The Netherlands competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dutch athletes have competed at every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, 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
On 28 July, the Netherlands won eight medals on a single day, which broke the country's previous record of seven established on 11 August 1928 during the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
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Medal Name Sport Event Date Koen MetsemakersDirk UittenbogaardAbe WiersmaTone Wieten Rowing Men's quadruple sculls Annemiek van Vleuten Cycling Women's road time trial Niek Kimmann Cycling Men's BMX racing Kiran Badloe Sailing Men's RS:X Sifan Hassan Athletics Women's 5000 metres Roy van den BergMatthijs BüchliJeffrey HooglandHarrie Lavreysen Cycling Men's team sprint Shanne Braspennincx Cycling Women's keirin Harrie Lavreysen Cycling Men's sprint Field hockey Women's tournament Sifan Hassan Athletics Women's 10,000 metres Steve WijlerGabriela Schloesser Archery Mixed team Annemiek van Vleuten Cycling Women's individual road race Arno Kamminga Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke Stef BroeninkMelvin Twellaar Rowing Men's double sculls Ymkje CleveringKarolien FlorijnEllen HogerwerfVeronique Meester Rowing Women's coxless four Tom Dumoulin Cycling Men's road time trial Arno Kamminga Swimming Men's 200 metre breaststroke Sharon van Rouwendaal Swimming Women's marathon 10 km Anouk Vetter Athletics Women's heptathlon Jeffrey Hoogland Cycling Men's sprint Terrence AgardRamsey AngelaLiemarvin BonevaciaTony van DiepenJochem Dobber Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay Abdi Nageeye Athletics Men's marathon Roos de JongLisa Scheenaard Rowing Women's double sculls Anna van der Breggen Cycling Women's road time trial Sanne van Dijke Judo Women's −70 kg Marieke KeijserIlse Paulis Rowing Women's lightweight double sculls Merel Smulders Cycling Women's BMX racing Marit Bouwmeester Sailing Women's Laser Radial Annemiek BekkeringAnnette Duetz Sailing Women's 49er FX Femke Bol Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles Maikel van der Vleuten Equestrian Individual jumping Emma Oosterwegel Athletics Women's heptathlon Nouchka Fontijn Boxing Women's middleweight Sifan Hassan Athletics Women's 1500 metres Harrie Lavreysen Cycling Men's keirin Kirsten Wild Cycling Women's omnium
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Medals by sportSport TotalArchery0101Athletics2338Boxing0011Cycling53412Equestrian0011Field hockey1001Judo0011Rowing1225Sailing1023Swimming0303Total10121436
Competitors The following is the list of number of Dutch competitors in the Games.
SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 1 4Artistic swimming 2 2Athletics 18 25 43Badminton 2 2 4Basketball 4 0 4Boxing 1 1 2Canoeing 0 1 1Cycling 16 13 29Diving 0 2 2Equestrian 5 3 8Fencing 1 0 1Field hockey 16 16 32Football 0 22 22Golf 0 1 1Gymnastics 2 4 6Handball 0 14 14Judo 5 5 10Rowing 21 14 35Sailing 4 6 10Skateboarding 0 2 2Swimming 8 8 16Table tennis 0 1 1Tennis 2 2 4Triathlon 2 2 4Volleyball 2 4 6Water polo 0 13 13Weightlifting 1 0 1 Total 113 165 278
Archery
Three Dutch archers qualified for the men's events by reaching the quarterfinal stage of the men's team recurve at the 2019 World Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch. Another Dutch archer scored a shoot-off victory in the quarterfinal round of the women's individual recurve to book an outright Olympic berth available at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankGijs BroeksmaMen's individual66714W 6–4L 5–6Did not advanceSjef van den Berg6708W 7–3L 1–7Did not advanceSteve Wijler6756W 6–4L 4–6Did not advanceGijs BroeksmaSjef van den BergSteve WijlerMen's team20122colspan=2 W 5–3L 0–6L 4–54Gabriela SchloesserWomen's individual65220W 6–5L 0–6Did not advanceSteve WijlerGabriela SchloesserMixed team13276 Qcolspan=2 W 6–0W 5–4W 5–3L 3–5
Artistic swimming
The Netherlands fielded a squad of two artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet event, by finishing fourth at the 2021 FINA Olympic Qualification Tournament in Barcelona, Spain.
AthleteEventTechnical routineFree routine (preliminary)Free routine (final)PointsRankPointsTotal (technical + free)RankPointsTotal (technical + free)RankBregje de BrouwerNoortje de BrouwerDuet87.2612988.1667175.42799 Q88.9000176.16129
Athletics
Dutch athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
Track & road events Men AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankTaymir Burnet200 m20.60 SB3 Q20.908Did not advanceLiemarvin Bonevacia400 m44.951 Q44.62 NR3 q45.078Jochem Dobber45.543 Q45.486Did not advanceTony van Diepen800 m1:46.036Did not advanceMike Foppen5000 mcolspan=2 Did not advanceNick Smidt400 m hurdles49.554 Q49.35 SB7Did not advanceTaymir BurnetChristopher GariaJoris van GoolChurandy Martina4 × 100 m relaycolspan=2 Did not advanceTerrence AgardRamsey AngelaLiemarvin Bonevacia Tony van DiepenJochem Dobber4 × 400 m relay2:59.06 NR5 qcolspan=2 2:57.18 NRKhalid ChoukoudMarathoncolspan=4 rowspan=3Abdi Nageeye2:09:58 SBBart van Nunen
Women AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankMarije van Hunenstijn100 mcolspan=2 11.27 SB6Did not advanceJamile Samuelcolspan=2 Did not advanceDafne Schipperscolspan=2 Did not advanceJamile Samuel200 mcolspan=2 rowspan=2 Did not advanceDafne Schippers23.133 Q23.036Did not advanceLieke Klaver400 m51.373 Qcolspan=2 rowspan=2 51.376Did not advanceLisanne de Witte51.68 SB4 q52.098Did not advanceSifan Hassan1500 m4:05.17 1 Qcolspan=2 4:00.231 Q3:55.865000 m14:47.891 Qcolspan=4 14:36.7910000 mcolspan=6 29:55.32Diane van Es5000 m15:47.0116colspan=4 Did not advanceSusan Krumins10000 mcolspan=6 Zoë Sedney100 m hurdles13.037colspan=2 rowspan=2 Did not advanceNadine Visser12.72 SB2 Q12.63 SB3 q12.735Femke Bol400 m hurdles54.431 Qcolspan=2 53.911 Q52.03 ARIrene van der Reijken3000 m steeplechase9:42.9830colspan=4 Did not advanceMarije van HunenstijnDafne SchippersNaomi SedneyNadine Visser4 × 100 m relay42.81 SB5 qcolspan=4 Femke BolLaura de WitteLisanne de WitteLieke Klaver4 × 400 m relay3:24.01 NR4 qcolspan=4 3:23.74 NR6Andrea DeelstraMarathoncolspan=6 rowspan=22:37:0544Jill Holterman2:45:2763
Mixed AthleteEventHeat FinalResultRankResultRankRamsey AngelaLiemarvin BonevaciaJochem DobberFemke BolLieke KlaverLisanne de Witte4 × 400 m relay3:10.69 NR2 Q3:10.36 NR4 Athletes who participated in the heat only.
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankMenno VloonMen's pole vault5.757 q5.5513Jessica SchilderWomen's shot put17.7419Did not advanceJorinde van KlinkenWomen's discus throw61.1514Did not advance
Combined events – Women's heptathlon AthleteEvent200 m800 mTotalRankNadine BroersenResult13.741.80 SB14.50 SB25.57 SB—— Points10159788278350——Emma OosterwegelResult13.36 PB1.80 PB13.2824.25 PB6.2954.60 PB2:11.09 PB6590 PBPoints1071978746957940949949Anouk VetterResult13.09 PB1.80 SB15.29 SB23.816.4751.202:18.72 SB6689 NRPoints1111978880999997883841
Badminton
The Netherlands entered 4 badminton players for the following events based on the BWF Race to Tokyo Rankings; one in the men's singles, one pair in the women's doubles and mixed doubles.
AthleteEventGroup StageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMark CaljouwMen's singlesW (17–21, 21–9, 21–10)W (21–14, 21–14)1 QL (17–21, 21–3, 19–21)Did not advanceSelena PiekCheryl SeinenWomen's doublesW (16–21, 21–14, 21–15)W (21–6, 21–10)L (22–24, 15–21)2 QL (8–21, 17–21)Did not advanceRobin TabelingSelena PiekMixed doublesL (21–16, 15–21, 11–21)L (15–21, 20–22)W (21–9, 21–4)3Did not advance
Basketball
Summary TeamEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankNetherlands men's 3×3Men's 3×3 tournament L 15–16 ROC W 18–15W 21–20W 21–18L 17–18W 22–20L 18–224 Q ROC L 19–21Did not advance5
3x3 basketball Men's tournament
Netherlands men's national 3x3 team qualified for the Olympics by securing a top three finish at the 2021 Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
Team roster The players were announced on 6 July 2021.
Ross Bekkering Dimeo van der Horst Arvin Slagter Jessey Voorn
Group play
Quarterfinal
Boxing
The Netherlands entered two boxers (one per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Rio 2016 Olympians Enrico Lacruz (men's lightweight) and Nouchka Fontijn (women's middleweight) secured the spots on the Dutch squad in their respective weight divisions, either by winning the round of 16 match, advancing to the semifinal match, or scoring a box-off triumph, at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in Villebon-sur-Yvette, France.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankEnrico LacruzMen's lightweightL 0–5Did not advance=17Nouchka FontijnWomen's middleweightW 4–1W 5–0L 2–3Did not advance
Canoeing
Slalom The Netherlands qualified one canoeist for the women's K-1 class by finishing in the top eighteen at the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain, marking the country's recurrence to the sport after a twelve-year absence.
AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalRun 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRankMartina WegmanWomen's K-1113.2912109.8410109.8412 Q108.74 8 Q111.337
Cycling
Road The Netherlands entered a squad of nine riders (five men and four women) to compete in their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) and top 22 (for women) in the UCI World Ranking.
Men AthleteEventTimeRankDylan van BaarleRoad race6:09:0415Tom Dumoulin6:15:3844Yoeri HavikDid not finishWilco Kelderman6:15:3851Bauke Mollema6:06:334Tom DumoulinTime trial56:05.58
Women AthleteEventTimeRankAnna van der BreggenRoad race3:54:3115Annemiek van Vleuten3:54:00Demi Vollering3:55:4125Marianne Vos3:54:315Anna van der BreggenTime trial31:15.12Annemiek van Vleuten30:13.49
Track Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Dutch riders accumulated spots for both men and women in team sprint, omnium, and madison, based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings. As a result of their place in the men's and women's team sprint, the Netherlands won 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 2Round 3Repechage 3QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeRankJeffrey HooglandMen's sprint9.215 78.133 1 QW 9.82173.312W 10.03471.756W 9.83173.238W 10.204,W 9.902W 9.692,W 9.786W 9.724,L, LHarrie Lavreysen9.21578.1332 QW 10.00571.964W 9.76673.725W 9.63574.728 W 10.243,W 10.551W 9.747,W 9.784L, W 9.776,W 10.681Shanne BraspennincxWomen's sprint10.479 68.7097 QW 10.97965.580W 10.91265.982W 10.88966.122L, LDid not advance5th place final L7Laurine van Riessen Did not advance
Team sprint