Netherlands at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Netherlands at the Olympic Games
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At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver
Competitors	34 in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Timothy Beck (bobsleigh) (opening) Sven Kramer (speed skating) (closing)
Medals Rank: 10	Gold 4	Silver 1	Bronze 3	Total 8
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The athletes entering the stadium during the opening ceremonies.

The Netherlands participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Dutch team consisted of 34 competitors and participated in bobsleigh, short track speed skating, snowboarding, and speed skating.

The Dutch team won eight medals, of which four are gold medals. Seven medals were won in speed skating, one in snowboarding. The gold medal Nicolien Sauerbreij won on the women's parallel giant slalom was the first Dutch medal outside speed skating at the Winter Olympics since Sjoukje Dijkstra's medal for figure skating in 1964 and the 100th Dutch gold medal at the Olympics overall.

Records

Olympic record

Sven Kramer set a new Olympic record of 6:14.60 in the 5000m men's longtrack speedskating event.^[1] He also finished in an Olympic record time in the 10,000 m, but he was disqualified for finishing in the wrong lane.

Jan Blokhuijsen, Sven Kramer, Simon Kuipers and Mark Tuitert set a new Olympic record of 3:39.95 in the men's team pursuit longtrack speedskating event. It brought them no more than the bronze medal, since they had lost their semifinal before.

Track records

Mark Tuitert set a new track record of 1:45.57 in the men's 1500m longtrack speedskating event. Ireen Wüst equalled the track record of 1:56.89 in the women's 1500 m race. The above mentioned 5,000 m and men's team pursuit Olympic records were also track records.

Medalists

Gold medalist 1,500 m speed skating Mark Tuitert

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Kramer, SvenSven Kramer	Speed skating	Men's 5000 metres
1 Gold	Tuitert, MarkMark Tuitert	Speed skating	Men's 1500 metres
1 Gold	Wüst, IreenIreen Wüst	Speed skating	Women's 1500 metres
1 Gold	Sauerbreij, NicolienNicolien Sauerbreij	Snowboarding	Women's parallel giant slaloms
2 Silver	Gerritsen, AnnetteAnnette Gerritsen	Speed skating	Women's 1000 metres
3 Bronze	van Riessen, LaurineLaurine van Riessen	Speed skating	Women's 1000 metres
3 Bronze	de Jong, BobBob de Jong	Speed skating	Men's 10000 metres
3 Bronze	Blokhuijsen, JanJan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Simon Kuipers Mark Tuitert	Speed skating	Men's team pursuit

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Men & Women

Event	Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Two-man	Edwin van Calker Sybren Jansma	52.37	14	52.83	15	52.63	17	52.62	16	3:30.45	16
Two-woman	Esmé Kamphuis Tine Veenstra	53.81	9	53.59	10	54.09	12	53.65	6	3:35.14	8
Four-man	Edwin van Calker Sybren Jansma Arnold van Calker Timothy Beck	Pre-competition withdrawal

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
500 m	Niels Kerstholt	42.180	2 Q	42.128	4	Did not advance
	Sjinkie Knegt	44.448	4	Did not advance
1000 m	Sjinkie Knegt	1:25.449	2 Q	1:26.176	3	Did not advance
1500 m	Niels Kerstholt	2:46.222	5 ADV			2:16.352	7	Did not advance
	Sjinkie Knegt	2:14.862	2 Q			2:13.870	5	Did not advance

Women

Event	Athlete	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
500 m	Annita van Doorn	44.751	3	Did not advance
	Liesbeth Mau Asam	45.135	4	Did not advance
	Jorien Ter Mors	45.120	3	Did not advance
1000 m	Annita van Doorn	1:31.516	2 Q	1:32.067	3	Did not advance
	Liesbeth Mau Asam	-	DSQ	Did not advance
	Jorien Ter Mors	-	DSQ	Did not advance
3000 m relay	Annita van Doorn Liesbeth Mau Asam Jorien ter Mors Sanne van Kerkhof Maaike Vos					4:16.520	3 QB	4:16.120	4

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Women

Event	Athlete	Qualification		1st round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Rank
Women's parallel giant slalom	Nicolien Sauerbreij	1:23.18	2 Q	Isabella Laboeck W +17.98	Claudia Riegler W +0.30	Selina Jörg W DNF	Ekaterina Ilyukhina W +0.23	01 !

Men

Event	Athlete	Qualification			Semifinals			Finals
		Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Men's halfpipe	Dolf van der Wal	14.5	11.8	18	Did not advance

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Sven Kramer before his gold 5,000 m

Men

Event	Athlete	Race 1		Race 2		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
500 m	Jan Bos	36.149	31	36.111	29	72.26	29
	Simon Kuipers	35.662	23	35.669	20	71.33	20
	Ronald Mulder	35.155	11	35.146	10	70.30	11
	Jan Smeekens	35.160	12	35.051	4	70.21	6
1000 m	Jan Bos					1:10.29	12
	Stefan Groothuis					1:09.45	4
	Simon Kuipers					1:09.65	6
	Mark Tuitert					1:09.48	5
1500 m	Stefan Groothuis					1:48.03	16
	Sven Kramer					1:47.40	13
	Simon Kuipers					1:46.76	7
	Mark Tuitert					1:45.57 TR	01 !
5000 m	Jan Blokhuijsen					6:26.30	9
	Bob de Jong					6:19.02	5
	Sven Kramer					6:14.60 OR	01 !
10,000 m	Bob de Jong					13:06.73	03 !
	Arjen van der Kieft					13:33.37	9
	Sven Kramer					DSQ	—

Event	Athletes	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Rank
Team pursuit	Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Simon Kuipers Mark Tuitert	Sweden 3:44.25 Q	United States 3:43.11 QB	Norway 3:39.95 OR	03 !

Elma de Vries during her 5,000 m

Women

Event	Athlete	Race 1		Race 2		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
500 m	Margot Boer	38.511	4	38.365	4	76.87	4
	Annette Gerritsen	97.952	36	38.709	9	136.66	35
	Thijsje Oenema	38.892	14	38.869	17	77.76	15
	Laurine van Riessen	39.302	21	38.845	15	78.15	19
1000 m	Margot Boer					1:16.94	6
	Annette Gerritsen					1:16.58	02 !
	Laurine van Riessen					1:16.72	03 !
	Ireen Wüst					1:17.28	8
1500 m	Margot Boer					1:58.10	4
	Annette Gerritsen					1:58.46	7
	Laurine van Riessen					1:59.79	17
	Ireen Wüst					1:56.89	01 !
3000 m	Renate Groenewold					4:11.25	10
	Diane Valkenburg					4:11.71	11
	Ireen Wüst					4:08.09	7
5000 m	Jorien Voorhuis					7:13.27	10
	Elma de Vries					7:16.68	11

Event	Athletes	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Rank
Team pursuit	Renate Groenewold Ireen Wüst Diane Valkenburg Jorien Voorhuis	Germany 3:03.38 QC		Canada 3:02.04	6

See also

• Netherlands at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
• Netherlands at the Olympics

References

1. ^ CBC Sports, "Speedskater Kramer golden at 5,000", Chris Iorfida, 13 February 2010 (accessed 17 February 2010).

• (Dutch) Gekwalificeerd voor Olympische Winterspelen van Vancouver 2010, from the Dutch Olympic Committee, retrieved 10 January 2010.
• (Dutch) Tweede Olympisch ticket van Calker, retrieved 9 January 2010.