Netherlands at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Netherlands at the
1948 Summer Olympics
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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Men's competition
Women's competition

Boxing

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Canoeing

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Cycling

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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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Equestrian

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Fencing

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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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Gymnastics

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Hockey

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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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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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Shooting

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Four shooters represented the Netherlands in 1948.

25 metre pistol
50 metre rifle

Swimming

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Water polo

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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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Wrestling

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Art competitions

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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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