Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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| Netherlands at the Olympic Games | ||||
 Flag of the Netherlands |
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| IOC code: | NED | |||
| NOC: | Nederlands Olympisch Comité * Nederlandse Sport Federatie external link (Dutch) |
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| 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens | ||||
| Competitors | 216 | |||
| Flag bearer | Mark Huizinga (opening) Leontien van Moorsel (closing) |
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| Medals Rank: 18 |
Gold 4 |
Silver 9 |
Bronze 9 |
Total 22 |
| Summer Olympic Games appearances | ||||
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| Winter Olympic Games appearances | ||||
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The Netherlands competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
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[edit] Medals
[edit] 
Gold
- Equestrian (Dressage Individual): Anky van Grunsven
- Cycling (Women's time trial): Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel
- Swimming (Men's 100 m freestyle): Pieter van den Hoogenband
- Swimming (Women's 50 m freestyle): Inge de Bruijn
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Silver
- Cycling (Men's 200 m sprint): Theo Bos
- Badminton (Women's singles): Mia Audina
- Judo (Women 70 kg): Edith Bosch
- Rowing (Men's eight): Michiel Bartmann, Chun Wei Cheung, Geert Jan Derksen, Gerritjan Eggenkamp, Jan-Willem Gabriels, Daniel Mensch, Diederik Simon, Matthijs Vellenga, and Gijs Vermeulen
- Swimming (Men's 200 m freestyle): Pieter van den Hoogenband
- Swimming (Men's 4x100 m freestyle): Johan Kenkhuis, Pieter van den Hoogenband, Mitja Zastrow, and Klaas-Erik Zwering
- Swimming (Women's 100 m freestyle): Inge de Bruijn
- Hockey (Men's Team Competition): Matthijs Brouwer, Ronald Brouwer, Jeroen Delmee (captain), Teun de Nooijer, Geert-Jan Derikx, Rob Derikx, Marten Eikelboom, Floris Evers, Erik Jazet, Karel Klaver, Jesse Mahieu, Rob Reckers, Taeke Taekema, Sander van der Weide, Klaas Veering, and Guus Vogels
- Hockey (Women's Team Competition): Minke Booij, Ageeth Boomgaardt, Chantal de Bruijn, Lisanne de Roever, Mijntje Donners (captain), Sylvia Karres, Fatima Moreira de Melo, Eefke Mulder, Maartje Scheepstra, Janneke Schopman, Clarinda Sinnige, Minke Smabers, Jiske Snoeks, Macha van der Vaart, Miek van Geenhuizen, and Lieve van Kessel
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Bronze
- Cycling (Women's individual pursuit): Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel
- Cycling (Men's cross country mountain biking): Bart Brentjens
- Judo (Men 90 kg): Mark Huizinga
- Judo(Men over 100 kg): Dennis van der Geest
- Judo (Women 57 kg): Deborah Gravenstijn
- Rowing (Women's lightweight double sculls): Kirsten van der Kolk, Marit van Eupen
- Rowing (Women's eight)
- Swimming (Women's 100 m butterfly): Inge de Bruijn
- Swimming (Women's 4x100 freestyle)
[edit] Results by event
[edit] Archery
Men's individual:
- Wietse van Alten - 27th place
- Ron van der Hoff - 30th place
- Pieter Custers - 44th place
Men's team:
- Pieter Custers, Wietse van Alten, and Ron van der Hoff - 5th place
[edit] Athletics
Men's 110 metre hurdles:
- Gregory Sedoc - Round 2, DNF
Men's 800 metres:
- Bram Som - Semifinal, 1:45.5 (did not advance)
Men's 1500 metres:
- Gert-Jan Liefers - Final, 3:37.17 (8th place)
Men's 3000 metre steeplechase:
- Simon Vroemen - Final, 8:13.25 (6th place)
Men's 10000 metres:
- Kamiel Maase - Final, 28:23.29 (14th place)
Women's 10000 metres:
- Lornah Kiplagat - 30:31.92 (5th place)
Men's 4x100 metre relay:
- Timothy Beck, Troy Douglas, Patrick van Balkom, and Caimin Douglas - Round 1, DNF (did not advance)
Women's 4x100 metre relay:
- Annemarie Kramer, Pascal van Assendelft, Jacqueline Poelman, and Joan van den Akker - Round 1, DNF
Men's decathlon:
- Chiel Warners - 8343 points (5th place)
- Eugène Martineau - 7185 points (29th place)
Women's heptathlon:
- Karin Ruckstuhl - 6108 points (16th place)
Men's marathon:
- Luc Krotwaar - DNS
Men's pole vault:
- Rens Blom - Final, 5.65 metres (9th place)
Men's shot put:
- Rutger Smith - Round 1, 19.69 metres (did not advance)
Women's shot put:
- Lieja Tunks - Round 1: 18.38 metres, Final: 18.14 metres (11th place)
Men's discus:
- Rutger Smith - Round 1, 61.11 metres (did not advance)
[edit] Badminton
Women's singles:
- Mia Audina - silver medal
- Jie Yao - defeated in round of 16
Women's doubles:
- Lotte Bruil and Mia Audina - defeated in quarterfinals
Mixed doubles:
- Chris Bruil & Lotte Bruil - defeated in round of 16
[edit] Baseball
The Dutch baseball team placed 6th in the preliminary round and did not advance to the semifinals.
