Netherlands at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Netherlands at the Olympic Games
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At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer
Competitors	21 (13 men, 8 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Christine Aaftink (speedskating)
Medals Rank: 18	Gold 0	Silver 1	Bronze 3	Total 4
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Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
2 Silver	Ritsma, RintjeRintje Ritsma	Speed skating	Men's 1000 metres
3 Bronze	Zandstra, FalkoFalko Zandstra	Speed skating	Men's 1500 metres
3 Bronze	Ritsma, RintjeRintje Ritsma	Speed skating	Men's 5000 metres
3 Bronze	Veldkamp, BartBart Veldkamp	Speed skating	Men's 10000 metres

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Two-man	Rob Geurts Robert de Wit	53.52	23	53.90	26	53.76	24	53.89	23	3:35.07	24

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Michiel de Ruiter	Aerials	168.39	17	Did not advance

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
500 m	Erik Duyvelshoff	45.83	3	Did not advance
1000 m	Erik Duyvelshoff	1:34.37	3	Did not advance

Women

Event	Athlete	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
500 m	Anke Jannie Landman	48.36	3	Did not advance
	Penèlope di Lella	48.44	4	Did not advance
1000 m	Anke Jannie Landman	1:58.09	4	Did not advance
	Penèlope di Lella	1:47.54	4	Did not advance
3000 m relay	Penèlope di Lella Anke Jannie Landman Priscilla Ernst Esmeralda Ossendrijver					4:45.26	3 QB	4:45.40	6

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Arie Loef	37.52	24
	Arjan Schreuder	38.33	37
	Gerard van Velde	37.45	21
	Nico van der Vlies	37.94	31
1000 m	Arie Loef	1:15.12	22
	Arjan Schreuder	1:15.19	24
	Gerard van Velde	1:13.81	9
	Nico van der Vlies	1:14.29	15
1500 m	Martin Hersman	1:53.59	8
	Rintje Ritsma	1:51.99	02 !
	Jeroen Straathof	1:53.70	9
	Falko Zandstra	1:52.38	03 !
5000 m	Rintje Ritsma	6:43.94	03 !
	Bart Veldkamp	6:49.00	5
	Falko Zandstra	6:44.58	4
10,000 m	Rintje Ritsma	14:09.28	7
	Bart Veldkamp	13:56.73	03 !
	Falko Zandstra	13:58.25	4

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Chirstine Aaftink	41.01	19
1000 m	Christine Aaftink	1:22.16	20
	Annamarie Thomas	1:20.94	14
1500 m	Tonny de Jong	2:05.18	10
	Annamarie Thomas	2:03.70	5
	Carla Zijlstra	2:08.49	22
3000 m	Tonny de Jong	4:25.88	11
	Annamarie Thomas	4:19.82	5
	Carla Zijlstra	4:23.42	9
5000 m	Tonny de Jong	7:36.07	11
	Annamarie Thomas	7:32.39	10
	Carla Zijlstra	7:29.42	7

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1994, full results by sports-reference.com