Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The team of 35 competed in speed skating, bobsleigh, short track speed skating and snowboarding. The Dutch flag bearer during the opening ceremony was speedskater Jan Bos.
Historically, the Dutch have only won medals in skating; of their 78 Winter Olympic medals since 1952, 75 have been won in speed skating, and a further three in figure skating. The Netherlands have not won a figure skating medal since 1976.
Dirk Matschenz (skeleton) did meet the limits set by the Dutch Olympic Committee but did not participate because he did not get his Dutch passport before the start of the Olympics. Matschenz is originally from Germany.
Medalists
MedalNameSportEvent Speed skating Women's 3000 metres Speed skating Women's 1000 metres Speed skating Men's 10,000 metres Speed skating Men's 5000 metres Speed skating Women's 3000 metres Rintje RitsmaMark TuitertCarl VerheijenErben Wennemars Speed skating Men's team pursuit Speed skating Men's 1000 metres Speed skating Women's 1500 metres Speed skating Men's 10,000 metres
Bobsleigh
AthleteEventFinalRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalRankIlse BroedersJeanette PenningsTwo-woman1:00.13did not startArend GlasSybren JansmaTwo-man56.7056.5456.9557.153:47.3619Eline Jurg Kitty van HaperenTwo-woman58.0558.0858.4258.353:52.9011Arend GlasSybren JansmaArno KlaassenVincent KortbeekFour-man55.8256.0855.7855.513:43.1916
Short track speed skating
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankCees JuffermansMen's 500 m42.8493 Q42.5153did not advance11Men's 1500 m2:27.6962 Qcolspan=2 align="center" DNFdid not advance16Niels KerstholtMen's 1000 mdisqualifieddid not advanceMen's 1500 m2:23.8542 Qcolspan=2 align="center" 2:21.7483Final B 2:24.96210Liesbeth Mau AsamWomen's 500 m45.5003did not advance15Women's 1000 m1:38.0392 Q1:34.0343did not advance10Women's 1500 m2:28.9102 Qcolspan=2 align="center" 2:26.3706did not advance14
Snowboarding
Two women were selected for the Netherlands in snowboarding events in Torino; Cheryl Maas for the halfpipe event and Nicolien Sauerbreij in the parallel giant slalom event. Maas qualified in 4th place for the final, but on her final run, Maas landed on the top edge of the halfpipe, fell and ended up in 11th.
Halfpipe AthleteEventQualifying Run 1Qualifying Run 2FinalPointsRankPointsRankRun 1Run 2RankCheryl MaasWomen's halfpipe38.64 Qn/a(8.7)16.511
Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.
Parallel GS AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsTimeRankOppositiontimeOppositiontimeOppositiontimeOppositiontimeRankNicolien SauerbreijWomen's parallel giant slalom1:22.1712 (1)L +0.03 (-1.50 +1.53)did not advance12
Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.
Speed skating
Men AthleteEventRace 1Race 2FinalTimeRankJan Bos500 m35.6835.431:11.11111000 mn/a1:09.4251500 mn/a1:48.6120Bob de Jong5000 mn/a6:22.12610000 mn/a13:01.57Stefan Groothuis1000 mn/a1:09.578Sven Kramer1500 mn/a1:48.36155000 mn/a6:16.4010000 mn/a13:18.147Simon Kuipers500 m36.1035.741:11.84231500 mn/a1:46.584Beorn Nijenhuis500 m48.8435.711:24.55351000 mn/a1:09.8512Carl Verheijen5000 mn/a6:18.84410000 mn/a13:08.80Erben Wennemars500 m35.4635.841:11.30161000 mn/a1:09.321500 mn/a1:46.715
Women AthleteEventRace 1Race 2FinalTimeRankBarbara De Loor1000 mn/a1:16.736Annette Gerritsen500 m39.1238.971:18.09121000 mn/a1:18.3323Renate Groenewold1500 mn/a1:59.3393000 mn/a4:03.485000 mn/a7:11.329Carien Kleibeuker5000 mn/a7:12.1810 Moniek Kleinsman3000 mn/a4:13.8117Marianne Timmer500 mdisqualified1000 mn/a1:16.051500 mn/a2:00.4514 Paulien van Deutekom1500 mn/a2:00.1513 Sanne van der Star500 m39.2639.331:18.5914Ireen Wüst1000 mn/a1:16.3941500 mn/a1:56.903000 mn/a4:02.43
Team Pursuit
AthleteEventSeedingQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankOppositiontimeOppositiontimeOppositiontimeRankSven KramerRintje RitsmaMark TuitertCarl VerheijenErben WennemarsMen's team pursuit3:48.023 (6)W 3:44.65 (2)L OvertakenBronze final (4)W 3:44.53Paulien van DeutekomRenate GroenewoldMoniek KleinsmanGretha SmitIreen WüstWomen's team pursuit3:06.674 (5)L 3:03.65did not advance5th place final (6)L 3:05.626
References
Further references Gekwalificeerde sporters Olympische Spelen 2006, from the Dutch Olympic Committee, retrieved 23 January 2006