2012 Summer Olympics / Participant (Netherlands)

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The Netherlands took part in the 2012 Olympic Games in London . It was the 25th participation in the Summer Olympics. 177 athletes in 18 sports were nominated by the NOC * NSF .

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was windsurfer Dorian van Rijsselberghe .

Medals

With six won gold, six silver and eight bronze medals, the Dutch team took 12th place in the medal table .

Participants by sport

badminton

Athletes	competition	Group stage		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		Points	rank	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Yao Jie	singles	2	1	Saina Nehwal	14:21, 16:21	eliminated						9

beach volleyball

Athletes	Group stage				Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
	opponent	Results	Points	rank	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Sophie van Gestel Madelein Meppelink	T. Antunes / M. Antonelli B. Palmer / L. Bawden S. Goller / L. Ludwig	0: 2 (10:21, 19:21) 2: 0 (21:19, 21:15) 0: 2 (18:21, 14:21)	4th	3	L. França J. Silva	0: 2 (10:21, 17:21)	eliminated						9
Marleen van Iersel Sanne Keizer	Baquerizo / Liliana Kessy / Ross Gallay / Zonta	1: 2 (21:14, 16:21, 11:15) 1: 2 (15:21, 21:12, 8:15) 2: 0 (21:12, 21:16)	4th	3	K. Walsh M. May-Treanor	0: 2 (13: 21,12: 21)	eliminated						9
Men
Reinder Nummerdor Richard Schuil	I. Hernandez / J. Villafane J. Erdmann / K. Matysik M. Pļaviņš / J. Šmēdiņš	2: 1 (21:18, 17:21, 15:10) 2: 0 (21: 9, 21:16) 0: 2 (14:21, 18:21)	5	2	P. Heuscher J. Bellaguarda	2: 0 (22:20, 21:15)	D. Lupo P. Nicolai	2: 0 (21:16, 21:18)	J. Brink J. Reckermann	0: 2 (14:21, 16:21)	M. Pļaviņš J. Šmēdiņš	Game for 3rd place 2: 1 (19:21, 21:19, 15:11)	bronze

Archery

Athletes	competition	qualification		1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		Rings	rank	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Rick van der Ven	singles	671	16	J. Henckels	6 - 2	D. Gankin	7 - 1	In the dong-hyun	7 - 1	Kuo Cheng-Wei	6 - 0	T. Furukawa	5 - 6	Dai Xiaoxiang	Game for 3rd place 5 - 6	4th

fencing

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Bas Verwijlen	Epee single	-		Athos swantes	15:10	Jörg Fiedler	8:15	eliminated						13

hockey

competition	Women	Men
Athletes	Marilyn Agliotti Naomi van As Merel de Blaey Willemijn Bos Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel Margot van Geffen Maartje Goderie Eva de Goede Ellen Hoog Kelly Jonker Kim Lammers Kitty van Male Maartje Pracht Sophie Polkamp Joyce Sombroek Lidewij Welten	Sander Baart Billy Bakker Marcel Balkestein Floris Evers Rogier Hofman Robert van der Horst Wouter Jolie Robbert Kemperman Teun de Nooijer Jaap Stockmann Valentin Verga Klaas Vermeulen Bob de Voogd Mink van der Weerden Roderick Weusthof Sander de Wijn
Trainer	Herman Kruis	Paul van Ass
Group stage	Belgium 3: 0 (1: 0) Japan 3: 2 (2: 0) People's Republic of China 1: 0 (1: 0) South Korea 3: 2 (2: 1) Great Britain 2: 1 (0: 1)	India 3: 2 (2: 0) Belgium 3: 1 (0: 0) New Zealand 5: 1 (3: 1) Germany 3: 1 (1: 1) South Korea 4: 2 (2: 0)
Semifinals	New Zealand 5: 3 after 7-meter shooting (1: 1, 2: 2, 2: 2)	Great Britain 9: 2 (4: 1)
final	Argentina 2: 0 (0: 0)	Germany 1: 2 (0: 1)
placement	gold	silver

