Netherlands at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Medalists

The Netherlands finished in 16th position in the final medal rankings, with three gold medals and five medals overall.

Gold

Hennie Kuiper — Cycling Road, Men's Individual Road Race

Willem Ruska — Judo, Men's Heavyweight

Willem Ruska — Judo, Men's Open Category

Silver

Mieke Jaapies — Canoe, Women's Flatwater K-1 500m

Bronze

Roel Luynenburg and Ruud Stokvis — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

Sjef Hensgens

Heat — 1:51.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

Haico Scharn

Heat — 3:41.4

Semifinals — 3:44.4 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

Jos Hermens

Heat — DNS (→ did not advance) (left Munich after the assault on the Israeli athletes)

Boxing

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

James Vrij

First Round — Bye

Second Round — Lost to János Kajdi (HUN), 1:4

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Anthony Richardson

First Round — Bye

Second Round — Defeated Svetomir Belić (YUG), 3:2

Third Round — Lost to Loucif Hanmani (ALG), TKO-2

Cycling

Eleven cyclists represented the Netherlands in 1972.

Individual road race

Hennie Kuiper — 04:14:37 (→ Gold Medal)

Piet van Katwijk — 04:15:13 (→ 11th place)

Cees Priem — 04:15:13 (→ 12th place)

Fedor den Hertog — 04:15:13 (→ 25th place)

Team time trial

Fedor den Hertog

Hennie Kuiper

Cees Priem

Aad van den Hoek

Sprint

Klaas Balk

Peter van Doorn

1000m time trial

Peter van Doorn

Final — 1:08.09 (→ 11th place)

Tandem

Klaas Balk and Peter van Doorn → 7th place

Individual pursuit

Roy Schuiten

Team pursuit

Ad Dekkers

Gerard Kamper

Herman Ponsteen

Roy Schuiten

Diving

Women's 3m Springboard

Mariette Dommers — 239.40 points (→ 23rd place)

Women's 10m Platform

Annita Smith — 156.99 points (→ 27th place)

Fencing

One fencer represented the Netherlands in 1972.

Men's sabre

Eduard Ham

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group B)

Drew with India (1-1)

Defeated Poland (4-2)

Defeated Kenya (5-1)

Defeated New Zealand (2-0)

Defeated Mexico (4-0)

Lost to Great Britain (1-3)

Defeated Australia (3-2)

Semi Final Round

Lost to West Germany (0-3)

Bronze Medal Match

Lost to India (1-2) → 4th place

Team Roster

André Bolhuis

Marinus Dijkerman

Thijs Kaanders

Coen Kranenberg

Ties Kruize

Wouter Leefers

Flip Lidth de Jeude

Paul Litjens

Irving van Nes

Maarten Sikking (gk)

Frans Spits

Nico Spits

Bert Taminiau

Kick Thole

Pieter Weemers

Jeroen Zweerts

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented the Netherlands in 1972.

Men's Individual Competition:

Jan Bekkenk — 4391 points (→ 46th place)

Rob Vonk — 4153 points (→ 53rd place)

Henk Krediet — 3786 points (→ 58th place)

Men's Team Competition:

Bekkenk, Vonk, and Krediet — 12340 points (→ 18th place)

Rowing

Men's Coxless Pairs

Roel Luynenburg and Ruud Stokvis

Heat — 7:26.80

Repechage — 7:38.51

Semi Finals — 7:41.86

Final — 6:58.70 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Coxed Pairs

Bernard Luttikhuizen, René Kieft and Herman Zaanen

Heat — 8:00.15

Repechage — 8:17.37 (→ did not advance)

Men's Coxed Fours

Wim Grothuis, Evert Kroes, Jan Willem van Woudenberg, Johan ter Haar, and Kees de Korver

Heat — 6:53.30

Semi Finals — 7:23.66

B-Final — 7:05.83 (→ 7th place)

Men's Eights

Henk Rouwé, Jannes Munneke, Frank Mulder, Hans Huisinga, Jan van der Vliet, Herman Eggink, Bram Tuinzing, Pieter Offens, and Rutger Stuffken

Heat — 6:13.03

Semi Finals — 6:31.70

B-Final — 6:23.55 (→ 9th place)

Shooting

Three male shooters represented Netherlands in 1972.

