1956 Winter Olympics / Participant (Netherlands)

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The Netherlands participated in the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo with a delegation of eight athletes, six men and two women. The speed skater Kees Broekman was chosen as the flag bearer of the Dutch team for the opening ceremony. Medals could not be won.

Participants by sport

figure skating

Women:

• Sjoukje Dijkstra

  12th place

• Joan Haanappel

  13th place

Speed ​​skating

Men's:

• Jeen van den Berg

  5000 m: 24th place - 8: 19.1 min

• Kees Broekman

  500 m: 37th place - 44.2 s

  1500 m: 14th place - 2: 13.1 min

  5000 m: 4th place - 8: 00.2 min

  10,000 m: 5th place - 16: 51.2 min

• Wim de Graaff

  500 m: 43rd place - 44.9 s

  1500 m: 11th place - 2: 13.1 min

  5000 m: 4th place - 8: 00.2 min

  10,000 m: 18th place - 17: 21.6 min

• Gerard Maarse

  500 m: 22nd place - 43.1 s

  1500 m: 11th place - 2: 13.1 min

  5000 m: 18th place - 8: 11.1 min

• Egbert van 't Oever

  10,000 m: 25th place - 17: 37.7 min

• Nico Olsthoorn

  1500 m: 49th place - 2: 22.6 min

Web links

• Dutch Olympic team 1956 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )