Netherlands at the 2006 Winter 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 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
Competitors 35 in 4 sports
Flag bearer Jan Bos (speedskating) (opening) Rintje Ritsma (speedskating) (closing)
Medals
Rank: 10		 Gold
3		 Silver
2		 Bronze
4		 Total
9
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Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The team of 35 competed in speed skating, bobsleigh, short track speed skating and snowboarding. The Dutch flag bearer during the opening ceremony was speedskater Jan Bos.

Historically, the Dutch have only won medals in skating; of their 78 Winter Olympic medals since 1952, 75 have been won in speed skating, and a further three in figure skating. The Netherlands have not won a figure skating medal since 1976.

Dirk Matschenz (skeleton) did meet the limits set by the Dutch Olympic Committee but did not participate because he did not get his Dutch passport before the start of the Olympics. Matschenz is originally from Germany.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

[edit] Events

[edit] Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Four teams have been nominated for the bobsleigh events:

Two-woman bob, team 1:

Two-woman bob, team 2:

Two-man bob, team:

Four-man bob, team:

Note: One of the runners will not compete.

[edit] Short track

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's 500 m

Qualifying heats - 0:42.849 (Heat 4; 3rd place)
Quarterfinals - 0:42.515 (Quarterfinal 1; 3rd place - did not advance)

Men's 1000 m

Qualifying heats - DQ (Heat 7) (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m

Qualifying heats - 2:23.854 (Heat 6; 2nd place)
Semifinals - 2:21.748 QB (Semifinal 1; 3rd place)
Finals - 2:24.962 (10th place)
Qualifying heats - 2:27.696 (Heat 3; 2nd place)
Semifinals - DNF (Semifinal 3) (did not advance)

Women's 500 m

Qualifying heats - 0:45.500 (Heat 7; 3rd place) (did not advance)

Women's 1000 m

Qualifying heats - 1:38.039 (Heat 7, 2nd place)
Quarterfinals - 1:34.034 (Quarterfinal 2, 3rd place - did not advance)

Women's 1500 m

Qualifying heats - 2:28.910 (Heat 2; 3rd place)
Semifinals - 2:26.370 (Semifinal 2; 6th place) (did not advance)

[edit] Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Two women are selected for the Netherlands in snowboarding events in Torino; Cheryl Maas has been selected for the halfpipe event while Nicolien Sauerbreij has made it to the parallel giant slalom event. Although qualifying 4th for the final event, during the final Maas landed on the top edge of the halfpipe, fell and became 11th.

[edit] Giant slalom

Women's parallel giant slalom

  Qualification  
Name Blue course Red course Total 1/8 finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Rank
Nicolien Sauerbreij 41.41 40.76 01:22.17 Heat 3
2nd place		 - - - -

[edit] Halfpipe

Women’s halfpipe

In women’s halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 women from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 34.5 - 44.9 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 34.8 - 43.1 points. Hannah Teter from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.4 points. Chikako Fushimi of Japan had the lowest final score of 15.6 points and took 12th place.

  Qualification Final  
Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 1 Run 2 Final rank
Cheryl Maas 38.6 points - 8.7 points 16.5 points 11th place

[edit] Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's 500 m

Name Race 1 Race 2 Total Rank
Jan Bos 35.68 35.43 71.11 11th place
Erben Wennemars 35.46 35.84 71.30 16th place
Simon Kuipers 36.10 35.74 71.84 23rd place
Beorn Nijenhuis 48.84 35.71 84.55 35th place

Men's 1000 m

Name Final Rank
Erben Wennemars 1:09.32 Bronze medal
Jan Bos 1:09.42 5th place
Stefan Groothuis 1:09.57 8th place
Beorn Nijenhuis 1:09.85 12th place

Men's 1500 m

Name Final Rank
Simon Kuipers 01:46.58 4th place
Erben Wennemars 01:46.71 5th place
Sven Kramer 01:48.36 15th place
Jan Bos 01:48.61 20th place

Men's 5000 m

Name Final Rank
Sven Kramer 6:16.40 Silver medal
Carl Verheijen 6:18.84 4th place
Bob de Jong 6:22.12 6th place

Men's 10000 m

Name Final Rank
Bob de Jong 13:01.57 Gold medal
Carl Verheijen 13:08.80 Bronze medal
Sven Kramer 13:18.14 7th place

Men's team pursuit

Name Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Rank
Sven Kramer
Rintje Ritsma
Mark Tuitert
Carl Verheijen
Erben Wennemars		 3:48.02 Defeated Russian Federation Lost to Italy Bronze medal match
Defeated Norway		 Bronze medal

Women's 500 m

Name Race 1 Race 2 Total Rank
Annette Gerritsen 39.12 38.97 78.09 12th place
Sanne van der Star 39.26 39.33 78.59 14th place
Marianne Timmer disqualified - - -

Women's 1000 m

Name Final Rank
Marianne Timmer 01:16.05 Gold medal
Ireen Wust 01:16.39 4th place
Barbara De Loor 01:16.73 6th place
Annette Gerritsen 01:18.33 23rd place

Women's 1500 m

Name Final Rank
Ireen Wust 01:56.90 Bronze medal
Renate Groenewold 01:59.33 9th place
Paulien van Deutekom 02:00.15 13th place
Marianne Timmer 02:00.45 14th place

Women's 3000 m

Name Final Rank
Ireen Wüst 4:02.43 Gold medal
Renate Groenewold 4:03.48 Silver medal
Moniek Kleinsman 4:13.81 17th place

Women's 5000 m

Name Final Rank
Renate Groenewold 07:11.32 9th place
Carien Kleibeuker 07:12.18 10th place

Women's team pursuit

Name Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Rank
Paulien van Deutekom
Renate Groenewold
Moniek Kleinsman
Gretha Smit
Ireen Wüst		 3:06.67 Lost to Germany - Final C
Lost to United States		 6th place

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