1984 Summer Olympics / Participant (Netherlands)

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The Netherlands took part in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles . A total of 136 athletes, including 82 men and 54 women, took part in 74 competitions in 15 sports. The youngest participant was the swimmer Brigitte van der Lans , she was 16 years old. The oldest athlete was the 50-year-old rider Jo Rutten . Water polo player Ton Buunk carried the Dutch flag at the opening ceremony .

Medalist

gold

Name (s)	sport	competition
Carina Benninga , Det de Beus , Fieke Boekhorst , Marieke van Doorn , Marjolein Eijsvogel , Irene Hendriks , Elsemiek Hillen , Sandra Le Poole , Aletta van Manen , Anneloes Nieuwenhuizen , Martine Ohr , Alette Pos , Lisette Sevens , Sophie von Weiler , Laurien Willemse & Margriet Zegers	hockey	Women's tournament
Ria Stalman	athletics	Women, discus throw
Jolanda de Rover	swim	Women, 200 meters back
Petra van Staveren	swim	Women, 100 meters chest
Stephan van den Berg	sailing	Men, windsurfing

silver

Name (s)	sport	competition
Greet Hellemans & Nicolette Hellemans	rowing	Women, double sculls
Conny van Bentum , Desi Reijers , Annemarie Verstappen & Elles Voskes	swim	Women, 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay

bronze

Name (s)	sport	competition
Arnold Vanderlyde	Boxing	Men, heavyweight
Annemiek Derckx	canoe	Women, single kayak, 500 yards
Lynda Cornet , Marieke van Jungsbroek , Harriet van Ettekoven , Greet Hellemans , Nicolette Hellemans , Martha Laurijsen , Catharina Neelissen , Anne Marie Quist & Wiljon Vaandrager	rowing	Women, eighth
Annemarie Verstappen	swim	Women, 100 meter freestyle & 200 meter freestyle
Jolanda de Rover	swim	Women, 100 meters back

Participants by sport

Archery

• Tiny Reniers

  Men, singles: 13th place

• Carry van Gool-Floris

  Women, singles: 23rd place

Boxing

• Pedro van Raamsdonk

  Middleweight: quarterfinals

• Arnold Vanderlyde

  Heavyweight: bronze

hockey

• Men: 6th place

  Ewout van Asbeck

  Peter van Asbeck

  Lex Bos

  Roderik Bouwman

  Cees Jan Diepeveen

  Theo Doyer

  Maarten van Grimbergen

  Arno den Hartog

  Tom van 't Hek

  Pierre Hermans

  René Klaassen

  Hans Kruize

  Hidde Kruize

  Ties Kruize

  Eric Pierik

  Ron Steens

• Women: gold

  Carina Benninga

  Det de Beus

  Fieke Boekhorst

  Marjolein Bolhuis-Eijsvogel

  Marieke van Doorn

  Irene Hendriks

  Elsemiek Hillen

  Sandra Le Poole

  Aletta van Manen

  Anneloes Nieuwenhuizen

  Martine ear

  Alette pos

  Lisette Sevens

  Sophie von Weiler

  Laurien Willemse

  Margriet Zegers

Judo

• Rob Henneveld

  Men, light middleweight: 7th place

• Ben Spijkers

  Men, middleweight: 10th place

• Willy Wilhelm

  Men, heavyweight: 11th place

canoe

• Annemiek Derckx

  Women, kayak single, 500 meters: bronze

• Gert Jan Lebbink & Ron Stevens

  Men, kayak twos, 500 meters: semifinals

  Men, kayak twos, 1000 meters: semi-finals

athletics

• Carla Beurskens

  Women, marathon: 22nd place

• Erik de Bruin

  Men, shot put: 8th place

  Men, discus throw: 9th place

• Olga Commandeur

  Women, 400 meter hurdles: semi-finals

• Tineke Hidding

  Women, heptathlon: 7th place

• Elly van Hulst

  Women, 800 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 1500 meters: 12th place

