Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Netherlands at the Olympic Games
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At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	216
Flag bearer	Mark Huizinga (opening) Leontien van Moorsel (closing)
Medals Rank: 18	Gold 4	Silver 9	Bronze 9	Total 22
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The Netherlands competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Medalists

Medals Per Day
Day	Date				Total
Day 1	14th	0	0	1	1
Day 2	15th	0	1	1	2
Day 3	16th	0	1	1	2
Day 4	17th	0	0	0	0
Day 5	18th	2	1	1	4
Day 6	19th	0	2	0	2
Day 7	20th	0	0	1	1
Day 8	21st	1	0	1	2
Day 9	22nd	0	2	2	4
Day 10	23rd	0	0	0	0
Day 11	24th	0	0	0	0
Day 12	25th	1	0	0	1
Day 13	26th	0	1	0	1
Day 14	22nd	0	1	0	1
Day 15	27th	0	0	1	1
Day 16	28th	0	0	0	0
Total		4	9	9	22
Medals Per Sport
Sport					Total
Badminton		0	1	0	1
Cycling		1	1	2	4
Equestrian		1	0	0	1
Field hockey		0	2	0	2
Judo		0	1	3	4
Rowing		0	1	2	3
Swimming		2	3	2	7
Total		4	9	9	22

Medal	Competitor	Event
Gold	Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel	Cycling, women's time trial
Gold	Anky van Grunsven	Equestrian, individual dressage
Gold	Pieter van den Hoogenband	Swimming, men's 100 m freestyle
Gold	Inge de Bruijn	Swimming, women's 50 m freestyle
Silver	Mia Audina	Badminton, women's singles
Silver	Theo Bos	Cycling, men's 200 m sprint
Silver	Matthijs Brouwer, Ronald Brouwer, Jeroen Delmee (captain), Teun de Nooijer, Geert-Jan Derikx, Rob Derikx, Marten Eikelboom, Floris Evers, Erik Jazet, Karel Klaver, Jesse Mahieu, Rob Reckers, Taeke Taekema, Sander van der Weide, Klaas Veering, and Guus Vogels	Field hockey, men's team competition
Silver	Minke Booij, Ageeth Boomgaardt, Chantal de Bruijn, Lisanne de Roever, Mijntje Donners (captain), Sylvia Karres, Fatima Moreira de Melo, Eefke Mulder, Maartje Scheepstra, Janneke Schopman, Clarinda Sinnige, Minke Smabers, Jiske Snoeks, Macha van der Vaart, Miek van Geenhuizen, and Lieve van Kessel	Field hockey, women's team competition
Silver	Edith Bosch	Judo, women's 70 kg
Silver	Michiel Bartmann, Chun Wei Cheung, Geert Jan Derksen, Gerritjan Eggenkamp, Jan-Willem Gabriëls, Daniel Mensch, Diederik Simon, Matthijs Vellenga, and Gijs Vermeulen	Rowing, men's eight
Silver	Pieter van den Hoogenband	Swimming, men's 200 m freestyle
Silver	Johan Kenkhuis, Pieter van den Hoogenband, Mitja Zastrow, Klaas-Erik Zwering, and Mark Veens	Swimming, men's 4 x 100 m freestyle
Silver	Inge de Bruijn	Swimming, women's 100 m freestyle
Bronze	Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel	Cycling, women's individual pursuit
Bronze	Bart Brentjens	Cycling, men's cross country mountain bike
Bronze	Mark Huizinga	Judo, men's 90 kg
Bronze	Dennis van der Geest	Judo, men's 100+ kg
Bronze	Deborah Gravenstijn	Judo, women's 57 kg
Bronze	Kirsten van der Kolk, Marit van Eupen	Rowing, women's lightweight double sculls
Bronze	Froukje Wegman, Marlies Smulders, Nienke Hommes, Hurnet Dekkers, Annemarieke van Rumpt, Annemiek de Haan, Sarah Siegelaar, Helen Tanger, Ester Workel	Rowing, women's eight
Bronze	Inge de Bruijn	Swimming, women's 100 m butterfly
Bronze	Chantal Groot, Inge Dekker, Marleen Veldhuis, Inge de Bruijn, Anaabel Kosten	Swimming, women's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay

Results by event

Archery

Men's individual:

• Wietse van Alten - 27th place
• Ron van der Hoff - 30th place
• Pieter Custers - 44th place

Men's team:

• Pieter Custers, Wietse van Alten, and Ron van der Hoff - 5th place

Athletics

Men's 110 metre hurdles:

• Gregory Sedoc - Round 2, DNF

Men's 800 metres:

• Bram Som - Semifinal, 1:45.5 (did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres:

• Gert-Jan Liefers - Final, 3:37.17 (8th place)

Men's 3000 metre steeplechase:

• Simon Vroemen - Final, 8:13.25 (6th place)

Men's 10000 metres:

• Kamiel Maase - Final, 28:23.29 (14th place)

Women's 10000 metres:

• Lornah Kiplagat - 30:31.92 (5th place)

Men's 4x100 metre relay:

• Timothy Beck, Troy Douglas, Patrick van Balkom, and Caimin Douglas - Round 1, DNF (did not advance)

Women's 4x100 metre relay:

• Annemarie Kramer, Pascal van Assendelft, Jacqueline Poelman, and Joan van den Akker - Round 1, DNF

Men's decathlon:

• Chiel Warners - 8343 points (5th place)
• Eugène Martineau - 7185 points (29th place)

Women's heptathlon:

• Karin Ruckstuhl - 6108 points (16th place)

Men's marathon:

• Luc Krotwaar - DNS

Men's pole vault:

• Rens Blom - Final, 5.65 metres (9th place)

Men's shot put:

• Rutger Smith - Round 1, 19.69 metres (did not advance)

Women's shot put:

• Lieja Tunks - Round 1: 18.38 metres, Final: 18.14 metres (11th place)

Men's discus:

• Rutger Smith - Round 1, 61.11 metres (did not advance)

Badminton

Women's singles:

• Mia Audina - silver medal
• Yao Jie - defeated in round of 16

Women's doubles:

• Lotte Bruil and Mia Audina - defeated in quarterfinals

Mixed doubles:

• Chris Bruil & Lotte Bruil - defeated in round of 16

Baseball

The Dutch baseball team placed 6th in the preliminary round and did not advance to the semifinals.

• Players:

Sharnol Adriana

Wladimir Balentien

Johnny Balentina

Patrick Beljaards

Maikel Benner

Yurrendel DeCaster

Ivanon Coffie

Rob Cordemans

Robin van Doornspeek

Dave Draijer

Evert-Jan 't Hoen

Chairon Isenia

Eelco Jansen

Sidney de Jong

Ferenc Jongejan

Eugene Kingsale

Dirk van 't Klooster

Patrick de Lange

Raily Legito

Calvin Maduro

Diego Markwell

Ralph Milliard

Harvey Monte

Alexander Smit

• Manager:

Robert Eenhoorn

• Coaches:

Eric de Bruin

Davey Johnson

Hensley Meulens

Canoeing

Men's K1 slalom:

• Sam Oud - final, 8th place
• Floris Braat - semifinal, 17th place

Cycling

Road cycling

Men's road race:

• Max van Heeswijk - 17th place, 5:41:56
• Erik Dekker - 41st place, 5:42:29
• Karsten Kroon - 52nd place, 5:47:13
• Servais Knaven - did not finish
• Michael Boogerd - did not finish

Women's road race:

• Mirjam Melchers - 6th place, 3:25:06
• Anouska van der Zee - did not finish
• Leontien van Moorsel - did not finish

Men's time trial:

• Thomas Dekker - 20th place, 1:00:37.49

Women's time trial:

• Leontien van Moorsel - gold medal, 31:11.53
• Mirjam Melchers - 13th place, 33:01.58

Track cycling

Men's individual pursuit:

• Levi Heimans - did not start

Women's individual pursuit:

• Leontien van Moorsel - bronze medal match, bronze medal

Men's team pursuit:

• Levi Heimans, Jens Mouris, Peter Schep, and Jeroen Straathof - first round, 5th place

Men's individual sprint:

• Theo Bos - final, silver medal
• Teun Mulder - classification 9-12, 10th place

Women's individual sprint:

• Yvonne Hijgenaar - classification 9-12, 11th place

Men's team sprint:

• Jan Bos, Theo Bos, and Teun Mulder - first round, 6th place

Women's time trial:

• Yvonne Hijgenaar - 5th place, 34.532 seconds

Men's time trial:

• Theo Bos - 5th place, 1:01.986
• Teun Mulder - 11th place, 1:03.165

Men's points race:

• Peter Schep - 7th place, 58 points

Women's points race:

• Adrie Visser - 10th place, 5 points

Men's Keirin:

• Theo Bos - classification 7-12, 11th place
• Teun Mulder - first repechage, no rank

Men's Madison:

• Robert Slippens and Danny Stam - 14th place, 2 points (-1 lap)

Mountain biking

Men's cross country:

• Bart Brentjens - bronze medal, 2:17:05
• Bas Peters - 13th place, 2:21:44
• Thijs Al - 25th place, 2:27:13

Women's cross country:

• Elsbeth van Rooy-Vink - 5th place, 2:01:41

Equestrian

Because only three horse and rider pairs from each nation could advance to the final rounds in the individual jumping event, Gerco Schröder received a final rank below all riders that did advance despite being placed more highly after the qualifying rounds.

Individual Dressage:

• Anky van Grunsven riding Salinero – Final → Gold Medal
• Imke Bartels riding Lancet – Final → 11th place
• Sven Rothenberger riding Barclay I – Second Round → 17th place
• Marlies van Baalen riding Idocus – First Round → 43rd place

Team Dressage:

• Bartels, Rothenberger, Van Grunsven, and Van Baalen – 4th place → 71.264%

Individual Jumping:

• Wim Schröder riding Montreal – Final Round B → 28th place
• Leopold van Asten riding Fleche Rouge – Final Round A → 31st place
• Gert-Jan Bruggink riding Joel – Final Round A → 33rd place
• Gerco Schröder riding Monaco – Qualifier → 48th place (21st after round)

Team Jumping:

• Schröder, van Asten, Bruggink, and Schröder – Final → 4th place

Fencing

Women's épée individual:

• Sonja Tol - defeated in round of 32

Gymnastics

Women's artistic:

• Suzanne Harmes - did not advance in any exercise
• Laura van Leeuwen - did not advance in any exercise

Men's trampoline:

• Alan Villafuerte - 15th place

Women's trampoline:

• Andrea Lenders - 8th place

Hockey

Men's: silver medal

• Preliminary round: 5-0-0
• Semifinal: defeated Germany, 3-2
• Gold medal match: lost to Australia, 1-1 (tie-breaker, 2-1)

• Matthijs Brouwer
• Ronald Brouwer
• Jeroen Delmee
• Geert-Jan Derikx
• Rob Derikx
• Marten Eikelboom
• Floris Evers
• Erik Jazet
• Karel Klaver
• Jesse Mahieu
• Teun de Nooijer
• Rob Reckers
• Taeke Taekema
• Klaas Veering
• Guus Vogels
• Sander van der Weide

Women's: silver medal

• Preliminary round: 4-0-0
• Semifinal: defeated Argentina, 4-2
• Gold medal match: lost to Germany, 2-1

• Minke Booij
• Ageeth Boomgaardt
• Chantal de Bruijn
• Mijntje Donners
• Miek van Geenhuizen
• Sylvia Karres
• Lieve van Kessel
• Fatima Moreira de Melo
• Eefke Mulder
• Lisanne de Roever
• Maartje Scheepstra
• Janneke Schopman
• Clarinda Sinnige
• Minke Smabers
• Jiske Snoeks
• Macha van der Vaart

Judo

Men's 81 kg:

• Guillaume Elmont - defeated in round of 32

Men's 90 kg:

• Mark Huizinga - bronze medal; defeated in round of 16; won repechage finals

Men's 100 kg:

• Elco van der Geest - defeated in semifinals; lost in repechage finals

Men's 100+ kg:

• Dennis van der Geest - bronze medal; defeated in quarterfinals; won repechage finals

Women's 57 kg:

• Deborah Gravenstijn - bronze medal; defeated in semifinals; won repechage finals

Women's 70 kg:

• Edith Bosch - silver medal; defeated in final

Women's 78 kg:

• Claudia Zwiers - defeated in round of 32; repechage round of 32

Rowing

Men:

• Michiel Bartman
• Chun Wei Cheung
• Geert-Jan Derksen
• Karel Dormans
• Gerritjan Eggenkamp
• Jan Willem Gabriëls
• Joeri de Groot
• Gerard van der Linden
• Dirk Lippits
• Daniël Mensch
• Diederik Simon
• Ivo Snijders
• Matthijs Vellenga
• Gijs Vermeulen

Women:

• Femke Dekker
• Hurnet Dekkers
• Marit van Eupen
• Annemiek de Haan
• Nienke Hommes
• Kirsten van der Kolk
• Annemariek van Rumpt
• Sarah Siegelaar
• Marlies Smulders
• Helen Tanger
• Froukje Wegman
• Ester Workel

Sailing

• women's yngling, 4th place: Annelies Thies, Annemieke Bes and Petronella de Jong
• men's tornado, 5th place: Mitch Booth and Herbert Dercksen
• men's 470, 6th place: Sven Coster and Kalle Coster
• women's 470, 9th place: Lisa Westerhof and Margriet Matthijsse
• men's star, 14th place: Mark Neeleman and Peter van Niekerk
• men's finn, 19th place: Jaap Zielhuis
• mixed 49er, 19th place: Carolijn Brouwer
• men's mistral, 20th place: Joeri van Dijk

Shooting

Men:

• Dick Boschman
• Hennie Dompeling
• Jan-Cor van der Greef

Swimming

Men:

• Pieter van den Hoogenband
• Joris Keizer
• Johan Kenkhuis
• Thijs van Valkengoed
• Mark Veens
• Mitja Zastrow
• Klaas-Erik Zwering

Women:

• Madelon Baans
• Inge de Bruijn
• Inge Dekker
• Chantal Groot
• Annabel Kosten
• Celina Lemmen
• Stefanie Luiken
• Haike van Stralen
• Marleen Veldhuis

Synchronized swimming

• Bianca van der Velden
• Sonja van der Velden

Table tennis

Men:

• Danny Heister
• Trinko Keen

Taekwondo

Men:

• Patrick Stevens

Women:

• Charmie Sobers

Triathlon

In the Netherlands' second appearance at the Olympic triathlon, only two Dutch women competed. Veteran Wieke Hoogzaad matched her rank from four years earlier, despite a time that was three seconds slower.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Wieke Hoogzaad — 2:09:47.21 (→ 25th place)
• Tracy Looze — 2:10:35.81 (→ 29th place)

Volleyball

Men's Indoor Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B):

• Defeated Russia (3-2)
• Lost to United States (0-3)
• Lost to Brazil (1-3)
• Lost to Italy (0-3)
• Defeated Australia (3-2) → did not advance

• Team Roster:

• Rob Bontje
• Albert Cristina
• Kay van Dijk
• Nico Freriks
• Dirk-Jan van Gendt
• Mike van de Goor
• Guido Görtzen
• Robert Horstink
• Marko Klok
• Reinder Nummerdor
• Richard Schuil
• Jeroen Trommel

• Head Coach: Bert Goedkoop

Women's Beach Competition

• Rebekka Kadijk and Marrit Leenstra
  • Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Lost to Eva Celbová and Sona Nováková (CZE), 0-2
• Lost to Kerri Walsh and Misty May (USA), 0-2
• Lost to Ryoko Tokuno and Chiaki Kusuhara (JPN), 1-2 → did not advance

Officials

• President: Erica Terpstra
• Secretary General: Theo Fledderus

External links

• Dutch Sailing Results