Netherlands at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Netherlands at the Olympic Games
Flag of the Netherlands – Flag bearers IOC code  NED NOC Nederlands Olympisch Comité * Nederlandse Sport Federatie Website www.sport.nl (Dutch)
At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London
Competitors	149 in 18 sports
Flag bearer	Wim Landman
Medals Rank: 11	Gold 5	Silver 2	Bronze 9	Total 16
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The Netherlands competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 149 competitors, 115 men and 34 women, took part in 72 events in 18 sports.^[1]

Contents 1 Medalists 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Athletics 3 Boxing 4 Canoeing 5 Cycling 6 Diving 7 Equestrian 8 Fencing 9 Football 10 Gymnastics 11 Hockey 12 Rowing 13 Sailing 14 Shooting 15 Swimming 16 Water polo 16.1 Men's Team Competition 17 Weightlifting 18 Wrestling 19 Art competitions 20 References 21 External links

Medalists

Gold

• Fanny Blankers-Koen — Athletics, Women's 100 metres

• Fanny Blankers-Koen — Athletics, Women's 200 metres

• Fanny Blankers-Koen — Athletics, Women's 80m Hurdles

• Fanny Blankers-Koen, Xenia Stad-de Jong, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, and Nettie Witziers-Timmer — Athletics, Women's 4x100m Relay

• Nel van Vliet — Swimming, Women's 200m Breaststroke

Silver

• Gerrit Voorting — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race

• Lida van der Anker-Doedens — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles

Bronze

• Wim Slijkhuis — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres

• Wim Slijkhuis — Athletics, Men's 5000 metres

• Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen — Swimming, Women's 100m Freestyle

• Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher, Hannie Termeulen, Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen and Margot Marsman — Swimming, Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

• Koos de Jong — Sailing, Men's Firefly Class

• Bob Maas and Edward Stutterheim — Sailing, Men's Star

• Bram Charité — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight

• André Boerstra, Henk Bouwman, Piet Bromberg, Harry Derckx, Han Drijver, Dick Esser, Wim van Heel, Roepie Kruize, Jenne Langhout, Dick Loggere, Ton Richter, and Eddy Tiel — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition

• Cor Braasem, Ruud van Feggelen, Hennie Keetelaar, Nijs Korevaar, Joop Rohner, Frits Ruimschotel, Piet Salomons, Frits Smol, and Hans Stam — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition

Athletics

Men's Competition

• Hans Houtzager
• Jan Kleyn
• Jan Lammers
• Jef Lataster
• Nico Lutkeveld
• Jan Meijer
• Frits de Ruijter
• Gabe Scholten
• Wim Slijkhuis
• Jan Zwaan
• Jo Zwaan

Women's Competition

• Fanny Blankers-Koen
• Elly Dammers
• Grietje de Jongh
• Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs
• Nel Karelse
• Ans Koning
• Ans Panhorst-Niesink
• Nel Roos-Lodder
• Xenia Stad-de Jong
• Jo Teunissen-Waalboer
• Netty Witziers-Timmer

Boxing

• Herman Corman
• Moos Linneman
• Hennie Quentemeijer
• Jan Remie
• Jan Schubart
• Frits Wijngaard

Canoeing

Cycling

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Nine fencers, seven men and two women, represented the Netherlands in 1948.

Men's foil

• Henny ter Weer
• Johannes Zoet
• Eddy Kuijpers

Men's team foil

• Willem van den Berg, Henny ter Weer, Frans Mosman, Eddy Kuijpers

Men's épée

• Roelof Hordijk

Men's sabre

• Frans Mosman
• Willem van den Berg
• Eddy Kuijpers

Men's team sabre

• Henny ter Weer, Antoon Hoevers, Willem van den Berg, Frans Mosman, Eddy Kuijpers

Women's foil

• Mary Meyer-van der Sluis
• Anja Secrève

Football

Gymnastics

Hockey

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group C)

• Defeated India (12-1)
• Defeated Chile (14-0)

• Second Round (Group C)

• Defeated Spain (5-2)

• Semi Final Round (Group A)

• Drew with Belgium (3-3)
• Defeated Sweden (5-3)

• Final Round

• Drew with Hungary (4-4)
• Lost to Italy (2-4) → Bronze Medal

• Team Roster

• Cor Braasem
• Ruud van Feggelen
• Hennie Keetelaar
• Nijs Korevaar
• Joop Rohner
• Frits Ruimschotel
• Piet Salomons
• Frits Smol
• Hans Stam

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

External links

• (Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee

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