Netherlands at the 1984 Summer Olympics Last updated January 10, 2026 Archery 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 :
Men's Individual Competition :
Athletics Men's 5,000 metres
Heat — 13:58.51 (→ did not advance) Men's 3,000m Steeplechase
Men's Marathon
Final — 2:21:08 (→ 39th place) Final — did not finish (→ no ranking) Final — did not finish (→ no ranking) Men's Shot Put
Qualifying Round — 19.28 m Final — 19.65 m (→ 8th place) Women's 100 metres
Heat 1 — 11.43s Heat 2 — 11.56s (→ did not advance) Women's 1,500 metres
Heat — 4:10.69 Final — 4:11.58 (→ 12th place) Women's Marathon
Final — 2:37:51 (→ 22nd place) Women's 400m Hurdles
Heat — 56.67 Semifinal — 57.01 (→ did not advance) Women's Discus Throw
Qualifying Heat — 58.28m Final — 65.36m (→ Gold Medal ) Women's Long Jump
Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance, no ranking) Women's High Jump
Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance) Women's Heptathlon
Final Result — 6147 points (→ 7th place) Final Result — 6015 points (→ 11th place) Boxing Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
Canoeing Men's K-2 (500 metres)
Men's K-2 (1,000 metres)
Women's K-1 (500 metres)
Diving Women's 3m Springboard
Equestrianism Mixed Dressage Individual
Mixed Dressage Team
Field hockey 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) 5th/8th place : Defeated Spain (0-0) after penalty strokes (10-4)5th/6th place : Lost to India (2-5) → 6th place 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 Judo Men's Half-Middleweight
Men's Middleweight
Men's Heavyweight
Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle
Heat — 51.19 B-Final — 51.64 (→ 13th place) Heat — 51.33 B-Final — 51.74 (→ 15th place) Men's 200m Freestyle
Heat — 1:51.32 Final — 1:51.62 (→ 6th place) Heat — 1:52.37 B-Final — 1:52.36 (→ 11th place) Men's 100m Backstroke
Heat — 57.48 Final — 58.07 (→ 8th place) Men's 100m Butterfly
Heat — 55.46 B-Final — 55.75 (→ 14th place) Heat — 56.55 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Men's 200m Butterfly
Heat — 2:01.18 B-Final — 2:01.23 (→ 10th place) Heat — 2:00.83 B-Final — 2:01.30 (→ 13th place) Men's 200m Individual Medley
Heat — 2:08.27 (→ did not advance, 18th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Heat — 3:27.60 (→ did not advance, 11th place) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Heat — 7:29.14 Final — 7:26.72 (→ 7th place) Women's 100m Freestyle
Heat — 56.11 Final — 56.08 (→ Bronze Medal ) Heat — 56.94 Final — 56.43 (→ 4th place) Women's 200m Freestyle
Heat — 2:01.61 Final — 1:59.69 (→ Bronze Medal ) Heat — 2:01.52 Final — 2:00.59 (→ 5th place) Women's 400m Freestyle
Heat — 4:16.65 Final — 4:16.05 (→ 6th place) Women's 800m Freestyle
Heat — 8:46.58 Final — 8:42.86 (→ 6th place) Women's 100m Backstroke
Heat — 1:02.94 Final — 1:02.91 (→ Bronze Medal ) Heat — 1:04.57 Swimm-Off — 1:04.82 B-Final — 1:04.75 (→ 12th place) Women's 200m Backstroke
Heat — 2:13.50 Final — 2:12.38 (→ Gold Medal ) Heat — 2:20.63 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Women's 100m Breaststroke
Heat — 1:14.09 (→ did not advance, 19th place) Heat — 1:11.18 Final — 1:09.88 OR (→ Gold Medal ) Women's 200m Breaststroke
Heat — 2:41.57 (→ did not advance, 18th place) Heat — 2:37.20 Final — 2:36.32 in B final (→ 10th place) Women's 100m Butterfly
Heat — 1:02.01 Final — 1:01.94 (→ 7th place) Heat — 1:01.50 Final — 1:01.56 (→ 4th place) Women's 200m Butterfly
Heat — 2:13.74 Swim-Off — 2:13.60 Final — 2:17.39 (→ 8th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Final — 3:44.40 (→ Silver Medal ) Women's 4x100 Medley Relay
Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance) Synchronized swimming Women's Solo
Women's Duet
Water polo Preliminary round (group A) Defeated Canada (10-9) Lost to Yugoslavia (5-9) Defeated China (10-8) 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 References ↑ "Netherlands at the 1984 Summer Games" . Sports Reference . Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2015 . ↑ Jo Rutten (50 years, 81 days) was the oldest member of the Dutch Olympic Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics ↑ Brigitte van der Lans (16 years, 4 days) was the youngest member of the Dutch Olympic Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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