Netherlands at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Netherlands at the
1928 Summer Olympics
Netherlands at the; 1928 Summer Olympics
	Flag of the Netherlands
IOC code	NED
NOC	Dutch Olympic Committee*; Dutch Sports Federation
Website	www.nocnsf.nl (in Dutch)
in Amsterdam
Competitors	266 (222 men, 44 women) in 17 sports
Medals; Ranked 8th	Gold 6 Silver 9 Bronze 4 Total 19
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

The Netherlands was the host nation for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. 266 competitors, 222 men and 44 women, took part in 103 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Medalists[]

On 11 August, the Netherlands won 7 medals on a single day. This remained the country's record until it won 8 medals on 28 July 2021 during the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Bep van Klaveren	Boxing	Men's featherweight	11 August
Gold	Bernhard Leene, Daan van Dijk	Cycling	Men's tandem	6 August
Gold	Charles Pahud de Mortanges	Equestrian	Individual eventing	11 August
Gold	Gerard de Kruijff, Charles Pahud de Mortanges, Adolph van der Voort van Zijp	Equestrian	Team eventing	11 August
Gold	Estella Agsteribbe, Petronella Burgerhof, Elka de Levie, Helena Nordheim, Anna Polak, Jud Simons, Jacoba Stelma, Jacomina van den Berg, Alida van den Bos, Anna van der Vegt, Petronella van Randwijk, Hendrika van Rumt	Gymnastics	Women's team all-around	9 August
Gold	Marie Braun	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke	11 August
Silver	Lien Gisolf	Athletics	Women's high jump	5 August
Silver	Janus Braspennincx, Johannes Maas, Jan Pijnenburg, Piet van der Horst	Cycling	Men's team pursuit	6 August
Silver	Antoine Mazairac	Cycling	Men's sprint	6 August
Silver	Gerard Bosch van Drakestein	Cycling	Men's track time trial	5 August
Silver	Gerard de Kruijff	Equestrian	Individual eventing	11 August
Silver	Netherlands national field hockey team Jan Ankerman Jan Brand Rein de Waal Emile Duson Gerrit Jannink Adriaan Katte August Kop Otto Muller von Czernicki Ab Tresling Tonny van Lierop Paul van de Rovaart Robert van der Veen Haas Visser 't Hooft	Field hockey		26 May
Silver	Gerard de Vries Lentsch, Maarten de Wit, Lambertus Doedes, Hendrik Kersken, Johannes van Hoolwerff, Cornelis van Staveren	Sailing	8 m class	9 August
Silver	Marie Braun	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle	6 August
Silver	Mietje Baron	Swimming	Women's 200 m breaststroke	9 August
Bronze	Karel Miljon	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight	11 August
Bronze	Gerard le Heux, Jan van Reede, Pierre Versteegh	Equestrian	Team dressage	11 August
Bronze	Guus Scheffer	Weightlifting	Men's 75 kg	29 July
Bronze	Jan Verheijen	Weightlifting	Men's 82.5 kg	29 July

Athletics[]

Key

Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
NM = No mark

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dolf Benz	100 m	11.4	4	Did not advance
Rinus van den Berge		11.1	2 Q	unknown	4	Did not advance
Jaap Boot		unknown	3	Did not advance
Wilhelm Hennings		11.2	3	Did not advance
Rinus van den Berge	200 m	unknown	2 Q	unknown	4	Did not advance
Harry Broos	200 m	unknown	2 Q	unknown	5	Did not advance
Rinus van den Berge	400 m	unknown	4	Did not advance
Harry Broos		unknown	2 Q	unknown	2 Q	49.9	5	Did not advance
Andries Hoogerwerf		unknown	2 Q	unknown	4	Did not advance
Adje Paulen		unknown	2 Q	unknown	4	Did not advance
Andries Hoogerwerf	800 m	unknown	6	N/A		Did not advance
Adje Paulen		unknown	4			Did not advance
Guus Zeegers		unknown	4			Did not advance
Wilhelm Effern	1500 m	unknown	7	N/A				Did not advance
Frédéric du Hen		DNF						Did not advance
Guus Zeegers		unknown	5					Did not advance
Jan Zeegers		unknown	6					Did not advance
Pieter Gerbrands	5000 m	DNF		N/A				Did not advance
Arie Klaase		unknown	6					Did not advance
Nol Wolf		DNF						Did not advance
Bram Groeneweg	Marathon	N/A						DNF
Henri Landheer								2:51:59	30
Pleun van Leenen								3:14:37	56
Teun Sprong								DNF
Willem van der Steen								3:19:53	57
Joop Vermeulen								3:13:47	54
Jan Britstra	110m hurdles	unknown	4	N/A		Did not advance
Arie Kaan		unknown	4			Did not advance
Arie van Leeuwen		unknown	4			Did not advance
Lau Spel		unknown	3			Did not advance
Rinus van den Berge Harry Broos Andries Hoogerwerf Adje Paulen	4 x 400m relay	unknown	4	N/A				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Frits Bührman	High Jump	1.70	=28	Did not advance
Joop Kamstra		1.70	=28	Did not advance
Henri Thesingh		1.77	=19	Did not advance
Age van der Zee	Pole Vault	3.30	=14	Did not advance

Boxing[]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ben Bril	Flyweight	Bye	McDonagh (IRL) W	Lebanon (RSA) L	Did not advance
Bep van Klaveren	Featherweight	Bye	(ESP) W	Perry (GBR) W	(USA) W	Peralta (ARG) W
David Baan	Lightweight	Bye	Webster (GBR) W	(DEN) L	Did not advance
Cor Blommers	Welterweight	Bye	(BEL) W	Landini (ARG) L	Did not advance
Karel Miljon	Light Heavyweight	N/A	(SWE) W	Jackson (GBR) W	Pistulla (GER) L	McCorkindale (USA) W
Sam Olij	Heavyweight	N/A	Goyder (BEL) W	Rodríguez (ARG) L	Did not advance

Cycling[]

Eleven cyclists, all men, represented the Netherlands in 1928.

Individual road race

Leen Buis
Janus Braspennincx
Ben Duijker
Anton Kuys

Team road race

Leen Buis
Janus Braspennincx
Ben Duijker

Sprint

Antoine Mazairac

Time trial

Gerard Bosch van Drakestein

Tandem

Bernard Leene
Daan van Dijk

Team pursuit

Janus Braspennincx
Jan Maas
Jan Pijnenburg
Piet van der Horst
Gerard Bosch van Drakestein

Diving[]

Equestrian[]

Fencing[]

20 fencers, 17 men and 3 women, represented the Netherlands in 1928.

Men's foil

Men's team foil

Frans Mosman, Doris de Jong, Nicolaas Nederpeld, Paul Kunze, Wouter Brouwer, Otto Schiff

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Leonard Kuypers, Arie de Jong, Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls, Willem Driebergen, Alfred Labouchere, Karel John van den Brandeler

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Cornelis Ekkart, Hendrik Hagens, Maarten van Dulm, Jan van der Wiel, Arie de Jong, Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls

Women's foil

Football[]

Round of 16

30 May 1928

19:00

Netherlands	0–2	Uruguay
	Report	Scarone 20' Urdinarán 86'

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 27,730

Referee: John Langenus (Belgium)

Consolation tournament, First round

5 June 1928

14:00

Netherlands	3–1	Belgium
Ghering 4' Smeets 6' Tap 63'	Report	Braine 85'

Stadion Spangen, Rotterdam

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Achille Gama (Italy)

Consolation tournament, Final

8 June 1928

14:00

Netherlands	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Chile
Ghering 59' Smeets 66'	Report	Bravo 55' Alfaro 89'

Stadion Spangen, Rotterdam

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Guillermo Comorera (Spain)

After a coin toss the Netherlands were declared winners and were handed the trophy which had been on offer (by the NVB), but gave it to Chile to take home as a 'memento' of the Netherlands, the Olympic Games and their Dutch football friends.^[3]

Gymnastics[]

Hockey[]

Modern pentathlon[]

Three male pentathletes represented the Netherlands in 1928.

Athlete	Event	Shooting rank	Swimming rank	Fencing rank	Running rank	Equestrian rank	Total	Rank
Tjeerd Pasma	Men's	32	13	34	5	24	108	=24
Willem van Rhijn		11	10	5	17	28	71	9
Christiaan Tonnet		8	24	27	4	6	69	=7

Rowing[]

Sailing[]

Swimming[]

Water Polo[]

Weightlifting[]

Athlete	Event	Press	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Cornelis Compter	Men's -60 kg	75	70	92.5	237.5	19
Hendrik de Wolf	Men's -60 kg	72.5	75	100	247.5	=16
Gerrit Roos	Men's -67.5 kg	75	75	105	255	14
Cor Tabak	Men's -67.5 kg	77.5	82.5	115	270	10
Guus Scheffer	Men's -75 kg	97.5	105	125	327.5
Joop Zalm	Men's -75 kg	92.5	85	107.5	285	=9
Willem Tholen	Men's -82.5 kg	87.5	90	120	297.5	12
Jan Verheijen	Men's -82.5 kg	95	105	137.5	337.5
Henk Verheijen	Men's +82.5 kg	102.5	100	-	-	-
Minus Verheijen	Men's +82.5 kg	100	90	130	320	12

Wrestling[]

Art competitions[]

Demonstration sports[]

Korfball[]

Two Dutch teams gave a korfball demonstration, with a match on 6 August in the Olympisch Stadion.

References[]

^ "Netherlands at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
^ "Historische dag Nederland op Olympische Spelen: 8 medailles" (in Dutch). NOS. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
^ "IX. Olympiad Amsterdam 1928 Football Tournament". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.

External links[]

[sports-reference-1] "Netherlands at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

[2] "Historische dag Nederland op Olympische Spelen: 8 medailles" (in Dutch). NOS. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

[3] "IX. Olympiad Amsterdam 1928 Football Tournament". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.

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Netherlands at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Netherlands
IOC code	NED
NOC	Dutch Olympic Committee* Dutch Sports Federation
Website	www.nocnsf.nl (in Dutch)
in Amsterdam
Competitors	266 (222 men, 44 women) in 17 sports
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 6 Silver 9 Bronze 4 Total 19
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games