- Netherlands at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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Netherlands at the Olympic Games
Flag of the Netherlands – Flag bearersIOC code NED NOC Nederlands Olympisch Comité *
Nederlandse Sport FederatieWebsite www.sport.nl (Dutch) At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City Competitors 107 Flag bearer Fred van Dorp Medals
Rank: 17Gold
3Silver
3Bronze
1Total
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Contents
Medalists
Gold
- Ada Kok — Swimming, Women's 200m Butterfly
- Jan Wienese — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
- Joop Zoetemelk, Jan Krekels, Fedor den Hertog, and René Pijnen — Cycling, Men's Team 100k Time Trial
Silver
- Jan Jansen and Leijn Loevesijn — Cycling, Men's 2000m Tandem
- Harry Droog and Leendert van Dis — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
- Roderick Rijnders, Herman Suselbeek, and Hadriaan van Nes — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
Bronze
- Maria Gommers — Athletics, Women's 800m
Results by event
Boxing
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
- Jan van Ispelen
- First Round — Defeated Miguel Villugron (CHL), TKO-2
- Second Round — Lost to Mate Parlov (YUG), 1:4
Water polo
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
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- Drew with Italy (3-3)
- Lost to Yugoslavia (4-7)
- Lost to DDR (3-8)
- Defeated United Arabic Republic (6-3)
- Defeated Greece (9-5)
- Defeated Mexico (8-1)
- Defeated Japan (9-1)
- Classification Matches
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- 5th-8th place: Lost to United States (3-6)
- 7th-8th place: Defeated Cuba (8-5) → 7th place
- Team Roster
References
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