Netherlands at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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Netherlands at the
1998 Winter Olympics
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
IOC codeNED
NOCDutch Olympic Committee*
Dutch Sports Federation
Websitewww.nocnsf.nl (in Dutch)
in Nagano
Competitors22 (10 men, 12 women) in 3 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Carla Zijlstra (Speed skating)
Flag bearer (closing)Gianni Romme (Speed skating)
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
5
Silver
4
Bronze
2
Total
11
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Medalists[]

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Ids Postma Speed skating Men's 1000 metres
 Gold Gianni Romme Speed skating Men's 5000 metres
 Gold Gianni Romme Speed skating Men's 10000 metres
 Gold Marianne Timmer Speed skating Women's 1000 metres
 Gold Marianne Timmer Speed skating Women's 1500 metres
 Silver Jan Bos Speed skating Men's 1000 metres
 Silver Ids Postma Speed skating Men's 1500 metres
 Silver Rintje Ritsma Speed skating Men's 5000 metres
 Silver Bob de Jong Speed skating Men's 10000 metres
 Bronze Rintje Ritsma Speed skating Men's 1500 metres
 Bronze Rintje Ritsma Speed skating Men's 10000 metres

Short track speed skating[]

Men
Event Athlete Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Position Time Position Time Position Time Position
500 m Dave Versteeg 44.358 1 Q 43.377 1 Q 43.850 3 QB 42.933 6
1000 m Dave Versteeg 1:32.748 3 Did not advance
Women
Event Athlete Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Position Time Position Time Position Time Position
500 m Anke Jannie Landman 47.090 4 Did not advance
Melanie de Lange 48.598 3 Did not advance
Ellen Wiegers 56.250 3 Did not advance
1000 m Anke Jannie Landman 2:08.819 3 ADV 1:32.939 3 Did not advance
Ellen Wiegers 1:37.775 2 Q 1:36.343 3 Did not advance
3000 m relay Anke Jannie Landman
Melanie de Lange
Ellen Wiegers
Maureen de Lange
4:28.018 3 QB 4:26.592 6

Snowboarding[]

Men

Event Athlete Round 1 Round 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Giant slalom Thedo Remmelink 1:02.01 15 1:05.24 8 2:07.25 10

Speed skating[]

Men
Event Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
500 m Jan Bos 36.66 20 36.11 6 1:12.77 12
Jakko Jan Leeuwangh 36.69 23 36.54 21 1:13.23 21
Ids Postma 1:18.68 41 37.81 37 1:56.49 38
Erben Wennemars 35.96 5 DNF DNF
1000 m Jan Bos 1:10.71 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Martin Hersman 1:12.00 12
Jakko Jan Leeuwangh 1:11.26 4
Ids Postma 1:10.64 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1500 m Jan Bos 1:49.75 4
Martin Hersman 1:50.31 6
Ids Postma 1:48.13 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Rintje Ritsma 1:48.52 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
5000 m Bob de Jong 6:31.37 4
Rintje Ritsma 6:28.24 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Gianni Romme 6:22.20 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
10,000 m Bob de Jong 13:25.76 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Rintje Ritsma 13:28.19 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Gianni Romme 13:15.33 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Event Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
500 m Andrea Nuyt 39.62 15 1:18.32 37 1:57.94 37
Marianne Timmer 39.12 9 39.03 7 1:18.15 6
Marieke Wijsman 40.22 26 40.57 28 1:20.79 24
Sandra Zwolle 39.98 20 39.88 19 1:19.86 17
1000 m Annamarie Thomas 1:17.95 5
Marianne Timmer 1:16.51 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Marieke Wijsman 1:20.02 20
Sandra Zwolle 1:19.25 15
1500 m Tonny de Jong 2:03.19 18
Barbara de Loor 2:04.05 22
Annamarie Thomas 1:59.29 6
Marianne Timmer 1:57.58 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
3000 m Tonny de Jong 4:19.54 16
Annamarie Thomas 4:14.38 8
Carla Zijlstra 4:16.43 9
5000 m Tonny de Jong 7:12.77 5
Barbara de Loor 7:11.81 4
Carla Zijlstra 7:12.89 6

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