Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Netherlands at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
IOC code NED
NOC Dutch Olympic Committee*
Dutch Sports Federation
Website www.nocnsf.nl  (in Dutch)
in Athens
Competitors210 in 20 sports
Flag bearers Mark Huizinga (opening) [1]
Leontien van Moorsel (closing)
Medals
Ranked 18th
Gold
4
Silver
9
Bronze
9
Total
22
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

The Netherlands competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Dutch athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since its official debut in 1908. Netherlands, however, boycotted the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, because of the Soviet invasion of Hungary. The Netherlands National Olympic Committee (Dutch : Nederlands Olympisch Comité * Nederlandse Sport Federatie , NOC*NSF) sent a total of 210 athletes to the Games, 134 men and 76 women, to compete in 21 sports. Baseball, field hockey, and men's volleyball were the only team-based sports in which the Netherlands had its representation at these Games. There was only a single competitor in women's fencing.

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The Dutch team featured five defending Olympic champions: swimming stars Pieter van den Hoogenband and Inge de Bruijn, road and track cyclist Leontien van Moorsel, dressage rider Anky van Grunsven along with her horse Bonfire, and middleweight judoka Mark Huizinga, who later became the Netherlands' flag bearer in the opening ceremony. [1] Star sailor Mark Neeleman, at age 45, became the first Dutch male athlete to compete in six Olympic Games since 1980 (except the 1988 Summer Olympics, in which he was selected). Shooter Hennie Dompeling sought his fifth Olympic bid as one of the most sophisticated members of the team, having missed the medal podium in the men's skeet from Sydney four years earlier. Among the Dutch athletes of the team, several of them were born outside the Netherlands and became naturalized citizens, including sprinter Troy Douglas, who competed for three Olympics under the Bermudian flag, badminton players Mia Audina from Indonesia and Jie Yao from China, and taekwondo jin Charmie Sobers from the Netherlands Antilles.

Netherlands left Athens with a total of 22 Olympic medals, 4 golds, 9 silver, and 9 bronze, failing to achieve three medals short of the record from Sydney. [2] Four Olympic champions managed to defend their titles from the previous Games in their respective events, while van den Hoogenband, de Bruijn, and van Moorsel still emerged as the most decorated Dutch athletes at these Games for the second time with more than a single medal. Seven of these medals were awarded to the athletes in swimming, including two from the freestyle relay teams; [3] [4] four each in cycling and judo, and three in rowing. Netherlands' team-based athletes proved particularly successful in Athens, as the men's and women's field hockey teams took home silver medals. [5] [6]

Medalists

Archery

Three Dutch archers qualified each for the men's individual archery, and a spot for the men's team.

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Pieter Custers Men's individual 64636Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Zabrodskiy  (KAZ)
L 141–145
Did not advance
Wietse van Alten 66114Flag of El Salvador.svg  Merlos  (ESA)
W 152–151
Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  di Buò  (ITA)
L 160–164
Did not advance
Ron van der Hoff 63349Flag of the United States.svg  Johnson  (USA)
W 145–135
Flag of India.svg  Prasad  (IND)
L 155–158
Did not advance
Pieter Custers
Wietse van Alten
Ron van der Hoff
Men's team 19409Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)
W 244–234
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)
L 249–250
Did not advance

Athletics

Dutch athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard). [7] [8]

Key
Men
Track & road events
Kamiel Maase (centre in orange) during the 10000 m 10,000-meter final during the 2004 Olympics.jpg
Kamiel Maase (centre in orange) during the 10000 m
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Luc Krotwaar Marathon DNS
Gert-Jan Liefers 1500 m 3:40.106 q3:36.003 Q3:37.178
Kamiel Maase 10000 m 28:23.2914
Gregory Sedoc 110 m hurdles 13.655 qDNFDid not advance
Bram Som 800 m 1:45.725 q1:45.525Did not advance
Simon Vroemen 3000 m steeplechase 8:15.282 Q8:13.256
Timothy Beck
Caimin Douglas
Troy Douglas
Patrick van Balkom
4 × 100 m relay DNFDid not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Rens Blom Pole vault 5.70=7 Q5.659
Rutger Smith Shot put 19.6917Did not advance
Discus throw 61.1116Did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon
AthleteEvent100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 mFinalRank
Eugène Martineau Result10.996.84NM2.0049.1015.0240.004.8063.624:31.79718529
Points8637760803857847665849792733
Chiel Warners Result10.627.7414.581.9747.9714.0143.734.9055.394:38.0583435
Points947995758776911973741880669693
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Lornah Kiplagat 10000 m 30:31.925
Annemarie Kramer
Jacqueline Poelman
Pascal van Assendelft
Joan van den Akker
4 × 100 m relay DNFDid not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Lieja Tunks Shot put 18.389 q18.1411
Combined events – Heptathlon
AthleteEvent 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 mFinalRank
Karin Ruckstuhl Result13.441.8513.3724.595.9036.702:13.95610816
Points10591041752925819604908

Badminton

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Mia Audina Women's singles Flag of Jamaica.svg  Saunders  (JAM)
W 11–4, 11–1
Flag of India.svg  Popat  (IND)
W 9–11, 11–1, 11–3
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Hallam  (GBR)
W 11–0, 11–9
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Gong Rn  (CHN)
W 11–4, 11–2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang N  (CHN)
L 11–8, 6–11, 7–11
Silver medal icon.svg
Jie Yao Flag of Singapore.svg  Jiang Ym  (SIN)
W 11–6, 11–8
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Wang C  (HKG)
L 11–8, 10–13, 8–11
Did not advance
Mia Audina
Lotte Bruil
Women's doubles ByeFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Tripp /
Wright  (GBR)
W 15–7, 15–7
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Lee K-W /
Ra K-M  (KOR)
L 2–15, 2–15
Did not advance
Chris Bruil
Lotte Bruil
Mixed doubles ByeFlag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Kim D-M /
Ra K-M  (KOR)
L 4–15, 6–15
Did not advance

Baseball

Roster

Manager: 6 – Robert Eenhoorn

Coaches: 17 – Eric de Bruin, 30 – Davey Johnson, 32 – Hensley Meulens

Pos.No.PlayerDate of birth (age)BatsThrowsClub
IF 2 Yurendell de Caster (1979-09-27)27 September 1979 (aged 24) Flag of the United States.svg Altoona Curve
P 3 Robin van Doornspeek (1981-02-25)25 February 1981 (aged 23) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Minolta Pioniers
IF 4 Ivanon Coffie (1977-05-16)16 May 1977 (aged 27) Flag of the United States.svg Houston Astros
P 5 Ferenc Jongejan (1978-10-20)20 October 1978 (aged 25) Flag of the United States.svg Daytona Cubs
IF 7 Ralph Milliard (1973-12-30)30 December 1973 (aged 30) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mr Cocker HCAW
IF 9 Evert-Jan 't Hoen (1975-11-08)8 November 1975 (aged 28) Flag of the Netherlands.svg DOOR Neptunus
IF 12 Sharnol Adriana (1970-11-13)13 November 1970 (aged 33) Flag of Mexico.svg Córdoba
P 14 Dave Draijer (1973-09-30)30 September 1973 (aged 30) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mr Cocker HCAW
C 15 Maikel Benner (1980-03-24)24 March 1980 (aged 24) Flag of the Netherlands.svg DOOR Neptunus
P 16 Patrick Beljaards (1978-03-04)4 March 1978 (aged 26) Flag of the Netherlands.svg DPA Kinheim
OF 18 Dirk van 't Klooster (1976-04-23)23 April 1976 (aged 28) Flag of the Netherlands.svg DOOR Neptunus
P 19 Rob Cordemans (1974-10-31)31 October 1974 (aged 29) Flag of the Netherlands.svg DOOR Neptunus
P 20 Eelco Jansen (1969-05-14)14 May 1969 (aged 35) Flag of the Netherlands.svg DOOR Neptunus
OF 21 Eugene Kingsale (1976-08-20)20 August 1976 (aged 27) Flag of the United States.svg San Diego Padres
P 22 Patrick de Lange (1976-01-21)21 January 1976 (aged 28) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mr Cocker HCAW
OF 23 Johnny Balentina (1971-08-08)8 August 1971 (aged 33) Flag of the Netherlands.svg DPA Kinheim
C 24 Sidney de Jong (1979-04-14)14 April 1979 (aged 25) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mr Cocker HCAW
OF 28 Harvey Monte (1981-10-04)4 October 1981 (aged 22) Flag of the Netherlands.svg DOOR Neptunus
IF 30 Raily Legito (1978-07-26)26 July 1978 (aged 26) Flag of the Netherlands.svg DOOR Neptunus
P 31 Alexander Smit (1985-10-02)2 October 1985 (aged 18) Flag of the United States.svg Elizabethton Twins
C 33 Chairon Isenia (1979-01-23)23 January 1979 (aged 25) Flag of the United States.svg Montgomery Biscuits
OF 34 Calvin Maduro (1974-09-05)5 September 1974 (aged 29) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mr Cocker HCAW
P 35 Diego Markwell (1980-08-08)8 August 1980 (aged 24) Flag of the United States.svg New Haven Ravens
OF 37 Ramon Balentien (1984-07-02)2 July 1984 (aged 20) Flag of the United States.svg Seattle Mariners
Round robin
TeamWLTiebreaker
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 611-0
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 610-1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 52-
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 43-
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 34-
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 25-
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 161-0
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 160-1
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 00060000511131
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 000000000022
WP: Calvin Maduro (1-0)   LP: Clinton Zavaras (0-1)
Home runs:
NED: Y. de Caster in 4th, 3 RBIs; R. Balentien in 9th, 2 RBIs
GRE: None
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 120000000341
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 11002004x8111
WP: Hiroki Kuroda (1-0)   LP: Diego Markwell (0-1)
Home runs:
NED: None
JPN: A. Fujimoto in 8th, 2 RBIs
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0101210007110
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 000000000030
WP: Shawn Hill (1-0)   LP: Patrick Beljaards (0-1)
Home runs:
CAN: P. Orr in 2nd, 3 RBIs; P. L. Laforest in 3rd, 1 RBI; R. Clapp in 4th, 1 RBI
NED: None
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 010121000481
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 20100322x10141
WP: Patrick de Lange (1-0)   LP: Kaseygarret Olenberger (0-1)
Home runs:
ITA: J. Ramos Gizzi in 4th, 1 RBI
NED: S. Adriana in 3rd, 1 RBI
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 000000011250
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 00504000x9120
WP: Adiel Palma (1-0)   LP: Eelco Jansen (0-1)
Home runs:
NED: E. J. 'T Hoen in 8th, 1 RBI; Y. de Casterin 9th, 1 RBI
CUB: None
Team1234567 R H E
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 955102022172
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0100100241
WP: Craig Lewis (1-0)   LP: Calvin Maduro (0-2)
Home runs:
AUS: B. Roneberg in 1st, 2 RBIs; R. van Buizen in 3rd, 4 RBIs; G. Fingleson in 2nd, 3 RBIs; G. Williams in 6th, 2 RBIs
NED: Y. de Caster in 2nd, 1 RBI; R. Millard in 5th, 1 RBI
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 010101200591
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 000100000116
WP: Pan Wei-lun (2-0)   LP: Patrick de Lange (1-1)
Home runs:
TPE: None
NED: E. Kingsale in 4th, 1 RBI

Canoeing

Slalom

AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinal
Run 1RankRun 2RankTotalRankTimeRankTimeRankTotalRank
Floris Braat Men's K-1 97.961097.189195.1411 Q101.3917Did not advance
Sam Oud 107.272295.413202.6820 Q94.463 Q102.829197.288

Cycling

Road

Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Michael Boogerd Road race Did not finish
Erik Dekker 5:42:2941
Thomas Dekker Time trial 1:00:37.4920
Servais Knaven Road race Did not finish
Karsten Kroon 5:47:1352
Max van Heeswijk 5:41:5617
Women
AthleteEventTimeRank
Mirjam Melchers Road race 3:25:066
Time trial 33:01.5813
Anouska van der Zee Road race Did not finish
Leontien van Moorsel Road race Did not finish
Time trial 31:11.53Gold medal icon.svg