50 m rifle, prone

Willy Hillen

Skeet

Ben Pon

Eric Swinkels

Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle

Peter Prijdekker

1. Heat – 1:58.78 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

Ton van Klooster

1. Heat – 4:11.72 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

Ton van Klooster

1. Heat – 16:34.77 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

Bob Schoutsen

1. Heat – 1:00.76
2. Semi Final – 1:00.48 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

Bob Schoutsen

1. Heat – 2:10.56 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

François van Kruijsdijk

1. Heat – 2:17.14 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

Roger van Hamburg

1. Heat – 4:50.70 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Peter Prijdekker, Bert Bergsma, Roger van Hamburg, and Hans Elzerman

1. Heat – 3:41.36 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Peter Prijdekker, Bert Bergsma, Roger van Hamburg, and Hans Elzerman

1. Heat – 8:00.87 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

Enith Brigitha

1. Heat – 1:00.02
2. Semi Final – 59.75
3. Final – 1:00.09 (→ 8th place)

Hansje Bunschoten

1. Heat – 1:00.82
2. Semi Final – 1:00.79 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Anke Rijnders

1. Heat – 1:00.76
2. Semi Final – 1:00.84 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

Hansje Bunschoten

1. Heat – 2:08.58
2. Final – 2:08.40 (→ 6th place)

Anke Rijnders

1. Heat – 2:09.09
2. Final – 2:09.41 (→ 7th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

Hansje Bunschoten

1. Heat – 4:31.76
2. Final – 4:29.70 (→ 7th place)

Anke Rijnders

1. Heat – 4:29.94
2. Final – 4:31.51 (→ 8th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

Hansje Bunschoten

1. Heat – 9:21.13
2. Final – 9:16.69 (→ 7th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

Enith Brigitha

1. Heat – 1:06.71
2. Semi Final – 1:06.49
3. Final – 1:06.82 (→ 6th place)

Annemarie Groen

1. Heat – 1:09.55 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Marianne Vermaat

1. Heat – 1:09.14
2. Semi Final – 1:09.11 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

Enith Brigitha

1. Heat – 2:23.70
2. Final – 2:23.70 (→ 6th place)

Annemarie Groen

1. Heat – 2:29.17 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

Alie te Riet

1. Heat – 1:18.79 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Tineke Hofland

1. Heat – 1:19.38 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

Alie te Riet

1. Heat – 2:28.49 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Josien Elzerman

1. Heat – 2:28.18 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 100m Butterfly

Frieke Buys

1. Heat – 1:06.89
2. Semi Final – 1:06.78 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

Frieke Buys

1. Heat – 2:24.20 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

Hennie Penterman

1. Heat – 2:28.99 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Wijda Mazereeuw

1. Heat – 2:32.59 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Gerda Lassooy

1. Heat – 2:32.92 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

Hennie Penterman

1. Heat – 5:41.99 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Gerda Lassooy

1. Heat – 5:22.09 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Wijda Mazereeuw

1. Heat – 5:24.00 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Enith Brigitha, Anke Rijnders, Hansje Bunschoten, and Josien Elzerman

1. Heat – 4:02.70
2. Final – 4:01.49 (→ 5th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Enith Brigitha, Alie te Riet, Frieke Buys, and Anke Rijnders

1. Heat – 4:32.20

Enith Brigitha, Alie te Riet, Anke Rijnders, and Hansje Bunschoten

1. Final – 4:29.99 (→ 5th place)

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group B)

Lost to Hungary (0-3)

Defeated Australia (4-2)

Drew with West Germany (4-4)

Defeated Greece (6-2)

Final Round (Group II)

Defeated Bulgaria (5-2)

Defeated Cuba (8-6)

Drew with Romania (5-5)

Defeated Spain (7-5) → 7th place

Team Roster

Mart Bras

Ton Buunk

Wim Hermsen

Hans Hoogveld

Evert Kroon

Hans Parrel

Ton Schmidt

Wim van de Schilde

Gijze Stroboer

Jan Evert Veer

Hans Wouda