1972 Winter Olympics / Participant (Netherlands)

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The Netherlands took part in the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan with a delegation of eleven athletes, five men and six women.

It was the ninth time the Netherlands had taken part in the Winter Olympics since 1928 .

Flag bearer

The speed skater Atje Keulen-Deelstra carried the flag of the Netherlands during the opening ceremony in the Makomanai Stadium .

Medals

With four won gold, three silver and two bronze medals the Dutch team finished 4th in the medal count .

gold

• Christina Baas-Kaiser : speed skating, women, 3,000 m
• Ard Schenk : speed skating, men, 1,500 m
• Ard Schenk: speed skating, men, 5,000 m
• Ard Schenk: speed skating, men, 10,000 m

silver

• Christina Baas-Kaiser: speed skating, women, 1,500 m
• Atje Keulen-Deelstra : speed skating, women, 1,000 m
• Kees Verkerk : speed skating, men, 10,000 m

bronze

• Atje Keulen-Deelstra: speed skating, women, 1,500 m
• Atje Keulen-Deelstra: speed skating, women, 3,000 m

Participants by sport

figure skating

Ladies

• Dianne de Leeuw

  16th place

Speed ​​skating

Ladies

• Atje Keulen-Deelstra

  500 m: 6th place - 44.89 s

  1000 m: - 1: 31.61 min

  1500 m: - 2: 22.05 min

  3000 m: - 4: 59.91 min

• Christina Baas-Kaiser

  1500 m: - 2: 21.05 min

  3000 m: - 4: 52.14 min

• Trijnie Rep

  500 m: 20th place - 46.60 s

  1000 m: 24th place - 1: 35.82 min

• Sippie Tigchelaar

  3000 m: 4th place - 5: 01.67 min

• Ellie van den Brom

  500 m: 10th place - 45.62 s

  1000 m: 7th place - 1: 32.60 min

  1500 m: 4th place - 2: 22.27 min

Men's

• Ard Schenk

  500 m: 34th place - 43.40 p

  1500 m: - 2: 02.96 min

  5000 m: - 7: 23.61 min

  10,000 m: - 15:01:35 min

• Kees Verkerk

  1500 m: 8th place - 2: 07.43 min

  5000 m: 6th place - 7: 39.17 min

  10,000 m: - 15:04.70 min

• Jan Bols

  1500 m: 5th place - 2: 06.58 min

  5000 m: 8th place - 7: 39.40 min

  10,000 m: 4th place - 15: 17.99 min

• Jappie van Dijk

  500 m: 32nd place - 43.04 p

• Eddy Verheijen

  500 m: 25th place - 42.67 s

  1500 m: 19th place - 2: 10.96 min

Web link

• Dutch Olympic team 1972 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )