Netherlands at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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Netherlands at the Olympic Games

Flag of the Netherlands
IOC code  NED
NOC Nederlands Olympisch Comité *
Nederlandse Sport Federatie
external link (Dutch)
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.

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[edit] Medals

[edit] Silver

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Boxing

Men's Flyweight (–51 kg)

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)

[edit] Cycling

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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

  • Eliminated in quarterfinals (→ 7th place)

[edit] Water Polo

[edit] 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

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