Nicknames Het Watersportverbond Type Sailing | Contact Het Watersportverbond | |
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Highest governing body Koninlijk Verbond Nederlandsche Watersport Verenigingen
(1890 - 1970)
Koninklijk Nederlands Watersport Verbond
(1970 - Today) 22 Olympic Medals 01 !: 5 02 !: 8 03 !: 9 Team members Female: 26, Male: 176, Female substitutes: 1, Male substitutes: 38, Officials: 26, Total: 267 | ||
The Dutch were in most of the Olympic sailing competitions represented by the Dutch Olympic Sailing Team. The selection of the members of the team was done by the Koninklijk Nederlands Watersport Verbond (KNWV) or its predecessor. With the exception of 1908 and 1912 there were always Dutch sailors willing to compete at this pinnacle of competitive sailing. Even in 1956 in Melbourne the Dutch team was willing and able to perform. However at the last possible moment the Dutch NOC and the Dutch government (together with Switzerland and Spain), ordered a boycott of these games. This boycott was a result of the presence in Hungary of the Soviet Union after the Hungarian Revolution. The KNWV was not in favor of this boycott.
Contents
- 1896 Athens Greece
- 1900 Paris France
- 1904 St Louis United States
- 1908 Ryde Isle of Wight Hunters Quay Firth of Clyde United Kingdom
- 1912 Stockholm Sweden
- 1916 Berlin Germany
- 1920 Ostend Belgium
- 1924 Paris France
- 1928 Amsterdam Netherlands
- 1932 Los Angeles United States
- 1936 Kiel Germany
- 1940 Tokio Japan
- 1940 Helsinki Finland
- 1944
- 1948 Torbay United Kingdom
- 1952 Helsinki Finland
- 1956 Melbourne Australia
- Naples Italy
- Enoshima Japan
- Acapulco Mexico
- 1972 Kiel Germany
- 1976 Kingston Canada
- 1980 Talinn Soviet Union
- 1984 Long Beach United States
- 1988 Pusan South Korea
- 1992 Barcelona Spain
- 1996 Savannah United States
- 2000 Sydney Australia
- 2004 Athens Greece
- 2008 Qingdao China
- 2012 Weymouth United Kingdom
- 2016 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- References
Listed below is an overview of all Olympic games and events which the Dutch Olympic Sailing Team was selected for. The list includes all sailors, substitutes and when known, the officials that supported the team: