| Noc: | NED |
| Nocname: | Dutch Olympic Committee* Dutch Sports Federation |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1920 |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of the Netherlands |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Antwerp |
| Competitors: | 130 |
| Sports: | 15 |
| Rank: | 9 |
| Gold: | 4 |
| Silver: | 2 |
| Bronze: | 5 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1900 |
| See also: | 1906 Intercalated Games |
The Netherlands competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 130 competitors, 129 men and 1 woman, took part in 58 events in 15 sports.[1]
See main article: Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Four swimmers, including one woman, represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. None of the swimmers advanced to an event final.
Ranks given are within the heat.
| Swimmer | Event | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Ko Korsten | 100 m free | 1:05.6 | 2 Q | Unknown | 7 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance |
| Jean van Silfhout | 100 m free | 1:09.0 | 3 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | ||
| Cor Zegger | 1500 m free | 24:58.0 | 3 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | ||
See main article: Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
The Netherlands competed in the Olympic water polo tournament for the second time in 1920. A modified version of the Bergvall System was in use at the time. The Netherlands lost 2–1 to Belgium in the quarterfinals. Because Belgium eventually finished with the silver medal, the Dutch had a chance to play for the bronze. In the bronze medal quarterfinals, they defeated Czechoslovakia. They fell to Sweden in the bronze semifinals, however.
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See main article: Archery at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
The Netherlands sent eight archers in its second Olympic archery appearance. The Dutch archers competed in a single event, the team moving bird at 28 metres. Facing off against a Belgian team and a French team, the Netherlands squad took the gold medal.
See main article: Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
11 athletes represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in athletics. Paulen's seventh-place finish in the 800 metres was the country's best result in the sport to date.
Ranks given are within the heat.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Jan de Vries | 100 m | 4 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Cor Gubbels | 3 km walk | align=center colspan=4 | align=center colspan=2 | Disqualified | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance | |||
| Albert Heijnneman | 100 m | 11.0 | 3 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | ||||
| 200 m | 25.4 | 2 Q | Disqualified | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | ||||
| Christiaan Huijgens | Marathon | align=center colspan=6 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | |||||
| Adje Paulen | 800 m | align=center colspan=2 | 1:58.4 | 4 Q | 1:57.8 | 3 Q | 1:56.3 | 7 | |
| August Schotte | 3 km walk | align=center colspan=4 | 7 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance | ||||
| Gerardus van der Wel | 5000 m | align=center colspan=4 | 9 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance | ||||
| Harry van Rappard | 100 m | 4 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | |||||
| 200 m | 23.7 | 4 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Oscar van Rappard | 110 m hurdles | align=center colspan=2 | 3 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | ||||
| Hendricus Wessel | Marathon | align=center colspan=6 | 3:00:17.0 | 26 | |||||
| Cor Wezepoel | 100 m | 11.5 | 2 Q | 5 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m | 23.3 | 2 Q | 23.3 | 5 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | |||
| Jan de Vries Albert Heijnneman Harry van Rappard Cor Wezepoel | 4 × 100 m relay | align=center colspan=4 | 43.5 | 3 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance | |||
See main article: Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Eight boxers represented Netherlands at the 1920 Games. It was the nation's debut in boxing. None of the boxers made it past the quarterfinals.
| Boxer | Weight class | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / Bronze match | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
| Jan Hesterman | Middleweight | Bye | L | align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | 9 | ||
| Wim Hesterman | Featherweight | W | L | align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | 9 | ||
| Johannes Heuckelbach | Welterweight | L | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | 17 | |||
| Ko Janssens | Lightweight | N/A | L | align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | 9 | ||
| Paul Munting | Middleweight | Bye | L | align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | 9 | ||
| Herman Nak | Lightweight | N/A | L | align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | 9 | ||
| Nelis van Dijk | Flyweight | N/A | L | align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | 9 | ||
| Ted Zegwaard | Flyweight | N/A | W | L | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance | 5 | |
| Opponent nation | Wins | Losses | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | .000 | ||
| 1 | 1 | .500 | ||
| 0 | 2 | .000 | ||
| 1 | 2 | .333 | ||
| 0 | 1 | .000 | ||
| 0 | 1 | .000 | ||
| Total | 2 | 8 | .200 |
| Round | Wins | Losses | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round of 32 | 1 | 1 | .500 | |
| Round of 16 | 1 | 6 | .143 | |
| Quarterfinals | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
| Semifinals | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Final | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Bronze match | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Total | 2 | 8 | .200 |
See main article: Cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Ten cyclists represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. Peeters won the sprint event. Ikelaar took the bronze in the 50 kilometres, and added another bronze along with de Vreng in the tandem. The three medals were the first Olympic cycling medals for the Netherlands, and put the country in third place in the cycling leaderboard for the Games.
| Cyclist | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | |||
| Nicolaas de Jong | Time trial | 5:06:46.6 | 25 | |
| Petrus Ikelaar | Time trial | 4:46:54.0 | 8 | |
| Pieter Kloppenburg | Time trial | 5:22:16.0 | 33 | |
| Arie van der Stel | Time trial | 5:12:42.6 | 27 | |
| Nicolaas de Jong Petrus Ikelaar Pieter Kloppenburg Arie van der Stel | Team time trial | 20:28:39.2 | 6 | |
Ranks given are within the heat.
| Cyclist | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Repechage semis | Repechage final | Semifinals | Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Tjabel Boonstra | Sprint | Unknown | 3 | align=center colspan=10 | Did not advance | ||||||||
| Franciscus de Vreng | Sprint | Unknown | 3 | align=center colspan=10 | Did not advance | ||||||||
| Petrus Ikelaar | Sprint | Unknown | 2 Q | Unknown | 3 R | Unknown | 4 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | ||||
| 50 km | align=center colspan=10 | N/A | Unknown | ||||||||||
| Anton Krijgsman | 50 km | align=center colspan=10 | N/A | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | ||||||||
| Willem Ooms | 50 km | align=center colspan=10 | N/A | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | ||||||||
| Maurice Peeters | Sprint | Unknown | 2 Q | 13.2 | 1 Q | align=center colspan=4 | Advanced directly | 12.6 | 1 Q | 13.0 | |||
| Arie van der Stel | 50 km | align=center colspan=10 | N/A | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | ||||||||
| Pieter Beets Tjabel Boonstra | Tandem | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | Unknown | 3 | align=center colspan=4 | N/A | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | ||||
| Franciscus de Vreng Petrus Ikelaar | Tandem | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 12.6 | 1 Q | align=center colspan=4 | N/A | Unknown | 2 | Unknown | |||
| Pieter Beets Franciscus de Vreng Petrus Ikelaar Maurice Peeters | Team pursuit | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | Unknown | 2 | align=center colspan=4 | N/A | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | ||||
See main article: Equestrian at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
A single equestrian represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Sirtema competed in the individual eventing competition, finishing in 20th place.
See main article: Fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Ten fencers represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport. The country's best results were in the sabre competitions. De Jong won the bronze medal in the individual event and two others reached the final; it was the only individual event in which the team had any finalists. The sabre team also captured a bronze medal.
Ranks given are within the group.
| Fencer | Event | First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Wouter Brouwer | Épée | 3–3 | 5 Q | 3–7 | 8 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | ||
| Foil | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 2–4 | 4 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | |||
| Sabre | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 3–4 | 5 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | |||
| Adrianus de Jong | Épée | 6–2 | 2 Q | 6–4 | 4 Q | 4–7 | 8 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance |
| Foil | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 4–4 | 4 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | |||
| Sabre | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 5–2 | 3 Q | 5–1 | 2 Q | 6–5 | ||
| Louis Delaunoij | Épée | 3–6 | 7 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Willem Hubert | Épée | 3–6 | 7 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Jan van der Wiel | Épée | 5–2 | 1 Q | 1–10 | 12 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | ||
| Foil | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 1–6 | 7 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | |||
| Sabre | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 6–2 | 1 Q | 3–3 | 3 Q | 6–5 | 5 | |
| Félix Vigeveno | Épée | 2–6 | 8 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Foil | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 3–2 | 3 Q | 2–3 | 4 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance | |
| Sabre | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 2–5 | 7 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | |||
| Henri Wijnoldij-Daniëls | Épée | 4–3 | 3 Q | 4–6 | 7 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | ||
| Sabre | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 4–3 | 4 Q | 4–2 | 1 Q | 4–7 | 9 | |
| Salomon Zeldenrust | Épée | 3–5 | 7 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Foil | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 5–3 | 4 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | |||
| Wouter Brouwer Adrianus de Jong Jan van der Wiel Félix Vigeveno Salomon Zeldenrust | Team foil[2] | align=center colspan=4 | N/A | 0–2 | 3 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance | ||
| Adrianus de Jong Louis Delaunoy Jetze Doorman Willem Hubert Jan van der Wiel Salomon Zeldenrust | Team sabre | align=center colspan=6 | N/A | 5–2 | |||||
| Adrianus de Jong Jetze Doorman Willem Hubert George van Rossem Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls Salomon Zeldenrust | Team épée | align=center colspan=4 | N/A | 2–2 | 4 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance | ||
See main article: Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
The Netherlands competed in the Olympic football tournament for the third time, winning its third straight bronze medal. The team had a fairly easy win over Luxembourg in the first round before requiring extra time to defeat Sweden in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, the Netherlands lost to eventual gold-medalist Belgium. This relegated the Dutch team to the consolation tournament for silver; they received a bye into the consolation final when France turned out to have left the Olympics. In the match for silver and bronze, the Netherlands were defeated by Spain to finish in third place.
See main article: Rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Twelve rowers represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. None of the three Dutch boats advanced to the finals.
Ranks given are within the heat.
| Rower | Cox | Event | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Frits Eijken | N/A | Single sculls | 7:50.0 | 1 Q | 7:50.4 | 2 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance |
| Koos de Haas Bastiaan Veth | N/A | Double sculls | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 7:24.8 | 2 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance |
| Robbert Blaisse Huibert Boumeester Johannes Haasnoot Willem Hudig Philip Jongeneel Frederik Koopman Bernard te Hennepe Johannes van der Vegte | Liong Siang Sie | Eight | 6:38.2 | 2 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | ||
See main article: Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Eight sailors represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. The Dutch had their best possible result, with two gold medals and one silver. The two Dutch 12-footers were the only boats to contest that event, while the 6½ metre team defeated a French boat.
| Sailors | Class | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
| Petrus Beukers Arnoud van der Biesen | 12 foot | align=center colspan=7 | Unknown | ||||||
| Bernard Carp Johan Carp Petrus Wernink | 6½ metre (1919) | align=center colspan=7 | Unknown | ||||||
| Cornelis Hin Frans Hin Johan Hin | 12 foot | align=center colspan=7 | Unknown | ||||||
See main article: Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Fifteen shooters represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport. Klaas Jan Pen competed, but it is not known in which event.
See main article: Tug of war at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
The Netherlands competed in the Olympic tug of war tournament for the first time in 1920, the final appearance of the sport in the Olympics. The Bergvall System was used in 1920. The Dutch beat Italy in the semifinals to advance to the final against Great Britain. There they lost to the British, and had to continue in the silver medal rounds. The Netherlands received a bye into the silver medal finals, where they beat Belgium to take the silver.
All matches were best-of-three pulls.
