- Netherlands at the 1928 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 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam Competitors 264 in 17 sports Medals
Rank: 8Gold
6Silver
9Bronze
4Total
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Contents
Medalists
Gold
- Bep van Klaveren — Boxing, Featherweight
- Bernhard Leene and Daan van Dijk — Cycling, Men's Tandem
- Charles Pahud de Mortanges — Equestrian, Individual eventing
- Adolf van der Voort van Zijp, Charles Pahud de Mortanges and Gerard de Kruijff — Equestrian, Team eventing
- Women's Team — Gymnastics
- Maria Braun — Swimming, Women's 100m backstroke
Silver
- Lien Gisolf — Athletics, Women's High Jump
- Gerard Bosch van Drakestein — Cycling, Men's 1000m Time Trial
- Antonius Mazairac — Cycling, Men's Sprint
- Johannes Maas, Pieter van der Horst, Janus Braspennincx and Johannes Pijnenburg — Cycling, Men's Team Pursuit
- Gerard de Kruijff — Equestrian, Individual eventing
- Men's Team — Hockey
- Lambertus Doedes, Johannes van Hoolwerff, Maarten de Wit, Gerardus de Vries Lentsch, Hendrik Kersken and Cornelis van Staveren — Sailing, Men's 8 metre class
- Mietje Baron — Swimming, Women's 200m breaststroke
- Maria Braun — Swimming, Women's 400m freestyle
Bronze
- Karel Miljon — Boxing, Light Heavyweight
- Jan van Reede, Pierre Versteegh and Gerard le Heux — Equestrian, Team dressage
- August Scheffer — Weightlifting, Middleweight
- Johannes Verheyen — Weightlifting, Light Heavyweight
Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1928 Summer OlympicsBoxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1928 Summer OlympicsMen's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)
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- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Myles McDonagh (IRL), points
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Baddie Lebanon (RSA), points
Men's Featherweight (– 57.2 kg)- Bep van Klaveren → Gold Medal
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- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Juan Muñoz Panadez (ESP), points
- Quarterfinals — Defeated Frederick Perry (GBR), points
- Semifinals — Defeated Harold Devin (USA), points
- Final — Defeated Víctor Peralta (ARG), points
Men's Lightweight (– 61.2 kg)-
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Fred Webster (GBR), points
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Hans Jakob Nielsen (DEN), points
Men's Welterweight (– 66.7 kg)-
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Adrien Annet (BEL), points
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Raul Landini (ARG), points
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 79.4 kg)- Karel Miljon → Bronze Medal
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- First Round — Defeated Emil Johansson-Vallsater (SWE), points
- Quarterfinals — Defeated Alfred Jackson (GBR), points
- Semifinals — Lost to Ernst Pistulla (GER), points
- Third Place Match — Defeated Donald McCorkindale (USA), points
Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg)-
- First Round — Defeated Joseph Goyder (GBR), points
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Arturo Rodríguez (ARG), points
Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1928 Summer OlympicsDiving
Main article: Diving at the 1928 Summer OlympicsEquestrian
Main article: Equestrian at the 1928 Summer OlympicsFencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics20 fencers, 17 men and 3 women, represented the Netherlands in 1928.
- Men's foil
- Nicolaas Nederpeld
- Frans Mosman
- Paul Kunze
- Men's team foil
- Frans Mosman, Doris de Jong, Nicolaas Nederpeld, Paul Kunze, Wouter Brouwer, Otto Schiff
- Men's épée
- Willem Driebergen
- Pieter Mijer
- Arie de Jong
- Men's team épée
- Leonard Kuypers, Arie de Jong, Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls, Willem Driebergen, Alfred Labouchere, Karel John van den Brandeler
- Men's sabre
- Arie de Jong
- Jan van der Wiel
- Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls
- Men's team sabre
- Cornelis Ekkart, Hendrik Hagens, Maarten van Dulm, Jan van der Wiel, Arie de Jong, Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls
- Women's foil
- Jo de Boer
- Adriana Admiraal-Meijerink
- Friederike Koderitsch
Football
Main article: Football at the 1928 Summer OlympicsGymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1928 Summer OlympicsHockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 1928 Summer OlympicsModern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1928 Summer OlympicsRowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1928 Summer OlympicsSailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1928 Summer OlympicsSwimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1928 Summer OlympicsWater Polo
Main article: Water polo at the 1928 Summer OlympicsWeightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer OlympicsWrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1928 Summer OlympicsArt competitions
Main article: Art competitions at the 1928 Summer OlympicsReferences
- ^ "Netherlands at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/NED/summer/1928/. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
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