Judo

Athletes	competition	1st round Round of 64		2nd round Round of 32		Knockout round Round of 16		Quarter Finals Quarter Final		Round of hope semi-final repechage		Semifinals		Hope Round Final Bronze Medal		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Birgit duck	Class up to 48 kg	-	-	Éva Csernoviczki	001 - 0001	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elisabeth Willeboordse	Class up to 63 kg	-	-	Caren Chammas	110 - 0001	Severine Nebie	100 - 0001	Lili Xu	0001 - 100	Yoshie Ueno	000 - 001	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th
Edith Bosch	Class up to 70 kg	-	-	-	-	Sally Conway	010 - 0001	Kerstin Thiele	000 - 0101	Haruka Tachimoto	0011 - 0002	-	-	Ye-Sul Hwang	0011 - 0011	-	-	3
Marhinde Verkerk	Class up to 78 kg	-		bye		Akari Ogata	002 - 011 SUN	Gemma Gibbons	000 - 010 OUG	Yang Xiuli	000 (GS) - 000	-	-	Mayra Aguiar	000 - 100 KSG	-	-	5
Men
Jeroen Mooren	Class up to 60 kg	-	-	Artiom Arshansky	001 - 001	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dex Elmont	Class up to 73 kg	-	-	Emmanuel Nartey	111 - 0003	Bruno Mendonça	0011 - 0002	Ugo Legrand	100 - 000	-	-	Riki Nakaya	000 - 0001	Saindjargalyn Nyam-Ochir	0011 - 0002	-	-	5
Guillaume Elmont	Class up to 81 kg	-	-	Alain Schmitt	000 - 0001	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Henk Grol	Class up to 100 kg	-		Dominic Dugasse	101 TGM - 000	Luciano Corrêa	0101 P05 - 0003	Dimitri Peters	0001 - 010 KUG	Lukáš Krpálek	101 UMA - 000	-	-	Hwang Hee-Tae	010 UMG - 000	-	-	bronze
Luuk Verbij	Class over 100 kg	-		Barna Bor	0002 - 001 P29	eliminated

athletics

Running and walking

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Dafne Schippers	200 m	not started
Hilda Kibet	marathon	-		-		2:28:52 h	24	24
Lornah Kiplagat	marathon	-		-		DNF	-	-
Esther Akihary Marit Dopheide Eva Lubbers Jamile Samuel Kadene Vassell Dafne Schippers	4 × 100 m relay	42.45 s	5	-		42.70 s	6th	6th
Men
Churandy Martina	100 m	10.20 s	20th	9.91 s	5	9.94 s	6th	6th
Churandy Martina	200 m	20.58 s	17th	20.17 s	4th	20.00 s	5	5
Robert Lathouwers	800 m	1: 46.06 min	10	1: 45.85 min	16	eliminated		16
Gregory Sedoc	110 m hurdles	13.52 s	17th	DNF	-	eliminated		-
Wouter Brus Giovanni Codrington Jerrel Feller Patrick van Luijk Brian Mariano Churandy Martina	4 × 100 m relay	not started

Jumping and throwing

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Width / height	rank	Width / height	rank
Women
Monique Jansen	Discus throwing	57.50 m	31	eliminated		31
Men
Rutger Smith	Discus throwing	63.09 m	16	eliminated		16
Erik Cadée	Discus throwing	63.55 m	12	62.78 m	10	10
Rutger Smith	Shot put	20.08 m	14th	eliminated		14th

All-around

Athletes	100 m hurdles		high jump		Shot put		200 m		Long jump		Javelin		800 m		Points	rank
	time	Points	height	Points	Expanse	Points	time	Points	Expanse	Points	Expanse	Points	time	Points
Heptathlon women
Nadine Broersen	13.64 s	1030	1.86 m	2084	13.57 m	2849	25.13 s	3724	5.94 m	4555	51.98 m	5454	2: 16.98 min	6319	6319	13
Dafne Schippers	13.48 s	1053	1.80 m	2031	13.67 m	2803	22.83 s	3899	6.28 m	4836	36.63 m	5439	2: 15.52 min	6324	6324	12

Athletes	100 m		Long jump		Shot put		high jump		400 m		110 m hurdles		Discus throwing		Pole vault		Javelin		1500 m		Points	rank
	time	Points	Expanse	Points	Expanse	Points	height	Points	time	Points	time	Points	Expanse	Points	height	Points	Expanse	Points	time	Points
Decathlon men
Eelco Sintnicolaas	10.85 s	894	7.37 m	903	14.18 m	739	1.93 m	740	48.85 s	868	14.43	920	32.26 m	509	5.30 m	1004	58.82 m	720	4: 31.17 min	737	8034	11
Ingmar Vos	10.98 s	865	7.27 m	878	13.77 m	714	1.96 m	767	49.62 s	832	14.61 s	897	42.26 m	711	4.50 m	760	61.60 m	762	4: 50.01 min	619	7805	21st

Cycling

train

Athletes	competition	qualification		Finals		rank
		time	rank	time	rank
Women
Willy Kanis	sprint	11,322 s	11	-	9	9
Willy Kanis	Keirin	-	6th	-	4th	12
Willy Kanis Yvonne Hijgenaar	Team sprint	33.253 s	5	3: 23.256 min	6th	6th
Ellen van Dijk Vera Koedo or Amy Pieters Kirsten Wild	Team pursuit	3: 21.602 min	6th	-
Men
Levi Heimans Jenning Huizenga Wim Stroetinga Tim Veldt Michael Vingerling	Team pursuit	4: 03.818 min	8th	4: 04.569 min	7th	7th

All-around

Athletes	250 m flying		Driving with points		Elimination drives	Individual pursuit		Scratch	Time trial		Points	rank
	time	rank	Points	rank	rank	time	rank	rank	time	rank
Omnium women
Kirsten Wild	14.335 s	4th	2	16	5	3: 39.741 min	6th	4th	37.152 s	15th	50	6th
Omnium men
Teun Mulder	not started

Street

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Women
Ellen van Dijk	Road racing	out of time limit
Marianne Vos	Road racing	3:35:29 h	gold
Loes Gunnewijk	Road racing	out of time limit
Annemiek van Vleuten	Road racing	3:35:56 h	14th
Ellen van Dijk	Individual time trial	38: 53.68 min	8th
Marianne Vos	Individual time trial	40: 40.79 min	16
Men
Niki Terpstra	Road racing	5:46:37 h	82
Lieuwe Westra	Road racing	5:46:47 h	97
Lars Boom	Road racing	5:46:05 h	11
Robert Gesink	Road racing	5:46:05 h	23
Sebastian Langeveld	Road racing	5:46:37 h	74
Lieuwe Westra	Individual time trial	54: 19.62 min	11
Lars Boom	Individual time trial	55: 29.74 min	22nd

Mountain bike

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Men
Rudi van Houts	Cross country	1:32:53 h	17th

BMX

Athletes	competition	qualification		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	time	rank
Women
Laura Smulders	Race	39.420 s	6th	-		11	3	38.231 s	3	bronze
Men
Raymon van der Biezen	Race	37.779 s	1	3	1	8th	2	38,492 s	4th	4th
Twan van Gendt	Race	38.339 s	3	7th	1	8th	2	44.744 s	5	5
Jelle van Gorkom	Race	39.529 s	21st	31	7th	eliminated				27

horse riding

Athletes	competition	percent	rank
dressage
Anky van Grunsven	singles
Edward Gal	singles
Adelinde Cornelissen	singles
Patrick van der Meer	singles
Anky van Grunsven Edward Gal Adelinde Cornelissen	team
Athletes	competition	Failure points	rank
Leap
Marc Houtzager	singles
Gerco Schröder	singles
Maikel van der Vleuten	singles
Jur Vrieling	singles
Marc Houtzager Gerco Schröder Maikel van der Vleuten Jur Vrieling	team
Athletes	competition	Penalty points	rank
versatility
Andrew Heffernan	singles	75.00	33
Tim Lips	singles	86.70	38
Elaine Pen	singles	Eliminated Cross Country	-
Andrew Heffernan Tim Lips Elaine Pen	team	1161.70	11