See main article: Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Five weightlifters represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Ringelberg's fourth-place finish was the best of the year for the Dutch weightlifters.
| Weightlifter | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | |||
| Pieter Belmer | 75 kg | 165.0 | 8 | |
| Marinus Ringelberg | 75 kg | 225.0 | 4 | |
| Joop Tijman | 60 kg | 185.0 | 9 | |
| Wilhelmus van Nimwegen | 67.5 kg | 210.0 | 8 | |
| Jan Welter | 82.5 kg | 230.0 | 7 | |
See main article: Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Nine wrestlers, all in the Greco-Roman discipline, competed for the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. The Dutch wrestlers won no medals, but came close in a few instances. The format turned out to be particularly unfortunate for Jan Sint, who advanced to the final in the light heavyweight but finished without a medal after being defeated by Johansson in the final and losing again in the silver medal semifinal. Jaap Sjouwerman advanced to the heavyweight semifinals, but did not get a chance to compete for silver or bronze after his semifinal loss to an opponent who did not win gold or silver.
| Wrestler | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver quarters | Silver semis | Silver match | ||||||||
| Bronze quarters | Bronze semis | Bronze match | ||||||||
| Barend Bonneveld | Heavyweight | align=center rowspan=3 | Did not advance | align=center rowspan=3 | (L) | align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | align=center rowspan=3 | 12 | |
| align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | |||||||||
| align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | |||||||||
| Carl Coerse | Lightweight | align=center rowspan=3 | (W) | align=center rowspan=3 | (W) | (L) | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance | align=center rowspan=3 | 10 |
| align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | |||||||||
| align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | |||||||||
| Johannes Eillebrecht | Middleweight | align=center rowspan=3 | (L) | align=center rowspan=3 | Did not advance | align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | align=center rowspan=3 | 5 | |
| Bye | (L) | Did not advance | ||||||||
| (W) | (L) | Did not advance | ||||||||
| Willem Leloux | Middleweight | align=center rowspan=3 | (L) | align=center rowspan=3 | Did not advance | align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | align=center rowspan=3 | 19 | |
| align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | |||||||||
| align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | |||||||||
| Johannes Nolton | Lightweight | align=center rowspan=3 | (L) | align=center rowspan=3 | Did not advance | align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | align=center rowspan=3 | 18 | |
| align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | |||||||||
| align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | |||||||||
| Willem Roels | Featherweight | align=center rowspan=3 | (L) | align=center rowspan=3 | Did not advance | align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | align=center rowspan=3 | 17 | |
| N/A | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance | ||||||||
| align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | |||||||||
| Jan Sint | Light heavyweight | align=center rowspan=3 | Bye | align=center rowspan=3 | (W) | (W) | (W) | (L) | align=center rowspan=3 | 4 |
| N/A | (L) | Did not advance | ||||||||
| align=center colspan=3 | N/A | |||||||||
| Jaap Sjouwerman | Heavyweight | align=center rowspan=3 | Did not advance | align=center rowspan=3 | (W) | (W) | (L) | Did not advance | align=center rowspan=3 | 9 |
| align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | |||||||||
| align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | |||||||||
| Johannes van Maaren | Featherweight | align=center rowspan=3 | (L) | align=center rowspan=3 | Did not advance | align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | align=center rowspan=3 | 17 | |
| N/A | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance | ||||||||
| align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance |
| Opponent nation | Wins | Losses | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | .667 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| 0 | 2 | .000 | ||
| 0 | 2 | .000 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| 0 | 1 | .000 | ||
| 1 | 5 | .167 | ||
| 0 | 1 | .000 | ||
| Total | 8 | 12 | .400 |
| Round | Wins | Losses | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round of 32 | 1 | 5 | .167 | |
| Round of 16 | 3 | 1 | .750 | |
| Quarterfinals | 2 | 1 | .667 | |
| Semifinals | 1 | 1 | .500 | |
| Final | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
| Silver quarterfinals | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Silver semifinals | 0 | 2 | .000 | |
| Silver match | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Bronze quarterfinals | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| Bronze semifinals | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
| Bronze match | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Total | 8 | 12 | .400 |
See main article: Korfball at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Organized by the Dutch Korfball Association, two Dutch teams gave a korfball demonstration, with a match on 22 August in the Olympisch Stadion.