Netherlands at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Netherlands at the Olympic Games
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At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki
Competitors
Flag bearer	Simon de Wit
Medals Rank: 29	Gold 0	Silver 5	Bronze 0	Total 5
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Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

Medalists

Silver

• Bertha Brouwer — Athletics, Women's 200 metres

• Jules Ancion, André Boerstra, Harry Derckx, Han Drijver, Dick Esser, Roepie Kruize, Dick Loggere, Lau Mulder, Eddy Tiel, Wim van Heel, and Henk Wery — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition

• Hannie Termeulen — Swimming, Women's 100m Freestyle

• Geertje Wielema — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke

• Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher, Hannie Termeulen, Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen and Koosje van Voorn — Swimming, Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

Results by event

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (–51 kg)

• Hein van der Zee
  1. First Round — Lost to Anatoli Bulakov (Soviet Union) on points (0-3)

Men's Light Welterweight (–63,5 kg)

• Piet van Klaveren
  1. First Round — Defeated Roy Keenan (Canada) on points (2-1)
  2. Second Round — Lost to Terence Milligan (Ireland) on points (0-3)

Men's Welterweight (–67 kg)

• Moos Linneman
  1. First Round — Defeated Peter Müller (Germany) by walk-over in third round
  2. Second Round — Defeated George Issabeg (Iran) on points (2-1)
  3. Quarterfinals — Lost to Günther Heidemann (Germany) on points (0-3)

Men's Middleweight (–75 kg)

• Leen Jansen
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Robert Malouf (Canada) on technical knock-out in first round
  3. Quarterfinals — Lost to Floyd Patterson (United States) on knock-out in first round

Men's Light Heavyweight (–81 kg)

• Toon Pastor
  1. First Round — Defeated István Fazekas (Hungary) on points (3-0)
  2. Second Round — Lost to Karl Kistner (Germany) on points (1-2)

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

• Arend van 't Hoft — 5:11:19.0 (→ 10th place)
• Jan Plantaz — 5:16:19.1 (→ 22nd place)
• Adrie Voorting — 5:24:44.6 (→ 49th place)
• Jules Maenen — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Johan Hijzelendoorn

• Final — 1:14.5 (→ 8th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

• Johan Hijzelendoorn — 9th place

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

• Adrie Voorting, Daan de Groot, Jan Plantaz, and Jules Maenen

• Eliminated in quarterfinals (→ 7th place)

Water Polo

Men's Team Competition

• Qualifying Round

• Defeated Soviet Union (3:2)

• Preliminary Round (Group C)

• Defeated Argentina (9:3)
• Defeated Sweden (7:1)
• Defeated Yugoslavia (3:2)

• Last match was replayed after a protest by the Yugoslavs against one of the referees; Holland lost the replay (1:2) on August 1, 1952.

• Semi Final (Group F)

• Tied with Hungary (4:4)
• Defeated Soviet Union (4:2)

• Classification Matches

• Defeated Belgium (5:3)
• Defeated Spain (7:1) → Fifth place

• Team Roster

• Gerrit Bijlsma
• Cor Braasem
• Joop Cabout
• Ruud van Feggelen
• Max van Gelder
• Nijs Korevaar
• Frits Smol

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database