rowing

Athletes	competition	leader			Reunion			Quarter finals			Semifinals			final		rank
		time	rank	qualification	time	rank	qualification	time	rank	qualification	time	rank	qualification	time	rank
Women
Inge Janssen Ellen Hogerwerf	Double scull	7:00, 10 min	4th	Reunion	7: 19.80 min	5	Finale B	-			-			7: 29.57 min	8th	8th
Annemiek de Haan Carline Bouw Nienke Kingma Roline Repelaer van Driel Claudia Belderbos Chantal Achterberg Sytske de Groot Jacobine Veenhoven Anne Schellekens	Eighth	6: 18.98 min	3	Reunion	6: 15.36 min	1	Finale A	-			-			6: 13.12 min	3	bronze
Maaike Head Rianne Sigmund	Lightweight double scull	7: 10.49 min	4th	Reunion	7: 19.26 min	1	Semi-finals A / B	-			7: 19.31 min	5	Finale B	7: 20.36 min	8th	8th
Men
Meindest Klem Nanne Sluis	two	6: 25.90 min	3	Semi-finals A / B	-			-			7: 13.77 min	6th	Finale B	7:05:12 min	11	11
Boaz Meylink Kaj Hendriks Ruben Knab Mechiel Versluis	four	5: 55.99 min	2	Semi-finals A / B	-			-			6: 03.71 min	5	Finale A	6: 14.78 min	5	5
Diederik Simon Olivier Siegelaar Jozef Klaassen Sjoerd Hamburger Matthijs Vellenga Rogier Blink Mitchel Steenman Roel Braas Peter Wiersum	Eighth	5: 28.99 min	3	Reunion	5: 27.98 min	3	Finale A	-			-			5: 51.72 min	5	5
Tycho Muda Vincent Muda Roeland Lievens Tim Heijbrock	Lightweight foursome	5: 52.47 min	2	Semi-finals A / B	-			-			6: 01.37 min	5	Finale A	6: 11.39 min	6th	6th

shoot

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		Rings	rank
		Rings	rank	Rings	rank
Men
Peter Hellenbrand	Air rifle 10 m	596	7th	103.8	1	699.8	5

swim

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Ranomi Kromowidjojo	50 m freestyle	24.51 s	1	24.07 s	1	24.05 s	1	gold
Marleen Veldhuis	50 m freestyle	24.57 s	2	24.50 s	3	24.39 s	3	bronze
Ranomi Kromowidjojo	100 m freestyle	53.66 s	5	53.05 s	1	53.00 s	1	gold
Femke Heemskerk	100 m freestyle	54.43 s	15th	54.13 s	11	eliminated		11
Femke Heemskerk	200 m freestyle	DNS		eliminated				-
Inge Dekker	100 m butterfly	58.30 s	10	DNS		eliminated		-
Moniek Nijhuis	100 m chest	1: 08.31 min	20th	eliminated				20th
Sharon van Rouwendaal	100 m back	1: 00.61 min	20th	eliminated				20th
Sharon van Rouwendaal	200 m back	2: 10.60 min	16	2: 09.50 min	11	eliminated		11
Ranomi Kromowidjojo Marleen Veldhuis Inge Dekker Femke Heemskerk Hinkelien Schreuder Saskia de Jonge	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3: 37.76 min	3	-		3: 33.79 min	2	silver
Ranomi Kromowidjojo Marleen Veldhuis Inge Dekker Femke Heemskerk Moniek Nijhuis Sharon van Rouwendaal	4 × 100 m individual medley relay	3: 59.19 min	5	-		3: 57.28 min	6th	6th
Men
Sebastiaan Verschuren	100 m freestyle	48.37 s	3	48.13 s	4th	47.88 s	5	5
Sebastiaan Verschuren	200 m freestyle	1: 47.31 min	11	1: 46.95 min	11	eliminated		11
Job Kienhuis	1500 m freestyle	15: 03.16 min	11	-		eliminated		11
Joeri Verlinden	100 m butterfly	52.07 s	6th	51.75 s	5	51.82 s	6th	6th
Lennart Stekelenburg	100 m chest	1: 00.96 min	20th	eliminated				20th
Nick Driebergen	100 m back	53.62 s	6th	53.81 s	10	eliminated		10
Bastiaan Lijesen	100 m back	54.88 s	23	eliminated				23
Sebastiaan Verschuren Nick Driebergen Joeri Verlinden Lennart Stekelenburg Dion Dreesen's Bastiaan Lijesen	4 × 100 m individual medley relay	3: 33.78 min	5	-		3: 33.46 min	7th	7th

