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Netherlands at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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Netherlands at the
1984 Summer Olympics
IOC codeNED
(HOL used at these Games)
NOCDutch Olympic Committee*
Dutch Sports Federation
Websitewww.nocnsf.nl (in Dutch)
in Los Angeles
Competitors136 (82 men and 54 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer Ton Buunk
Medals
Ranked 13th
Gold
5
Silver
2
Bronze
6
Total
13
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

The Netherlands competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 136 competitors, 82 men and 54 women, took part in 74 events in 15 sports.[1]

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Petra van Staveren Swimming Women's 100 metre breaststroke 2 August
 Gold Jolanda de Rover Swimming Women's 200 metre backstroke 4 August
 Gold Stephan van den Berg Sailing Windglider 8 August
 Gold Netherlands women's national field hockey team
Field hockey Women's tournament 10 August
 Gold Ria Stalman Athletics Women's discus throw 11 August
 Silver Desi Reijers
Conny van Bentum
Annemarie Verstappen
Elles Voskes
Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 31 July
 Silver Greet Hellemans
Nicolette Hellemans
Rowing Women's double sculls 4 August
 Bronze Annemarie Verstappen Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle 29 July
 Bronze Annemarie Verstappen Swimming Women's 200 metre freestyle 30 July
 Bronze Jolanda de Rover Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke 31 July
 Bronze Lynda Cornet
Greet Hellemans
Nicolette Hellemans
Catalien Neelissen
Marty Laurijsen
Anne-Marie Quist
Wiljon Vaandrager
Marieke van Drogenbroek
Harriet van Ettekoven
Rowing Women's eight 4 August
 Bronze Arnold Vanderlijde Boxing Men's heavyweight 9 August
 Bronze Annemiek Derckx Canoeing Women's K-1 500 metres 10 August

Archery

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Both of the Dutch archers from the 1980 competition returned in 1984. Both shot much higher scores than they had four years earlier, but the field was more competitive with the return of many nations that had boycotted, and both dropped out of the top eight.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

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Men's 5,000 metres

  • Heat — 13:58.51 (→ did not advance)

Men's 3,000m Steeplechase

Men's Marathon

  • Final — 2:21:08 (→ 39th place)
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Shot Put

  • Qualifying Round — 19.28 m
  • Final — 19.65 m (→ 8th place)

Women's 100 metres

  • Heat 1 — 11.43s
  • Heat 2 — 11.56s (→ did not advance)

Women's 1,500 metres

  • Heat — 4:10.69
  • Final — 4:11.58 (→ 12th place)

Women's Marathon

  • Final — 2:37:51 (→ 22nd place)

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 56.67
  • Semifinal — 57.01 (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Qualifying Heat — 58.28m
  • Final — 65.36m (→ Gold Medal)

Women's Long Jump

  • Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's High Jump

  • Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Final Result — 6147 points (→ 7th place)
  • Final Result — 6015 points (→ 11th place)

Boxing

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Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)


Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

Canoeing

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Men's K-2 (500 metres)

Men's K-2 (1,000 metres)

Women's K-1 (500 metres)

Cycling

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Sixteen cyclists, thirteen men and three women, represented the Netherlands in 1984.

Men's individual road race
Team time trial
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit
Points race
Women's individual road race

Diving

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Women's 3m Springboard

Equestrianism

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Mixed Dressage Individual

Mixed Dressage Team

Field hockey

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Men's team competition

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  • Preliminary round (group B)
  • Defeated Canada (4-1)
  • Defeated New Zealand (3-1)
  • Drew with Pakistan (3-3)
  • Lost to Great Britain (3-4)
  • Defeated Kenya (3-0)
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated Spain (0-0) after penalty strokes (10-4)
  • 5th/6th place: Lost to India (2-5) → 6th place
  • Team roster

Women's Team Competition

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  • Round robin
  • Defeated New Zealand (2-1)
  • Defeated United States (2-1)
  • Defeated West Germany (6-2)
  • Drew with Canada (2-2)
  • Defeated Australia (2-0) → Gold Medal
  • Team roster

Judo

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Men's Half-Middleweight

Men's Middleweight

Men's Heavyweight

Rowing

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Sailing

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Shooting

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Swimming

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Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat — 51.19
  • B-Final — 51.64 (→ 13th place)
  • Heat — 51.33
  • B-Final — 51.74 (→ 15th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat — 1:51.32
  • Final — 1:51.62 (→ 6th place)
  • Heat — 1:52.37
  • B-Final — 1:52.36 (→ 11th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Heat — 57.48
  • Final — 58.07 (→ 8th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Heat — 55.46
  • B-Final — 55.75 (→ 14th place)
  • Heat — 56.55 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

  • Heat — 2:01.18
  • B-Final — 2:01.23 (→ 10th place)
  • Heat — 2:00.83
  • B-Final — 2:01.30 (→ 13th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 2:08.27 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 3:27.60 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 7:29.14
  • Final — 7:26.72 (→ 7th place)


Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat — 56.11
  • Final — 56.08 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Heat — 56.94
  • Final — 56.43 (→ 4th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat — 2:01.61
  • Final — 1:59.69 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Heat — 2:01.52
  • Final — 2:00.59 (→ 5th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

  • Heat — 4:16.65
  • Final — 4:16.05 (→ 6th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

  • Heat — 8:46.58
  • Final — 8:42.86 (→ 6th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Heat — 1:02.94
  • Final — 1:02.91 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Heat — 1:04.57
  • Swimm-Off — 1:04.82
  • B-Final — 1:04.75 (→ 12th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Heat — 2:13.50
  • Final — 2:12.38 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat — 2:20.63 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 1:14.09 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
  • Heat — 1:11.18
  • Final — 1:09.88 OR (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 2:41.57 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
  • Heat — 2:37.20
  • Final — 2:36.32 in B final (→ 10th place)

Women's 100m Butterfly

  • Heat — 1:02.01
  • Final — 1:01.94 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 1:01.50
  • Final — 1:01.56 (→ 4th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

  • Heat — 2:13.74
  • Swim-Off — 2:13.60
  • Final — 2:17.39 (→ 8th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 3:47.65
  • Final — 3:44.40 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 4x100 Medley Relay

  • Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance)

Synchronized swimming

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Women's Solo

Women's Duet

Water polo

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Men's team competition

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  • Preliminary round (group A)
  • Defeated Canada (10-9)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (5-9)
  • Defeated China (10-8)
  • Final Round (Group D)
  • Lost to United States (7-8)
  • Lost to Spain (4-8)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (5-9)
  • Lost to Australia (7-8)
  • Lost to West Germany (2-15) → 6th place
  • Team roster

References

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  1. ^ "Netherlands at the 1984 Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  2. ^ Jo Rutten (50 years, 81 days) was the oldest member of the Dutch Olympic Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  3. ^ Brigitte van der Lans (16 years, 4 days) was the youngest member of the Dutch Olympic Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics