1960 Winter Olympics / Participant (Netherlands)

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The Netherlands took part in the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, USA, with a delegation of seven athletes, five men and two women.

Since 1928 it was the sixth participation of the Netherlands in the Winter Olympic Games .

Flag bearer

Speed ​​skater Kees Broekman carried the flag of the Netherlands during the opening ceremony in the Blyth Arena .

Medals

With one gained silver and bronze, the Dutch team finished 11th in the medals table .

silver

• Sjoukje Dijkstra : figure skating, women's singles

bronze

• Jan Pesman : speed skating, men, 5,000 m

Participants by sport

figure skating

Women:

• Sjoukje Dijkstra

  

• Joan Haanappel

  5th place

Speed ​​skating

Men's:

• Jeen van den Berg

  5000 m: 19th place - 8: 22.4 min

  10,000 m: 22nd place - 17: 23.5 min

• Kees Broekman

  5000 m: 20th place - 8: 22.9 min

  10,000 m: 16th place - 16: 59.9 min

• Wim de Graaff

  500 m: 28th place - 42.9 s

  1500 m: 15th place - 2: 16.5 min

• Henk van der Grift

  500 m: 10th place - 41.2 s

  1500 m: DNF

• Jan Pesman

  500 m: 9th place - 43.4 s

  5000 m: - 8:05.1 min

  10,000 m: 16th place - 16: 41.0 min

Web links

• Dutch Olympic team 1960 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )