Netherlands at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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Netherlands at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
IOC code NED
NOC Dutch Olympic Committee*
Dutch Sports Federation
Website www.nocnsf.nl  (in Dutch)
in Helsinki
Flag bearer Simon de Wit
Medals
Ranked 29th
Gold
0
Silver
5
Bronze
0
Total
5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

Contents

Medalists

Silver

Results by event

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)

Men's Welterweight (67 kg)

Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

  • Final 1:14.5 (→ 8th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

  • Eliminated in quarterfinals (→ 7th place)

Diving

Women
AthleteEventPreliminaryFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Els van den Horn 3 m springboard 49.4412Did not advance
Lenie Lanting-Keller 47.3314Did not advance

Rowing

Netherlands had 12 male rowers participate in four out of seven rowing events in 1952. [1]

Men's single sculls
Men's coxless pair
Men's coxless four
Men's coxed four

Swimming

Men

Ranks given are within the heat.

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Joris Tjebbes 100 m freestyle 59.12 Q59.85Did not advance
400 m freestyle 4:54.43 Q5:01.98Did not advance
Jitse van der Veen 100 m backstroke 1:09.14 Q1:10.58Did not advance
Daan Buijze 200 m breaststroke 2:41.92 Q2:42.66Did not advance
Women

Ranks given are within the heat.

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher 100 m freestyle 1:06.71 Q1:06.72 Q1:07.36
Hannie Termeulen 1:07.31 Q1:07.13 Q1:07.0Silver medal icon.svg
Koosje van Voorn 1:07.42 Q1:08.15Did not advance
Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher 400 m freestyle 5:45.26Did not advance
Hannie Termeulen 5:45.55Did not advance
Geertje Wielema 6:02.66Did not advance
Ria van der Horst 100 m backstroke 1:17.01 QDSQ
Joke de Korte 1:15.82 Q1:15.84
Geertje Wielema 1:13.81 Q1:14.5Silver medal icon.svg
Lies Bonnier 200 m breaststroke 3:00.61 Q3:00.35Did not advance
Rika Bruins 3:04.73 Q3:02.46Did not advance
Nel Garritsen 2:59.42 Q2:59.53 Q3:02.18
Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen
Koosje van Voorn
Hannie Termeulen
Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher
4 × 100 m freestyle 4:30.62 Q4:29.0Silver medal icon.svg

Water Polo

Men's Team Competition

  • Qualifying Round
  • Defeated Soviet Union (3:2)
  • Preliminary Round (Group C)
  • Defeated Argentina (9:3)
  • Defeated Sweden (7:1)
  • Defeated Yugoslavia (3:2)
  • Last match was replayed after a protest by the Yugoslavs against one of the referees; The Netherlands lost the replay (1:2) on August 1, 1952.
  • Semi Final (Group F)
  • Tied with Hungary (4:4)
  • Defeated Soviet Union (4:2)
  • Classification Matches
  • Defeated Belgium (5:3)
  • Defeated Spain (7:1) → Fifth place
  • Team Roster

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Netherlands Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2018.