Netherlands at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics explained

Iaaf:	NED
Year:	2015
Games:	World Championships in Athletics
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	21
Gold:	1
Silver:	1
Bronze:	1
Rank:	12
Previous:	2013
Next:	2017

Netherlands competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, from 22–30 August 2015.

At the third day Dafne Schippers won in a new Dutch national record her semi final heat of the 100 metres in a time of 10.83. With this achievement she became the first Dutch finalist in the women's 100 metres at a World Championships.In the final, later that day,she broke her national record again with a time of 10.81 and won the silver medal.^[1] Later, she won the gold medal in the 200 metres in a time of 21.63, a new European record.

Medalists

Medal	Athlete	Event	Date
			28 August
			24 August
			25 August

Results

(q – qualified, NM – no mark, SB – season best)

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
style=text-align:left rowspan=2	Churandy Martina	style=text-align:left	100 metres	10.06 SB	15 Q	10.09	16	colspan=2
style=text-align:left	200 metres	20.22 SB	8 Q	20.20 SB	10	colspan=2
style=text-align:left	Liemarvin Bonevacia	style=text-align:left	400 metres	44.72 NR	16 q	45.65	24	colspan=2
style=text-align:left	Thijmen Kupers	style=text-align:left	800 metres	1:46.70	13 q	1:47.74	15	colspan=2
style=text-align:left	Dennis Licht	style=text-align:left	5000 metres	13:57.61	28	colspan=2
style=text-align:left	Solomon Bockarie Patrick van Luijk Liemarvin Bonevacia Hensley Paulina	style=text-align:left	4 × 100 metres relay	38.41 SB	8

Field events

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event											Final	Rank
Pieter Braun	Result	11.11	7.29	13.90	2.04 SB	48.24	14.37	42.09	4.90 PB	56.95	4:32.46	8114	12
Points	836	883	722	840	898	927	707	880	692	729
Eelco Sintnicolaas	Result	10.62 PB	7.50	14.65	1.92	47.93 SB	DNS	–	–	–	–	DNF	–
Points	947	935	768	731	913	–	–	–	–	–

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
style=text-align:left	Jamile Samuel	style=text-align:left	100 metres	DQ		colspan=4
style=text-align:left	Naomi Sedney	style=text-align:left	100 metres	11.41	30	colspan=4
style=text-align:left rowspan=2	Dafne Schippers	style=text-align:left	100 metres	11.01	5 Q	10.83 NR	2 Q	10.81 NR
style=text-align:left	200 metres	22.58	5 Q	22.36	6 Q	21.63 CR, ER, WL
style=text-align:left rowspan=2	Sifan Hassan	style=text-align:left	800 metres	1:59.94	7 Q	1:58.50 PB	5	colspan=2
style=text-align:left	1500 metres	4:09.52	22 Q	4:15.38	12 Q	4:09.34
style=text-align:left rowspan=2	Maureen Koster	style=text-align:left	1500 metres	4:05.55	6 Q	4:10.95	9	colspan=2
style=text-align:left	5000 metres	DNF		colspan=2
style=text-align:left rowspan=2	Susan Kuijken	style=text-align:left	5000 metres	15:25.67	8 Q	15:08.00	8
style=text-align:left	10,000 metres	31:54.32	10
style=text-align:left	Jip Vastenburg	style=text-align:left	10,000 metres	32:03.03	11
style=text-align:left	Jamile Samuel Dafne Schippers Nadine Visser Naomi Sedney	style=text-align:left	4 × 100 metres relay	42.32 NR	4 Q	DQ

Field events

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event								Final	Rank
Nadine Broersen	Result	13.55	1.86 SB	14.59	25.41	6.20	53.52	2:16.58	6491	4
Points	1043	1054	833	850	912	928	871
Anouk Vetter	Result	13.61	1.77 SB	14.24	24.53	6.11	51.78	2:23.71	6267	12
Points	1034	941	810	930	883	895	774
Nadine Visser	Result	12.81 PB	1.80 PB	13.16	23.78	6.14	40.07	2:13.72 PB	6344	8
Points	1153	978	738	1002	893	669	911

Notes and References

1. News: Schippers sprint naar zilver op 100 meter bij WK atletiek . nl. 24 August 2015.