 meters freestyle: prelims 1500 meters freestyle: prelims François van Kruisdijk 200 meter medley: prelims Peter Prijdekker 200 meters freestyle: prelims 4 × 100 meter freestyle: prelims 4 × 200 meter freestyle: prelims Bob Schoutsen 100 meters back: semi-finals 200 meters back: heats

Women Enith Brigitha 100 meters freestyle: 8th place 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 5th place 100 meters back: 6th place 200 meters back: 6th place 4 × 100 meters: 5th place Hansje Bunschoten 100 meters freestyle: semi-finals 200 meters freestyle: 6th place 400 meters freestyle: 7th place 800 meter freestyle: 7th place 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 5th place 4 × 100 meters: 5th place Frieke Buys 100 meter butterfly: semi-finals 200 meters butterfly: heats 4 × 100 meters: 5th place Josien Elzerman 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 5th place 200 meters back: heats Annemarie Groen 100 meters back: heats 200 meters back: heats Tineke Hofland 100 meter chest: heats Gerda Lassooij 200 meter medley: prelims 400 meter individual medley: prelims Wijda Mazereeuw 200 meter medley: prelims 400 meter individual medley: prelims Hennie Penterman 200 meter medley: prelims 400 meter individual medley: prelims Alie te Riet 100 meter chest: heats 200 meters chest: heats 4 × 100 meters: 5th place Anke Rijnders 100 meters freestyle: semi-finals 200 meters freestyle: 7th place 400 meters freestyle: 8th place 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 5th place 4 × 100 meters: 5th place Marianne Vermaat 100 meters back: semi-finals

sailing

• Kees Douze

  Finn Dinghy: 23. Paltz

• Cees Kurpershoek & Ben Staartjes

  Tempest: 5th place

• Fred Imhoff & Simon Korver

  Flying Dutchman: 10th place

do gymnastics

Women

• Ans Dekker

  Individual all-around: 59th place in qualification

  Team all-around: 9th place

  Floor: 90th place in qualification

  Horse: 65th place in qualification

  Uneven bars: 54th place in qualification

  Balance beam: 37th place in qualification

• To van Gerwen

  Individual all-around: 19th place

  Team all-around: 9th place

  Floor: 26th place in qualification

  Horse: 28th place in qualification

  Uneven bars: 14th place in qualification

  Balance beam: 22nd place in qualification

• Ikina Morsch

  Individual all-around: 66th place in qualification

  Team all-around: 9th place

  Floor: 38th place in qualification

  Horse: 69th place in qualification

  Uneven bars: 80th place in qualification

  Balance beam: 75th place in qualification

• Linda Toorop

  Individual all-around: 69th place in qualification

  Team all-around: 9th place

  Floor: 74th place in qualification

  Horse: 75th place in qualification

  Uneven bars: 42nd place in qualification

  Balance beam: 106th place in qualification

• Margo Velema

  Individual all-around: 79th place in qualification

  Team all-around: 9th place

  Floor: 59th place in qualification

  Horse: 91st place in qualification

  Uneven bars: 96th place in qualification

  Balance beam: 54th place in qualification

• Nel van der Voort

  Individual all-around: 67th place in qualification

  Team all-around: 9th place

  Floor: 82nd place in qualification

  Horse: 75th place in qualification

  Uneven bars: 70th place in qualification

  Balance beam: 64th place in qualification

Water polo

Men's tournament

• 7th place

• Squad

  Mart Bras

  Ton Buunk

  Wim Hermsen

  Hans Hoogveld

  Evert Kroon

  Hans Parrel

  Wim van de Schilde

  Sound Schmidt

  Gijze Stroboer

  Jan Evert Veer

  Hans Wouda

Diving

Women

• Mariët Dommers

  Artistic jumping: 23rd place in the qualification

• Annita Smith

  High diving: 27th place in qualification

Web links

• Dutch Olympic team from 1972 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )