Netherlands at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Netherlands at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Netherlands
IOC codeNED
NOCDutch Olympic Committee*
Dutch Sports Federation
Websitewww.nocnsf.nl (in Dutch)
in London
Competitors149 in 18 sports
Flag bearerWim Landman
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
5
Silver
2
Bronze
9
Total
16
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

The Netherlands competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 149 competitors, 115 men and 34 women, took part in 74 events in 18 sports.[1]

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Fanny Blankers-Koen Athletics Women's 100 metres 2 August
 Gold Nel van Vliet Swimming Women's 200 metre breaststroke 2 August
 Gold Fanny Blankers-Koen Athletics Women's 80 metres hurdles 4 August
 Gold Fanny Blankers-Koen Athletics Women's 200 metres 6 August
 Gold Fanny Blankers-Koen
Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs
Xenia Stad-de Jong
Netti Witziers-Timmer 		Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay 6 August
 Silver Alida van der Anker-Doedens Canoeing Women's K-1 500 metres 12 August
 Silver Gerrit Voorting Cycling Men's individual road race 13 August
 Bronze Willem Slijkhuis Athletics Men's 5000 metres 2 August
 Bronze Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle 2 August
 Bronze Willem Slijkhuis Athletics Men's 1500 metres 6 August
 Bronze Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher
Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen
Margot Marsman
Hannie Termeulen 		Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 6 August
 Bronze Netherlands men's national water polo team
 Water polo Men's tournament 7 August
 Bronze Abraham Charité Weightlifting Men's +82.5 kg 11 August
 Bronze Koos de Jong Sailing Firefly 12 August
 Bronze Bob Maas
Eddy Stutterheim 		Sailing Star 12 August
 Bronze Netherlands men's national field hockey team
 Field hockey Men's tournament 13 August

Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Men's competition
Women's competition

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Nine cyclists, all men, represented the Netherlands in 1948.

Individual road race
Team road race
Sprint
Time trial
Tandem
Team pursuit

Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Nine fencers, seven men and two women, represented the Netherlands in 1948.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil

Football

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Main article: Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Hockey

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Main article: Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Men's team competition

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Group C

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Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pakistan Netherlands Belgium France Denmark
2.  Netherlands (NED) 4 3 0 1 11 8 6 1:6 X 4:1 2:0 4:1

Semi-finals

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 India (IND) 2 – 1  Netherlands (NED)

Bronze medal match

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 Netherlands (NED) 1 – 1  Pakistan (PAK)
 Netherlands (NED) 4 – 1  Pakistan (PAK)

Team roster

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André Boerstra
Henk Bouwman
Piet Bromberg
Harry Derckx
Han Drijver
Dick Esser
Roepie Kruize
Jenne Langhout
Dick Loggere
Ton Richter
Eddy Tiel
Wim van Heel

Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

The Netherlands had six male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1948.[2]

Men's double sculls
Men's coxless four

Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Four shooters represented the Netherlands in 1948.

25 metre pistol
50 metre rifle

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Water polo

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Main article: Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Men's team competition

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  • Preliminary round (Group C)
  • Defeated India (12-1)
  • Defeated Chile (14-0)
  • Second round (Group C)
  • Defeated Spain (5-2)
  • Semi final round (Group A)
  • Drew with Belgium (3-3)
  • Defeated Sweden (5-3)
  • Final round
  • Drew with Hungary (4-4)
  • Lost to Italy (2-4) → Bronze medal
  • Team roster

Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Art competitions

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Main article: Art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics

References

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  1. ^ "Netherlands at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Netherlands Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Han van den Berg's obituary" (in Dutch).
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