The Netherlands competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 130 competitors, 129 men and 1 woman, took part in 58 events in 15 sports.
Medalists
Gold Piet de Brouwer, Joep Packbiers, Janus Theeuwes, Driekske van Bussel, Jo van Gastel, Tiest van Gestel, Janus van Merrienboer, and Theo Willems — Archery, Men's Team Competition Maurice Peeters — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch) Cornelis Hin, Frans Hin, and Johan Hin — Sailing, Men's Dinghy Berend Carp, Joop Carp, and Petrus Wernink — Sailing, Men's 6½ Meter Class
Silver Wilhelmus Bekkers, Johannes Hengeveld, Sytse Jansma, Henk Janssen, Antonius van Loon, Willem van Loon, Marinus van Rekum, and Willem van Rekum — Tug of War, Men's Team Competition Petrus Beukers and Arnoud van der Biesen — Sailing, Men's Dinghy
Bronze Piet Ikelaar — Cycling, Men's 50 km Track Race Frans de Vreng and Piet Ikelaar — Cycling, Men's 2.000m Tandem Arie de Jong — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual Arie de Jong, Louis Delaunoij, Jetze Doorman, Willem van Blijenburgh, Jan van der Wiel, Henri Wijnoldij-Daniëls, and Salomon Zeldenrust — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Arie Bieshaar, Leo Bosschart, Evert Jan Bulder, Jaap Bulder, Jan de Natris, Harry Dénis, Ber Groosjohan, Frits Kuipers, Dick MacNeill, Henk Steeman, Jan van Dort, Oscar van Rappard, Ben Verweij, and Felix von Heijden — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition
Aquatics
Swimming
Four swimmers, including one woman, represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. None of the swimmers advanced to an event final. Rie Beisenherz became the first woman to represent the Netherlands at the Olympics.
Ranks given are within the heat.
Men
SwimmerEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankResultRank Ko Korsten 100 m free 1:05.6 2 Q Unknown 7 Did not advance Jean van Silfhout 100 m free 1:09.0 3 Did not advance Cor Zegger 1500 m free 24:58.0 3 Did not advance
Women
SwimmerEventSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRank Rie Beisenherz 100 m free 1:22.6 3 Did not advance
Water polo
The Netherlands competed in the Olympic water polo tournament for the second time in 1920. A modified version of the Bergvall System was in use at the time. The Netherlands lost 2–1 to Belgium in the quarterfinals. Because Belgium eventually finished with the silver medal, the Dutch had a chance to play for the bronze. In the bronze medal quarterfinals, they defeated Czechoslovakia. They fell to Sweden in the bronze semifinals, however. Squad Karel Struijs Karel Kratz Karel Meijer Johan Cortlever Piet Plantinga Gé Bohlander Jean van Silfhout Piet van der Velden Leen Hoogendijk
Quarterfinals
Bronze medal quarterfinals
Bronze medal semifinals
Final rank 5th
Archery
The Netherlands sent eight archers in its second Olympic archery appearance. The Dutch archers competed in a single event, the team moving bird at 28 metres. Facing off against a Belgian team and a French team, the Netherlands squad took the gold medal.
ArcherEventFinalScoreRank Piet de Brouwer Joep Packbiers Janus Theeuwes Driekske van Bussel Jo van Gastel Tiest van Gestel Janus van Merrienboer Theo Willems Team moving bird, 28 m 3087
Athletics
11 athletes represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in athletics. Paulen's seventh-place finish in the 800 metres was the country's best result in the sport to date.
Ranks given are within the heat.
AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Jan de Vries 100 m 4 Did not advance Cor Gubbels 3 km walkalign=center colspan=4 Disqualified Did not advance Albert Heijnneman 100 m 11.0 3 Did not advance 200 m 25.4 2 QDisqualified Did not advance Christiaan Huijgens Marathonalign=center colspan=6 Did not finish Adje Paulen 800 malign=center colspan=2 1:58.4 4 Q 1:57.8 3 Q 1:56.3 7 August Schotte 3 km walkalign=center colspan=4 7 Did not advance Gerardus van der Wel 5000 malign=center colspan=4 9 Did not advance Harry van Rappard 100 m 4 Did not advance 200 m 23.7 4 Did not advance Oscar van Rappard 110 m hurdlesalign=center colspan=2 3 Did not advance Hendricus Wessel Marathonalign=center colspan=6 3:00:17.0 26 Cor Wezepoel 100 m 11.5 2 Q 5 Did not advance 200 m 23.3 2 Q 23.3 5 Did not advance Jan de Vries Albert Heijnneman Harry van Rappard Cor Wezepoel 4 × 100 m relayalign=center colspan=4 43.5 3 Did not advance
Boxing
Eight boxers represented Netherlands at the 1920 Games. It was the nation's debut in boxing. None of the boxers made it past the quarterfinals.
