Netherlands at the 2018 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:NED
Year:2018
Games:Winter Olympics
Games Link:2018 Winter Olympics
Flagcaption:Flag of the Netherlands
Alt:Refer to caption
Nocname:Dutch Olympic Committee*
Dutch Sports Federation
Location:Pyeongchang, South Korea
Date:9–25 February 2018
Competitors:33
Competitors Men:16
Competitors Women:17
Sports:4
Flagbearer Open:Jan Smeekens (speed skating)[1]
Flagbearer Close:Ireen Wüst (speed skating)
Rank:5
Gold:8
Silver:6
Bronze:6
Appearances:auto

The Netherlands competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, between 9 and 25 February 2018. Speed skater Jan Smeekens was appointed as flag bearer for the opening ceremony,[2] which was attended by King Willem Alexander, Queen Máxima and Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who also observed the sporting events that featured Dutch competitors.[3]

The goal for the Dutch team was to win fifteen medals, as declared by Chef de mission Jeroen Bijl;[4] they exceeded this goal by five medals, with a total of twenty, which placed the Netherlands fifth in the medal table. Most notably, the Dutch team dominated the individual speed skating events, winning seven of the ten gold medals awarded; they also won four medals in short track speed skating including their first ever gold medal in this discipline, won by Suzanne Schulting.

Highlights

Day 1

Netherlands made a podium sweep in the women's 3000 metres speed skating event – Carlijn Achtereekte won gold, Ireen Wüst won silver and Antoinette de Jong won bronze. Then a few minutes after the podium sweep, Sjinkie Knegt won the silver medal in the men's 1500 metres short track speed skating event.

Day 2

Sven Kramer won the gold medal in the men's 5000 metres speed skating event. Kramer became the first man ever to win a gold medal in the same speed skating event at three consecutive Winter Olympics.

Day 3

Netherlands took three of the top four places in the women's 1500 metres speed skating event; Ireen Wüst won the gold medal and Marrit Leenstra took bronze, only 0.01 seconds ahead of Lotte van Beek. On winning the gold medal, Wüst had succeeded in achieving gold medal wins at four consecutive Winter Olympics, exactly twelve years after winning her first gold medal in the 3000 metres in 2006.[5] With a total of ten medals, including five golds, Wüst became the best ever Olympic speed skater (male or female) and the seventh-best Winter Olympic athlete overall.[6]

Day 4

Olympic debutant Kjeld Nuis won the gold medal in the men's 1500 metres speed skating event. Patrick Roest, also an Olympic debutant, won the silver medal. Koen Verweij, one of the favorites for the win, disappointed with an eleventh place.[7] In short track speed skating, Yara van Kerkhof unexpectedly won the silver medal in the women's 500 metres event, benefiting from the disqualification of the Korean Choi Min-jeong after initially finishing in third.[8]

Medalists

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Medals by sport
Sportbgcolor=#f7f6a8 bgcolor=#dce5e5 bgcolor=#ffdab9 Total
Speed skating74516
Short track speed skating1214
Total86620
Medals by date
DayDatebgcolor=#f7f6a8 bgcolor=#dce5e5 bgcolor=#ffdab9 Total
Day 110 Februarybgcolor=F7F6A8 1bgcolor=DCE5E5 2bgcolor=FFDAB9 14
Day 211 Februarybgcolor=F7F6A8 1bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 01
Day 312 Februarybgcolor=F7F6A8 1bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 12
Day 413 Februarybgcolor=F7F6A8 1bgcolor=DCE5E5 2bgcolor=FFDAB9 03
Day 514 Februarybgcolor=F7F6A8 1bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 01
Day 615 Februarybgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 1bgcolor=FFDAB9 01
Day 716 Februarybgcolor=F7F6A8 1bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 01
Day 817 Februarybgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 00
Day 918 Februarybgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 00
Day 1019 Februarybgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 00
Day 1120 Februarybgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 11
Day 1221 Februarybgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 1bgcolor=FFDAB9 12
Day 1322 Februarybgcolor=F7F6A8 1bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 01
Day 1423 Februarybgcolor=F7F6A8 1bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 01
Day 1524 Februarybgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 22
Day 1625 Februarybgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 00
Total86620

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Short track speed skating5 5 10
Skeleton0 1 1
Snowboarding1 2 3
Speed skating10 10 20
Total 16 17 33
Niek van der Velden was the only male snowboarder on the team, but did not compete due to a broken shoulder.
Jorien ter Mors competed in both short track and long track speed skating (hence the totals appear to be one short).

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. According to the ISU Special Olympic Qualification Rankings, the Netherlands have qualified a full squad of five men and five women each.[9] [10]

AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
align=left rowspan=2Daan Breeuwsma500 m40.8062 40.677 2 Q40.7754 40.835 7
1000 m1:24.4294Did not advance
Dylan Hoogerwerf500 m40.6572 Q41.007 3Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3Sjinkie Knegt500 mDid not advance
1000 m1:23.8231 QDid not advance
1500 m2:15.9493 Q2:11.9001 2:10.555
align=left rowspan=2Itzhak de Laat1000 m1:24.6391 Q1:24.4233Did not advance
1500 m2:15.6912 Q2:11.7813 2:12.3626
5000 m relayDid not advance
Dylan Hoogerwerf was also part of the relay team, but did not compete.
Women
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
align=left rowspan=2Yara van Kerkhof500 m43.4302 43.197 2 Q43.1921 43.256
1000 m1:43.3642 Q1:29.670 4Did not advance
Jorien ter Mors1500 m2:28.5872 Q2:34.3851 FA2:25.9555
align=left rowspan=2Lara van Ruijven500 m43.7713Did not advance
1000 m1:30.8961 Q1:31.754 4Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3Suzanne Schulting500 mDid not advance
1000 m1:29.5191 Q1:29.377 2 Q1:30.949 1 FA1:29.778
1500 m2:27.7301 Q2:34.6324 2:37.16310
Yara van Kerkhof
Jorien ter Mors
Lara van Ruijven
Suzanne Schulting 		3000 m relay4:05.9773 FB4:03.471 WR
Rianne de Vries was also part of the relay team, but did not compete.

Key: AA = Advanced to medal round due to being impeded by another skater; DNF = Did not finish; FA = Qualified to medal round; FB = Qualified to consolation round; PEN = Penalty; Q = Qualified to next round; WR = World record

Skeleton

See main article: article, Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Based on the world rankings, the Netherlands qualified two sleds.[11] However, they elected to nominate only one athlete,[10] Kimberley Bos, who was the first Dutch skeleton athlete ever to qualify for the Olympics. Although Bos met the international qualification criteria by virtue of her performance during the World Cup skeleton 2017–18, in which she finished in 13th place overall, she was not initially selected because she did not meet the NOC*NSF's own requirement (a top-12 place). However, NOC*NSF argued that Russian athlete Jelena Nikitina should be eliminated from the World Cup classification, as she had been excluded by the IOC from participating in the Olympics. When this was agreed, Bos rose to 12th place on the clean list for the World Cup classification, thereby fulfilling the NOC*NSF requirement, and her nomination was secured.

Snowboarding

See main article: article, Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Niek van der Velden was unable to compete because of a broken shoulder caused by a crash in the final training for the slopestyle.[12] [13]

Cheryl Maas fell in both runs of the women's slopestyle, so she did not play an important role in the final. Strong winds during the final caused many of the athletes to fall; Maas called the conditions "irresponsible".[14] [15]

Freestyle
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
Run 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2Run 3BestRank
align=left rowspan=2Niek van der Veldenalign=left Men's slopestyleWithdrew due to injury
align=left Men's big airWithdrew due to injury
align=left rowspan=2 Cheryl MaasWomen's slopestyle[16] 31.7135.3035.3023
Women's big air65.0044.7565.0020did not advance
Parallel

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. The Dutch Olympic Committee selected the maximum allowed delegation of ten men and ten women, largely based on the results of the Olympic qualification tournament, held in December 2017. Kai Verbij was added for the 1000 metre event, because he was injured during the qualification race.

Men
AthleteEventRace
TimeRank
Jorrit Bergsma10000 m12:41.98
Jan Blokhuijsen5000 m6:14.757
align=left rowspan=2Sven Kramer5000 m6:09.76
10000 m13:01.026
Ronald Mulder500 m34.839 7
align=left rowspan=2Kjeld Nuis1000 m1:07.95
1500 m1:44.01
Patrick Roest1500 m1:44.86
Jan Smeekens500 m34.93010
align=left rowspan=2Kai Verbij500 m34.90 9
1000 m1:08.616
align=left rowspan=2Koen Verweij1000 m1:09.149
1500 m1:46.2611
Bob de Vries5000 m6:22.2615
Women
AthleteEventRace
TimeRank
Carlijn Achtereekte3000 m3:59.21
align=left rowspan=2Lotte van Beek1500 m1:55.274
500 m39.1823
Anice Das500 m38.7519
Antoinette de Jong3000 m4:00.02
align=left rowspan=2Marrit Leenstra1000 m1:14.856
1500 m1:55.26
align=left rowspan=2Jorien ter Mors500 m37.5396
1000 m1:13.56
Esmee Visser5000 m6:50.23
Annouk van der Weijden5000 m6:54.174
align=left rowspan=3Ireen Wüst1000 m1:15.329
1500 m1:54.35
3000 m3:59.29
Mass start
AthleteEventSemifinalFinal
PointsTimeRankPointsTimeRank
Sven Krameralign=left rowspan=2Men's mass start68:24.514 08:13.9516
Koen Verweij58:44.905 Q207:44.24
Irene Schoutenalign=left rowspan=2Women's mass start58:54.944 Q208:33.02
Annouk van der Weijden408:32.312 Q08:42.1914
Team pursuit
AthleteEventQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
Opposition
Time		RankOpposition
Time		RankOpposition
Time		Rank
Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij
Patrick Roest		Men's team pursuit
3:40.03 		2
3:38.46		2
W 3:38.40
Antoinette de Jong
Marrit Leenstra
Ireen Wüst
Lotte van Beek		Women's team pursuit
W 2:55.61 		1 Q
W 3:00.41		1
L 2:55.48
Key: FA = Qualified to gold medal round; FB = Qualified to bronze medal round; L = Lost; OR = Olympic record; Q = Qualified to next round; W = Won

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018. 9 February 2018. olympic.org. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 10 February 2018.
  2. Web site: Smeekens wears flag at opening ceremony of winter games. www.nu.nl. 2 February 2018. 2 February 2018.
  3. Web site: Royal couple and Prime Minister Rutte at opening ceremony Pyeongchang. NOS. 5 February 2018. 5 February 2018.
  4. Web site: Chef de mission Bijl establishes the Team NL target of fifteen medals. www.nu.nl. 8 February 2018. 8 February 2018.
  5. Web site: Masterful Wüst grabs gold at 1,500 meters. NOS. 12 February 2018. 12 February 2018.
  6. Web site: Wüst in top ten best winter Olympians of all time. NOS. 12 February 2018. 12 February 2018.
  7. Web site: Olympic title for Nuis in 1,500 meters, silver for Roest. NOS. 13 February 2018. 13 February 2018.
  8. Web site: Van Kerkhof takes unexpected silver in 500 meters. NOS. 13 February 2018. 13 February 2018.
  9. Web site: XXI II Olympic Winter Games 2018 PyeongChang: Qualified quota places Short Track Speed Skating. International Skating Union (ISU). 23 November 2017. 24 November 2017.
  10. Web site: Over PyeongChang 2018. TeamNL.org. 8 January 2018. 8 January 2018.
  11. Web site: Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - Women's Skeleton - IBSF 14 January 2018. 15 January 2018. www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. 16 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180116124919/http://www.ibsf.org/images/documents/downloads/Quotas/2017_18/Quota_allocation_IBSF_RANKING_Women_Skeleton_14_01_2018.pdf. dead.
  12. Web site: Bad start in the Netherlands: snowboarder Van der Velden falls out. NOS. 10 February 2018. 10 February 2018.
  13. Web site: End Play for snowboarder Van der Velden by break after fall. www.nu.nl. 10 February 2018. 10 February 2018.
  14. Web site: Maas: final slopestyle ruined by strong winds. NOS. 12 February 2018. 12 February 2018.
  15. Web site: Snowboardster Maas plays a role in slopestyle finals due to falls. www.nu.nl. 12 February 2018. 12 February 2018.
  16. Web site: Women's slopestyle qualification canceled. Reuters. 11 February 2018. 11 February 2018.

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