The Netherlands competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 136 competitors, 82 men and 54 women, took part in 74 events in 15 sports.
Jolanda de Rover — Swimming, Women's 200m Backstroke
Petra van Staveren — Swimming, Women's 100m Breaststroke
Ria Stalman — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
Stephan van den Berg — Sailing, Men's Windglider
Carina Benninga, Fieke Boekhorst, Marjolein Eijsvogel, Det de Beus, Irene Hendriks, Elsemiek Hillen, Sandra Le Poole, Anneloes Nieuwenhuizen, Martine Ohr, Alette Pos, Lisette Sevens, Marieke van Doorn, Aletta van Manen, Sophie von Weiler, Laurien Willemse and Margriet Zegers — Field Hockey, Women's Team Competition
Greet Hellemans and Nicolette Hellemans — Rowing, Women's Double Sculls
Conny van Bentum, Desi Reijers, Annemarie Verstappen and Elles Voskes — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Annemarie Verstappen — Swimming, Women's 100m Freestyle
Annemarie Verstappen — Swimming, Women's 200m Freestyle
Jolanda de Rover — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
Arnold Vanderlyde — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
Annemiek Derckx — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m kayak singles
Marieke van Drogenbroek, Lynda Cornet, Harriet van Ettekoven, Greet Hellemans, Nicolette Hellemans, Martha Laurijsen, Catharina Neelissen, Anne Quist and Wiljon Vaandrager — Rowing, Women's Eights
Both of the Dutch archers from the 1980 competition returned in 1984. Both shot much higher scores than they had four years earlier, but the field was more competitive with the return of many nations that had boycotted, and both dropped out of the top eight.
Women's Individual Competition:
Catherina Floris – 2422 points (→ 23rd place)
Men's Individual Competition:
Martinus Reniers – 2486 points (→ 13th place)
Men's 5,000 metres
Stijn Jaspers
Heat — 13:58.51 (→ did not advance)
Men's 3,000m Steeplechase
Hans Koeleman
Men's Marathon
Cor Vriend
Final — 2:21:08 (→ 39th place)
Gerard Nijboer
Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Cor Lambregts
Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's Shot Put
Erik de Bruin
Qualifying Round — 19.28 m
Final — 19.65 m (→ 8th place)
Women's 100 metres
Els Vader
Heat 1 — 11.43s
Heat 2 — 11.56s (→ did not advance)
Women's 1,500 metres
Elly van Hulst
Heat — 4:10.69
Final — 4:11.58 (→ 12th place)
Women's Marathon
Carla Beurskens
Final — 2:37:51 (→ 22nd place)
Women's 400m Hurdles
Olga Commandeur
Heat — 56.67
Semifinal — 57.01 (→ did not advance)
Women's Discus Throw
Ria Stalman
Qualifying Heat — 58.28m
Final — 65.36m (→ Gold Medal)
Women's Long Jump
Tineke Hidding
Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Women's High Jump
Marjon Wijnsma
Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance)
Women's Heptathlon
Tineke Hidding
Final Result — 6147 points (→ 7th place)
Marjon Wijnsma
Final Result — 6015 points (→ 11th place)
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
Pedro van Raamsdonk
- First Round – Defeated Augustus Oga (Kenya), on points (4:1)
- Second Round – Defeated Noe Cruciani (Italy), on points (5:0)
- Quarterfinals – Lost to Arístides González (Puerto Rico), on points (1:4)
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
Arnold Vanderlyde → Bronze Medal
- First Round – Bye
- Second Round – Defeated Egerton Forster (SLE), on points (4:1)
- Quarterfinals – Defeated Georgios Stefanopoulos (GRE), on points (5:0)
- Semifinals – Lost to Willie DeWit (CAN), on points (3:2)
Men's K-2 (500 metres)
Gert Jan Lebbink
Ron Stevens
Men's K-2 (1,000 metres)
Gert Jan Lebbink
Ron Stevens
Women's K-1 (500 metres)
Annemiek Derckx
Sixteen cyclists, thirteen men and three women, represented the Netherlands in 1984.
Men's individual road race
Jean-Paul van Poppel — +22:20 (→ 44th place)
Hans Daams — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Twan Poels — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Nico Verhoeven — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial
Jos Alberts
Erik Breukink
Maarten Ducrot
Gert Jakobs
Individual pursuit
Jelle Nijdam
Team pursuit
Ralf Elshof
Rik Moorman
Jelle Nijdam
Marco van der Hulst
Points race
Derk van Egmond
Women's individual road race
Leontine van der Lienden — +10:49 (→ 28th place)
Hennie Top — +18:12 (→ 37th place)
Thea van Rijnsoever — +18:12 (→ 39th place)
Women's 3m Springboard
Daphne Jongejans — 437.40 points (→ 10th place)
Mixed Dressage Individual
Annemarie Sanders
Tineke Bartels
Jo Rutten
Mixed Dressage Team
Annemarie Sanders
Tineke Bartels
Jo Rutten
Preliminary Round (Group B)
Defeated Canada (4-1)
Defeated New Zealand (3-1)
Drew with Pakistan (3-3)
Lost to Great Britain (3-4)
Defeated Kenya (3-0)
Classification Matches
5th/8th place: Defeated Spain (0-0) after penalty strokes (10-4)
5th/6th place: Lost to India (2-5) → 6th place
Team Roster
Peter van Asbeck
Ewout van Asbeck
Lex Bos (gk)
Roderik Bouwman
Cees Jan Diepeveen
Theo Doyer
Maarten van Grimbergen
Arno den Hartog
Tom van 't Hek
Pierre Hermans (gk)
René Klaassen
Hans Kruize
Hidde Kruize
Ties Kruize
Eric Pierik
Ron Steens
Head Coach: Wim van Heumen
Round Robin
Defeated New Zealand (2-1)
Defeated United States (2-1)
Defeated West Germany (6-2)
Drew with Canada (2-2)
Defeated Australia (2-0) → Gold Medal
Team Roster
Carina Benninga
Fieke Boekhorst
Marjolein Eijsvogel
Det de Beus (gk)
Irene Hendriks
Elsemiek Hillen
Sandra Le Poole
Anneloes Nieuwenhuizen
Martine Ohr
Alette Pos (gk)
Lisette Sevens
Marieke van Doorn
Aletta van Manen
Sophie von Weiler
Laurien Willemse
Margriet Zegers
Head Coach: Gijs van Heumen
Men's Half-Middleweight
Rob Henneveld
Men's Middleweight
Ben Spijkers
Men's Heavyweight
Willy Wilhelm
Men's 100m Freestyle
Hans Kroes
Heat — 51.19
B-Final — 51.64 (→ 13th place)
Edsard Schlingemann
Heat — 51.33
B-Final — 51.74 (→ 15th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
Frank Drost
Heat — 1:51.32
Final — 1:51.62 (→ 6th place)
Hans Kroes
Heat — 1:52.37
B-Final — 1:52.36 (→ 11th place)
Men's 100m Backstroke
Hans Kroes
Heat — 57.48
Final — 58.07 (→ 8th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
Cees Vervoorn
Heat — 55.46
B-Final — 55.75 (→ 14th place)
Gérard de Kort
Heat — 56.55 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 200m Butterfly
Frank Drost
Heat — 2:01.18
B-Final — 2:01.23 (→ 10th place)
Gérard de Kort
Heat — 2:00.83
B-Final — 2:01.30 (→ 13th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
Edsard Schlingemann
Heat — 2:08.27 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Edsard Schlingemann, Peter Drost, Frank Drost, and Hans Kroes
Heat — 3:27.60 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Hans Kroes, Peter Drost, Edsard Schlingemann, and Frank Drost
Heat — 7:29.14
Final — 7:26.72 (→ 7th place)
Women's 100m Freestyle
Annemarie Verstappen
Heat — 56.11
Final — 56.08 (→ Bronze Medal)
Conny van Bentum
Heat — 56.94
Final — 56.43 (→ 4th place)
Women's 200m Freestyle
Annemarie Verstappen
Heat — 2:01.61
Final — 1:59.69 (→ Bronze Medal)
Conny van Bentum
Heat — 2:01.52
Final — 2:00.59 (→ 5th place)
Women's 400m Freestyle
Jolande van der Meer
Heat — 4:16.65
Final — 4:16.05 (→ 6th place)
Women's 800m Freestyle
Jolande van der Meer
Heat — 8:46.58
Final — 8:42.86 (→ 6th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke
Jolanda de Rover
Heat — 1:02.94
Final — 1:02.91 (→ Bronze Medal)
Brigitte van der Lans
Heat — 1:04.57
Swimm-Off — 1:04.82
B-Final — 1:04.75 (→ 12th place)
Women's 200m Backstroke
Jolanda de Rover
Heat — 2:13.50
Final — 2:12.38 (→ Gold Medal)
Brigitte van der Lans
Heat — 2:20.63 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 100m Breaststroke
Petra Hillenius
Heat — 1:14.09 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Petra van Staveren
Heat — 1:11.18
Final — 1:09.88 OR (→ Gold Medal)
Women's 200m Breaststroke
Petra Hillenius
Heat — 2:41.57 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Petra van Staveren
Heat — 2:37.20
Final — 2:36.32 in B final (→ 10th place)
Women's 100m Butterfly
Conny van Bentum
Heat — 1:02.01
Final — 1:01.94 (→ 7th place)
Annemarie Verstappen
Heat — 1:01.50
Final — 1:01.56 (→ 4th place)
Women's 200m Butterfly
Conny van Bentum
Heat — 2:13.74
Swim-Off — 2:13.60
Final — 2:17.39 (→ 8th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Annemarie Verstappen, Elles Voskes, Desi Reijers, and Wilma van Velsen
Heat — 3:47.65
Annemarie Verstappen, Elles Voskes, Desi Reijers, and Conny van Bentum
Final — 3:44.40 (→ Silver Medal)
Women's 4x100 Medley Relay
Jolanda de Rover, Petra van Staveren, Annemarie Verstappen, and Desi Reijers
Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance)
Women's Solo
Marijke Engelen
Catrien Eijken
Marjolein Philipsen
Women's Duet
Marijke Engelen and Catrien Eijken
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Defeated Canada (10-9)
Lost to Yugoslavia (5-9)
Defeated China (10-8)
Final Round (Group D)
Lost to United States (7-8)
Lost to Spain (4-8)
Lost to Yugoslavia (5-9)
Lost to Australia (7-8)
Lost to West Germany (2-15) → 6th place
Team Roster
Johan Aantjes
Stan van Belkum
Wouly de Bie
Ton Buunk
Ed van Es
Anton Heiden
Nico Landeweerd
Aad van Mil
Ruud Misdorp
Dick Nieuwenhuizen
Eric Noordegraaf
Roald van Noort
Remco Pielstroom
