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
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Christine Aaftink
- 500 m: 17th place - 41.22 s
- 1,000 m: 12th place - 1: 21.63 min
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Ingrid Haringa
- 500 m: 15th place - 41.12 s
- 1,000 m: 21st place - 1: 23.15 min
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Ingrid Paul
- 3,000 m: DQ
- 5,000 m: 14th place - 7: 40.67 min
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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
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Jan Ykema
- 500 m: silver
- 36.76 s
- 1,000 m: DNF
- 500 m: silver
- Gerard Kemkers
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Menno Boelsma
- 500 m: 16th place - 37.52 s
- 1,000 m: 24th place - 1: 15.34 min
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Herbert Dijkstra
- 5,000 m: 13th place - 6: 54.63 min
- 10,000 m: 11th place - 14: 22.53 min
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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 )