- Players: Sharnol Adriana, Wladimir Balentien, Johnny Balentina, Patrick Beljaards, Maikel Benner, Yurrendel de Caster, Ivanon Coffie, Rob Cordemans, Robin van Doornspeek, Dave Draijer, Evert-Jan 't Hoen, Chairon Isenia, Eelco Jansen, Sidney de Jong, Ferenc Jongejan, Eugene Kingsale, Dirk van 't Klooster, Patrick de Lange, Raily Legito, Calvin Maduro, Diego Markwell, Ralph Milliard, Harvey Monte, Alexander Smit
- Manager: Robert Eenhoorn
- Coaches: Eric de Bruin, Davey Johnson, Hensley Meulens
[edit] Canoeing
Men's K1 slalom:
- Sam Oud - final, 8th place
- Floris Braat - semifinal, 17th place
[edit] Cycling
[edit] Road cycling
Men's road race:
- Max van Heeswijk - 17th place, 5:41:56
- Erik Dekker - 41st place, 5:42:29
- Karsten Kroon - 52nd place, 5:47:13
- Servais Knaven - did not finish
- Michael Boogerd - did not finish
Women's road race:
- Mirjam Melchers - 6th place, 3:25:06
- Anouska van der Zee - did not finish
- Leontien van Moorsel - did not finish
Men's time trial:
- Thomas Dekker - 20th place, 1:00:37.49
Women's time trial:
- Leontien van Moorsel - gold medal, 31:11.53
- Mirjam Melchers - 13th place, 33:01.58
[edit] Track cycling
Men's individual pursuit:
- Levi Heimans - did not start
Women's individual pursuit:
- Leontien van Moorsel - bronze medal match, bronze medal
Men's team pursuit:
- Levi Heimans, Jens Mouris, Peter Schep, and Jeroen Straathof - first round, 5th place
Men's individual sprint:
- Theo Bos - final, silver medal
- Teun Mulder - classification 9-12, 10th place
Women's individual sprint:
- Yvonne Hijgenaar - classification 9-12, 11th place
Men's team sprint:
- Jan Bos, Theo Bos, and Teun Mulder - first round, 6th place
Women's time trial:
- Yvonne Hijgenaar - 5th place, 34.532 seconds
Men's time trial:
- Theo Bos - 5th place, 1:01.986
- Teun Mulder - 11th place, 1:03.165
Men's points race:
- Peter Schep - 7th place, 58 points
Women's points race:
- Adrie Visser - 10th place, 5 points
Men's Keirin:
- Theo Bos - classification 7-12, 11th place
- Teun Mulder - first repechage, no rank
Men's Madison:
- Robert Slippens and Danny Stam - 14th place, 2 points (-1 lap)
[edit] Mountain biking
Men's cross country:
- Bart Brentjens - bronze medal, 2:17:05
- Bas Peters - 13th place, 2:21:44
- Thijs Al - 25th place, 2:27:13
Women's cross country:
- Elsbeth van Rooy-Vink - 5th place, 2:01:41
[edit] Equestrian
Because only three horse and rider pairs from each nation could advance to the final rounds in the individual jumping event, Gerco Schröder received a final rank below all riders that did advance despite being placed more highly after the qualifying rounds.
Individual Dressage:
- Anky van Grunsven riding Salinero – Final → Gold Medal
- Imke Bartels riding Lancet – Final → 11th place
- Sven Rothenberger riding Barclay I – Second Round → 17th place
- Marlies van Baalen riding Idocus – First Round → 43rd place
Team Dressage:
- Bartels, Rothenberger, Van Grunsven, and Van Baalen – 4th place → 71.264%
Individual Jumping:
- Wim Schröder riding Montreal – Final Round B → 28th place
- Leopold van Asten riding Fleche Rouge – Final Round A → 31st place
- Gert-Jan Bruggink riding Joel – Final Round A → 33rd place
- Gerco Schröder riding Monaco – Qualifier → 48th place (21st after round)
Team Jumping:
- Schröder, van Asten, Bruggink, and Schröder – Final → 4th place
[edit] Fencing
Women's épée individual:
- Sonja Tol - defeated in round of 32
[edit] Gymnastics
Women's artistic:
- Suzanne Harmes - did not advance in any exercise
- Laura van Leeuwen - did not advance in any exercise
Men's trampoline:
- Alan Villafuerte - 15th place
Women's trampoline:
- Andrea Lenders - 8th place
[edit] Hockey
Men's: silver medal
- Preliminary round: 5-0-0
- Semifinal: defeated Germany, 3-2
- Gold medal match: lost to Australia, 1-1 (tie-breaker, 2-1)
Women's: silver medal
- Preliminary round: 4-0-0
- Semifinal: defeated Argentina, 4-2
- Gold medal match: lost to Germany, 2-1
[edit] Judo
Men's 81 kg:
- Guillaume Elmont - defeated in round of 32
Men's 90 kg:
- Mark Huizinga - bronze medal; defeated in round of 16; won repechage finals
Men's 100 kg:
- Elco van der Geest - defeated in semifinals; lost in repechage finals
Men's 100+ kg:
- Dennis van der Geest - bronze medal; defeated in quarterfinals; won repechage finals
Women's 57 kg:
- Deborah Gravenstijn - bronze medal; defeated in semifinals; won repechage finals
Women's 70 kg:
- Edith Bosch - silver medal; defeated in final
Women's 78 kg:
- Claudia Zwiers - defeated in round of 32; repechage round of 32
[edit] Sailing
- women's yngling, 4th place: Annelies Thies, Annemieke Bes and Petronella de Jong
- men's tornado, 5th place: Mitch Booth and Herbert Dercksen
- men's 470, 6th place: Sven Coster and Kalle Coster
- women's 470, 9th place: Lisa Westerhof and Margriet Matthijsse
- men's star, 14th place: Mark Neeleman and Peter van Niekerk
- men's finn, 19th place: Jaap Zielhuis
- mixed 49er, 19th place: Carolijn Brouwer
[edit] Triathlon
In the Netherlands' second appearance at the Olympic triathlon, only two Dutch women competed. Veteran Wieke Hoogzaad matched her rank from four years earlier, despite a time that was three seconds slower.
Women's Individual Competition:
- Wieke Hoogzaad — 2:09:47.21 (→ 25th place)
- Tracy Looze — 2:10:35.81 (→ 29th place)
[edit] Volleyball
[edit] Men's Indoor Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B):
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- Defeated Russia (3-2)
- Lost to United States (0-3)
- Lost to Brazil (1-3)
- Lost to Italy (0-3)
- Defeated Australia (3-2) → did not advance
- Team Roster:
- Head Coach: Bert Goedkoop
[edit] Women's Beach Competition
- Rebekka Kadijk and Marrit Leenstra
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- Lost to Eva Celbová and Sona Nováková (CZE), 0-2
- Lost to Kerri Walsh and Misty May (USA), 0-2
- Lost to Ryoko Tokuno and Chiaki Kusuhara (JPN), 1-2 → did not advance
[edit] Officials
- President: Erica Terpstra
- Secretary General: Theo Fledderus
