Netherlands at the 1992 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	NED
Nocname:	Dutch Olympic Committee* Dutch Sports Federation
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1992
Flagcaption:	Flag of the Netherlands
Website:
Location:	Barcelona
Competitors:	201 (117 men, 84 women)
Sports:	20
Flagbearer:	Carina Benninga (field hockey)
Rank:	20
Gold:	2
Silver:	6
Bronze:	7
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

The Netherlands competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 201 competitors, 117 men and 84 women, took part in 105 events in 20 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				3 August
				4 August
				31 July
				2 August
				2 August
				9 August
				9 August
	Netherlands men's national volleyball team			9 August
				26 July
				28 July
				28 July
				31 July
				1 August
				2 August
				8 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	3	3	6
Athletics	7	8	15
Badminton	0	3	3
Boxing	5	–	5
Canoeing	4	0	4
Cycling	13	4	17
Diving	1	1	2
Equestrian	6	6	12
Field hockey	16	16	32
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Judo	4	6	10
Rowing	13	7	20
Sailing	12	2	14
Shooting	3	1	4
Swimming	1	8	9
Synchronized swimming	–	3	3
Table tennis	1	2	3
Tennis	3	2	5
Volleyball	12	11	23
Water polo	13	–	13
Total	117	84	201

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Erwin Verstegen	align=left rowspan=3	Men's individual	1279	28 Q	W 107–98	L 104–106	Did not advance			9
Henk Vogels	1266	34	Did not advance					34
Berny Camps	1242	55	Did not advance					55
Erwin Verstegen Henk Vogels Berny Camps	Men's Team	3787	12 Q		L 236-237	Did not advance			9
Jacqueline van Rozendaal	align=left rowspan=3	Women's individual	1271	27 Q	L 102-108	Did not advance				20
Christel Verstegen	1275	25 Q	L 100-107	Did not advance				23
Adriana van Dyck	1154	59	Did not advance					5
Christel Verstegen Jacqueline van Rozendaal Adriana van Dyck	Women's Team	3700	14 Q		L 230-230	Did not advance			12

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

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

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					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
Points	841	818	819	803	850	863	836	849	749	672

Women

Track & road events

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

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
align=left	Miguel Dias	align=left	Bantamweight	L 17–1	did not advance
align=left	Orhan Delibaş	align=left	Light Middleweight	W 3–0	W RSC-2	W 16-12	W 8-3	L 1-6
align=left	Raymond Joval	align=left	Middleweight	W RSC-3	L 14-22	did not advance
align=left	Arnold Vanderlyde	align=left	Heavyweight	W 14-0	W 14-13	W RSC-1	L 3-23	Did not advance
align=left	Jerry Nijman	align=left	Super Heavyweight	W 9-5	L 5-22	did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Seventeen cyclists, thirteen men and four women, represented the Netherlands in 1992.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left	Rob Compas	align=left rowspan=3	Road race	4:36:33	72
align=left	Erik Dekker	4:35:22
align=left	Richard Groenendaal	4:35:56	17
align=left	John den Braber Pelle Kil Bart Voskamp Jaap ten Kortenaar	align=left	Team time trial	2:07:49	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left	Monique Knol	align=left rowspan=3	Road race	2:05:03
align=left	Leontien van Moorsel	2:05:03	23
align=left	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
		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
align=left	Dirk Jan van Hameren	align=left	Men's sprint	11.284 63.807	17	L	L	did not advance
align=left	Ingrid Haringa	align=left	Women's sprint	11.419 63.052	1	W12.179 63.497	W12.662,W 12.792	W12.263,L,L	W12.402,W12.400

Pursuit

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

Time trial

Points race

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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

Hockey

See main article: Hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

Head coach: Hans Jorritsma

• Frank Leistra (GK)
• Harrie Kwinten
• Cees Jan Diepeveen
• Pieter van Ede
• Bastiaan Poortenaar
• Wouter van Pelt
• Marc Delissen (C)
• Jacques Brinkman
• Gijs Weterings
• Stephan Veen
• Floris Jan Bovelander
• Hendrik Jan Kooijman
• Bart Looije (GK)
• Maarten van Grimbergen
• Leo Klein Gebbink
• Taco van den Honert

Group play

Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	5	5	0	0	20	6	+14	10
	5	4	0	1	20	10	+10	8
	5	3	0	2	15	11	+4	6
	5	1	0	4	7	12	–5	2
	5	1	0	4	12	20	–8	2
	5	1	0	4	9	24	–15	2

Semi finalBronze medal match

Women's tournament

Head Coach: Roelant Oltmans

• Jacqueline Toxopeus (GK)
• Carina Bleeker (GK)
• Caroline van Nieuwenhuyze
• Annemieke Fokke
• Cécile Vinke
• Jeannette Lewin
• Carina Benninga (C)
• Daniëlle Koenen
• Ingrid Wolff
• Mieketine Wouters
• Martine Ohr
• Florentine Steenberghe
• Noor Holsboer
• Helen van der Ben
• Wietske de Ruiter
• Carole Thate

Group play

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	4
	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	4
	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	4
	3	0	0	3	2	10	–8	0

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Fifth to eighth place classification

Fifth and sixth place

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Rowing events, finishes, and competitors:^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Frans Göbel	Single sculls	7:17.75	6 R	7:09.98	3 SC/D	7:09.72	2 FC	7:12.76	16
Henk-Jan Zwolle Nico Rienks	Men's double sculls	6:31.90	1 SA/B	6:19.15	2 FA	6:22.82
Sjors van Iwaarden Kai Compagner	Men's coxless pair	6:42.91	2 R	6:46.43	1 SA/B	6:39.85	5 FB	6:37.22	8
Hans Keldermann Ronald Florijn Koos Maasdijk Rutger Arisz	Men's quadruple sculls	5:49.39	2 SA/B	5:50.12	3 FA	5:48.92	5
Bart Peters Niels van der Zwan Jaap Krijtenburg Sven Schwarz	Men's coxless four	6:01.19	2 SA/B	6:00.55	3 FA	5:59.14	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Irene Eijs	Women's single sculls	7:52.13	3 SA/B	7:40.44	1 FB	8:09.62	8
Rita de Jong Marie-José de Groot	Women's double sculls	7:23.59	3 SA/B	7:14.90	5 FB	7:10.62	10
Laurien Vermulst Marjan Pentenga Anita Meiland Harriet van Ettekoven	Women's quadruple sculls	6:33.84	3 R	6:34.78	2 FA	6:32.40	4

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

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

Women

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

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

Women

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

Synchronized swimming

See main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Three synchronized swimmers represented the Netherlands in 1992.

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Technical figures		Free swim		Total		Free swim
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Marjolijn Both	Solo	85.834	6	93.08	10	178.914	8 Q	93.52	7	179.354	8
Marjolijn Both Tamara Zwart	Duet	85.425	6	92.56	10	177.985	7 Q	93.92	7	179.345	7

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Third round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Paul Haarhuis	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	W 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2	L 7-6, 2-6, 6-1, 3-6, 2-6	Did not advance
Mark Koevermans	W 6-2, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2	W 1-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2	L 6-7, 0-6, 6-7	Did not advance
Jan Siemerink	L 4-6, 4-6, 2-6	Did not advance
Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles		L 6-2, 4-6, 2-6, 2-6	Did not advance

Women

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Netherlands men	Men's tournament	L 1–3	W 3-0	L 0–3	W 3-0	Unified Team L 1–3	4	W 3-2	W 3–0	L 0–3
Netherlands women	Women's tournament	L 1–3	W 3–2	L 0–3	3	L 1–3	Did not advance	5th place match L 1–3	6

Men's team competition

• Team roster

• 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

• Ron Zwerver
• Head coach: Arie Selinger

Women's team competition

• Team roster

• Cintha Boersma

• Erna Brinkman

• Heleen Crielaard

• Kirsten Gleis

• Aafke Hament

• Marjolein de Jong

• Vera Koenen

• Irena Machovcak

• Linda Moons

• Henriëtte Weersing

• Sandra Wiegers
• Head coach: Peter Murphy

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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

• (1.) Arie van de Bunt

• (2.) Marc van Belkum

• (3.) Gijs van der Leden

• (4.) Harry van der Meer

• (5.) John Scherrenburg

• (6.) Hans Nieuwenburg

• (7.) Koos Issard

• (8.) Jalo de Vries

• (9.) John Jansen

• (10.) Robert Havekotte

• (11.) Jan Wagenaar

• (12.) Remco Pielstroom

• (13.) Bert Brinkman

Notes and References

1. Web site: Netherlands at the 1992 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043825/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/NED/summer/1992/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 21 July 2016 . Sports Reference.
2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/NED/editions/23 Netherlands at the 1992 Summer Olympics
3. Netherlands Rowing at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417163015/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/NED/summer/1992/ROW/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2015-06-12.