Netherlands at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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Netherlands at the
1998 Winter Olympics
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
IOC code NED
NOC Dutch Olympic Committee*
Dutch Sports Federation
Website www.nocnsf.nl  (in Dutch)
in Nagano
Competitors22 (10 men, 12 women) in 3 sports
Flag bearer (opening) Carla Zijlstra (Speed skating)
Flag bearer (closing) Gianni Romme (Speed skating)
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
5
Silver
4
Bronze
2
Total
11
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ids Postma Speed skating Men's 1000 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Gianni Romme Speed skating Men's 5000 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Gianni Romme Speed skating Men's 10000 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Marianne Timmer Speed skating Women's 1000 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Marianne Timmer Speed skating Women's 1500 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jan Bos Speed skating Men's 1000 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ids Postma Speed skating Men's 1500 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Rintje Ritsma Speed skating Men's 5000 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Bob de Jong Speed skating Men's 10000 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Rintje Ritsma Speed skating Men's 1500 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Rintje Ritsma Speed skating Men's 10000 metres

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [1]

SportMenWomenTotal
Short track speed skating 145
Snowboarding 101
Speed skating 8816
Total101222

Short track speed skating

Men
EventAthleteHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimePositionTimePositionTimePositionTimePosition
500 m Dave Versteeg 44.3581 Q43.3771 Q43.8503 QB42.9336
1000 m Dave Versteeg 1:32.7483Did not advance
Women
EventAthleteHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimePositionTimePositionTimePositionTimePosition
500 m Anke Jannie Landman 47.0904Did not advance
Melanie de Lange 48.5983Did not advance
Ellen Wiegers 56.2503Did not advance
1000 m Anke Jannie Landman 2:08.8193 ADV1:32.9393Did not advance
Ellen Wiegers 1:37.7752 Q1:36.3433Did not advance
3000 m relay Anke Jannie Landman
Melanie de Lange
Ellen Wiegers
Maureen de Lange
4:28.0183 QB4:26.5926

Snowboarding

Men

EventAthleteRound 1Round 2Final
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Giant slalom Thedo Remmelink 1:02.01151:05.2482:07.2510

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace 1Race 2Final
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
500 m Jan Bos 36.662036.1161:12.7712
Jakko Jan Leeuwangh 36.692336.54211:13.2321
Ids Postma 1:18.684137.81371:56.4938
Erben Wennemars 35.965DNFDNF
1000 m Jan Bos 1:10.71Silver medal icon.svg
Martin Hersman 1:12.0012
Jakko Jan Leeuwangh 1:11.264
Ids Postma 1:10.64 ORGold medal icon.svg
1500 m Jan Bos 1:49.754
Martin Hersman 1:50.316
Ids Postma 1:48.13Silver medal icon.svg
Rintje Ritsma 1:48.52Bronze medal icon.svg
5000 m Bob de Jong 6:31.374
Rintje Ritsma 6:28.24Silver medal icon.svg
Gianni Romme 6:22.20 WRGold medal icon.svg
10,000 m Bob de Jong 13:25.76Silver medal icon.svg
Rintje Ritsma 13:28.19Bronze medal icon.svg
Gianni Romme 13:15.33 WRGold medal icon.svg
Women
EventAthleteRace 1Race 2Final
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
500 m Andrea Nuyt 39.62151:18.32371:57.9437
Marianne Timmer 39.12939.0371:18.156
Marieke Wijsman 40.222640.57281:20.7924
Sandra Zwolle 39.982039.88191:19.8617
1000 m Annamarie Thomas 1:17.955
Marianne Timmer 1:16.51 ORGold medal icon.svg
Marieke Wijsman 1:20.0220
Sandra Zwolle 1:19.2515
1500 m Tonny de Jong 2:03.1918
Barbara de Loor 2:04.0522
Annamarie Thomas 1:59.296
Marianne Timmer 1:57.58 WRGold medal icon.svg
3000 m Tonny de Jong 4:19.5416
Annamarie Thomas 4:14.388
Carla Zijlstra 4:16.439
5000 m Tonny de Jong 7:12.775
Barbara de Loor 7:11.814
Carla Zijlstra 7:12.896

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