BoxerWeight classRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / Bronze matchOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRank Jan Hesterman Middleweight Bye L Did not advance 9 Wim Hesterman Featherweight W L Did not advance 9 Johannes Heuckelbach Welterweight L Did not advance 17 Ko Janssens Lightweight N/A L Did not advance 9 Paul Munting Middleweight Bye L Did not advance 9 Herman Nak Lightweight N/A L Did not advance 9 Nelis van Dijk Flyweight N/A L Did not advance 9 Ted Zegwaard Flyweight N/A W L Did not advance 5
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent 0 1 .000 1 1 .500 0 2 .000 1 2 .333 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 Total 2 8 .200
Round Wins Losses Percent Round of 32 1 1 .500 Round of 16 1 6 .143 Quarterfinals 0 1 .000 Semifinals 0 0 – Final 0 0 – Bronze match 0 0 – Total 2 8 .200
Cycling
Ten cyclists represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. Peeters won the sprint event. Ikelaar took the bronze in the 50 kilometres, and added another bronze along with de Vreng in the tandem. The three medals were the first Olympic cycling medals for the Netherlands, and put the country in third place in the cycling leaderboard for the Games.
Road cycling
CyclistEventFinalResultRank Nicolaas de Jong Time trial 5:06:46.6 25 Petrus Ikelaar Time trial 4:46:54.0 8 Pieter Kloppenburg Time trial 5:22:16.0 33 Arie van der Stel Time trial 5:12:42.6 27 Nicolaas de Jong Petrus Ikelaar Pieter Kloppenburg Arie van der Stel Team time trial 20:28:39.2 6
Track cycling
Ranks given are within the heat.
CyclistEventHeatsQuarterfinalsRepechage semisRepechage finalSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Tjabel Boonstra Sprint Unknown 3 Did not advance Franciscus de Vreng Sprint Unknown 3 Did not advance Petrus Ikelaar Sprint Unknown 2 Q Unknown 3 R Unknown 4 Did not advance 50 km N/A Unknown Anton Krijgsman 50 km N/A Did not finish Willem Ooms 50 km N/A Did not finish Maurice Peeters Sprint Unknown 2 Q 13.2 1 Q Advanced directly 12.6 1 Q 13.0 Arie van der Stel 50 km N/A Did not finish Pieter Beets Tjabel Boonstra Tandem N/A Unknown 3 N/A Did not advance Franciscus de Vreng Petrus Ikelaar Tandem N/A 12.6 1 Q N/A Unknown 2 Unknown Pieter Beets Franciscus de Vreng Petrus Ikelaar Maurice Peeters Team pursuit N/A Unknown 2 N/A Did not advance
Equestrian
A single equestrian represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Sirtema competed in the individual eventing competition, finishing in 20th place.
EquestrianHorseEventFinal Result Rank Idzard Sirtema Good Shot Eventing 1035.00 20
Fencing
Ten fencers represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport. The country's best results were in the sabre competitions. De Jong won the bronze medal in the individual event and two others reached the final; it was the only individual event in which the team had any finalists. The sabre team also captured a bronze medal.
Ranks given are within the group.
FencerEventFirst roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Wouter Brouwer Épée 3–3 5 Q 3–7 8 Did not advance Foil N/A 2–4 4 Did not advance Sabre N/A 3–4 5 Did not advance Adrianus de Jong Épée 6–2 2 Q 6–4 4 Q 4–7 8 Did not advance Foil N/A 4–4 4 Did not advance Sabre N/A 5–2 3 Q 5–1 2 Q 6–5 Louis Delaunoij Épée 3–6 7 Did not advance Willem Hubert Épée 3–6 7 Did not advance Jan van der Wiel Épée 5–2 1 Q 1–10 12 Did not advance Foil N/A 1–6 7 Did not advance Sabre N/A 6–2 1 Q 3–3 3 Q 6–5 5 Félix Vigeveno Épée 2–6 8 Did not advance Foil N/A 3–2 3 Q 2–3 4 Did not advance Sabre N/A 2–5 7 Did not advance Henri Wijnoldij-Daniëls Épée 4–3 3 Q 4–6 7 Did not advance Sabre N/A 4–3 4 Q 4–2 1 Q 4–7 9 Salomon Zeldenrust Épée 3–5 7 Did not advance Foil N/A 5–3 4 Did not advance Wouter Brouwer Adrianus de Jong Jan van der Wiel Félix Vigeveno Salomon Zeldenrust Team foil Composition for teams. N/A 0–2 3 Did not advance Adrianus de Jong Louis Delaunoy Jetze Doorman Willem Hubert Jan van der Wiel Salomon Zeldenrust Team sabre N/A 5–2 Adrianus de Jong Jetze Doorman Willem Hubert George van Rossem Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls Salomon Zeldenrust Team épée N/A 2–2 4 Did not advance
Football
The Netherlands competed in the Olympic football tournament for the third time, winning its third straight bronze medal. The team had a fairly easy win over Luxembourg in the first round before requiring extra time to defeat Sweden in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, the Netherlands lost to eventual gold-medalist Belgium. This relegated the Dutch team to the consolation tournament for silver; they received a bye into the consolation final when France turned out to have left the Olympics. In the match for silver and bronze, the Netherlands were defeated by Spain to finish in third place.
First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Consolation final
Final rank Bronze
Rowing
Twelve rowers represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. None of the three Dutch boats advanced to the finals.
Ranks given are within the heat.
RowerCoxEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankResultRank Frits Eijken N/A Single sculls 7:50.0 1 Q 7:50.4 2 Did not advance Koos de Haas Bastiaan Veth N/A Double sculls N/A 7:24.8 2 Did not advance Robbert Blaisse Huibert Boumeester Johannes Haasnoot Willem Hudig Philip Jongeneel Frederik Koopman Bernard te Hennepe Johannes van der Vegte Liong Siang Sie Eight 6:38.2 2 Did not advance
Sailing
Eight sailors represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. The Dutch had their best possible result, with two gold medals and one silver. The two Dutch 12-footers were the only boats to contest that event, while the 6½ metre team defeated a French boat.
SailorsClassRace 1Race 2Race 3TotalResultRankResultRankResultRankScoreRank Petrus Beukers Arnoud van der Biesen 12 foot Unknown Bernard Carp Johan Carp Petrus Wernink 6½ metre (1919) Unknown Cornelis Hin Frans Hin Johan Hin 12 foot Unknown
Shooting
Fifteen shooters represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport. Klaas Jan Pen competed, but it is not known in which event.
ShooterEventFinalResultRank Antonius Bouwens 50 m free pistol 444 Unknown 300 m free rifle, 3 pos. 909 Unknown Herman Bouwens 50 m free pistol 394 Unknown 300 m free rifle, 3 pos. 841 Unknown Jan Brussaard 300 m free rifle, 3 pos. 866 Unknown Emile Jurgens Trap Unknown Christiaan Moltzer Trap Unknown Cornelis van Altenburg 50 m free pistol 397 Unknown Cornelis van Dalen 300 m free rifle, 3 pos. 828 Unknown Gerard van den Bergh 50 m free pistol 445 Unknown 300 m free rifle, 3 pos. 939 Unknown Klaas Woldendorp 50 m free pistol 443 Unknown Antonius Bouwens Herman Bouwens Jan Brussaard Cornelis van Dalen Gerard van den Bergh Team free rifle 4383 8 300 m team military rifle, prone 269 12 300 m team military rifle, standing 228 10 600 m team military rifle, prone 266 9 300 & 600 m team military rifle, prone 495 13 Antonius Bouwens Herman Bouwens Cornelis van Altenburg Gerard van den Berg Klaas Woldendorp 50 m team free pistol 2123 10 Reindert de Favauge Emile Jurgens Franciscus Jurgens Cornelis van der Vliet Eduardus van Voorst tot Voorst Pieter Waller Team clay pigeons 222 6
Tug of war