• Stijn Jaspers

  Men, 5000 meters: heats

• Hans Koeleman

  Men, 3000 meter obstacle: semi-finals

• Cor Lambregts

  Men, marathon: DNF

• Gerard Nijboer

  Men, marathon: DNF

• Ria Stalman

  Women, discus throw: gold

• Els Vader

  Women, 100 meters: quarter-finals

  Women, 200 meters: semi-finals

• Cor Vriend

  Men, marathon: 39th place

• Marjon Wijnsma

  Women, heptathlon: 11th place

Cycling

• Hans Daams

  Men, road racing: DNF

• Derk van Egmond

  Men, points race: 8th place

• Leontien van der Lienden

  Women, road races: 28th place

• Jelle Nijdam

  Men, 4000 meters single pursuit: 6th place

• Twan Poels

  Men, road racing: DNF

• Jean-Paul van Poppel

  Men, road racing: 44th place

• Thea van Rijnsoever

  Women, road races: 39th place

• Hennie Top

  Women, road races: 37th place

• Nico Verhoeven

  Men, road racing: DNF

• Jos Alberts , Erik Breukink , Maarten Ducrot & Gert Jakobs

  Men, 100 kilometers team time trial: 4th place

• Ralf Elshof , Marco van der Hulst , Rik Moorman & Jelle Nijdam

  Men, 4000 meters team pursuit: 10th place

horse riding

• Tineke Bartels-de Vries

  Dressage, individual: 13th place

  Dressage, team: 4th place

• Jo Rutten

  Dressage, individual: 28th place

  Dressage, team: 4th place

• Annemarie Sanders-Keijzer

  Dressage, individual: 8th place

  Dressage, team: 4th place

rowing

• Herman van den Eerenbeemt

  Men, One: Quarter Finals

• Joost Adema & Sjoerd Hoekstra

  Men, twos without a helmsman: 7th place

• Mark Emke , Frans Göbel , Steven van Groningen & Nico Rienks

  Men, double fours: 9th place

• Jos Compaan

  Women, one: 8th place

• Greet Hellemans & Nicolette Hellemans

  Women, double sculls: silver

• Lynda Cornet & Harriet van Ettekoven

  Women, two without a helmsman: 4th place

• Marieke van Drogenbroek , Martha Laurijsen , Catharina Neelissen , Anne Marie Quist & Wiljon Vaandrager

  Women, foursome with helmswoman: 5th place

• Lynda Cornet , Marieke van Jungsbroek , Harriet van Ettekoven , Greet Hellemans , Nicolette Hellemans , Martha Laurijsen , Catharina Neelissen , Anne Marie Quist & Wiljon Vaandrager

  Women, figure eight: bronze

shoot

• Jack Achilles

  Men, small caliber, three-position fight, 50 meters: 37th place

  Men, small caliber, lying, 50 meters: 30th place

• Herbert Memelink

  Men, air rifle, 10 meters: 33rd place

• John Pierik

  Skeet: 4th place

• Eric Swinkels

  Skeet: 10th place

swim

• Conny van Bentum

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: 4th place

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: 5th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: silver

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: 7th place

  Women, 200 meter butterfly. 8th place

• Frank Drost

  Men, 200 meters freestyle: 6th place

  Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 11th place

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 7th place

  Men, 200 meters butterfly: 10th place

• Peter Drost

  Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 11th place

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 7th place

• Petra Hillenius

  Women, 100 meters chest: 19th place

  Women, 200 meters chest: 18th place

• Gérard de Kort

  Men, 100 meters butterfly: 25th place

  Men, 200 meters butterfly: 13th place

• Hans Kroes

  Men, 100 meters freestyle: 13th place

  Men, 200 meters freestyle: 11th place

  Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 11th place

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 7th place

  Men, 100 meters back: 8th place

• Brigitte van der Lans

  Women, 100 meters back: 12th place

  Women, 200 meters back: 17th place

• Jolande van der Meer

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: 6th place

  Women, 800 meters freestyle: 6th place

• Desi Reijers

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: silver

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: disqualified in the heats

• Jolanda de Rover

  Women, 100 meters back: bronze

  Women, 200 meters back: gold

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: disqualified in the heats

• Edsard Schlingmann

  Men, 100 meters freestyle: 15th place

  Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 11th place

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 7th place

  Men, 200 meter medley: 18th place

• Petra van Staveren

  Women, 100 meters chest: gold

  Women, 200 meters chest: 10th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: disqualified in the heats

• Annemarie Verstappen

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: bronze

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: bronze

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: silver

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: 4th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: disqualified in the heats

• Wilma van Velsen

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: silver

• Cees Vervoorn

  Men, 100 meters butterfly: 14th place

• Elles Voskes

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: silver

sailing

• Stephan van den Berg

  Men, windsurfing: gold

• Mark Neeleman

  Finn dinghy: 9th place

• Guido Alkemade & John Stavenuiter

  470s: 9th place

• Boudewijn Binkhorst & Willem van Walt Meijer

  Star: 8th place

• Willy van Bladel & Huub Lambriex

  Tornado: 11th place

Synchronized swimming

• Catrien Eijken

  Women, singles: preliminary round

  Women, duet: 6th place

• Marijke Engelen

  Women, singles: 4th place

  Women, duet: 6th place

• Marjolein Philipsen

  Women, singles: preliminary round

Water polo

• Men: 6th place

  Johan Aantjes

  Stan van Belkum

  Wouly de Bie

  Ton Buunk

  Ed van Es

  Anton Heiden

  Nico Landeweerd

  Aad van Mil

  Ruud Misdorp

  Dick Nieuwenhuizen

  Eric Noordegraaf

  Roald van Noort

  Remco Pielstroom

Diving

• Daphne Jongejans

  Women, jumping: 10th place

Web links

• Dutch Olympic team 1984 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )