Netherlands at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Netherlands at the Olympic Games
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	243
Flag bearer	Jeroen Delmee (opening) Maarten van der Weijden (closing)
Medals Rank: 12	Gold 7	Silver 5	Bronze 4	Total 16
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The Netherlands competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. This was announced in an official statement on the NOC*NSF website. In the statement they named the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games as a highlight in sports to which a lot of sportspeople, coaches and the Dutch sports fans would look forward. The Netherlands aimed for a top 10 nations ranking in the Olympics as well as a top 25 ranking in the Paralympics; they ended up ranking 12th at the Games.

Further in the statement they announced that they were aware of the political discussions about human rights and other issues in the People's Republic of China and that they encouraged these discussions, but that they would only participate in sports related discussions. They say individual sportspeople, coaches and managers might have their own opinions about the issues but these would always be conveyed as personal opinions deriving from their own social views. They believe sports activities do have the opportunity to positively influence the situation in the People's Republic of China when it comes to implementing the sports rules correctly as well as in situations improving the levels of respect, solidarity and fair play in sports.

There were 243 athletes representing the Netherlands. 15 in athletics, 24 in baseball, 2 in canoeing, 27 in cycling, 8 in equestrian, 2 in fencing, 32 in field hockey, 18 in football, 2 in gymnastics, 10 in judo, 30 in rowing, 12 in sailing, 15 in softball, 21 in swimming, 3 in table tennis, 1 in taekwondo, 2 in triathlon, 6 in volleyball and 13 in water polo. 61 different athletes won a medal, which is 25.10% of all athletes. With a gold and a silver medal Anky van Grunsven was the only multiple medalist. The athletes that qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics are listed below.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Dekker, IngeInge Dekker Ranomi Kromowidjojo Femke Heemskerk Marleen Veldhuis Hinkelien Schreuder (heats only) Manon van Rooijen (heats only)	Swimming	Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay
1 Gold	van Eupen, MaritMarit van Eupen Kirsten van der Kolk	Rowing	Women's Lightweight double sculls
1 Gold	Vos, MarianneMarianne Vos	Cycling	Women's points race
1 Gold	van Grunsven, AnkyAnky van Grunsven	Equestrian	Individual dressage
1 Gold	van der Weijden, MaartenMaarten van der Weijden	Swimming	Men's marathon 10 kilometre
1 Gold	Netherlands women's national water polo team Iefke van Belkum   Noeki Klein Gillian van den Berg   Simone Koot Daniëlle de Bruijn   Ilse van der Meijden Mieke Cabout   Meike de Nooy Rianne Guichelaar   Alette Sijbring Biurakn Hakhverdian   Yasemin Smit Marieke van den Ham	Water polo	Women's tournament
1 Gold	Netherlands women's national field hockey team Marilyn Agliotti   Fatima Moreira de Melo Naomi van As   Eefke Mulder Minke Booij   Maartje Paumen Wieke Dijkstra   Sophie Polkamp Miek van Geenhuizen   Lisanne de Roever Maartje Goderie   Janneke Schopman Eva de Goede   Minke Smabers Ellen Hoog   Lidewij Welten	Field hockey	Women's tournament
2 Silver	Gravenstijn, DeborahDeborah Gravenstijn	Judo	Women's 57 kg
2 Silver	van Grunsven, AnkyAnky van Grunsven Hans Peter Minderhoud Imke Schellekens-Bartels	Equestrian	Team dressage
2 Silver	Bes, AnnemiekeAnnemieke Bes Mandy Mulder Merel Witteveen	Sailing	Yngling class
2 Silver	Dekker, FemkeFemke Dekker Annemiek de Haan Nienke Kingma Roline Repelaer van Driel Annemarieke van Rumpt Sarah Siegelaar Marlies Smulders Helen Tanger Ester Workel	Rowing	Women's eight
2 Silver	Berkhout, LobkeLobke Berkhout Marcelien de Koning	Sailing	Women's 470 class
3 Bronze	Houkes, RubenRuben Houkes	Judo	Men's 60 kg
3 Bronze	Willeboordse, ElisabethElisabeth Willeboordse	Judo	Women's 63 kg
3 Bronze	Bosch, EdithEdith Bosch	Judo	Women's 70 kg
3 Bronze	Grol, HenkHenk Grol	Judo	Men's 100 kg

Ambassadors

The NOC*NSF announced a total of eleven athletes as their official ambassadors in the period before, during and after the Olympics in 2008 until 31 December of that year. The ambassadors that were chosen were all athletes who had a good chance of qualifying for the Olympics or who had already achieved qualification individually or with their team. They were a mixture of men, women, individual athletes, team athletes, Olympians and Paralympians. Chefs de Mission were Charles van Commenée (Olympics) and Thea Limbach (Paralympics).

The eleven ambassadors were:

• Anky van Grunsven, Equestrian, 2 times gold and 4 times silver at previous Olympics, 2 times World and 4 times European champion.
• Edith Bosch, Judoka, 2004 Summer Olympics silver medallist, World champion and double European champion.
• Kees Luyckx, Footballer.
• Kenny van Weeghel, Wheeler, 2004 Summer Paralympics gold, silver and bronze medallist, 4 times World and 3 times European champion.
• Lobke Berkhout, Sailor, triple 470-class World champion together with De Koning.
• Marcelien de Koning, Sailor, triple 470-class World champion together with Berkhout.
• Marije Smits, Paralympic runner and long jumper, 2002 World champion in long jumping.
• Marleen Veldhuis, Swimmer, 2004 Summer Olympics bronze medallist, 2 times World and 11 times European champion.
• Minke Booij, Field hockey player, silver and bronze at previous Olympics, World champion and triple European champion.
• Rutger Smith, Discus thrower and shot putter, silver (shot put) and bronze (discus) medallist at World championships.
• Theo Bos, Track cyclist, 2004 Summer Olympics silver medallist, 5 times World and 3 times European champion.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

To qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics Dutch athletes had to met both the international (set by the IOC and IAAF) and the Dutch criteria (set by the NOC*NSF), which meant only achievement of the international "A" standard qualified Dutch athletes for the Olympics. Athletes who met the A standard in 2007 were only required to meet a minimum "B" standard in 2008 to secure the qualification. Simon Vroemen was qualified for the steeple chase, but tested positive for the banned anabolic steroid Dianabol in July 2008.

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gregory Sedoc	110 m hurdles	13.54	4 Q	13.43	Q	13.60	6	Did not advance
Marcel van der Westen	110 m hurdles	13.50	2 Q	13.48	Q	13.45	6	Did not advance
Robert Lathouwers	800 m	1:46.94	3	N/A		Did not advance
Eugène Martineau	Decathlon	N/A						8055 pts	14
Kamiel Maase	Marathon	N/A						2:20:30	39
Rutger Smith	Shot put	20.13 m	10 Q	N/A				20.41 m	9
	discus throw	65.65 m	3 Q	N/A				65.39 m	7
From: Caimin Douglas Maarten Heisen Guus Hoogmoed Patrick van Luijk Gregory Sedoc Virgil Spier	4×100 m	38.87	3 Q	N/A				Disqualified

Women

Athlete	Events	Final
		Result	Rank
Lornah Kiplagat	10000 m	30:40:27	8
Hilda Kibet	10000 m	31:29:69	15
Laurien Hoos	Heptathlon	Did not finish
Jolanda Keizer	Heptathlon	6370 pts	9

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The qualification criteria for baseball were the same as the international standards. For European countries the first ranked team at the 2007 European Championship would qualify directly, while the second and third ranked teams would qualify for an extra qualification round. The Dutch team became first in the European Championship, securing their spot in Beijing.

Roster

• Sharnol Adriana
• David Bergman
• Leon Boyd
• Yurendell de Caster
• Rob Cordemans
• Dave Draijer
• Michael Duursma
• Bryan Engelhardt
• Percy Isenia
• Sidney de Jong
• Michiel van Kampen
• Eugene Kingsale

• Dirk van 't Klooster
• Roel Koolen
• Reily Legito
• Diego Markwell
• Shairon Martis
• Martijn Meeuwis
• Danny Rombley
• Jeroen Sluijter
• Tjerk Smeets
• Alexander Smit
• Juan Carlos Sulbaran
• Pim Walsma

Loek van Mil was originally selected in the squad, but withdrew from the tournament before the games had been started. He was replaced by Draijer.

Results

Team	G	W	L	RS	RA	WIN%	GB	Tiebreaker
South Korea	7	7	0	41	22	1.000	-	-
Cuba	7	6	1	52	23	.857	1	-
United States	7	5	2	40	22	.714	2	-
Japan	7	4	3	30	14	.571	3	-
Chinese Taipei	7	2	5	29	33	.286	5	1–0
Canada	7	2	5	29	20	.286	5	0–1
Netherlands	7	1	6	9	50	.143	6	1–0
China	7	1	6	14	60	.143	6	0–1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Chinese Taipei	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	X	5	7	0
WP: Wei-Yin Chen (1–0)   LP: David Bergman (0–1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
United States	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	1	-	7	10	0
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	1	0
WP: Stephen Strasburg (1–0)   LP: Shairon Martis (0–1) Home runs: USA: Matt Brown (1), Matt Laporta (1) NED: None

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Japan	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	X	6	10	0
WP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (1–0)   LP: Alexander Smit (0–1) Home runs: NED: None JPN: Takahiko Sato (1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Netherlands	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	6	9	1
China	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	11	1
WP: Leon Boyd (1–0)   LP: Kai Liu (0–1)   Sv: David Bergman (1) Home runs: NED: Sharnol Adriana (1), Sidney de Jong (1), Bryan Engelhardt (1) CHN: None

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cuba	1	0	0	0	5	4	0	4	-	14	16	0
Netherlands	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	3	10	2
WP: Jonder Martínez (1–0)   LP: Juan Carlos Sulbaran (0–1) Home runs: CUB: None NED: Bryan Engelhardt (2), Percy Isenia (1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Canada	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	1
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
WP: Brooks McNiven (1–0)   LP: Shairon Martis (0–2)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
South Korea	2	0	0	0	4	2	0	2	-	10	16	1
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	4	1
WP: Won-Sam Jang (1–0)   LP: Alexander Smit (0–2) Home runs: KOR: Dae-Ho Lee (3), Taek-Keun Lee (1) NED: None

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final		Total	Rank
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Robert Bouten	K-1	86.26	11th	88.90	16th	175.16	14th	88.40	5th	139.59	9th	227.99	9th

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final		Total	Rank
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ariane Herde	K-1	102.30	12th	117.98	20th	222.28	13th	117.60	10th	114.39	6th	231.99	6th

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

BMX

Men

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Raymon van der Biezen	Individual	36.112	5th Q	10 pnts	7th Q	14 pnts	5th	Did not advance
Rob van den Wildenberg	Individual	36.522	18th Q	8 pnts	2nd Q	9 pnts	2nd Q	39.772	5th
Robert de Wilde	Individual	36.803	23rd Q	18 pnts	7th	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lieke Klaus	Individual	38.709	11th Q	13 pnts	5th	Did not advance

Mountain biking

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bart Brentjens	Cross-country	lapped with two laps to go	Did not finish
Rudi van Houts	Cross-country	lapped with two laps to go	Did not finish

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Elsbeth van Rooy-Vink	Cross-country	1:53:30	14

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Stef Clement	Road race	Did not finish
	Time trial	1h 04′ 59.42″ (+2:47.99)	9th
Laurens ten Dam	Road race	6h 34′ 26″ (+10:37)	65th
Robert Gesink	Road race	6h 24′ 07″ (+0:18)	10th
	Time trial	1h 05′ 02.88″ (+2:51.45)	10th
Karsten Kroon	Road race	Did not finish
Niki Terpstra	Road race	Did not finish

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Chantal Beltman	Road race	3h 37′ 02″ (+4:38)	47th
Mirjam Melchers	Road race	3h 33′ 17″ (+0:53)	36th
	Time trial	37′ 51.59″ (+2:59.87)	18th
Marianne Vos	Road race	3h 32′ 45″ (+0:21)	6th
	Time trial	36′ 58.67″ (+2:06.95)	14th

Track

Sprints

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/16 Finals (Repechage)	1/8 Finals (Repechage)	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals (5th–12th place)
		Time Speed	Rank	Opposition Time Speed	Opposition Time Speed	Opposition Time Speed	Opposition Time Speed	Opposition Time Speed	Rank
Theo Bos	Men's sprint	10.318 (69.780)	9th	W Mark French (AUS) 10.959 (65.699)	W Kévin Sireau (FRA) 10.777 (66.808)	L Mickaël Bourgain (FRA) (0–2)	Did not advance		7th
Teun Mulder	Men's sprint	10.373 (69.410)	13th	L Maximilian Levy (GER) W Repechage 10.889 (66.121)	W Stefan Nimke (GER) 10.888 (66.127)	L Maximilian Levy (GER) (0–2)	Did not advance		6th
Yvonne Hijgenaar	Women's sprint	11.533 (62.429)	10th		L  Anna Meares (AUS) Rep: L  Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU)	Did not advance			11th
Willy Kanis	Women's sprint	11.167 (64.475)	4th		W  Lisandra Guerra (CUB) 12.155 (59.234)	W  Jennie Reed (USA) (2–0)	L  Victoria Pendleton (GBR) (0–2)	Bronze final L  Guo Shuang (CHN) (0–2)	4th
Theo Bos Teun Mulder Tim Veldt	Men's team sprint	44.213 (61.068 km/h)	4th Q			L  R Bayley – D Ellis – M French (AUS) 44.212 (61.069 km/h)		Did not advance	5th

Pursuits

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1st round		Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Jens Mouris	Men's individual pursuit	4:27:445	13th	Did not advance
Jenning Huizenga	Men's individual pursuit	4:37:097	18th	Did not advance
Levi Heimans Jens Mouris Robert Slippens Wim Stroetinga Pim Ligthart (res)	Men's team pursuit	4:04.806	6th	L Australia (lapped)		Did not advance	6th

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Finals (7th–12th Place)
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Theo Bos	Men's keirin	2nd Q		DNF	DNS (12th)
Teun Mulder	Men's keirin	3rd	DSQ	Did not advance

Points Races

Athlete	Event	Points/Laps	Rank
Peter Schep	Men's points race	0 pts	20th
Marianne Vos	Women's points race	30 pts	1 Gold
Peter Schep Jens Mouris	Men's madison	6 pnts	8th

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

• Adelinde Cornelissen – individual and team dressage (reserve, with Parzival)

• Leon Thijssen – individual and team jumping (reserve, with Olaf)

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2				Final
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Total Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Total Score	Rank
Anky van Grunsven	Salinero	Individual	74.75	2nd	74.96	2nd			82.40		78.68	1 Gold
Hans Peter Minderhoud	Exquis Nadine	Individual	69.625	11th	70.92	7th			75.15		73.035	5th
Imke Schellekens-Bartels	Sunrise	Individual	70.875	5th	Did not start
Anky van Grunsven Hans Peter Minderhoud Imke Schellekens-Bartels	as above	Team									71.75	2 Silver

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Jumping				Total
							Qualifier		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Tim Lips	Oncarlos	Individual	52.60	41st	22.40	28th	0	21st	0	15th	75.00	15th

Individual Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Ind. Round 1/ Team Qualifier		Ind. Round 2/ Team Final Round 1			Ind. Round 3/ Team Final Round 2			Final				Bronze Medal Jump-off		Total Rank
											Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Penalties	Time
Angelique Hoorn	Blauwendraad's O'Brien	Individual	4	30	4	8	16 Q	8	16	18 Q	0	1 Q	4	4	8	36.89	9
Marc Houtzager	Opium VS	Individual	2	28	1	3	7 Q	5	8	8 Q	0	1 Q	4	4	8	36.77	8
Gerco Schröder	Monaco	Individual	5#	39	12	17	37 Q	4	21	29 Q	4	11 Q	12	16	Did not advance		16
Vincent Voorn	Alpapillon-Armanie	Individual	0	1	16#	16	35 Q	27#	43	44	Did not advance						44
Angelique Hoorn Marc Houtzager Gerco Schröder Vincent Voorn	as above	Team	6	6 Q	17	-	6	17	34	5							5

'#' denotes results that did not count toward the team total.

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score
Bas Verwijlen	Individual épée		Lei Wang (CHN) W 15–10, 7:03	Michael Kauter (SUI) W 15–13, 7:47	Matteo Tagliariol (ITA) L 11–15, 5:38	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score
Indra Angad-Gaur	Individual foil	Eman El Gammal (EGY) W 13–4, 8:02	Margherita Granbassi (ITA) L 6–11, 9:00	Did not advance

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The qualification criteria for field hockey were the same as the international standards. For European countries the first three ranked teams at the 2007 European Championships would qualify directly, while the fourth through eighth ranked ranked teams would qualify for an extra qualification round, of which only the winners of three qualification tournaments would qualify. The Dutch men's team was first in the European Championship, while the women's team was second in their Championship, each team securing their spot in Beijing.

Men's Competition

• Men's field hockey team

Squad list	Group stage		Semifinal (/Classification round)		Final
	Opposition score	Rank	Opposition score	Rank	Opposition score	Rank
From: Thomas Boerma Matthijs Brouwer Ronald Brouwer Jeroen Delmee Geert-Jan Derikx Rob Derikx Laurence Docherty Jeroen Hertzberger Rogier Hofman Robert van der Horst Timme Hoyng Teun de Nooijer Guus Vogels Taeke Taekema Sander van der Weide Roderick Weusthof	South Africa W 5–0	1st	Germany L 1–1;	-	Bronze final: Australia L 2–6	4th
	Great Britain W 1–0
	Canada W 4–2
	Australia D 2–2
	Pakistan W 4–2

Women's Competition

• Women's field hockey team

Squad list	Group stage		Semifinal (/Classification round)		Final
	Opposition score	Rank	Opposition score	Rank	Opposition score	Rank
From: Marilyn Agliotti Naomi van As Minke Booij Wieke Dijkstra Miek van Geenhuizen Maartje Goderie Eva de Goede Ellen Hoog Fatima Moreira de Melo Eefke Mulder Maartje Paumen Sophie Polkamp Lisanne de Roever Janneke Schopman Minke Smabers Lidewij Welten	South Africa W 6–0	1st	Argentina W 5–2		China W 2–0	1 Gold
	South Korea W 3–2
	China W 1–0
	Australia W 2–1
	Spain W 2–0

Football (Soccer)

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition

• Men's football team

– Ryan Babel

– Otman Bakkal

– Roy Beerens

– Royston Drenthe

– Urby Emanuelson

– Jonathan de Guzmán

– Kew Jaliens

– Calvin Jong-A-Pin

– Kees Luyckx

– Hedwiges Maduro

– Roy Makaay

– Dirk Marcellis

– Erik Pieters

– Gerald Sibon

– Evander Sno

– Piet Velthuizen

– Kenneth Vermeer

– Gianni Zuiverloon

The qualification criteria for football were the same as the international standards. For male European countries the first four ranked teams at the 2007 European Under-21 Championship would qualify. The Dutch men's team was first in the European under-21 Championship, claiming their second consecutive title and securing their spot in Beijing.

Results

Group phase

7 August 2008 19:45	Netherlands	0–0	Nigeria	Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin Attendance: 52,390 Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
		(Report)

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10 August 2008 19:45	United States	2–2	Netherlands	Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin

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13 August 2008 17:00	Netherlands	1–0	Japan	Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Netherlands	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
United States	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Japan	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0

Quarterfinal

16 August 2008 21:00	Argentina	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands	Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Attendance: 51,366 Referee: Jair Maruffo (USA)
		(Report)

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Qualification		Final
		Vault	Floor	Pommel horse	Rings	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Epke Zonderland	All-around						15.750	15.750	4th	15.000	7th

Women

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Qualification		Final
		Vault	Floor	Uneven Bars	Balance Beam	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Suzanne Harmes	All-around	14.825	13.825	13.825	14.600	57.075	32nd	Did not advance

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition result	Opposition result	Opposition result	Opposition result	Opposition result	Opposition result	Opposition result	Opposition result	Opposition result
Ruben Houkes	−60 kg		Frazer Will (CAN) W 0011/0001	Lavrentios Alexanidis (GRE) W 0001/0001	Javier Antonio Guedez Sanchez (VEN) W 0010/0001	Choi Min-Ho (KOR) L 0000/1000				Gal Yekutiel (ISR) W 1000/0000 3 Bronze
Dex Elmont	−66 kg		Edson Madeira (MOZ) W 1000/0000	Taylor Takata (USA) L 0000/0001
Guillaume Elmont	−81 kg		Damdinsürengiin Nyamkhüü (MGL) W 0001/0000	Giuseppe Maddaloni (ITA) W 1001/0000	Srdjan Mrvaljevic (MNE) W 0010/0000	Kim Jaebum (KOR) L 0000/0001				Tiago Camilo (BRA) L 0001/1100
Mark Huizinga	−90 kg		Ilias Iliadis (GRE) W 1010/0001	Sergei Aschwanden (SUI) L 0010/1101
Henk Grol	−100 kg		Luciano Correa (BRA) W 0210/0001	Arik Ze'evi (ISR) W 0010/0001	Przemyslaw Matyjaszek (POL) W 1000/0000	Ashkat Zhitkeyev (KAZ) L 0100/1010				Levan Zhorzholiani (GEO) W 0020/0000 3 Bronze
Dennis van der Geest	+100 kg		Tamerlan Tmenov (RUS) L 0000/0101

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition result	Opposition result	Opposition result	Opposition result	Opposition result	Opposition result	Opposition result	Opposition result	Opposition result
Deborah Gravenstijn	−57 kg			Ketleyn Quadros (BRA) W 0001/0000	Isabel Fernández (ESP) W 0000/0000	Xu Yan (CHN) W 0100/0010				Giulia Quintavalle (ITA) L 0001/0011 2 Silver
Elisabeth Willeboordse	−63 kg		Vera Koval (RUS) W 0012/0010	Kahina Saidi (ALG) W 1100/0001	Won Ok-Im (PRK) L 0000/0200			Daniela Yael Krukower (ARG) W 0230/0000	Urška Žolnir (SLO) W 0001/0000	Driulis González (CUB) W 0001/0000 3 Bronze
Edith Bosch	−70 kg		Sisilia Rasokisoki (RUS) W 1000/0001	Rachida Ouerdane (ALG) W 0110/0010	Ronda Rousey (USA) W 1000/0000	Masae Ueno (JPN) L 0001/0110				Leire Iglesias (ESP) W 1001/0000 3 Bronze
Carola Uilenhoed	+78 kg		Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand (MGL) L 0001/0010

To qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics Dutch judokas were required to meet both the international (set by the IOC and IJF) and the Dutch criteria (set by the NOC*NSF).

On 26 January 2008 Elisabeth Willeboordse was the first judoka to secure her spot in Beijing. She proved to remain among the World's top ranked judokas by winning her fifth consecutive World Cup in Sofia. Two days later Edith Bosch qualified by reaching the final of the World Cup in Sofia. On 9 February World Champion Ruben Houkes secured his spot by finishing in the top 7 in the Super World Cup in Paris. The next day Mark Huizinga qualified for his fourth consecutive Olympics as he finished in fifth position at the same event in Paris.

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sjoerd Hamburger	Single sculls	7:27.05	2nd	6:57.24	4th	7:10.06	1st (C/D)	6:58.71	13th
Geert Cirkel Jan-Willem Gabriëls Matthijs Vellenga Gijs Vermeulen	Fours	6:00.50	1st			6:02.46	4th	6:06.37	8th
Olaf van Andel Rogier Blink Jozef Klaassen Meindert Klem David Kuiper Diederik Simon Olivier Siegelaar* Mitchel Steenman Peter Wiersum (cox) Reinder Lubbers*	Eights	5:40.48	3rd	5:42.62	3rd			5:29.26	4th
Paul Drewes Marshall Godschalk Gerard van der Linden Ivo Snijders	Lightweight fours	5:57.54	4th	6:25.25	2nd	6:08.73	3rd	5:54.06	6th

* Lubbers replaced the injured Siegelaar in the repechage.

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marit van Eupen Kirsten van der Kolk	Lightweight double sculls	6:50.90	1st			7:03.87	1st	6:54.74	1 Gold
Femke Dekker Annemiek de Haan Nienke Kingma Roline Repelaer van Driel Annemarieke van Rumpt Sarah Siegelaar Marlies Smulders Helen Tanger Ester Workel (cox)	Eights	6:07.41	2nd	6:11.58	2nd			6:07.22	2 Silver

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Casper Bouman	Sailboard	20	27	21	22	4	1	1	2	20	21		112	15th
Rutger van Schaardenburg	Laser	32	29	34	32	25	18	30	26	20	x		216	37th
Kalle Coster Sven Coster	470	11	15	12	2	8	15	2	8	4	2	14	78	4th

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Lobke Berkhout Marcelien de Koning	470	3	1	9	5	2	2	10	7	4	16	10	53
Annemieke Bes Mandy Mulder Merel Witteveen	Yngling	9	1	2	13	1	5	4	1	x	x	8	31

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Pieter-Jan Postma	Finn	19	15	16	22	15	2	10	16	x	x	x	93	14th
Mitch Booth Pim Nieuwenhuis	Tornado	3	13	8	3	10	2	8	2	11	10	6	64	5th

To qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics Dutch sailors met both the international (set by the IOC and ISAF) and the Dutch criteria (set by the NOC*NSF).

The first two boats to qualify for the Olympics were the women's 470 of Lobke Berkhout and Marcelien de Koning and the finn of Pieter-Jan Postma. Berkhout and De Koning were 2007 World champions in their class, and secured their spot by finishing sixth in the pre-Olympic tournament in Qingdao on 22 August 2007. Postma, who won silver at the 2007 World Championships in the finn class, also qualified during the pre-Olympic tournament by finishing in second place. Brothers Sven and Kalle Coster qualified in the 470 class after finishing 12th in the 2008 World Championships.

Softball

Main articles: Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Women's competition

• Women's softball team

– Noemi Boekel

– Marloes Fellinger

– Sandra Gouverneur

– Petra van Heijst

– Judith van Kampen

– Kim Kluijskens

– Saskia Kosterink

– Jolanda Kroesen

– Daisy de Peinder

– Marjan Smit

– Rebecca Soumeru

– Nathalie Timmermans

– Ellen Venker

– Britt Vonk

– Kristi de Vries

The qualification criteria for softball were the same as the international standards. Reaching the semifinals in the 2006 World Championships was an automatic qualification to compete in the Games in Beijing. The Dutch team did not reach the semifinals, and had to enter the African/European qualification tournament to secure their spot.

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The two fastest athletes in each distance as of 26 March 2008 were qualified.

• Robin van Aggele – men's 200m breaststroke, 200m medley, 100m butterfly, 4×100m medley relay
• Linda Bank – women's 4×100m freestyle relay 1 Gold, 4×200m freestyle relay, 4×100m medley relay
• Inge Dekker – women's 100m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 4×100m freestyle relay 1 Gold, 4×200m freestyle relay, 4×100m freestyle relay
• Edith van Dijk – women's 10 km open water
• Nick Driebergen – men's 100m backstroke, 200m backstroke, 4×100m freestyle relay
• Chantal Groot – women's 100m butterfly, 4×100m medley relay, 4×100m freestyle relay (gold medal), 4×200m freestyle relay
• Femke Heemskerk – women's 200m medley, 4×100m freestyle relay 1 Gold, 4×200m freestyle relay, 4×100m medley relay
• Pieter van den Hoogenband – men's 100m freestyle, 4×100m freestyle relay, 4×100m medley relay
• Saskia de Jonge – women's 4×100m freestyle relay 1 Gold, 4×200m freestyle relay, 4×100m medley relay
• Ranomi Kromowidjojo – women's 200m freestyle, 4×100m freestyle relay 1 Gold, 4×200m freestyle relay, 4×100m medley relay
• Robert Lijesen – men's 50m freestyle, 4×100m freestyle relay
• Manon van Rooijen – women's 4×100m freestyle relay 1 Gold, 4×200m freestyle relay, 4×100m medley relay
• Hinkelien Schreuder – women's 50m freestyle, 4×100m freestyle relay 1 Gold, 4×200m freestyle relay, 4×100m medley relay
• Jolijn van Valkengoed – women's 100m breaststroke, 4×100m freestyle relay 1 Gold, 4×200m freestyle relay, 4×100m medley relay
• Thijs van Valkengoed – men's 100m breaststroke, 4×100m freestyle relay
• Marleen Veldhuis – women's 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 4×100m freestyle relay 1 Gold, 4×200m freestyle relay, 4×100m medley relay
• Bas van Velthoven – men's 4×100m freestyle relay
• Maarten van der Weijden – men's 10 km open water 1 Gold
• Mitja Zastrow – men's 100m freestyle, 4×100m freestyle relay

To qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics Dutch swimmers were required to meet both the international (set by the IOC and FINA) and the Dutch criteria (set by the NOC*NSF), which meant that athletes had to meet the Olympic "A" standard in order to qualify. Swimmers who met the "A" standard in 2007 were required to meet, at a minimum, the "B" standard in 2008 to ensure qualification for the Games.

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Technical Routine		Free Routine (Preliminary)				Free Routine (Final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank
Bianca van der Velden Sonja van der Velden	Duet	45.584	10th Q	45.834	9th	91.418	9th Q	46.083			9th

Table Tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

To qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics Dutch table tennis players needed to meet both the international (set by the IOC and ITTF) and the Dutch criteria (set by the NOC*NSF). Li Jiao qualified herself in January 2008 when she was selected by the ITTF as one of the top 20 players in the World.

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition result	Opposition result	Opposition result	Opposition result	Opposition result	Opposition result	Opposition result	Opposition result
Li Jiao	Singles				Ni Xialian (LUX) W 6–11 11–8 11–9 11–8 11–8	Guo Yue (CHN) L 2–11 6–11 3–11 11–13
Li Jie	Singles			Zhu Fang (ESP) W 8–11 11–4 11–7 14–12 11–5	Liu Jia (AUT) W 11–5 11–8 9–11 12–10 11–3	Feng Tianwei (SIN) L 11–7 11–13 7–11 5–11 4–11

Women's Team

Elena Timina was the third player in the team event.

13 August

Netherlands	3–0	Nigeria
Netherlands	1–3	United States

14 August

Netherlands	0–3	Singapore

Team (Group B)	Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
Singapore	6	3	3	0	9	0
United States	4	3	2	1	6	4
Netherlands	2	3	1	2	4	6
Nigeria	0	3	0	0	0	9

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition result	Opposition result	Opposition result	Opposition result	Opposition result
Dennis Bekkers	−68 kg	Son Tae-Jin (KOR) L 3–4			Servet Tazegul (TUR) L 2–3

To qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics Dutch taekwondo practitioners needed to meet both the international (set by the IOC and WTF) and the Dutch criteria (set by the NOC*NSF). Dennis Bekkers finished third in the qualification tournament in Istanbul, thus qualifying to compete at the Olympics in Beijing.

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Swim	Cycling	Run	Total	Rank
Sander Berk	Individual	18:13	59:06	33:57	1:52:18.09	31

Women

Athlete	Event	Swim	Cycling	Run	Total	Rank
Lisa Mensink	Individual	20:03	1:07:44	41:30	2:10:18.98	45

Volleyball

Main articles: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Beach volleyball

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Emiel Boersma Bram Ronnes Seed 16	Doubles	Gibb – Rosenthal (USA) L16–21; 15–21  Asahi – Shiratori (JPN) L15–21; 25–23; 11–15  Brink – Dieckmann Ch. (GER) W16–21; 19–21	3rd
Reinder Nummerdor Richard Schuil Seed 4	Doubles	Laciga M. – Schnider (SUI) W 21–14; 21–15  Kjemperud – Skarlund (NOR) W 13–21; 21–15; 15–9  Klemperer – Koreng (GER) W 21–16; 21–16	1st	Schacht – Slack (AUS) W 21–16; 21–14	Geor – Gia (GEO)

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Rebekka Kadijk Merel Mooren Seed 19	Doubles	Branagh – Youngs (USA) L 19–21; 25–27  Esteves Ribalta – M. Crespo (CUB) L 11–21; 15–21  Pohl – Rau (GER) L 19–21; 18–21	4th

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The Netherlands participated in the women's tournament, where the team won the gold medal.

