Netherlands at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Netherlands
Netherlands at the Olympic Games
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IOC code	NED
NOC	Dutch Olympic Committee*; Dutch Sports Federation
Website	www.nocnsf.nl (Dutch)
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
Competitors	220
Flag bearer	Carina Benninga (field hockey)
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The Netherlands competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Medalists

Gold

Ellen van Langen — Athletics, Women's 800m
Jos Lansink, Piet Raymakers and Jan Tops — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition

Silver

Orhan Delibaş — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
Erik Dekker — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
Léon van Bon — Cycling, Men's Points Race
Piet Raymakers — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
Tineke Bartels, Ellen Bontje, Anky van Grunsven and Annemarie Sanders — Equestrian, Dressage Team Competition
Edwin Benne, Peter Blangé, Ron Boudrie, Henk-Jan Held, Martin van der Horst, Marko Klok, Olof van der Meulen, Jan Posthuma, Avital Selinger, Martin Teffer, Ronald Zoodsma and Ron Zwerver — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition

Bronze

Arnold Vanderlyde — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)
Monique Knol — Cycling, Women's Individual Road Race
Ingrid Haringa — Cycling, Women's Sprint
Theo Meijer — Judo, Men's Half Heavyweight (95 kg)
Irene de Kok — Judo, Women's Half Heavyweight (72 kg)
Nico Rienks and Henk-Jan Zwolle — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
Dorien de Vries — Sailing, Women's Windglider

Archery

The only elimination victory for the Dutch archers came from Erwin Verstegen, who won in the round of 32 before being defeated in the second round. Three archers did not make it to the elimination rounds.

Men's Individual Competition:

Erwin Verstegen — Round of 16 (1-1) → 9th place
Henk Vogels — Ranking round (0-0) → 34th place
Berny Camps — Ranking round (0-0) → 55th place

Men's Team Competition:

Verstegen, Vogels, and Camps — Round of 16 (0-1) → 9th place

Women's Individual Competition:

Jacqueline van Rozendaal — Round of 32 (0-1) → 20th place
Christel Verstegen — Round of 32 (0-1) → 23rd place
Adriana van Dyck — Ranking round (0-0) → 59th place

Women's Team Competition:

Van Rozendaal, Verstegen, and Van Dyck — Round of 16 (0-1) → 12th place

Athletics

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Robin van Helden	800 m	1:48.05	4 Q	N/A		1:46.98	5	Did not advance
Marko Koers	800 m	1:46.88	2 Q	N/A		1:52.23	7	Did not advance
Marcel Versteeg	5000 m	13:35.95	2 Q	N/A				13:48.32	15
Bert van Vlaanderen	Marathon	N/A						2:15.47	15
Tonnie Dirks	Marathon	N/A							DNF
Harold van Beek	50 kilometres walk	N/A						4:24.18	31

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Robert de Wit	Result	10.09	7.02	15.48	2.00	49.24	14.89	48.34	4.80	61.36	4:41.39	8109	10
Robert de Wit	Points	841	818	819	803	850	863	836	849	749	672	8109	10

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nelli Cooman	100 m	11.47	3 Q	11.55	5	Did not advance
Ellen van Langen	800 m	1:59.86	2 Q	N/A		2:00.68	2 Q	1:55.54	Gold
Stella Jongmans	800 m	2:02.26	5	Did not advance
Christien Toonstra	10000 m	32:07.42	5 Q	N/A				31:47.38	11

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Miguel Dias	Bantamweight	22x20px Klai (TUN) L 17–1	Did not advance
Orhan Delibaş	Light Middleweight	Choi (KOR) W 3–0	Boonsingkarn (THA) W RSC-2	Márquez (USA) W 16-12	Reid (GBR) W 8-3	Lemus (CUB) L 1-6	Silver
Raymond Joval	Middleweight	Aliu (SAM) W RSC-3	Dink (ALG) L 14-22	Did not advance
Arnold Vanderlyde	Heavyweight	Leti (SAM) W 14-0	Sung (KOR) W 14-13	Douglas (IRL) W RSC-1	Savón (CUB) L 3-23	Did not advance	Bronze
Jerry Nijman	Super Heavyweight	Rostami (IRI) W 9-5	Fischer (GER) L 5-22	Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Rob Compas	Road race	4:36:33	72
Erik Dekker		4:35:22	Silver
Richard Groenendaal		4:35:56	17
John den Braber Pelle Kil Bart Voskamp Jaap ten Kortenaar	Team time trial	2:07:49	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Monique Knol	Road race	2:05:03	Bronze
Leontien van Moorsel		2:05:03	23
Petra Grimbergen		2:05:03	29

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 2	Repechage 2	Repechage 2 final	Round 3	Repechage 3	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Dirk Jan van Hameren	Men's sprint	11.284 63.807	17	Neiwand (AUS) González (COL) L	Andrews (NZL) L	Did not advance
Ingrid Haringa	Women's sprint	11.419 63.052	1	Wang (CHN) Razmaitė (LTU) W12.179 63.497	N/A				Kuroki (JPN) W12.662,W 12.792	Neumann (GER) W12.263,L,L	Ballanger (GER) W12.402,W12.400	Bronze

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarter-finals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Opponent Results	Opponent Results	Rank
Servais Knaven	Men's individual pursuit	4:40.436	12q	Group B-Heat 1 Baldrián (TCH) W4:27.954	Did not advance		9
Servais Knaven Niels van der Steen Gerben Broeren Erik Cent	Men's team pursuit	4:25.693	12	Did not advance
Leontien van Moorsel	Women's individual pursuit	3:46.956	7Q	Heat 3 Rossner (GER) L3:49.795	Did not advance		8

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Dirk Jan van Hameren	Men's track time trial	1:05.524	9

Points race

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Léon van Bon	Points race	43	Silver

Diving

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Edwin Jongejans	Men's 3 metre springboard	383.13	7	581.40	7
Daphne Jongejans	Women's 3 metre springboard	277.29	14	Did not advance

Hockey

Men's tournament

Head coach: Hans Jorritsma

Group play

Teams	P	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pakistan	5	5	0	20	6	+14	10
Netherlands	5	4	1	20	10	+10	8
Spain	5	3	2	15	11	+4	6
New Zealand	5	1	4	7	12	–5	2
CIS	5	1	4	12	20	–8	2
Malaysia	5	1	4	9	24	–15	2

Semi final

5 August 1992
17:00

Australia	3 – 2	Netherlands
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Umpires:
Santiago Deo Valera (ESP)
Patrick van Beneden (BEL)

Bronze medal match

8 August 1992
17:00

Netherlands	3 – 4	Pakistan
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Umpires:
Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
Graham Dennis Nash (GBR)

Women's tournament

Head Coach: Roelant Oltmans

Group play

Teams	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	2	1	8	3	+5	4
Great Britain	3	2	1	7	5	+2	4
Netherlands	3	2	1	4	3	+1	4
New Zealand	3	0	3	2	10	–8	0

27 July 1992
20:00

Netherlands	2 – 1	Great Britain
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Umpires:
Peri Buckley (AUS)
Virginia Laje Davilla (ESP)

29 July 1992
20:00

Netherlands	2 – 0	New Zealand
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Umpires:
Margaret Louise Lanning (CAN)
Renee Chatas (USA)

2 August 1992
16:00

South Korea	2 – 0	Netherlands
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Umpires:
Peri Buckley (AUS)
Maria Salobrar Hernandez (ESP)

Fifth to eighth place classification

4 August 1992
17:30

Netherlands	2 – 0	Canada
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Umpires:
Virginia Laje Davilla (ESP)
Gill Clarke (GBR)

Fifth and sixth place

6 August 1992
17:30

Australia	2 – 0	Netherlands
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Umpires:
Jane Robertson (GBR)
Margaret Louise Lanning (CAN)

Rowing

Rowing events, finishes, and competitors:^[1]

Men's single sculls – 16th place: Frans Göbel

Men's double sculls – 3rd place (bronze medal): Henk Jan Zwolle, Nico Rienks

Men's coxless pairs – 8th place: Sjors van Iwaarden, Kai Compagner

Men's quadruple sculls – 5th place: Hans Keldermann, Ronald Florijn, Koos Maasdijk, Rutger Arisz

Men's coxless fours – 5th place: Bart Peters, Niels van der Zwan, Jaap Krijtenburg, Sven Schwarz

Women's single sculls – 8th place: Irene Eijs

Women's double sculls – 10th place: Rita de Jong, Marie-José de Groot

Women's quadruple sculls – 4th place: Laurien Vermulst, Marjan Pentenga, Anita Meiland, Harriet van Ettekoven

