Netherlands at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Netherlands at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Netherlands
IOC code	NED
NOC	Dutch Olympic Committee* Dutch Sports Federation
Website	www.nocnsf.nl (in Dutch)
in Barcelona
Competitors	201 (117 men, 84 women) in 20 sports
Flag bearer	Carina Benninga (field hockey)
Medals Ranked 20th	Gold 2 Silver 6 Bronze 7 Total 15
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
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
Gold	Ellen van Langen	Athletics	Women's 800m
Gold	Jos Lansink Piet Raymakers Jan Tops	Equestrian	Team jumping
Silver	Orhan Delibaş	Boxing	Men's Light middleweight
Silver	Erik Dekker	Cycling	Men's Road Race
Silver	Léon van Bon	Cycling	Men's Points Race
Silver	Piet Raymakers	Equestrian	Individual jumping
Silver	Tineke Bartels Ellen Bontje Anky van Grunsven Annemarie Sanders	Equestrian	Team dressage
Silver	Netherlands men's national volleyball team 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	Volleyball	Men's tournament
Bronze	Arnold Vanderlyde	Boxing	Men's Heavyweight
Bronze	Monique Knol	Cycling	Women's Road Race
Bronze	Ingrid Haringa	Cycling	Women's Sprint
Bronze	Theo Meijer	Judo	Men's -95 kg
Bronze	Irene de Kok	Judo	Women's -72 kg
Bronze	Nico Rienks Henk-Jan Zwolle	Rowing	Men's Double Sculls
Bronze	Dorien de Vries	Sailing	Women's Windglider

Archery[]

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 / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Erwin Verstegen	Men's individual	1279	28 Q	Fairweather (AUS) W 107–98	Barrs (USA) 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	N/A	Finland (FIN) L 236-237	Did not advance			9
Jacqueline van Rozendaal	Women's individual	1271	27 Q	Kvrivichvili (EUN) L 102-108	Did not advance				20
Christel Verstegen		1275	25 Q	Williamson (GBR) 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	N/A	Finland (FIN) L 230-230	Did not advance			12

Athletics[]

Men

Track & road events

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

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	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
Nelli Cooman	100 m	11.47	3 Q	11.55	5	Did not advance
Ellen van Langen	800 m	1:59.86	2 Q	N/A		2:00.68	2 Q	1:55.54
Stella Jongmans		2:02.26	5	Did not advance
Christien Toonstra	10000 m	32:07.42	5 Q	N/A				31:47.38	11

Boxing[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Miguel Dias	Bantamweight	Klai (TUN) L 17–1	Did not advance
Orhan Delibaş	Light Middleweight	Choi (KOR) W 3–0	Boonsingkarn (THA) W RSC-2	Márquez (USA) W 16-12	Reid (GBR) W 8-3	Lemus (CUB) L 1-6	Silver
Raymond Joval	Middleweight	Aliu (SAM) W RSC-3	Dine (ALG) L 14-22	Did not advance
Arnold Vanderlyde	Heavyweight	Leti (SAM) W 14-0	Chae (KOR) W 14-13	Douglas (IRL) W RSC-1	Savón (CUB) L 3-23	Did not advance	Bronze
Jerry Nijman	Super Heavyweight	Rostami (IRI) W 9-5	Fischer (GER) L 5-22	Did not advance

Cycling[]

Seventeen cyclists, thirteen men and four women, represented the Netherlands in 1992.

Road[]

Men

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Monique Knol	Road race	2:05:03
Leontien van Moorsel		2:05:03	23
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
Dirk Jan van Hameren	Men's sprint	11.284 63.807	17	Neiwand (AUS)  González (COL) L	Andrews (NZL) L	Did not advance
Ingrid Haringa	Women's sprint	11.419 63.052	1	Wang (CHN)  Razmaitė (LTU) W12.179 63.497	N/A				Kuroki (JPN) W12.662,W 12.792	Neumann (GER) W12.263,L,L	Ballanger (GER) W12.402,W12.400

Pursuit

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

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Dirk Jan van Hameren	Men's track time trial	1:05.524	9

Points race

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Léon van Bon	Points race	43

Diving[]

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

Hockey[]

Men's tournament[]

Head coach: Hans Jorritsma

Group play

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

Semi final

5 August 1992 17:00 Australia  3 – 2  Netherlands Lewis  3' Bodimeade  25' Wark  37' Report Bovelander  19', 61' Umpires: Santiago Deo Valera (ESP) Patrick van Beneden (BEL)

Bronze medal match

8 August 1992 17:00 Netherlands  3 – 4  Pakistan Delissen  20' Veen  22' Weterings  69' Report Shahbaz  55' Bashir  63', 68' Ibrahim  67' Umpires: Patrick van Beneden (BEL) Graham Dennis Nash (GBR)

Women's tournament[]

Head Coach: Roelant Oltmans

Group play

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	4
Great Britain	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	4
Netherlands	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	4
New Zealand	3	0	0	3	2	10	–8	0

27 July 1992 20:00 Netherlands  2 – 1  Great Britain van der Ben  33' de Ruiter  56' Report Umpires: Peri Buckley (AUS) Virginia Laje Davilla (ESP)

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29 July 1992 20:00 Netherlands  2 – 0  New Zealand van der Ben  12', 28' Report Umpires: Margaret Louise Lanning (CAN) Renee Chatas (USA)

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2 August 1992 16:00 South Korea  2 – 0  Netherlands Lee Kyoung-Hei  8' Yang Hea-Sook  41' Report Umpires: Peri Buckley (AUS) Maria Salobrar Hernandez (ESP)

Fifth to eighth place classification

4 August 1992 17:30 Netherlands  2 – 0  Canada van der Ben  55' Steenberghe  61' Report Umpires: Virginia Laje Davilla (ESP) Gill Clarke (GBR)

Fifth and sixth place

6 August 1992 17:30 Australia  2 – 0  Netherlands Powell  49' Annan  50' Report Umpires: Jane Robertson (GBR) Margaret Louise Lanning (CAN)

Rowing[]

Rowing events, finishes, and competitors:^[2]

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	Bye		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 Kelderman Ronald Florijn Koos Maasdijk Rutger Arisz	Men's quadruple sculls	5:49.39	2 SA/B	Bye		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	Bye		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	Bye		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	Bye		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	N/A		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[]

Men

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Race										Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Dorien de Vries	Women's Lechner A-390	10	3	8	8	13	10	8	5.7	3	31	68.7	Bronze

Swimming[]

Men

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

Women

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

Synchronized swimming[]

Three synchronized swimmers represented the Netherlands in 1992.

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Technical figures		Free swim		Total		Free swim		Total
		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[]

Men's singles competition

• Paul Haarhuis
  1. First round — Defeated Luiz Mattar (Brazil) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
  2. Second round — Lost to Goran Ivanišević (Croatia) 7-6, 2-6, 6-1, 3-6, 2-6
• Mark Koevermans
  1. First round — Defeated Sándor Noszály (Hungary) 6-2, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
  2. Second round — Defeated Sergi Bruguera (Spain) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2
  3. Third round — Lost to Jaime Oncins (Brazil) 6-7, 0-6, 6-7
• Jan Siemerink
  1. First round — Lost to Leonardo Lavalle (Mexico) 4-6, 4-6, 2-6

Men's doubles competition

• Paul Haarhuis and Mark Koevermans
  1. First round — Lost to Goran Ivanišević and Goran Prpić (Croatia) 6-2, 4-6, 2-6, 2-6

Women's singles competition

• Nicole Muns-Jagerman
  1. First round — Defeated Il-Soon Kim (South Korea) 6-4, 6-4
  2. Second round — Defeated Julie Halard (France) 7-6, 7-6
  3. Third round — Lost to Anke Huber (Germany) 5-7, 6-7

Volleyball[]

Men's team competition[]

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Lost to  Cuba (1-3)
• Defeated  South Korea (3-0)
• Lost to  Brazil (0-3)
• Defeated  Algeria (3-0)
• Lost to Unified Team (1-3)

• Quarterfinals

• Defeated  Italy (3-2)

• Semifinals

• Defeated  Cuba (3-0)

• Final

• Lost to  Brazil (0-3) → Silver Medal

• 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[]

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Lost to  Brazil (1-3)
• Defeated  China (3-2)
• Lost to  Cuba (0-3)

• Quarterfinals

• Lost to  United States (1-3)

• Classification Match

• 5th/6th place: Lost to  Japan (1-3) → Sixth place

• 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:

Water polo[]

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

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