The Netherlands competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in 1900, Dutch athletes had competed at every edition of the Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, with the exception of the sparsely attended 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis and 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne (except the equestrian events in Stockholm), which the Netherlands boycotted because of the Soviet invasion of Hungary.
Medalists
| width=78% align=left valign=top |
Medal Name Sport Event Date Cycling Women's road race Ilse Paulis Rowing Women's lightweight double sculls Cycling Women's keirin Sailing Men's RS:X Swimming Women's 10 km open water Gymnastics Women's balance beam Swimming Men's 10 km open water Sailing Women's Laser Radial Cycling Men's road time trial Nicole BeukersInge JanssenCarline Bouw Rowing Women's quadruple sculls Cycling Men's keirin Athletics Women's 200 m Cycling Men's BMX Netherlands women's national field hockey team Field hockey Women's tournament Boxing Women's middleweight Judo Women's 63 kg Cycling Women's road time trial Dirk UittenbogaardBoaz MeylinkKaj HendriksBoudewijn RöellOlivier SiegelaarTone WietenMechiel VersluisRobert LückenPeter Wiersum (cox) Rowing Men's eight Alexander BrouwerRobert Meeuwsen Volleyball Men's beach volleyball | width="22%" align="left" valign="top" |
Medals by sportSport TotalCycling2316Sailing2002Swimming2002Rowing1113Gymnastics1001Athletics0101Boxing0101Field hockey0101Judo0011Volleyball0011Total87419
Medals by dateDayDate TotalDay 16 August0000Day 27 August1001Day 38 August0000Day 49 August0011Day 510 August0112Day 611 August0101Day 712 August1001Day 813 August1012Day 914 August1001Day 1015 August2002Day 1116 August2103Day 1217 August0101Day 1318 August0011Day 1419 August0202Day 1520 August0000Day 1621 August0101Total87419
Competitors
| width=78% align=left valign=top | The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in cycling, equestrian, field hockey and handball are not counted as athletes as long as the athlete did not compete in the Games.
SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 0 3Athletics 11 21 32Badminton 1 2 3Boxing 2 1 3Cycling 16 10 26Diving 0 1 1Equestrian 9 3 12Fencing 1 0 1Field hockey 16 16 32Golf 1 0 1Gymnastics 5 5 10Handball 0 14 14Judo 6 5 11Rowing 19 17 36Sailing 4 7 11Swimming 7 10 17Table tennis 0 3 3Tennis 2 1 3Taekwondo 0 1 1Triathlon 0 1 1Volleyball 4 16 20Wrestling 0 1 1Total 107 135 242
Archery
The Netherlands qualified three archers into the men's individual and team events after having secured a top eight finish in the team recurve event at the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankSjef van den BergMen's individual6844W 7–3W 7–3W 6*–5W 6–4L 3–7L 2–64Mitch Dielemans63458L 1–7did not advanceRick van der Ven66327L 4–6did not advanceSjef van den BergMitch DielemansRick van der VenMen's team19819colspan=2 W 5–1L 0–6did not advance
Athletics
The Netherlands has qualified 32 athletes (11 men and 21 women) into the following athletics events.
Track & road events Men AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankSolomon Bockarie100 mcolspan=2 10.36=5Did not advanceChurandy Martinacolspan=2 10.225Did not advanceSolomon Bockarie200 m20.423colspan=2 Did not advanceChurandy Martina20.292 Qcolspan=2 20.102 Q20.135Liemarvin Bonevacia400 m45.493 Qcolspan=2 45.037Did not advanceSolomon BockarieGiovanni CodringtonDimitri Juliet*Churandy MartinaHensley PaulinaJoren Tromp*4 × 100 m relay38.538colspan=4 Did not advanceAbdi NageeyeMarathoncolspan=6 2:13:0111
Women AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankDafne Schippers100 mcolspan=2 11.161 Q10.902 Q10.905Jamile Samuel200 m23.043colspan=2 Did not advanceTessa van Schagen23.414colspan=2 Did not advanceDafne Schippers22.511 Qcolspan=2 21.961 Q21.88 SBSifan Hassan800 m2:00.275colspan=2 Did not avance1500 m4:06.641 Qcolspan=2 4:03.622 Q4:11.235Maureen Koster1500 m4:13.158colspan=2 Did not advance5000 mcolspan=4 Did not advanceSusan Kuijken5000 m15:19.965 Qcolspan=4 15:00.69810000 mcolspan=6 31:32.4314Jip Vastenburg10000 mcolspan=6 32:08.9228Nadine Visser100 m hurdles13.074colspan=2 Did not advanceMarije van Hunenstijn*Tasa Jiya*Jamile SamuelTessa van SchagenDafne SchippersNaomi Sedney4 × 100 m relay42.886colspan=4 Did not advanceMadiea Ghafoor*Eva HovenkampNicky van LeuverenLaura de WitteLisanne de Witte4 × 400 m relay3:26.986colspan=4 Did not advanceAndrea DeelstraMarathoncolspan=6 2:40:4960
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionFabian FlorantMen's triple jump16.5122Did not advanceFemke PluimWomen's pole vault4.15=29Did not advanceMelissa BoekelmanWomen's shot put17.6915Did not advance
Combined events – Men's decathlon AthleteEventFinalRankPieter Braun Result11.037.5513.901.95—————Points8549477227580—————Eelco Sintnicolaas Result10.87————————Points8900————————
Combined events – Women's heptathlon AthleteEventFinalRankNadine BroersenResult13.561.7714.0424.946.1550.802:17.55630013Points1041941797892896876857Anouk VetterResult13.471.7714.7823.936.1048.422:17.71639410Points1055941846987880830855Nadine VisserResult13.021.6812.8424.346.3542.482:14.47619019Points1121830717948959715900
Badminton
The Netherlands qualified three badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament. Selena Piek, along with her partners Eefje Muskens and Jacco Arends, had claimed their Olympic spots each in the women's and mixed doubles, respectively, by virtue of their top 16 national finish in the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.
AthleteEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankEefje MuskensSelena PiekWomen's doublesW (21–13, 22–20)W (21–16, 16–21, 21–17)L (9–21, 11–21)2 QL (13–21, 22–20, 14–21)Did not advanceJacco ArendsSelena PiekMixed doublesL (14–21, 19–21)L (10–21, 10–21)W (21–15, 21–19)3Did not advance
Boxing
The Netherlands entered three boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament for the first time since 1992. Peter Müllenberg was the first Dutch boxer being selected to the Olympic team with a semifinal victory at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Samsun, Turkey. Meanwhile, Nouchka Fontijn had claimed her Olympic spot with a quarterfinal victory in the women's middleweight division at the World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Enrico Lacruz secured an additional Olympic place on the Dutch roster with his quarterfinal triumph at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankEnrico LacruzMen's lightweightW 2–1L 1–2Did not advancePeter MüllenbergMen's light heavyweightW 3–0L 0–3Did not advanceNouchka FontijnWomen's middleweightW 2–0W 2–1L 0–3
Cycling
Road Dutch riders qualified for the following quota places in the men's and women's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI World Tour (for men) and top 22 in the UCI World Ranking (for women). The Dutch women's road cycling squad was named to the Olympic roster on May 17, 2016, and was preceded by the men's squad two weeks later.
Men AthleteEventTimeRankTom DumoulinRoad raceDid not finishTime trial 1:13:02.83 Steven KruijswijkRoad race6:22:2339 Bauke Mollema6:13:3617 Wout PoelsRoad raceDid not finishTime trialDid not start
Women AthleteEventTimeRankAnna van der BreggenRoad race3:51:27Time trial44:37.80Ellen van DijkRoad race3:56:3421Time trial44:48.744Annemiek van VleutenRoad raceDid not finishMarianne Vos3:52:419
Track Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Dutch riders have accumulated spots in both men's and women's team sprint, as well as both the men's and women's omnium. As a result of their place in the men's and women's team sprint, Netherlands has assured its right to enter two riders in both men's and women's sprint and men's and women's keirin.
Sprint AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1Round 2Repechage 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankTheo BosMen's sprint10.14071.00521Did not advanceJeffrey Hoogland9.83773.1938 QW 10.18170.719LLDid not advance9th place finalL11Elis LigtleeWomen's sprint10.80366.6484 QW 11.42563.019W 11.36063.380 W 11.405,W 11.391 L, LL, L4Laurine van Riessen11.02365.31713 QLLDid not advance
Team sprint AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalsFinalTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)RankTheo BosMatthijs Büchli*Jeffrey HooglandNils van 't HoenderdaalMen's team sprint43.68861.8016 QL 43.55261.9946Did not advanceElis LigtleeLaurine van RiessenWomen's team sprint33.18954.2345 QL 32.79254.8915Did not advance * Shanne Braspennincx is the first reserve for the women's team sprint. She lives outside the Olympic Village during the Games, while she is not a member of the Dutch Olympic Team.** Nils van 't Hoenderdaal is the first reserve for the men's team sprint.
Pursuit AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalsFinalTimeRankOpponentResultsRankOpponentResultsRankJoost van der BurgNils van 't Hoenderdaal*Jan-Willem van SchipWim StroetingaTim VeldtMen's team pursuitdid not advance
Keirin AthleteEvent1st roundRepechage2nd roundFinalRankRankRankRankTheo BosMen's keirin3 R3did not advanceMatthijs Büchli2 Q 2 QElis LigtleeWomen's keirin1 Q2 QLaurine van Riessen4 R1 Q49
Omnium AthleteEventScratch raceIndividual pursuitElimination raceTime trialFlying lapPoints raceTotal pointsRankRankPointsTimeRankPointsRankPointsTimeRankPointsTimeRankPointsPointsRank Tim VeldtMen's omnium16104:22.85672816101:03.46472813.170728771119 Kirsten WildWomen's omnium9243:31.94153243436.562131614.0234344351836
Mountain biking Dutch mountain bikers qualified for two men's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's sixth-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 25, 2016. Rudi van Houts was the first mountain biker, who met the criteria set by the NOC*NSF being selected to the Dutch cycling squad by virtue of his top ten finish at the 2015 European Mountain Bike Championships in Chies d'Alpago, Italy
The Dutch NOC*NSF decided to refuse the second quota place, as they didn't have a second mountain biker who met the national criteria. As a result of this, Van Houts was the only Dutch mountain biker to compete at the Games.
Originally, Anne Terpstra finished in eleventh place at the 2016 European Mountain Bike Championships, which was not enough to qualify for Rio 2016, while she did not manage to have a top 10 finish at a European Championships or a World Championships during the qualification period. However, the UCI decided to disqualify the Russian mountain biker Ekateryna Anoshina, who finished in eighth place. After the disqualification, Terpstra finished in tenth place and was qualified for Rio 2016.
AthleteEventTimeRankRudi van HoutsMen's cross-countryAnne TerpstraWomen's cross-country1:36:3315
BMX The Netherlands has received three men's and two women's quota spots for BMX at the Olympics as a result of the nation's second-place finish for men and third for women in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 30, 2016. The BMX cycling team was announced on 1 June 2016.