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The qualification criteria for water polo were the same as the international standards. The Dutch women's team became first at the European qualification tournament in Kirishi by beating the host nation Russia in the final.

Roster

The following is the Dutch roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
01 !1	Meijden, IlseIlse van der Meijden	GK	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	71 kg (160 lb)	01988-10-22 22 October 1988	Brandenburg Bilthoven
02 !2	Smit, YaseminYasemin Smit	CB	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	01984-11-21 21 November 1984	Het Ravijn Nijverdal
03 !3	Cabout, MiekeMieke Cabout	D	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	01986-03-30 30 March 1986	ZVL Leiden
04 !4	Hakhverdian, BiuraknBiurakn Hakhverdian	D	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	65 kg (140 lb)	01985-10-04 4 October 1985	Polar Bears
05 !5	Ham, MariekeMarieke van den Ham	D	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	01983-01-21 21 January 1983	Polar Bears
06 !6	Bruijn, DanielleDaniëlle de Bruijn	D	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	01978-02-13 13 February 1978	Widex GZC Donk Gouda
07 !7	Belkum, IefkeIefke van Belkum	CF	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	75 kg (170 lb)	01986-07-22 22 July 1986	ZVL Leiden
08 !8	Klein, NoekiNoeki Klein	CF	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	01983-04-28 28 April 1983	ZVL Leiden
09 !9	Berg, GillianGillian van den Berg	D	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	66 kg (150 lb)	01971-09-08 8 September 1971	De Gouwe Waddinxveen
10	Sijbring, AletteAlette Sijbring	CB	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	01982-03-20 20 March 1982	TWZ Zaandam
11	Guichelaar, RianneRianne Guichelaar	D	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	63 kg (140 lb)	01983-08-16 16 August 1983	Het Ravijn Nijverdal
12	Koot, SimoneSimone Koot	D	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	65 kg (140 lb)	01980-11-12 12 November 1980	Brandenburg Bilthoven
13	Nooy, MeikeMeike de Nooy	GK	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	73 kg (160 lb)	01983-05-02 2 May 1983	Het Ravijn Nijverdal

Head coach: Robin van Galen

Group play

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Will play for places 7–8

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	3	2	1	0	28	20	+8	5
Australia	3	2	1	0	25	22	+3	5
Netherlands	3	1	0	2	27	27	0	2
Greece	3	0	0	3	16	27	−11	0

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

11 August 2008 13:00	Game reference	Hungary	11 – 9	Netherlands	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Caputi (ITA), Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 3-3, 3-2, 4-3, 1-1
		Pelle 4, Kisteleki 2, Stieber 2, Valkai 2	Goals	de Bruijn 4, van den Berg 3

13 August 2008 14:20	Game reference	Greece	6 – 9	Netherlands	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Ni Shiwei (CHN), Patelli Decio Jr (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 3-3, 2-2, 1-3, 0-1
		Liosi 2	Goals	Cabout 4, de Bruijn 2, van Belkum 2

15 August 2008 13:00	Game reference	Netherlands	9 – 10	Australia	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Caputi (ITA), Turcotte (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 1-2, 2-2, 1-2, 5-4
		van den Ham 3, van Belkum 2, Sijbring 2	Goals	B. Knox 4, Beadsworth 2, Gynther 2

Medal round

Quarterfinal

17 August 2008 15:40	Game reference	Italy	8 (3) – 8 (5)	Netherlands	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Bock (GER), Argyros (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2-2, 1-3, 3-2, 2-1  OT: 0-0, 0-0, 3-5 (PS)
		Zanchi 4, Miceli 2, Bosurgi 2	Goals	Cabout 4, de Bruijn 3, Smit 2, van Belkum 2

Semifinal

19 August 2008 15:40	Game reference	Hungary	7 – 8	Netherlands	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Antsiferov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 2-1, 1-3, 3-3, 1-1
		Pelle 3, Drávucz 2, Primász 2	Goals	van den Ham 3, van Belkum 3

Final

02008-08-21 21 August 2008 18:20	Game reference	2 ! United States	8 – 9	Netherlands 1 !	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Kiszelly (HUN), Caputi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2-4, 3-1, 1-2, 2-2
		Steffens 2	Goals	de Bruijn 7

See also

• Netherlands at the 2008 Summer Paralympics