Netherlands at the 1968 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	NED
Nocname:	Dutch Olympic Committee* Dutch Sports Federation
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1968
Flagcaption:	Flag of the Netherlands
Oldcode:	HOL
Website:
Location:	Mexico City
Competitors:	107 (82 men, 25 women)
Sports:	11
Flagbearer:	Fred van Dorp
Rank:	17
Gold:	3
Silver:	3
Bronze:	1
Officials:	Chef d'mission: Ansco Dokkum
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

The Netherlands competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 107 competitors, 82 men and 25 women, took part in 52 events in 11 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Ada Kok - Swimming, Women's 200m Butterfly
• Jan Wienese - Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
• Joop Zoetemelk, Jan Krekels, Fedor den Hertog, and René Pijnen - Cycling, Men's Team 100k Time Trial

Silver

• Jan Jansen and Leijn Loevesijn - Cycling, Men's 2000m Tandem
• Harry Droog and Leendert van Dis - Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
• Roderick Rijnders, Herman Suselbeek, and Hadriaan van Nes - Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs

Bronze

• Maria Gommers - Athletics, Women's 800m

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Men's Middleweight ( - 75 kg)

• Jan van Ispelen
  1. First Round - Defeated Miguel Villugron (CHL), TKO-2
  2. Second Round - Lost to Mate Parlov (YUG), 1:4

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Ten cyclists represented the Netherlands in 1968.

Individual road race

• René Pijnen
• Jan Krekels
• Harrie Jansen
• Joop Zoetemelk

Team time trial

• Fedor den Hertog
• Jan Krekels
• René Pijnen
• Joop Zoetemelk

Sprint

• Jan Jansen
• Leijn Loevesijn

1000m time trial

• Leijn Loevesijn

Tandem

• Jan Jansen
• Leijn Loevesijn

Individual pursuit

• Fedor den Hertog

Team pursuit

• Piet Hoekstra
• Henk Nieuwkamp
• Klaas Balk
• Joop Zoetemelk

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Hockey

See main article: Hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Men

• Elt Drenth
• Dick Langerhorst
• Aad Oudt
• Johan Schans
• Bob Schoutsen

Women

• Toos Beumer
• Klenie Bimolt
• Nel Bos
• Cobie Buter
• Mirjam van Hemert
• Marjan Janus
• Ada Kok
• Hella Rentema
• Hennie Penterman
• Coby Sikkens
• Bep Weeteling

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Drew with Italy (3-3)

• Lost to Yugoslavia (4-7)

• Lost to DDR (3-8)

• Defeated United Arabic Republic (6-3)

• Defeated Greece (9-5)

• Defeated Mexico (8-1)

• Defeated Japan (9-1)
• Classification Matches

• 5th-8th place: Lost to United States (3-6)

• 7th-8th place: Defeated Cuba (8-5) → 7th place
• Team Roster

• Bart Bongers

• Fred van Dorp

• Loet Geutjes

• André Hermsen

• Hans Hoogveld

• Evert Kroon

• Ad Moolhuijzen

• Hans Parrel

• Nico van der Voet

• Feike de Vries

• Hans Wouda

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Dutch Olympic Committee

Notes and References

1. Web site: New Zealand at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045630/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/NZL/summer/1968/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 7 September 2014 . sports-reference.com.