Netherlands at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Netherlands at the Olympic Games
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At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
Competitors	220
Flag bearer	Carina Benninga (field hockey)
Medals Rank: 20	Gold 2	Silver 6	Bronze 7	Total 15
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The Netherlands competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Medalists

Gold

• Ellen van Langen — Athletics, Women's 800m
• Jos Lansink, Piet Raymakers and Jan Tops — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition

Silver

• Orhan Delibaş — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
• Erik Dekker — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
• Léon van Bon — Cycling, Men's Points Race
• Piet Raymakers — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
• Tineke Bartels, Ellen Bontje, Anky van Grunsven and Annemarie Sanders — Equestrian, Dressage Team Competition
• Edwin Benne, Peter Blangé, Ron Boudrie, Henk-Jan Held, Martin van der Horst, Marko Klok, Olof van der Meulen, Jan Posthuma, Avital Selinger, Martin Teffer, Ronald Zoodsma and Ron Zwerver — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition

Bronze

• Arnold Vanderlyde — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)
• Monique Knol — Cycling, Women's Individual Road Race
• Ingrid Haringa — Cycling, Women's Sprint
• Theo Meijer — Judo, Men's Half Heavyweight (95 kg)
• Irene de Kok — Judo, Women's Half Heavyweight (72 kg)
• Dorien de Vries — Sailing, Women's Windglider
• Nico Rienks and Henk-Jan Zwolle — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls

Archery

The only elimination victory for the Dutch archers came from Erwin Verstegen, who won in the round of 32 before being defeated in the second round. Three archers did not make it to the elimination rounds.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Erwin Verstegen — Round of 16 (1-1) → 9th place
• Henk Vogels — Ranking round (0-0) → 34th place
• Berny Camps — Ranking round (0-0) → 55th place

Men's Team Competition:

• Verstegen, Vogels, and Camps — Round of 16 (0-1) → 9th place

Women's Individual Competition:

• Jacqueline van Rozendaal — Round of 32 (0-1) → 20th place
• Christel Verstegen — Round of 32 (0-1) → 23rd place
• Adriana van Dyck — Ranking round (0-0) → 59th place

Women's Team Competition:

• Van Rozendaal, Verstegen, and Van Dyck — Round of 16 (0-1) → 12th place

Athletics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Robin van Helden	800 m	1:48.05	4 Q	N/A		1:46.98	5	Did not advance
Marko Koers		1:46.88	2 Q	N/A		1:52.23	7	Did not advance
Marcel Versteeg	5000 m	13:35.95	2 Q	N/A				13:48.32	15
Bert van Vlaanderen	Marathon	N/A						2:15.47	15
Tonnie Dirks		N/A							DNF
Harold van Beek	50 kilometres walk	N/A						4:24.18	31

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Robert de Wit	Result	10.09	7.02	15.48	2.00	49.24	14.89	48.34	4.80	61.36	4:41.39	8109	10
	Points	841	818	819	803	850	863	836	849	749	672

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nelli Cooman	100 m	11.47	3 Q	11.55	5	Did not advance
Ellen van Langen	800 m	1:59.86	2 Q	N/A		2:00.68	2 Q	1:55.54	01 ! Gold
Stella Jongmans		2:02.26	5	Did not advance
Christien Toonstra	10000 m	32:07.42	5 Q	N/A				31:47.38	11

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Miguel Dias	Bantamweight	Klai (TUN) L 17–1	Did not advance
Orhan Delibaş	Light Middleweight	Choi (KOR) W 3–0	Boonsingkarn (THA) W RSC-2	Márquez (USA) W 16-12	Reid (GBR) W 8-3	Lemus (CUB) L 1-6	02 ! Silver
Raymond Joval	Middleweight	Aliu (SAM) W RSC-3	Dink (ALG) L 14-22	Did not advance
Arnold Vanderlyde	Heavyweight	Leti (SAM) W 14-0	Sung (KOR) W 14-13	Douglas (IRL) W RSC-1	Savón (CUB) L 3-23	Did not advance	03 ! Bronze
Jerry Nijman	Super Heavyweight	Rostami (IRI) W 9-5	Fischer (GER) L 5-22	Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Rob Compas	Road race	4:36:33	72
Erik Dekker		4:35:22	02 ! Silver
Richard Groenendaal		4:35:56	17
John den Braber Pelle Kil Bart Voskamp Jaap ten Kortenaar	Team time trial	2:07:49	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Monique Knol	Road race	2:05:03	03 ! Bronze
Leontien van Moorsel		2:05:03	23
Petra Grimbergen		2:05:03	29

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 2	Repechage 2	Repechage 2 final	Round 3	Repechage 3	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Dirk Jan van Hameren	Men's sprint	11.284 63.807	17	Neiwand (AUS)  González (COL) L	Andrews (NZL) L	Did not advance
Ingrid Haringa	Women's sprint	11.419 63.052	1	Wang (CHN)  Razmaitė (LTU) W12.179 63.497	N/A				Kuroki (JPN) W12.662,W 12.792	Neumann (GER) W12.263,L,L	Ballanger (GER) W12.402,W12.400	03 ! Bronze

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarter-finals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Opponent Results	Opponent Results
Servais Knaven	Men's individual pursuit	4:40.436	12q	Group B-Heat 1  Baldrián (TCH) W4:27.954	Did not advance		9
Servais Knaven Niels van der Steen Gerben Broeren Erik Cent	Men's team pursuit	4:25.693	12	Did not advance
Leontien van Moorsel	Women's individual pursuit	3:46.956	7Q	Heat 3  Rossner (GER) L3:49.795	Did not advance		8

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Dirk Jan van Hameren	Men's track time trial	1:05.524	9

Points race

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Léon van Bon	Points race	43	02 ! Silver

Diving

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Edwin Jongejans	Men's 3 metre springboard	383.13	7	581.40	7
Daphne Jongejans	Women's 3 metre springboard	277.29	14	Did not advance

Hockey

Men's Tournament

Head Coach: Hans Jorritsma

Group play

Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pakistan	5	5	0	0	20	6	+14	10
Netherlands	5	4	0	1	20	10	+10	8
Spain	5	3	0	2	15	11	+4	6
New Zealand	5	1	0	4	7	12	–5	2
CIS	5	1	0	4	12	20	–8	2
Malaysia	5	1	0	4	9	24	–15	2

Semi final

5 August 1992 17:00 Australia  3 – 2  Netherlands Lewis  3' Bodimeade  25' Wark  37' Report Bovelander  19', 61' Umpires: Santiago Deo Valera (ESP) Patrick van Beneden (BEL)

Bronze medal match

8 August 1992 17:00 Netherlands  3 – 4  Pakistan Delissen  20' Veen  22' Weterings  69' Report Shahbaz  55' Bashir  63', 68' Ibrahim  67' Umpires: Patrick van Beneden (BEL) Graham Dennis Nash (GBR)

Women's Tournament

Head Coach: Roelant Oltmans

Group play

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	4
Great Britain	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	4
Netherlands	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	4
New Zealand	3	0	0	3	2	10	–8	0

27 July 1992 20:00 Netherlands  2 – 1  Great Britain van der Ben  33' de Ruiter  56' Report Umpires: Peri Buckley (AUS) Virginia Laje Davilla (ESP)

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29 July 1992 20:00 Netherlands  2 – 0  New Zealand van der Ben  12', 28' Report Umpires: Margaret Louise Lanning (CAN) Renee Chatas (USA)

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2 August 1992 16:00 South Korea  2 – 0  Netherlands Lee Kyoung-Hei  8' Yang Hea-Sook  41' Report Umpires: Peri Buckley (AUS) Maria Salobrar Hernandez (ESP)

Fifth to eighth place classification

4 August 1992 17:30 Netherlands  2 – 0  Canada van der Ben  55' Steenberghe  61' Report Umpires: Virginia Laje Davilla (ESP) Gill Clarke (GBR)

Fifth and sixth place

6 August 1992 17:30 Australia  2 – 0  Netherlands Powell  49' Annan  50' Report Umpires: Jane Robertson (GBR) Margaret Louise Lanning (CAN)

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race										Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Stephan van den Berg	Men's Lechner A-390	13	20	19	51	18	17	5.7	0	0	25	117.70	7
Ben Kouwenhoven Jan Kouwenhoven	Men's 470	20	44	31	15	25	36	5.7	N/A			132.70	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Race										Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Dorien de Vries	Women's Lechner A-390	10	3	8	8	13	10	8	5.7	3	31	68.7	03 ! Bronze

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marcel Wouda	200m freestyle	3:55.70	18	Did not advance
	200m individual medley	2:05.95	22	Did not advance
	400m individual medley	4:28.51	19	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Inge de Bruijn	50m freestyle	25.86	3	25.84	8
	100m butterfly	1:01.12	3	Did not advance
Karin Brienesse	50m freestyle	55.98	2	56.59	8
	100m butterfly	1:01.33	3	Did not advance
Kira Bulten	100m breaststroke	1:11.81	11	Did not advance
	200m breaststroke	2:37.09	26	Did not advance
Ellen Elzerman	100m backstroke	1:03.96	17	Did not advance
	200m backstroke	2:17.34	22	Did not advance
Martine Janssen	100m breaststroke	1:15.10	15	Did not advance
	200m breaststroke	2:41.48	31	Did not advance
Marianne Muis	50m breaststroke	26.43	11	Did not advance
Mildred Muis	100m freestyle	56.67	13	Did not advance
	200m individual medley	2:19.10	19	Did not advance
Diana van der Plaats	200m breaststroke	2:05.42	26	Did not advance
Diana van der Plaats Mildred Muis Marianne Muis Karin Brienesse Inge de Bruijn*	4x100m freestyle Relay	3:44.00	2	3:43.74	5
Ellen Elzerman Kira Bulten Inge de Bruijn Marianne Muis	4x100m freestyle Relay	4:11.25	3	4:10.87	8

Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented the Netherlands in 1992.

Women's solo

• Marjolijn Both
• Frouke van Beek
• Tamara Zwart

Women's duet

• Marjolijn Both
• Tamara Zwart

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

• Paul Haarhuis
  1. First round — Defeated Luiz Mattar (Brazil) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
  2. Second round — Lost to Goran Ivanišević (Croatia) 7-6, 2-6, 6-1, 3-6, 2-6

• Mark Koevermans
  1. First round — Defeated Sándor Noszály (Hungary) 6-2, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
  2. Second round — Defeated Sergi Bruguera (Spain) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2
  3. Third round — Lost to Jaime Oncins (Brazil) 6-7, 0-6, 6-7

• Jan Siemerink
  1. First round — Lost to Leonardo Lavalle (Mexico) 4-6, 4-6, 2-6

Men's Doubles Competition

• Paul Haarhuis and Mark Koevermans
  1. First round — Lost to Goran Ivanišević and Goran Prpić (Croatia) 6-2, 4-6, 2-6, 2-6

Women's Singles Competition

• Nicole Muns-Jagerman
  1. First round — Defeated Il-Soon Kim (South Korea) 6-4, 6-4
  2. Second round — Defeated Julie Halard (France) 7-6, 7-6
  3. Third round — Lost to Anke Huber (Germany) 5-7, 6-7

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Lost to  Cuba (1-3)
• Defeated  South Korea (3-0)
• Lost to  Brazil (0-3)
• Defeated  Algeria (3-0)
• Lost to Unified Team (1-3)

• Quarterfinals

• Defeated  Italy (3-2)

• Semifinals

• Defeated  Cuba (3-0)

• Final

• Lost to  Brazil (0-3) → Silver Medal

• Team Roster

• Edwin Benne
• Peter Blangé
• Ron Boudrie
• Henk-Jan Held
• Martin van der Horst
• Marko Klok
• Olof van der Meulen
• Jan Posthuma
• Avital Selinger
• Martin Teffer
• Ronald Zoodsma
• Ron Zwerver

• Head Coach: Arie Selinger

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Lost to  Brazil (1-3)
• Defeated  China (3-2)
• Lost to  Cuba (0-3)

• Quarterfinals

• Lost to  United States (1-3)

• Classification Match

• 5th/6th place: Lost to  Japan (1-3) → Sixth place

• Team Roster

• Cintha Boersma
• Erna Brinkman
• Heleen Crielaard
• Kirsten Gleis
• Aafke Hament
• Marjolein de Jong
• Vera Koenen
• Irena Machovcak
• Linda Moons
• Henriëtte Weersing
• Sandra Wiegers

• Head Coach: Peter Murphy

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Lost to Spain (6-12)
• Lost to Italy (4-6)
• Drew with Greece (4-4)
• Lost to Cuba (9-11)
• Drew with Hungary (13-13)

• Classification Round (Group E)

• Defeated Czechoslovakia (9-8)
• Defeated France (15-8) → 9th place

• Team Roster

• ( 1.) Arie van de Bunt
• ( 2.) Marc van Belkum
• ( 3.) Gijs van der Leden
• ( 4.) Harry van der Meer
• ( 5.) John Scherrenburg
• ( 6.) Hans Nieuwenburg
• ( 7.) Koos Issard
• ( 8.) Jalo de Vries
• ( 9.) John Jansen
• (10.) Robert Havekotte
• (11.) Jan Wagenaar
• (12.) Remco Pielstroom
• (13.) Bert Brinkman

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