sailing

Fleet Race

Athletes	competition	qualification		Medal Race		Points	rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Marit Bouwmeester	Laser Radial	33	1	4th	2	37	silver
Lobke Berkhout Lisa Westerhof	470s	52	3	12	3	64	bronze
Men
Dorian van Rijsselberghe	Windsurfing RS: X	15th	1	1	1	15th	gold
Rutger van Schaardenburg	laser	130	14th	eliminated		130	14th
Sven Coster, Kalle Coster	470s	105	12	eliminated		105	12
Pieter-Jan Postma	Finn dinghy	42	3	10	4th	52	4th

Match Race

Athletes	competition	Round robin		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		Balance sheet	rank	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Renée Groeneveld Marcelien de Koning Annemieke Bes	Elliott 6 m	4: 7	8th	Australia	1: 3	eliminated				8th

Taekwondo

Athletes	competition	Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Tommy Mollet	Class up to 80 kg	Abdelrahman Ahmed	9: 8	Arman Jeremjan	4: 6	eliminated				7th

Table tennis

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		3rd round		4th round		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Li Jiao	singles	bye		bye		Marharyta Pessozka	4-0	Elizabeta Samara	4: 2	Li Xiaoxia	0: 4	eliminated				5
Li Jie	singles	bye		bye		Natalia Partyka	4: 2	Ai Fukuhara	3: 4	eliminated						9
Li Jiao Li Jie Jelena Timina	team	Egypt	3-0	-		-		-		People's Republic of China	0: 3	eliminated				5

tennis

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Robin Haase	singles	Richard Gasquet	3: 6, 3: 6	eliminated										-
Robin Haase Jean-Julien Rojer	Double	Leander Paes Vishnu Vardhan	6: 7 1 , 6: 4, 2: 6	eliminated		-		eliminated						-

Trampoline exercise

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Andrea Lenders	singles	98.115	13	eliminated		13

Triathlon

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Women
Maaike Caelers	singles	2:06:53 h	41
Rachel Klamer	singles	2:04:59 h	36

do gymnastics

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Celine van Gerner	All-around single	55.632	19th	57.232	12	12
Celine van Gerner	Leap	13,700	53	eliminated		53
Celine van Gerner	Uneven bars	14,866	10	eliminated		10
Celine van Gerner	Balance beam	14,100	25th	eliminated		25th
Celine van Gerner	ground	12.966	56	eliminated		56
Men
Epke Zonderland	Ingots	15.133	18th	eliminated		18th
Epke Zonderland	Horizontal bar	15.966	1	16,533	1	gold

Web links

Commons : 2012 Summer Olympics / Participant (Netherlands)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Dutch Olympic participants in London 2012 on olympic.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gekwalificeerden. Retrieved July 18, 2012 (Dutch). 
2. ↑ LONDON 2012 Opening Ceremony - Flag Bearers. (PDF; 160 kB) IOC, accessed on December 17, 2012 (English).