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Nederland
(Netherlands)

Netherlands
National Flag
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Location on Map
IOC Code NED
Years Hosted Olympics Summer 1928
Years Attended Olympics Summer: 1900, 1908-2016
Winter: 1928, 1936-2014
Medals 2012 Summer 6 gold, 6 silver, 8 bronze
Medals 2014 Winter 8 gold, 7 silver, 9 bronze
Total Olympic Medals
Gold medal iconGold Silver medal iconSilver Bronze medal iconBronze
114 123 139
National Olympic Committee
Nederlands Olympisch Comité

The Netherlands first sent athletes to the Olympic Games in 1900, and has participated in almost all Games since then. In 1956, the nation boycotted the Games in Melbourne as a protest against the Soviet invasion in Hungary just a few weeks before the beginning of the Games. (However, one Dutch rider competed in the 1956 equestrian events, held in Stockholm a few months before the rest of the Games.)

The Netherlands hosted the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. The Netherlands has expressed interest in hosting the 2028 Summer Olympics in either Amsterdam or Rotterdam, as a centennial celebration of the 1928 Games.[1]

Prior to the 1992 Olympics, the country name was "Holland" with the country code of "HOL". From the 1992 onward, they have utilized the "Netherlands" and "NED".

Dutch athletes have won 266 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, with swimming and cycling as the top medal-producing sports. The nation has won another 86 medals at the Winter Olympic Games, of which 82 have come from speed skating.

Following the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010 (which was a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands), the Netherlands Antilles Olympic Committee (NAOC) lost its Olympic license in July, 2011. After the 2012 Olympic Games in London, athletes from the Netherlands Antilles can choose to participate for the Netherlands or Aruba, which has a semi-independent status within the kingdom of the Netherlands. (At the 2012 Games, athletes from the Netherlands Antilles participated in a unified Olympic team under the IOC flag).

Future and recent events[]

Main article: Netherlands at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The Chinese city of Beijing hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics, where the Netherlands ranked 12th in the medal table, with seven gold medals and 16 medals overall.

The Netherlands participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in the city of Vancouver, Canada, earning 8 medals and ending in 10th place in the medal table. 7 medals were won in speed skating competitions, and Nicolien Sauerbreij won the nation's first medal in snowboarding.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, athletes from the Netherlands finished tied for 13th, winning six gold medals and 20 overall.

History[]

The nation's first gold medal was earned by Minerva Amsterdam in rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in the coxed pairs event. The medal however was not awarded to the Netherlands because in the final they replaced their Dutch cox with an unknown French boy. The medal was therefore awarded to a mixed international team.

The first individual gold medal at the Summer Games was earned by Maurice Peeters in cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics, in the men's 1000 metres sprint event. The first gold medal at the Winter Games was earned by Sjoukje Dijkstra in ladies' figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

Medal tables[]

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

Medals by Summer Games[]

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1896 Athens did not participate
1900 Paris 1 1 3 5
1904 St. Louis did not participate
1908 London 0 0 2 2
1912 Stockholm 0 0 3 3
1920 Antwerp 4 2 5 11
1924 Paris 4 1 5 10
1928 Amsterdam (host nation) 6 9 4 19
1932 Los Angeles 2 5 0 7
1936 Berlin 6 4 7 17
1948 London 5 2 9 16
1952 Helsinki 0 5 0 5
1956 Melbourne 0 0 0 0
1960 Rome 0 1 2 3
1964 Tokyo 2 4 4 10
1968 Mexico City 3 3 1 7
1972 Munich 3 1 1 5
1976 Montreal 0 2 3 5
1980 Moscow 0 1 2 3
1984 Los Angeles 5 2 6 13
1988 Seoul 2 2 5 9
1992 Barcelona 2 6 7 15
1996 Atlanta 4 5 10 19
2000 Sydney 12 9 4 25
2004 Athens 4 9 9 22
2008 Beijing 7 5 4 16
2012 London 6 6 8 20
2016 Rio de Janeiro --
Total

Medals by Winter Games[]

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1924 Chamonix did not participate
1928 St. Moritz 0 0 0 0
1932 Lake Placid did not participate
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 0 0 0 0
1948 St. Moritz 0 0 0 0
1952 Oslo 0 3 0 3
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 0 0 0 0
1960 Squaw Valley 0 1 1 2
1964 Innsbruck 1 1 0 2
1968 Grenoble 3 3 3 9
1972 Sapporo 4 3 2 9
1976 Innsbruck 1 2 3 6
1980 Lake Placid 1 2 1 4
1984 Sarajevo 0 0 0 0
1988 Calgary 3 2 2 7
1992 Albertville 1 1 2 4
1994 Lillehammer 0 1 3 4
1998 Nagano 5 4 2 11
2002 Salt Lake City 3 5 0 8
2006 Turin 3 2 4 9
2010 Vancouver 4 1 3 8
2014 Sochi ---
2018 Pyeongchang ---
Total

Medals by sport[]

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Speed skating 27 29 26 82
Swimming 18 17 18 53
Cycling 15 16 9 40
Equestrian 10 10 2 22
Rowing 6 11 10 27
Athletics 6 3 6 15
Sailing 4 7 6 17
Field hockey 4 4 6 14
Judo 4 2 14 20
Figure skating 1 2 0 3
Boxing 1 1 4 6
Volleyball 1 1 0 2
Water polo 1 0 2 3
Archery 1 0 1 2
Gymnastics 1 0 0 1
Snowboarding 1 0 0 1
Canoeing 0 3 5 8
Shooting 0 1 1 2
Tennis 0 1 1 2
Badminton 0 1 0 1
Tug of war 0 1 0 1
Fencing 0 0 5 5
Football 0 0 3 3
Weightlifting 0 0 3 3
Total 10

Notes[]

References[]

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