Netherlands at the 2012 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	NED
Nocname:	Dutch Olympic Committee* Dutch Sports Federation
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2012
Flagcaption:	Flag of the Netherlands
Website:
Location:	London
Competitors:	175
Sports:	18
Flagbearer:	Dorian van Rijsselberghe^[1] (opening) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (closing)
Rank:	13
Gold:	6
Silver:	6
Bronze:	8
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

The Netherlands competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. Dutch athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the sparsely attended 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis and 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne (except the equestrian events in Stockholm), which the Netherlands boycotted because of the Soviet invasion of Hungary. The Netherlands National Olympic Committee (Dutch; Flemish: [[NOC*NSF|Nederlands Olympisch Comité * Nederlandse Sport Federatie]], NOC*NSF) sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since 1988. A total of 175 athletes, 95 men and 80 women, competed in 18 sports.

The Netherlands left London with a total of 20 Olympic medals (6 gold, 6 silver, and 8 bronze), finishing thirteenth in the overall medal standings. Four of these medals were awarded to the team in swimming and equestrian, and three each in cycling and sailing. Four Dutch athletes won more than a single Olympic medal in London. The Netherlands proved successful in team sports in London, as the women's and men's national field hockey teams won gold and silver medals, respectively. For the first time in its history, Netherlands won an Olympic medal in BMX cycling.

Among the nation's medalists were cyclist Marianne Vos, who took her second gold medal, this time in women's road race, windsurfer Dorian van Rijsselberghe, who became the second Dutch man to claim an Olympic title since 1984, and gymnast Epke Zonderland, who won the Netherlands' first ever gold medal in his sport after 84 years.^[2] Anky van Grunsven, who won bronze in London, emerged as the greatest equestrian rider in Olympic history, with a total of nine medals (three of them gold). Meanwhile, Ranomi Kromowidjojo became one of the most successful Dutch swimmers in history, with a total of four Olympic medals (including two golds in London), and three Olympic records.

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Netherlands women's national field hockey team
	Femke Heemskerk Ranomi Kromowidjojo Marleen Veldhuis Hinkelien Schreuder (heats only)
	Netherlands men's national field hockey team

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
Swimming	2	1	1	4
Sailing	1	1	1	3
Field hockey	1	1	0	2
Cycling	1	0	2	3
Gymnastics	1	0	0	1
Equestrian	0	3	1	4
Judo	0	0	2	2
Rowing	0	0	1	1
Total	6	6	8	20

Medals by date
Day	Date	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
Day 1	28 July	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	1	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	1
Day 2	29 July	bgcolor=F7F6A8	1	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	1
Day 3	30 July	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 4	31 July	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 5	1 August	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	1	1
Day 6	2 August	bgcolor=F7F6A8	1	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	2	3
Day 7	3 August	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 8	4 August	bgcolor=F7F6A8	1	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	1	2
Day 9	5 August	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 10	6 August	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	2	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	2
Day 11	7 August	bgcolor=F7F6A8	2	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	2	4
Day 12	8 August	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	1	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	1
Day 13	9 August	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	1	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	1
Day 14	10 August	bgcolor=F7F6A8	1	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	2	3
Day 15	11 August	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	1	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	1
Day 16	12 August	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Total		6	6	8	20

Competitors

NOC*NSF selected a team of 175 athletes (exclusive reserves), 95 men and 80 women, to compete in 18 sports; it was the nation's eighth-largest team sent to the Olympics, but the smallest since 1988. Field hockey was the only team-based sport in which the Netherlands had its representation in these Olympic games. There was only a single competitor in archery, badminton, fencing, shooting, and taekwondo.

The Dutch team featured three defending Olympic champions (dressage rider Anky van Grunsven, the women's freestyle swimming team, and the women's national field hockey team). Van Grunsven, eight-time medalist and the oldest member of the team, at age 44, became the first Dutch female athlete to compete in seven Olympic games. Beach volleyballer Richard Schuil was at his fifth appearance, having participated in the Olympics since the sport's introduction in 1996. Meanwhile, gymnast Céline van Gerner, at age 17, was the youngest athlete of the team. Windsurfer Dorian van Rijsselberghe, who claimed seven World cup titles and a single world championship title for his event, became the Netherlands' flag bearer at the opening ceremony.^[1]

Among the Dutch athletes in the team, several of them were born outside the Netherlands. Sprinter Churandy Martina played for two of his previous Olympics under the Netherlands Antilles, which was dissolved in 2010. Two other athletes competed for their respective nations before representing the Netherlands: table tennis player Elena Timina, who made her first two Olympic appearances under the Unified Team and Russia, and field hockey player Marilyn Agliotti, who played for the South African team in Sydney.

Other notable Dutch athletes featured gymnast Epke Zonderland, who called himself "The Flying Dutchman" for his astonishing display in the men's horizontal bar exercises, swimmer and world short course champion Ranomi Kromowidjojo, judokas Edith Bosch and Elisabeth Willeboordse, who both previously won the bronze medal in Beijing, and cyclist Marianne Vos, a former Olympic champion who later competed in the women's road race.

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	1	0	1
Athletics	10	8	18
Badminton	0	1	1
Cycling	15	10	25
Equestrian	8	3	11
Fencing	1	0	1
Field hockey	17	16	33
Gymnastics	1	2	3
Judo	5	4	9
Rowing	19	13	32
Sailing	5	6	11
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	7	8	15
Table tennis	0	3	3
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Tennis	2	0	2
Triathlon	0	2	2
Volleyball	2	4	6
Total	95	80	175

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Netherlands has qualified the following archers.

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Dutch athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[3]

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Robert Lathouwers	800 m	1:46.06	2 Q	1:45.85	5	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Churandy Martina	100 m	10.20	3 Q	9.91	2 Q	9.94	6
200 m	20.58	1 Q	20.17	1 Q	20.00	5
Gregory Sedoc	110 m hurdles	13.52	3 Q		Did not advance
Giovanni Codrington Brian Mariano Churandy Martina Patrick van Luijk	4 × 100 m relay	38.29	3 Q	38.39	6

* Wouter Brus and Jerrel Feller were reserves for the 4 × 100 m relay, but did not compete.

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Erik Cadée	Discus throw	63.55	12 q	62.78	10
align=left rowspan=2	Rutger Smith	Discus throw	63.09	16	Did not advance
Shot put	20.08	14	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
Eelco Sintnicolaas	Result	10.85	7.37	14.18	1.93	48.85	14.43	32.26	5.30	58.82	4:31.17	8034	11
Points	894	903	739	740	868	920	509	1004	720	737
Ingmar Vos	Result	10.98	7.27	13.77	1.96	49.62	14.61	42.26	4.50	61.60	4:50.01	7805	21
Points	865	878	714	767	832	897	711	760	762	619

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hilda Kibet	align=left rowspan=2	Marathon	2:28:52	24
Lornah Kiplagat
Dafne Schippers	200 m			Did not advance
Eva Lubbers Jamile Samuel Dafne Schippers Kadene Vassell	4 × 100 m relay	42.45	3 Q	42.70	6

* Esther Akihary and Marit Dopheide were reserves for the 4 × 100 m relay, but did not compete.

Field events

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Final	Rank
Nadine Broersen	Result	13.64	1.86	13.57	25.13	5.94	51.98	2:16.98	6319	12
Points	1030	1054	765	875	831	899	865
Dafne Schippers	Result	13.48	1.80	13.67	22.83	6.28	36.63	2:15.52	6324	11
Points	1053	978	772	1096	937	603	885

Badminton

See main article: article and Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Netherlands has so far qualified cyclists for the following events.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Lars Boom	Road race	5:46:05	11
Time trial	55:29	22
Robert Gesink	align=left rowspan=3	Road race	5:46:05	23
Sebastian Langeveld	5:46:37	74
Niki Terpstra	5:46:37	82
Lieuwe Westra	Road race	5:46:47	97
Time trial	54:19	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Loes Gunnewijk	Road race
Ellen van Dijk	Road race
Time trial	38:53	8
Annemiek van Vleuten	Road race	3:35:56	14
Marianne Vos	Road race	3:35:29
Time trial	40:40	16

Track

Sprint

Team sprint

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Levi Heimans Jenning Huizenga Wim Stroetinga Tim Veldt Michael Vingerling	Men's team pursuit	4:03.818 NR	8 Q	4:04.029	7	4:04.569	7
Vera Koedooder Amy Pieters Ellen van Dijk Kirsten Wild	Women's team pursuit	3:21.602 OR	6 Q	3:20.013 NR	6	3:23.256	6

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Teun Mulder	Men's keirin	2 Q		3 Q
Willy Kanis	Women's keirin	6 R	2 Q	4	12

Omnium

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Rudi van Houts	align=left rowspan=2	Men's cross-country	1:32:53	17
Michael Vingerling

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Raymon van der Biezen	align=left rowspan=3	Men's BMX	37.779	1	3	1 Q	8	2 Q	38.492	4
Twan van Gendt	38.339	3	7	1 Q	8	2 Q	44.744	5
Jelle van Gorkom	39.529	21	31	7	Did not advance
Laura Smulders	Women's BMX	39.420	6	11	3 Q	38.231

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Adelinde Cornelissen	Parzival	Individual	81.687	2 Q	81.968	2 Q	84.107	92.286	88.196
Edward Gal	Glock's Undercover	75.395	11 Q	75.556	10 Q	76.964	83.571	80.267	9
Patrick van der Meer	Uzzo	70.912	25 Q	67.444	32	Did not advance
Anky van Grunsven	Salinero	73.343	16 Q	74.794	12 Q	77.714	86.286	82.000	6
Adelinde Cornelissen Edward Gal Anky van Grunsven	See above	Team	76.809	3	77.439	3	77.124

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Andrew Heffernan	Millthyme Corolla	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	50.60	34	12.40	63.00	32	12.00	75.00	33	Did not advance			75.00	33
Tim Lips	Concrex Oncarlos	51.70	39	22.00	73.70	39	13.00	86.70	38	Did not advance			86.70	38
Elaine Pen	Vira	52.20	43	Eliminated			Did not advance
Andrew Heffernan Tim Lips Elaine Pen	See above	Team	154.50	12	982.20	1136.70	11	25.00	1161.70	11	1161.70	11

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Marc Houtzager	Sterrehof's Tamino	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	0	1 Q	0	0	1 Q	0	0	1 Q	4	11 Q	4	8	9	8	9
Gerco Schröder	London	0	1 Q	4	4	17 Q	4	8	11 Q	1	7 Q	0	1	2 JO	0
Maikel van der Vleuten	Verdi	0	1 Q	0	0	1 Q	0	0	1 Q	Retired		Did not advance
Jur Vrieling	Bubalu	0	1 Q	8	8	31 Q	8	16	33	Did not advance
Marc Houtzager Gerco Schröder Maikel van der Vleuten Jur Vrieling	See above	Team	4	2 Q	4	8	1 JO	4

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Netherlands has qualified 1 fencer.

Men

Field hockey

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Group play----------------

Semi-final

Final

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play----------------

Semi-final

Final

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Epke Zonderland	Parallel bars	15.133		15.133	18	Did not advance
Horizontal bar	15.966	15.966	1 Q	16.533	16.533

Women

Trampoline

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Netherlands has qualified 9 judokas

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jeroen Mooren	−60 kg		L 0001–0001	Did not advance
Dex Elmont	−73 kg		W 1110–0003	W 0011–0002	W 1000–0000	L 0000–0001		L 0002–0011	5
Guillaume Elmont	−81 kg		L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Henk Grol	−100 kg		W 1010–0000	W 0101–0003	L 0001–0100	Did not advance	W 1010–0000	W 0100–0000
Luuk Verbij	+100 kg		L 0002–0010	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Birgit Ente	−48 kg		L 0001–0000	Did not advance
Elisabeth Willeboordse	−63 kg	W 0110–0000	W 0100–0000	L 0000–0100	Did not advance	L 0000–0001	Did not advance	7
Edith Bosch	−70 kg		W 0010–0001	L 0000–0101	Did not advance	W 0011–0002	W 0011–0011
Marhinde Verkerk	−78 kg		W 0110–0020	L 0000–0100	Did not advance	W 0000–0000	L 0000–1000	5

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The following quota place has been qualified for the Netherlands rowing squad at the Games ^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Meindert Klem Nanne Sluis	Pair	6:25.90	3 SA/B	7:13.77	6 FB	7:05.12	11
Kaj Hendriks Ruben Knab Boaz Meylink Mechiel Versluis	Four	5:55.99	2 SA/B	6:03.71	5 FA	6:14.78	5
Tim Heijbrock Roeland Lievens Tycho Muda Vincent Muda	Lightweight four	5:52.47	2 SA/B	6:01.37	5 FA	6:11.39	6
Rogier Blink Roel Braas Sjoerd Hamburger Jozef Klaassen Olivier Siegelaar Diederik Simon Mitchel Steenman Matthijs Vellenga Peter Wiersum (cox)	Eight	5:28.99	3 R	5:27.98	3 FA	5:51.72	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ellen Hogerwerf Inge Janssen	Double sculls	7:00.10	4 R	7:19.80	5 FB	7:29.57	8
Maaike Head Rianne Sigmond	Lightweight double sculls	7:10.49	4 R	7:19.26	1 SA/B	7:19.31	5 FB	7:20.36	8
Chantal Achterberg Claudia Belderbos Carline Bouw Sytske de Groot Annemiek de Haan Nienke Kingma Anne Schellekens (cox) Roline Repelaer van Driel Jacobine Veenhoven	Eight	6:18.98	3 R	6:15.36	1 FA	6:13.12

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (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: article and Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Netherlands has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Dorian van Rijsselberghe	RS:X	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	2	1	39 DNF	1	15
Rutger van Schaardenburg	Laser	33	11	14	7	11	14	26	5	19	23	EL	130	14
Pieter-Jan Postma	Finn	5	10	3	4	20	13	2	2	1	2	10	52	4
Kalle Coster Sven Coster	470	8	5	19	7	21	24	9	22	6	8	EL	105	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Marit Bouwmeester	Laser Radial	6	3	4	5	6	1	4	3	6	1	4	37
Lobke Berkhout Lisa Westerhof	470	1	8	6	4	2	18	4	3	20	6	12	64

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Match racing

Athlete	Event	Round Robin											Rank	Knockouts			Rank
														valign=middle	Q-final	valign=middle		S-final	valign=middle	Final
Annemieke Bes Marcelien de Koning Renée Groeneveld	Elliott 6m	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	8 Q	valign=bottom	L (1–3)	Did not advance		8

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The following quota place has been qualified for the Netherlands shooting squad at the Games;^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Peter Hellenbrand	50 m rifle 3 positions	1160	28	Did not advance
50 m rifle prone	588	43	Did not advance
10 m air rifle	596	7 Q	699.8	5

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Dutch swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dion Dreesens	200 m freestyle	1:49.00	27	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Nick Driebergen	100 m backstroke	53.62	6 Q	53.81	10	Did not advance
200 m backstroke	1:57.29	7 Q	1:57.35	9	Did not advance
Job Kienhuis	1500 m freestyle	15:03.16	11	Did not advance
Bastiaan Lijesen	100 m backstroke	54.88	23	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Lennart Stekelenburg	100 m breaststroke	1:00.96	20	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:12.02	18	Did not advance
Joeri Verlinden	100 m butterfly	52.07	6 Q	51.75	5 Q	51.82	6
align=left rowspan=2	Sebastiaan Verschuren	100 m freestyle	48.37	3 Q	48.13	4 Q	47.88	5
200 m freestyle	1:47.31	11 Q	1:46.95	11	Did not advance
Dion Dreesens Nick Driebergen Bastiaan Lijesen Lennart Stekelenburg Joeri Verlinden Sebastiaan Verschuren	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:33.78	5 Q	3:33.46	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Inge Dekker	100 m butterfly	58.30	10 Q	Withdrew
align=left rowspan=2	Femke Heemskerk	100 m freestyle	54.43	15 Q	54.13	11	Did not advance
200 m freestyle			Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	50 m freestyle	24.51	1 Q	24.07	1 Q	24.05
100 m freestyle	53.66	5 Q	53.05	1 Q	53.00
Moniek Nijhuis	100 m breaststroke	1:08.31	20	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Sharon van Rouwendaal	100 m backstroke	1:00.61	20	Did not advance
200 m backstroke	2:10.60	16 Q	2:09.50	11	Did not advance
Marleen Veldhuis	50 m freestyle	24.57	2 Q	24.50	3 Q	24.39
Inge Dekker Femke Heemskerk Ranomi Kromowidjojo Hinkelien Schreuder Marleen Veldhuis	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:37.76	3 Q	3:33.79
Inge Dekker Femke Heemskerk Ranomi Kromowidjojo Moniek Nijhuis Sharon van Rouwendaal	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:59.19	5 Q	3:57.28	6

Table tennis

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Netherlands has qualified a women's team.

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	Rank
Li Jiao	align=left rowspan=2	Women's singles	W 4–0	W 4–2	L 0–4	Did not advance
Li Jie	W 4–2	L 4–3	Did not advance
Li Jiao Li Jie Elena Timina	Women's team	W 3–0	L 0–3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Netherlands has qualified 1 athlete.

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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	Rank
Robin Haase	Men's singles	L 3–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Robin Haase Jean-Julien Rojer	Men's doubles		L 6–7, 6–4, 2–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: article and Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Netherlands has qualified the following athletes.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Maaike Caelers	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	20:49	0:44	1:09:41	0:36	35:03	2:06:53	41
Rachel Klamer	19:27	0:44	1:07:14	0:35	36:59	2:04:59	36

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Beach

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Reinder Nummerdor Richard Schuil	Men's	Pool E W 2 – 1 (21–18, 17–21, 15–10) W 2 – 0 (21–9, 21–16) L 0 – 2 (14–21, 18–21)	2 Q	W 2 – 0 (22–20, 21–15)	W 2 – 0 (21–16, 21–18)	L 0 – 2 (14–21, 16–21)	L 1 – 2 (21–19, 19–21, 11–15)	4
Sanne Keizer Marleen van Iersel	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	Pool D L 1 – 2 (21–14, 16–21, 11–15) L 1 – 2 (15–21, 21–12, 8–15) W 2 – 0 (21–12, 21–16)	3 Q	L 0 – 2 (13–21, 12–21)	Did not advance			9
Madelein Meppelink Sophie van Gestel	Pool E L 0 – 2 (10–21, 19–21) W 2 – 0 (21–19, 21–15) L 0 – 2 (18–21, 14–21) Lucky Losers W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–17)	3 Q	L 0 – 2 (10–21, 17–21)	Did not advance			9

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National house

See main article: article and 2012 Holland Heineken House. The Holland Heineken House in Alexandra Palace was the Dutch meeting place for supporters, athletes and other followers during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The Holland Heineken House opened their doors at the day of the opening ceremony on 27 July 2012 and closed on the day of the closing ceremony, 12 August 2012. All Dutch medalists, including the women's road cycling squad (Ellen van Dijk, Loes Gunnewijk and Annemiek van Vleuten) and the belonging coaches, were honoured in Holland Heineken House. Due to the expected numbers of visitors, tickets had to be bought in advance.^[7] With about six thousand visitors per day, over one hundred thousand visitors visited the Dutch national home during the Games.^[8]

Clothes

Suitsupply was the official supplier of the 2012 Dutch Olympic team.^[9] and was awarded best Olympic outfit by multiple websites, among which was Yahoo Sports.^{[10] [11] [12]}

Notes and References

1. News: Staff . 12 July 2012 . Surfkampioen mag de Nederlandse vlag dragen . Surfing champion to carry the Dutch flag . nl . . 14 July 2012.
2. News: Olympics: Epke Zonderland claims high bar gold for Netherlands. BBC Sport. 7 August 2012. 9 September 2012.
3. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. 4 June 2011.
4. Web site: London 2012 Olympics qualifying: Rowing. BBC. 4 February 2011. September 30, 2011.
5. Web site: Quota places by Nation and Name . 8 March 2011 . ISSF . 27 May 2011 . 5 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140405211236/http://www.issf-sports.org/results/og_qualification/quota_places/quota_places_by_nation_and_name.ashx . dead .
6. Web site: Swimming World Rankings. FINA. 6 September 2011.
7. Web site: Holland Heineken House 2012. olympischespelenlonden.nl. 3 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120829175418/http://www.olympischespelenlonden.nl/naar-olympische-spelen-londen-2012-reizen/holland-heineken-house-2012/. 29 August 2012. dead.
8. News: Meer dan honderdduizend bezoekers Holland Heineken House . nusport.nl . 12 August 2012 . 3 May 2013.
9. News: Presnal. Katja. Olympic Fashion Games: The Opening Ceremony Clothes & The Winner. Skimbaco Lifestyle. 28 July 2012. 25 February 2014.
10. Web site: Best and worst dressed of the London Opening Ceremony.
11. Web site: Olympic Style Watch: SuitSupply's Dapper Dutchmen. 30 July 2012.
12. Web site: Opening Ceremony Uniforms at the London Olympics. The New York Times.