2004 Summer Olympics / Participant (Netherlands)

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The Netherlands took part in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Greek capital, Athens, with 210 athletes, 76 women and 134 men.

Since 1900 it was the 23rd participation of the Netherlands in the Summer Olympics .

Flag bearer

Judoka Mark Huizinga carried the flag of the Netherlands during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium ; at the closing ceremony it was worn by cyclist Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel .

Medalist

With four won gold, nine silver and nine bronze medals, the Dutch team took 18th place in the medal table .

gold

Name / s	sport	competition
Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel	Cycling	Ladies, street races
Anky van Grunsven	horse riding	Dressage, singles
Inge de Bruijn	swim	Ladies, 50 meter freestyle
Pieter van den Hoogenband	swim	Men, 100 meters freestyle

silver

Name / s	sport	competition
Mia Audina	badminton	Ladies, singles
Matthijs Brouwer , Ronald Brouwer , Jeroen Delmeé , Geert-Jan Derikx , Rob Derikx , Marten Eikelboom , Floris Evers , Erik Jazet , Karel Klaver , Jesse Mahieu , Teun de Nooijer , Rob Reckers , Taeke Taekema , Klaas Veering , Guus Vogels & Sander van the willow	hockey	Men's tournament
Minke Booij , Ageeth Boomgaardt , Chantal de Bruijn , Mijntje thunder , Miek van Geenhuizen , Sylvia Karres , Lieve van Kessel , Fatima Moreira de Melo , Eefke Mulder , Lisanne de Roever , Maartje Scheepstra , Janneke Schopman , Clarinda Sinnige , Minke Smabers , Jiske Snoeks , Macha van der Vaart	hockey	Ladies tournament
Edith Bosch	Judo	Women, middleweight
Theo Bos	Cycling	Gentlemen, sprint
Michiel Bartman , Chun Wei Cheung , Geert-Jan Derksen , Gerritjan Eggenkamp , Jan-Willem Gabriëls , Daniël Mensch , Diederik Simon , Matthijs Vellenga & Gijs Vermeulen	rowing	Gentlemen, eighth
Inge de Bruijn	swim	Ladies, 100 meter freestyle
Pieter van den Hoogenband	swim	Men, 200 meters freestyle
Pieter van den Hoogenband , Johan Kenkhuis , Mark Veens , Mitja Zastrow & Klaas-Erik Zwering	swim	Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle

bronze

Name / s	sport	competition
Dennis van der Geest	Judo	Gentlemen, heavyweight
Deborah Gravenstijn	Judo	Ladies, lightweight
Mark Huizinga	Judo	Men, middleweight
Bart Brentjens	Cycling	Gentlemen, mountain bike
Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel	Cycling	Ladies, persecution
Hurnet Dekkers , Annemiek de Haan , Nienke Hommes , Annemarieke van Rumpt , Sarah Siegelaar , Marlies Smulders , Helen Tanger , Froukje Wegman & Ester Workel	rowing	Ladies, eighth
Kirsten van der Kolk & Marit van Eupen	rowing	Ladies, lightweight double sculls
Inge de Bruijn	swim	Ladies, 100 meter butterfly
Inge de Bruijn , Inge Dekker , Chantal Groot , Annabel Kosten & Marleen Veldhuis	swim	Women, 4 × 100 meter freestyle

Participants by sport

badminton

• Mia Audina

  Women, singles: bronze

  Women, doubles: 5th place

• Chris Bruil

  Mixed, doubles: 9th place

• Lotte Bruil-Jonathans

  Mixed, doubles: 9th place

  Women, doubles: 5th place

• Yao Jie

  Women, doubles: 9th place

baseball

• Men's team

  6th place

• Squad

  Sharnol Adriana

  Vladimir Balentien

  Johnny Balentina

  Patrick Beljaards

  Maikel Benner

  Yurendell de Caster

  Ivanon Coffie

  Rob Cordemans

  Robin van Doornspeek

  Dave Draijer

  Evert-Jan 't Hoen

  Chairon Isenia

  Eelco Jansen

  Sidney de Jong

  Ferenc Jongejan

  Eugene Kingsale

  Dirk van 't Klooster

  Patrick de Lange

  Reily Legito

  Calvin Maduro

  Diego Markwell

  Ralph Billiard

  Harvey Monte

  Alex Smit

Archery

• Wietse van Alten

  Men, singles: 27th place

  Men, team: 5th place

• Pieter Custers

  Men, singles: 44th place

  Men, team: 5th place

• Ron van der Hoff

  Men, singles: 30th place

  Men, team: 5th place

fencing

• Sonja Tol

  Women, epee, singles: 24th place

hockey

• Men's team

  silver

• Squad

  Matthijs Brouwer

  Ronald Brouwer

  Jeroen Delmeé

  Geert-Jan Derikx

  Rob Derikx

  Marten Eikelboom

  Floris Evers

  Erik Jazet

  Karel Klaver

  Jesse Mahieu

  Teun de Nooijer

  Rob Reckers

  Taeke Taekema

  Klaas Veering

  Guus Vogels

  Sander van der Weide

• Ladies team

  silver

• Squad

  Minke Booij

  Ageeth Boomgaardt

  Chantal de Bruijn

  Mijntje Donners

  Miek van Geenhuizen

  Sylvia Karres

  Lieve van Kessel

  Fatima Moreira de Melo

  Eefke Mulder

  Lisanne de Roever

  Maartje Scheepstra

  Janneke Schopman

  Clarinda Sinnige

  Minke Smabers

  Jiske Snoeks

  Macha van der Vaart

Judo

• Edith Bosch

  Women, middle weight (up to 70 kg): silver

• Guillaume Elmont

  Men, medium weight (up to 81 kg): no placement

• Dennis van der Geest

  Men, heavyweight (over 100 kg): bronze

• Elco van der Geest

  Men, light heavyweight (up to 100 kg): 5th place

• Deborah Gravenstijn

  Women, lightweight (up to 57 kg): bronze

• Mark Huizinga

  Men, middleweight (up to 90 kg): bronze

• Claudia Zwiers

  Women, light heavyweight (up to 78 kg): no placement

canoe

• Floris Braat

  Men, single kayak: 17th place

• Sam Oud

  Men, single kayak: 8th place

athletics

• Joan van den Akker , Pascal van Assendelft , Annemarieke Kramer & Jacqueline Poelman

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: DNF (1st round)

• Patrick van Balkom , Timothy Beck , Caimin Douglas & Troy Douglas

  Men, 4 × 100 meters: DNF (1st round)

• Ren Blom

  Men, pole vault: 9th place

• Lornah Kiplagat

  Women, 10,000 meters: 5th place

• Gert-Jan Liefers

  Men, 1,500 meters: 8th place

• Kamiel Maase

  Men, 10,000 meters: 14th place

• Eugene Martineau

  Men, decathlon: 22nd place

• Karin Ruckstuhl

  Women, heptathlon: 16th place

• Gregory Sedoc

  Men, 110 meter hurdles: DNF (2nd round)

• Rutger Smith

  Men, shot put: 13th place in qualification

  Men, discus throw: 16th place in qualification

• Bram Som

  Men, 800 meters: semi-finals

• Lieja Tunks-Koeman

  Ladies, shot put: 11th place

• Simon Vroemen

  Men, 3000 meter obstacle: 6th place

• Chiel Warners

  Men, decathlon: 5th place

Cycling

• Thijs Al

  Men, mountain bike, cross-country: 25th place

• Michael Boogerd

  Men, road races, singles: DNF

• Jan Bos

  Men, Olympic Sprint: 6th place

• Theo Bos

  Men, sprint: silver

  Men, 1000 meter time trial: 5th place

  Herren, Keirin: 11th place

  Men, Olympic Sprint: 6th place

• Bart Brentjens

  Men, mountain bikes, cross-country: bronze

• Erik Dekker

  Men, road races, singles: 38th place

• Thomas Dekker

  Men, individual time trial: 20th place

• Max van Heeswijk

  Men, road races: 17th place

• Levi Heimans , Jens Mouris , Peter Schep & Jeroen Straathof

  Men, 4000 meters team pursuit: 5th place

• Yvonne Hijgenaar

  Women, sprint: 11th place

  Women, 500 meter time trial: 5th place

• Servais Knaven

  Men, road races, singles: DNF

• Karsten Kroon

  Men, road races, singles: 49th place

• Mirjam Melchers-van Poppel

  Women, road races, singles: 6th place

  Women, individual time trial: 13th place

• Teun Mulder

  Men, Sprint: 10th place

  Men, 1000 meter time trial: 11th place

  Gentlemen, Keirin: 2nd round

  Men, Olympic Sprint: 6th place

• Bas Peters

  Men, mountain bike, cross-country: 13th place

• Elsbeth van Rooy-Vink

  Women, mountain bike, cross-country: 5th place

• Peter Schep

  Men, points race: 7th place

• Robert Slippens & Danny Stam

  Herren, Madison: 14th place

• Adrie Visser

  Women, points race: 11th place

• Anouska van der Zee

  Women, road races, singles: DNF

• Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel

  Women, road races, singles: DNF

  Women, individual time trial: gold

  Women, 3000 meters individual pursuit: bronze

horse riding

• Leopold van Asten

  Show jumping, singles: DNF (2nd round)

  Show jumping, team: 4th place

• Marlies Anne van Baalen

  Show jumping, singles: 43rd place

  Show jumping, team: 4th place

• Gert-Jan Bruggink

  Show jumping, singles: 2nd round

  Show jumping, team: 4th place

• Anky van Grunsven

  Dressage, individual: gold

  Dressage, team: 4th place

• Sven Rothenberger

  Dressage, individual: 17th place

  Dressage, team: 4th place

• Imke Schellekens-Bartels

  Dressage, individual: 11th place

  Dressage, team: 4th place

• Gerco Schröder

  Show jumping, singles: 20th place in qualification

  Show jumping, team: 4th place

• Wim Schröder

  Dressage, individual: DNF (2nd round)

  Dressage, team: 4th place

rowing

• Michiel Bartman , Chun Wei Cheung , Geert-Jan Derksen , Gerritjan Eggenkamp , Jan-Willem Gabriëls , Daniël Mensch , Diederik Simon , Matthijs Vellenga & Gijs Vermeulen

  Gentlemen, eighth: silver

• Femke Dekker

  Women, one: 10th place

• Hurnet Dekkers , Annemiek de Haan , Nienke Hommes , Annemarieke van Rumpt , Sarah Siegelaar , Marlies Smulders , Helen Tanger , Froukje Wegman & Ester Workel

  Ladies, eighth: bronze

• Marit van Eupen & Kirsten van der Kolk

  Ladies, lightweight double sculls: bronze

• Joeri de Groot , Karel Dormans , Ivo Snijders & Gerard van der Linden

  Men, lightweight foursome without a helmsman: 4th place

• Dirk Lippits

  Men, one: 16th place

shoot

• Dick Boschman

  Men, air rifle: 18th place

  Men, small caliber, three-position fight: 26th place

  Men, small caliber, lying: 40th place

• Hennie Dompeling

  Gentlemen, Skeet: 21st place

• Jan-Cor van der Greef

  Skeet: 34th place

swim

• Madelon Baans

  Women, 100 meters chest: 21st place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 6th place

• Inge de Bruijn

  Women, 50 meters freestyle: gold

  Ladies, 100 meter freestyle: silver

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: bronze

  Ladies, 100 meters butterfly: bronze

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 6th place

• Inge Dekker

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: bronze

• Chantal Groot

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: bronze

  Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 9th place

  Ladies, 100 meters butterfly: 21st place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 6th place

• Pieter van den Hoogenband

  Men, 50 meters freestyle: 17th place

  Men, 100 meters freestyle: gold

  Men, 200 meters freestyle: silver

  Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: silver

• Joris Keizer

  Men, 100 meters butterfly: 19th place

• Johan Kenkhuis

  Men, 50 meters freestyle: 18th place

  Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: silver

• Annabel costs

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: bronze

• Celina Lemmen

  Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 9th place

• Thijs van Valkengoed

  Men, 100 meters chest: 16th place

  Men, 200 meters chest: 26th place

• Stefanie Luiken

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 6th place

• Haike van Stralen

  Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 9th place

• Mark Veens

  Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: silver

• Bianca van der Velden & Sonja van der Velden

  Women, synchronized swimming, duet: 13th place

• Marleen Veldhuis

  Women, 50 meters freestyle: 9th place

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: 11. space

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: bronze

  Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 9th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 6th place

• Mitja Zastrow

  Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: silver

• Klaas-Erik Zwering

  Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: silver

sailing

• Annemieke Bes , Petronella de Jong & Annelies Thies

  Ladies, Yngling: 4th place

• Mitch Booth & Herbert Dercksen

  Tornado: 5th place

• Carolijn Brouwer

  Women, Europe: 19th place

• Kalle Coster & Sven Coster

  Men, 470s: 6th place

• Joeri van Dijk

  Men, windsurfing: 20th place

• Margriet Matthijsse & Lisa Westerhof

  Women, 470s: 9th place

• Mark Neeleman & Peter van Niekerk

  Star: 14th place

• Jaap Zielhuis

  Herren, Finn DInghy: 19th place

Taekwondo

• Charmie Sobers

  Women, welterweight (up to 67 kg): 9th place

• Patrick Stevens

  Women, welterweight (up to 80 kg): 11th place

Table tennis

• Danny Heister

  Men, singles: 33rd place

  Men, doubles: 9th place

• Trinko Keen

  Men, singles: 17th place

  Men, doubles: 9th place

Trampoline exercise

• Andrea Lenders

  Women, singles: 8th place

• Alan Villafuerte

  Men, singles: 1st round

Triathlon

• Wieke Hoogzaad

  Women, singles: 25th place

• Tracy Looze

  Women, singles: 29th place

do gymnastics

• Suzanne Harmes

  Women, individual all-around: 42nd place in qualification

  Women, floor: 26th place in qualification

  Women, horse jump: 53rd place in qualification

  Women, balance beam: 74th place in qualification

  Women, uneven bars: 52nd place in qualification

• Laura van Leeuwen

  Women, individual all-around: 46th place in qualification

  Women, floor: 73rd place in qualification

  Women, horse jump: 69th place in qualification

  Women, balance beam: 61st place in qualification

  Women, uneven bars: 27th place in qualification

Volleyball (beach)

• Rebekka Kadijk & Marrit Leenstra

  Women's competition: 19th place

Volleyball (hall)

• Men's team

  9th place (preliminary round)

• Squad

  Rob Bontje

  Albert Cristina

  Kay van Dijk

  Nico Freriks

  Dirk-Jan van Gendt

  Mike van de Goor

  Guido Görtzen

  Robert Horstink

  Marko Klok

  Reinder number dor

  Richard Schuil

  Jeroen drum

Web links

• Dutch Olympic team from 2004 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )