1988 Winter Olympics / Participant (Netherlands)

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The Netherlands took part in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada with eleven athletes. It was the 13th time the Netherlands had taken part in the Winter Olympics .

The six men and five women all competed in speed skating . The outstanding athlete was Yvonne van Gennip with three gold medals in three starts, two of which were new world records .

Flag bearer

The speed skater Jan Ykema was chosen to carry the flag of the Netherlands for the opening ceremony.

Medals

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With a total of three gold, two silver and two bronze medals, the Netherlands took seventh place in the medal table .

gold

• Speed ​​skating , women, 1,500 m: Yvonne van Gennip
• Speed ​​skating, women, 3,000 m: Yvonne van Gennip
• Speed ​​skating, women, 5,000 m: Yvonne van Gennip

silver

• Speed ​​skating, men, 500 m: Jan Ykema
• Speed ​​skating, men, 5,000 m: Leo Visser

bronze

• Speed ​​skating, men, 5,000 m: Gerard Kemkers
• Speed ​​skating, men, 10,000 m: Leo Visser

Participants by sport

Speed ​​skating

Women

• Yvonne van Gennip

  1,500 m: Gold - 2: 00.68 min ( OR )

  3,000 m: Gold - 4: 11.94 min ( WR )

  5,000 m: Gold - 7: 14.13 min ( WR )

• Christine Aaftink

  500 m: 17th place - 41.22 s

  1,000 m: 12th place - 1: 21.63 min

• Ingrid Haringa

  500 m: 15th place - 41.12 s

  1,000 m: 21st place - 1: 23.15 min

• Ingrid Paul

  3,000 m: DQ

  5,000 m: 14th place - 7: 40.67 min

• Marieke Stam

  1,500 m: 12th place - 2: 07.00 min

  3,000 m: 16th place - 4: 28.92 min

  5,000 m: 13th place - 7: 38.02 min

Men

• Leo Visser

  5,000 m: Silver - 6: 44.98 min

  10,000 m: bronze - 14: 00.55 min

• Jan Ykema

  500 m: silver - 36.76 s

  1,000 m: DNF

• Gerard Kemkers

  5,000 m: Bronze - 6: 45.92 min

  10,000 m: 5th place - 14: 08.34 min

• Menno Boelsma

  500 m: 16th place - 37.52 s

  1,000 m: 24th place - 1: 15.34 min

• Herbert Dijkstra

  5,000 m: 13th place - 6: 54.63 min

  10,000 m: 11th place - 14: 22.53 min

• Hein Vergeer

  500 m: 24th place - 37.80 s

  1,000 m: 15th place - 1: 14.62 min

  1,500 m: 27th place - 1: 56.63 min

Web links

• Dutch Olympic team 1988 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )