| Netherlands Antilles at the 1988 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | AHO |
| NOC | Nederlands Antilliaans Olympisch Comité |
| Website | www |
| in Calgary | |
| Competitors | 2 (men) in 2 sports |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
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The Netherlands Antilles competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| AHO-1 | Bart Carpentier Alting Bart Drechsel | Two-man | 59.60 | 30 | 1:00.78 | 27 | 1:01.95 | 32 | 1:01.40 | 31 | 4:03.73 | 29 |
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Bart Carpentier Alting | 50.802 | 37 | 53.468 | 37 | 53.501 | 35 | 52.142 | 35 | 3:29.913 | 36 |
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