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race										Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Net points	Final rank
Stephan van den Berg	Men's Lechner A-390	13	20	19	51	18	17	5.7	0	0	25	117.70	7
Ben Kouwenhoven Jan Kouwenhoven	'Men's 470	20	44	31	15	25	36	5.7	N/A			132.70	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Race										Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Net points	Final rank
Dorien de Vries	Women's Lechner A-390	10	3	8	8	13	10	8	5.7	3	31	68.7	Bronze

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marcel Wouda	400m freestyle	3:55.70	18	Did not advance
	200m individual medley	2:05.95	22	Did not advance
	400m individual medley	4:28.51	19	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Inge de Bruijn	50m freestyle	25.86	3	25.84	8
Inge de Bruijn	100m butterfly	1:01.12	4	Did not advance
Karin Brienesse	100m freestyle	55.98	2	56.59	8
Karin Brienesse	100m butterfly	1:01.33	5	Did not advance
Kira Bulten	100m breaststroke	1:11.81	11	Did not advance
Kira Bulten	200m breaststroke	2:37.09	26	Did not advance
Ellen Elzerman	100m backstroke	1:03.96	17	Did not advance
Ellen Elzerman	200m backstroke	2:17.34	22	Did not advance
Martine Janssen	100m breaststroke	1:15.10	15	Did not advance
Martine Janssen	200m breaststroke	2:41.48	31	Did not advance
Marianne Muis	50m freestyle	26.43	11	Did not advance
Mildred Muis	100m freestyle	56.67	13	Did not advance
Mildred Muis	200m individual medley	2:19.10	19	Did not advance
Diana van der Plaats	200m freestyle	2:05.42	26	Did not advance
Diana van der Plaats Mildred Muis Marianne Muis Karin Brienesse Inge de Bruijn*	4x100m freestyle relay	3:44.00	2	3:43.74	5
Ellen Elzerman Kira Bulten Inge de Bruijn Marianne Muis	4x100m medley relay	4:11.25	3	4:10.87	8

Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented the Netherlands in 1992.

Women's solo

Women's duet

Tennis

Men's singles competition

Paul Haarhuis
1. First round — Defeated Luiz Mattar (Brazil) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
2. Second round — Lost to Goran Ivanišević (Croatia) 7-6, 2-6, 6-1, 3-6, 2-6
Mark Koevermans
1. First round — Defeated Sándor Noszály (Hungary) 6-2, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
2. Second round — Defeated Sergi Bruguera (Spain) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2
3. Third round — Lost to Jaime Oncins (Brazil) 6-7, 0-6, 6-7
Jan Siemerink
1. First round — Lost to Leonardo Lavalle (Mexico) 4-6, 4-6, 2-6

Men's doubles competition

Paul Haarhuis and Mark Koevermans
1. First round — Lost to Goran Ivanišević and Goran Prpić (Croatia) 6-2, 4-6, 2-6, 2-6

Women's singles competition

Nicole Muns-Jagerman
1. First round — Defeated Il-Soon Kim (South Korea) 6-4, 6-4
2. Second round — Defeated Julie Halard (France) 7-6, 7-6
3. Third round — Lost to Anke Huber (Germany) 5-7, 6-7

Volleyball

Men's team competition

Preliminary Round (Group B)

Lost to Cuba (1-3)
Defeated South Korea (3-0)
Lost to Brazil (0-3)
Defeated Algeria (3-0)
Lost to Unified Team (1-3)

Quarterfinals

Defeated Italy (3-2)

Semifinals

Defeated Cuba (3-0)

Final

Lost to Brazil (0-3) → Silver Medal

Team Roster

Head Coach: Arie Selinger

Women's team competition

Preliminary Round (Group B)

Lost to Brazil (1-3)
Defeated China (3-2)
Lost to Cuba (0-3)

Quarterfinals

Lost to United States (1-3)

Classification Match

5th/6th place: Lost to Japan (1-3) → Sixth place

Team Roster

Head Coach: Peter Murphy

Water polo

Men's team competition

Preliminary Round (Group B)

Lost to Spain (6-12)
Lost to Italy (4-6)
Drew with Greece (4-4)
Lost to Cuba (9-11)
Drew with Hungary (13-13)

Classification Round (Group E)

Defeated Czechoslovakia (9-8)
Defeated France (15-8) → 9th place

Team Roster

References

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