Track

Sprint
AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1Round 2Repechage 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Time
Speed (km/h)
RankOpposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank
Theo Bos Men's sprint 10.214
70.491
2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Kaňkovský  (CZE)
W 10.799
66.672
ByeFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Mulder  (NED)
W 11.164
64.493
ByeFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Edgar  (GBR)
W 11.024,
W 10.905
Flag of Germany.svg  Wolff  (GER)
W 10.502,
W 10.639
Flag of Australia.svg  Bayley  (AUS)
W 10.710, L, L
Silver medal icon.svg
Teun Mulder 10.565
68.149
12Flag of Poland.svg  Zieliński  (POL)
L
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Kim C-B  (KOR)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Kaňkovský  (CZE)
W 10.740
67.039
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Bos  (NED)
L
Flag of Barbados.svg  Forde  (BAR)
Flag of Spain.svg  Villanueva  (ESP)
L
Did not advance9th place final
Flag of Spain.svg  Villanueva  (ESP)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Ng  (MAS)
Flag of Australia.svg  Eadie  (AUS)
L
10
Yvonne Hijgenaar Women's sprint 11.400
63.157
5Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Larreal  (VEN)
L
Flag of Germany.svg  Meinke  (GER)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Pendleton  (GBR)
L
Did not advance9th place final
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Pendleton  (GBR)
Flag of the United States.svg  Reed  (USA)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Radanova  (BUL)
L
11
Jan Bos
Theo Bos
Teun Mulder
Men's team sprint 44.539
60.621
6 QFlag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
L 44.370
60.851
Did not advance6
Pursuit
AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankOpponent
Results
RankOpponent
Results
Rank
Levi Heimans Men's individual pursuit DNSDid not advance
Leontien van Moorsel Women's individual pursuit 3:30.4223 QFlag of Switzerland.svg  Thürig  (SUI)
3:28.747
3 QFlag of Australia.svg  Bates  (AUS)
3:27.037
Bronze medal icon.svg
Levi Heimans
Jens Mouris
Peter Schep
Jeroen Straathof
Men's team pursuit 4:06.2865 QFlag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
4:04.605
5Did not advance
Time trial
AthleteEventTimeRank
Theo Bos Men's time trial 1:01.9865
Teun Mulder 1:03.16511
Yvonne Hijgenaar Women's time trial 34.5325
Keirin
AthleteEvent1st roundRepechage2nd roundFinal
RankRankRankRank
Theo Bos Men's keirin 5 R1 QDNF11
Teun Mulder 3 R4Did not advance
Omnium
AthleteEventPointsLapsRank
Peter Schep Men's points race 5827
Adrie Visser Women's points race 5011
Robert Slippens
Danny Stam
Men's madison 2−114

Mountain biking

AthleteEventTimeRank
Thijs Al Men's cross-country 2:27:1325
Bart Brentjens 2:17:05Bronze medal icon.svg
Bas Peters 2:21:4413
Elsbeth van Rooy-Vink Women's cross-country 2:01:415

Equestrian

Because only three horse and rider pairs from each nation could advance beyond certain rounds in the individual events, five American pairs did not advance despite being placed sufficiently high. They received rankings below all pairs that did advance.

Dressage

AthleteHorseEventGrand PrixGrand Prix SpecialGrand Prix FreestyleOverall
ScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRank
Imke Bartels Lancet Individual 69.75015 Q71.72013 Q74.8501272.10711
Sven Rothenberger Barclay I69.83314 Q69.04017Did not advance
Marlies van Baalen Idocus64.58343Did not advance
Anky van Grunsven Salinero 74.2083 Q77.8002 Q85.825179.278Gold medal icon.svg
Imke Bartels
Sven Rothenberger
Marlies van Baalen
Anky van Grunsven
See above Team 71.2644

Show jumping

AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinalTotal
Round 1Round 2Round 3Round ARound B
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRank
Gert-Jan Bruggink Joel Individual 4=1904=5 Q48=5 Q12=30Did not advance
Gerco Schröder Monaco5=31813=33 Q131721Did not advance
Wim Schröder Montreal0=144=5 Q812=13 Q4=4 QEliminated
Leopold van Asten Fleche Rouge4=1948=16 Q816=19 Q12=30Did not advance
Gert-Jan Bruggink
Gerco Schröder
Wim Schröder
Leopold van Asten
See above Team 8=1 Q1624=6244

Fencing

Women
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Sonja Tol Individual épée ByeFlag of Hungary.svg  Mincza-Nébald  (HUN)
L 7–15
Did not advance

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Dutch roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics. [9]

Head coach: Terry Walsh

Group play
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5500169+715 Semi-finals
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 53111410+410
3Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 53021311+29 5–8th place semi-finals
4Flag of India.svg  India 5113111324
5Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 510491563 9–12th place semi-finals
6Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 502381352
Source: FIH
15 August 2004
20:30
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg3 – 1Flag of India.svg  India
Eikelboom Field hockey ball.svg 2'
De Nooijer Field hockey ball.svg 50'
Taekema Field hockey ball.svg 54'
Report G. A. Singh Field hockey ball.svg 69'
Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Jason McCracken (NZL)

17 August 2004
20:00
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg3 – 4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Shaw Field hockey ball.svg 9', 55'
Burrows Field hockey ball.svg 59'
Report Taekema Field hockey ball.svg 4', 24'
Klaver Field hockey ball.svg 39'
Van der Weide Field hockey ball.svg 68'
Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Sumesh Putra (CAN)

19 August 2004
08:30
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg3 – 2Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Derikx Field hockey ball.svg 29'
De Nooijer Field hockey ball.svg 49'
Klaver Field hockey ball.svg 69'
Report Evans Field hockey ball.svg 17'
Symons Field hockey ball.svg 23'
Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)

21 August 2004
18:30
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg2 – 4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Almada Field hockey ball.svg 37'
Lombi Field hockey ball.svg 52'
Report Reckers Field hockey ball.svg 17'
Klaver Field hockey ball.svg 22'
Taekema Field hockey ball.svg 26'
De Nooijer Field hockey ball.svg 44'
Umpires:
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Murray Grime (AUS)

23 August 2004
20:30
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg1 – 2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Brooks Field hockey ball.svg 28' Report Taekema Field hockey ball.svg 10', 13'
Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Semifinals
25 August 2004
18:30
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg3 – 2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Taekema Field hockey ball.svg 5'
Eikelboom Field hockey ball.svg 47'
De Nooijer Field hockey ball.svg 52'
Report Witthaus Field hockey ball.svg 3'
Bechmann Field hockey ball.svg 58'
Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Ray O'Connor (IRL)
Gold medal match
27 August 2004
20:30
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg1 – 2 (a.e.t.)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Brouwer Field hockey ball.svg 29' Report Brooks Field hockey ball.svg 37'
Dwyer Field hockey ball.svg 78'
Umpires:
Ray O'Connor (IRL)
John Wright (RSA)

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Dutch roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics. [10]

Head coach: Marc Lammers

The Dutch team (blue/orange) on the podium after winning silver Athen 661.jpg
The Dutch team (blue/orange) on the podium after winning silver
Group play
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4400145+912 Semi-finals
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 420261046
3Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 411298+14
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 411265+14
5Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 410351273
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.
14 August 2004
08:30
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg6 – 2Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Donners Field hockey ball.svg 6', 19', 37'
Boomgaardt Field hockey ball.svg 15'
Moreira de Melo Field hockey ball.svg 23'
Scheepstra Field hockey ball.svg 25'
Report Wilson Field hockey ball.svg 7', 53'
Umpires:
Lyn Farrell (NZL)
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

16 August 2004
20:00
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg2 – 3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Kim Jin-Kyoung Field hockey ball.svg 19'
Park Jeong-Sook Field hockey ball.svg 57'
Report Van der Vaart Field hockey ball.svg 26', 35'
Booij Field hockey ball.svg 40'
Umpires:
Caroline de la Fuente (ARG)
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)

18 August 2004
10:30
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg4 – 1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Scheepstra Field hockey ball.svg 7'
Boomgaardt Field hockey ball.svg 19'
Van Geenhuizen Field hockey ball.svg 21'
Karres Field hockey ball.svg 29'
Report Ernsting-Krienke Field hockey ball.svg 40'
Umpires:
Chieko Akiyama (JPN)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

22 August 2004
20:00
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg0 – 1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Report Donners Field hockey ball.svg 47'
Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Semifinals
24 August 2004
18:00
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg2 – 2 (a.e.t.)Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Karres Field hockey ball.svg 41'
Donners Field hockey ball.svg 45'
Report García Field hockey ball.svg 17'
Aicega Field hockey ball.svg 68'
Penalties
Schopman Field hockey pengoal.svg
Boomgaardt Field hockey pengoal.svg
Donners Field hockey pengoal.svg
Van Kessel Field hockey pengoal.svg
4 – 2Field hockey pengoal.svg Margalot
Field hockey penmiss.svg Rognoni
Field hockey pengoal.svg Aymar
Field hockey penmiss.svg Stepnik
Umpires:
Lyn Farrell (NZL)
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Gold medal match
26 August 2004
20:30
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg1 – 2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Scheepstra Field hockey ball.svg 38' Report Kühn Field hockey ball.svg 6'
Gude Field hockey ball.svg 20'
Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)

Gymnastics

Artistic

Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Suzanne Harmes All-around 9.1259.1378.1629.33735.76142Did not advance
Laura van Leeuwen 9.0379.4378.6008.41235.48646Did not advance

Trampoline

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Alan Villafuerte Men's 44.9015Did not advance
Rea Lenders Women's 62.708 Q24.308

Judo

Seven Dutch judoka (four men and three women) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Guillaume Elmont −81 kg Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azizov  (AZE)
L 0001–1010
Did not advance
Mark Huizinga −90 kg Flag of Germany.svg  Dempf  (GER)
W 1000–0000
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Hwang H-T  (KOR)
L 0000–0001
Did not advanceFlag of Poland.svg  Matyjaszek  (POL)
W 0021–0001
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Morgan  (CAN)
W 1012–0000
Flag of Argentina.svg  Costa  (ARG)
W 1010–0000
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Gordon  (GBR)
W 1001–0000
Bronze medal icon.svg
Elco van der Geest −100 kg Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Miraliyev  (AZE)
W 1011–0001
Flag of Egypt.svg  El Gharbawy  (EGY)
W 1000–0000
Flag of Japan.svg  Inoue  (JPN)
W 1020–0010
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Makarau  (BLR)
L 0001–0011
ByeFlag of Israel.svg  Ze'evi  (ISR)
L 0001–1002
5
Dennis van der Geest +100 kg Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Morán  (HON)
W 1000–0000
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Ikhsangaliyev  (KAZ)
W 1001–0001
Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Bianchessi  (ITA)
L 0000–0001
Did not advanceByeFlag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Kim S-B  (KOR)
W 1000–0001
Flag of Germany.svg  Tölzer  (GER)
W 1000–0000
Flag of Iran.svg  Miran  (IRI)
W 0201–0001
Bronze medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Deborah Gravenstijn −57 kg Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Cavazzuti  (ITA)
W 1000–0001
Flag of the United States.svg  Wilson  (USA)
W 1011–0001
Flag of Brazil.svg  Zangrando  (BRA)
W 1010–0010
Flag of Germany.svg  Bönisch  (GER)
L 0000–1000
ByeFlag of France.svg  Harel  (FRA)
W 1000–0010
Bronze medal icon.svg
Edith Bosch −70 kg ByeFlag of Spain.svg  Blanco  (ESP)
W 0111–0101
Flag of Argentina.svg  Copes  (ARG)
W 1000–0000
Flag of Germany.svg  Böhm  (GER)
W 0110–0000
ByeFlag of Japan.svg  Ueno  (JPN)
L 0001–1000
Silver medal icon.svg
Claudia Zwiers −78 kg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liu X  (CHN)
L 0111–1000
Did not advanceFlag of Russia.svg  Moskalyuk  (RUS)
L 0000–0102
Did not advance

Rowing

Dutch rowers qualified the following boats:

Men
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Dirk Lippits Single sculls 7:21.193 R7:01.392 SA/B/C7:05.945 FC6:58.2016
Joeri de Groot
Karel Dormans
Ivo Snijders
Gerard van der Linden
Lightweight four 5:52.522 SA/BBye5:57.472 FA5:58.944
Michiel Bartman
Chun Wei Cheung (cox)
Geert-Jan Derksen
Gerritjan Eggenkamp
Jan Willem Gabriëls
Daniël Mensch
Diederik Simon
Matthijs Vellenga
Gijs Vermeulen
Eight 5:25.262 R5:31.921 FA5:43.75Silver medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Femke Dekker Single sculls 7:55.503 R7:39.842 SA/B/C8:10.766 FB7:39.1510
Kirsten van der Kolk
Marit van Eupen
Lightweight double sculls 7:00.463 R6:52.531 SA/B6:53.102 FA6:58.54Bronze medal icon.svg
Annemiek de Haan
Hurnet Dekkers
Nienke Hommes
Sarah Siegelaar
Marlies Smulders
Helen Tanger
Annemariek van Rumpt
Froukje Wegman
Ester Workel (cox)
Eight 6:04.101 FABye6:19.85Bronze medal icon.svg

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

Dutch sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Men
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Joeri van Dijk Mistral 261816172815101713261917720
Jaap Zielhuis Finn 22191812137121614131213619
Kalle Coster
Sven Coster
470 42141612186862261016
Mark Neeleman
Peter van Niekerk
Star 14101412841510171019814
Women
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Carolijn Brouwer Europe 19DSQ182115171813820215119
Margriet Matthijsse
Lisa Westerhof
470 10DSQ1RDG410771912151009
Annemieke Bes
Petronella de Jong
Annelies Thies
Yngling 81138358RDG542564
Open
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Mitch Booth
Herbert Dercksen
Tornado 115104431106717615

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Three Dutch shooters qualified to compete in the following events:

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Dick Boschman 10 m air rifle 592=18Did not advance
50 m rifle prone 587=40Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 1154=26Did not advance
Hennie Dompeling Skeet 119=21Did not advance
Jan-Cor van der Greef 115=34Did not advance

Swimming

Dutch swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Joris Keizer 100 m butterfly 53.4119Did not advance
Johan Kenkhuis 50 m freestyle 22.58=18Did not advance
Pieter van den Hoogenband 50 m freestyle 22.5617Did not advance
100 m freestyle 48.701 Q48.552 Q48.17Gold medal icon.svg
200 m freestyle 1:47.322 Q1:46.001 Q1:45.23Silver medal icon.svg
Thijs van Valkengoed 100 m breaststroke 1:02.0314 Q1:02.3616Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:16.8026Did not advance
Johan Kenkhuis
Pieter van den Hoogenband
Mark Veens*
Mitja Zastrow
Klaas-Erik Zwering
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:16.424 Q3:14.36 NR Silver medal icon.svg

* Competed only in heats and received medals

Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Madelon Baans 100 m breaststroke 1:11.1021Did not advance
Inge de Bruijn 50 m freestyle 24.661 Q24.561 Q24.58Gold medal icon.svg
100 m freestyle 54.431 Q54.062 Q54.16Silver medal icon.svg
100 m butterfly 58.473 Q57.501 Q57.99Bronze medal icon.svg
Chantal Groot 100 m butterfly 1:00.4921Did not advance
Marleen Veldhuis 50 m freestyle 25.28=5 Q25.27=9Did not advance
100 m freestyle 55.8113 Q55.3211Did not advance
Inge de Bruijn
Inge Dekker
Chantal Groot
Annabel Kosten*
Marleen Veldhuis
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:39.933 Q3:37.59Bronze medal icon.svg
Chantal Groot
Celina Lemmen
Haike van Stralen
Marleen Veldhuis
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 8:08.969Did not advance
Madelon Baans
Inge de Bruijn
Chantal Groot*
Stefanie Luiken
Marleen Veldhuis
4 × 100 m medley relay 4:08.728 Q4:07.366

* Competed only in heats and received medals

Synchronized swimming

Two Dutch synchronized swimmers qualified a spot in the women's duet.

AthleteEventTechnical routineFree routine (preliminary)Free routine (final)
PointsRankPointsTotal (technical + free)RankPointsTotal (technical + free)Rank
Bianca van der Velden
Sonja van der Velden
Duet 44.3341344.83389.16713Did not advance

Table tennis

Two Dutch table tennis players qualified for the following events.

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Danny Heister Men's singles ByeFlag of Japan.svg  Matsushita  (JPN)
L 0–4
Did not advance
Trinko Keen ByeFlag of Germany.svg  Wosik  (GER)
W 4–3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Lq  (CHN)
L 1–4
Did not advance
Danny Heister
Trinko Keen
Men's doubles ByeFlag of Australia.svg  Henzell /
Zalcberg  (AUS)
W 4–1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Q /
Ma L  (CHN)
L 2–4
Did not advance

Taekwondo

Two Dutch taekwondo jin qualified for the following events.

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Patrick Stevens Men's −80 kg Flag of France.svg  Negrel  (FRA)
L 10–13
Did not advance
Charmie Sobers Women's −67 kg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Bainbridge  (GBR)
W 7–6
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Rivero  (PHI)
L 4–10
Did not advance

Triathlon

Two Dutch triathletes qualified for the following events.

AthleteEventSwim (1.5 km)Trans 1Bike (40 km)Trans 2Run (10 km)Total TimeRank
Wieke Hoogzaad Women's 19:440:211:10:420:2439:212:09:47.2125
Tracy Looze 20:400:211:12:480:2537:072:10:35.8129

Volleyball

Beach

AthleteEventPreliminary roundStandingRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Rebekka Kadijk
Marrit Leenstra
Women's Pool A
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Celbová Nováková  (CZE)
L 0 – 2 (19–21, 16–21)
Flag of the United States.svg  May Walsh  (USA)
L 0 – 2 (11–21, 13–21)
Flag of Japan.svg  Kusuhara Tokuno  (JPN)
L 1 – 2 (21–15, 17–21, 13–15)
4Did not advance

Indoor

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Dutch roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics. [11]

Head coach: Bert Goedkoop

NameDate of birthHeightWeightSpikeBlock2004 club
1 Dirk-Jan van Gendt 18 July 19741.85 m (6 ft 1 in)78 kg (172 lb)332 cm (131 in)313 cm (123 in) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ortec Rotterdam Nesselande
2 Nico Freriks 22 December 19811.91 m (6 ft 3 in)85 kg (187 lb)327 cm (129 in)306 cm (120 in) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Omniworld
3 Marko Klok (L)14 March 19681.94 m (6 ft 4 in)88 kg (194 lb)342 cm (135 in)329 cm (130 in) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ortec Rotterdam Nesselande
4 Reinder Nummerdor (C)10 September 19761.94 m (6 ft 4 in)87 kg (192 lb)342 cm (135 in)321 cm (126 in) Flag of Italy.svg Estense Carife Ferrara
5 Guido Görtzen 9 November 19701.98 m (6 ft 6 in)98 kg (216 lb)349 cm (137 in)340 cm (130 in) Flag of Italy.svg Umbria Volley
6 Richard Schuil 2 May 19732.02 m (6 ft 8 in)92 kg (203 lb)347 cm (137 in)329 cm (130 in) Flag of Italy.svg Gioia del Colle Volley
7 Mike van de Goor 14 May 19732.06 m (6 ft 9 in)96 kg (212 lb)350 cm (140 in)322 cm (127 in) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Piet Zoomers Apeldoorn
9 Jeroen Trommel 1 August 19801.94 m (6 ft 4 in)89 kg (196 lb)340 cm (130 in)310 cm (120 in) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Omniworld
12 Robert Horstink 26 December 19812.01 m (6 ft 7 in)84 kg (185 lb)326 cm (128 in)311 cm (122 in) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Piet Zoomers Apeldoorn
14 Kay van Dijk 25 June 19842.12 m (6 ft 11 in)96 kg (212 lb)352 cm (139 in)345 cm (136 in) Flag of the Netherlands.svg VC Zwolle
17 Rob Bontje 12 May 19812.06 m (6 ft 9 in)85 kg (187 lb)366 cm (144 in)340 cm (130 in) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ortec Rotterdam Nesselande
18 Albert Cristina 18 November 19701.94 m (6 ft 4 in)94 kg (207 lb)342 cm (135 in)320 cm (130 in) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Omniworld
Group play
PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 54191371.8574834311.121 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 53281371.8574654341.071
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53281181.3754374231.033
4Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 53281191.2224524301.051
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 52377110.6363914190.933
6Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 50552150.1333314220.784
Source: FIVB
15 August 2004
11:00
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg3–2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Peace and Friendship Stadium
Attendance: 2,060
Referees: Umit Sokullu (TUR), Dejan Jovanovic (SCG)
(25–23, 19–25, 17–25, 27–25, 18–16)
result
17 August 2004
16:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg3–0Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Peace and Friendship Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Juan Pereyra (ARG), Abdullah Al-Khelaifi (KSA)
(26–24, 25–20, 25–18)
result
19 August 2004
11:00
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg1–3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Peace and Friendship Stadium
Attendance: 4,150
Referees: Fernando Nava (MEX), Francisco Medina (CUB)
(22–25, 26–24, 21–25, 19–25)
result
21 August 2004
11:20
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg3–0Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Peace and Friendship Stadium
Attendance: 6,200
Referees: Patrick Rachard (FRA), Bela Hobor (HUN)
(25–19, 25–21, 25–20)
result
23 August 2004
14:00
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg3–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Peace and Friendship Stadium
Attendance: 4,120
Referees: Mahmoud Abdel Magid (EGY), Juan Pereyra (ARG)
(25–22, 25–17, 25–16)
result

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