The Netherlands participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Dutch team consisted of 34 competitors and participated in bobsleigh, short track speed skating, snowboarding, and speed skating.
The Dutch team won eight medals, of which four are gold medals. Seven medals were won in speed skating, one in snowboarding. The gold medal Nicolien Sauerbreij won on the women's parallel giant slalom was the first Dutch medal outside speed skating at the Winter Olympics since Sjoukje Dijkstra's medal for figure skating in 1964 and the 100th Dutch gold medal at the Olympics overall. This was also the first medal for the Netherlands at the Winter Olympics at a snow event.
Records
Olympic record Sven Kramer set a new Olympic record of 6:14.60 in the 5000m men's longtrack speedskating event.CBC Sports, "Speedskater Kramer golden at 5,000", Chris Iorfida, 13 February 2010 (accessed 17 February 2010). He also finished in an Olympic record time in the 10,000 m, but he was disqualified for finishing in the wrong lane.
Jan Blokhuijsen, Sven Kramer, Simon Kuipers and Mark Tuitert set a new Olympic record of 3:39.95 in the men's team pursuit longtrack speedskating event. It brought them no more than the bronze medal, since they had lost their semifinal before.
Track records Mark Tuitert set a new track record of 1:45.57 in the men's 1500m longtrack speedskating event. Ireen Wüst equalled the track record of 1:56.89 in the women's 1500 m race. The above-mentioned 5,000 m and men's team pursuit Olympic records were also track records.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Speed skating Men's 5000 metres Speed skating Men's 1500 metres Speed skating Women's 1500 metres Snowboarding Women's parallel giant slaloms Speed skating Women's 1000 metres Speed skating Women's 1000 metres Speed skating Men's 10,000 metres Sven KramerSimon KuipersMark Tuitert Speed skating Men's team pursuit
Bobsleigh
Men & Women
EventAthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTwo-manEdwin van CalkerSybren Jansma52.371452.831552.631752.62163:30.4516Two-womanEsmé KamphuisTine Veenstra53.81953.591054.091253.6563:35.148Four-manEdwin van CalkerSybren JansmaArnold van CalkerTimothy BeckPre-competition withdrawal
Short track speed skating
Men EventAthleteHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimePositionTimePositionTimePositionTimePosition500 mNiels Kerstholt42.1802 Q42.1284Did not advanceSjinkie Knegt44.4484Did not advance1000 mSjinkie Knegt1:25.4492 Q1:26.1763Did not advance1500 mNiels Kerstholt2:46.2225 ADV2:16.3527Did not advanceSjinkie Knegt2:14.8622 Q2:13.8705 Did not advance
Women EventAthleteHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimePositionTimePositionTimePositionTimePosition500 mAnnita van Doorn44.7513Did not advanceLiesbeth Mau Asam45.1354Did not advanceJorien Ter Mors45.1203Did not advance1000 mAnnita van Doorn1:31.5162 Q1:32.0673Did not advanceLiesbeth Mau Asam-DSQDid not advanceJorien Ter Mors-DSQDid not advance3000 m relayAnnita van DoornLiesbeth Mau AsamJorien ter MorsSanne van KerkhofMaaike Vos4:16.5203 QB4:16.1204
Snowboarding
Women
EventAthleteQualification1st roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsTimeRankOppositiontimeOppositiontimeOppositiontimeOppositiontimeRankWomen's parallel giant slalom1:23.182 QW +17.98W +0.30 W DNF W +0.23
Men
EventAthleteQualificationSemifinalsFinalsRun 1Run 2RankRun 1Run 2RankRun 1Run 2RankMen's halfpipeDolf van der Wal14.511.818Did not advance
Speed skating
Men
EventAthleteRace 1Race 2FinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank500 mJan Bos36.1493136.1112972.2629Simon Kuipers35.6622335.6692071.3320Ronald Mulder35.1551135.1461070.3011Jan Smeekens35.1601235.051470.2161000 mJan Bos1:10.2912Stefan Groothuis1:09.454Simon Kuipers1:09.656Mark Tuitert1:09.4851500 mStefan Groothuis1:48.0316Sven Kramer1:47.4013Simon Kuipers1:46.767Mark Tuitert1:45.57 TR5000 mJan Blokhuijsen6:26.309Bob de Jong6:19.025Sven Kramer6:14.60 OR10,000 mBob de Jong13:06.73Arjen van der Kieft13:33.379Sven KramerDSQ— EventAthletesQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalOpposition timeOpposition timeOpposition timeRankTeam pursuitJan BlokhuijsenSven KramerSimon KuipersMark Tuitert Sweden3:44.25 QUnited States3:43.11 QB Norway3:39.95 OR
Women
EventAthleteRace 1Race 2FinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank500 mMargot Boer38.511438.365476.874Annette Gerritsen97.9523638.7099136.6635Thijsje Oenema38.8921438.8691777.7615Laurine van Riessen39.3022138.8451578.15191000 mMargot Boer1:16.946Annette Gerritsen1:16.58Laurine van Riessen1:16.72Ireen Wüst1:17.2881500 mMargot Boer1:58.104Annette Gerritsen1:58.467Laurine van Riessen1:59.7917Ireen Wüst1:56.893000 mRenate Groenewold4:11.2510Diane Valkenburg4:11.7111Ireen Wüst4:08.0975000 mJorien Voorhuis7:13.2710Elma de Vries7:16.6811 EventAthletesQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalOpposition timeOpposition timeOpposition timeRankTeam pursuitRenate GroenewoldIreen WüstDiane ValkenburgJorien Voorhuis Germany3:03.38 QC Canada3:02.046
See also
Netherlands at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Netherlands at the Olympics
References
External links Gekwalificeerd voor Olympische Winterspelen van Vancouver 2010, from the Dutch Olympic Committee, retrieved 10 January 2010. Tweede Olympisch ticket van Calker, retrieved 9 January 2010.