Netherlands at the 2025 World Athletics Championships

Netherlands at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
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WA code	NED
in Tokyo, Japan 13 September 2025 (2025-09-13) – 21 September 2025 (2025-09-21)
Competitors	53 (26 men and 27 women)
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 6
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The Netherlands competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, from 13 to 21 September 2025.

Medalists

Medal	Athlete	Event	Date
Gold	Femke Bol	Women's 400 metres hurdles	September 19
Gold	Jessica Schilder	Women's shot put	September 20
Silver	Femke Bol Lieke Klaver Eugene Omalla Jonas Phijffers Eveline Saalberg*	Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay	September 13
Silver	Jorinde van Klinken	Women's discus throw	September 14
Bronze	Nsikak Ekpo Taymir Burnet Xavi Mo-Ajok Elvis Afrifa	Men's 4 × 100 metres relay	September 21
Bronze	Eveline Saalberg Lieke Klaver Lisanne de Witte Femke Bol Myrte van der Schoot*	Women's 4 × 400 metres relay	September 21

* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final

Entrants

Ahead of the championships in August, long distance runner Sifan Hassan, who competed since 2015 at all World Athletics Championships winning six medals including two gold, announced not to compete at the World Championships because it was not possible after she already competed at the London Marathon and Sydney Marathon. ^[1] Also, heptathlete Anouk Vetter announced not to compete at the Championships due to inadequate preparations. ^[2]

The Netherlands entered 53 athletes to the championships. ^[3] It is the biggest Dutch team at the World Athletics Championships ever. ^[4] The Dutch team aims for at least four medals at the Championships. ^[5] The biggest contenders for a medal were considered in advance the 4x400 meter mixed relay team; Femke Bol (400 metres hurdles), Niels Laros (1500 metres), Jessica Schilder (shot put), and apart from those also Nadine Visser (100 metres hurdles), Sofie Dokter (heptathlon), and possibly Jorinde van Klinken (discus throw). ^[4]

Results

Key

• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• PB = Personal best
• SB = Season best
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Elvis Afrifa	100 metres	10.15	4 q	10.20	7	Did not advance
Taymir Burnet		10.21	6	Did not advance
Xavi Mo-Ajok	200 metres	20.35	2 Q	20.55	6	Did not advance
Isaya Klein Ikkink	400 metres	46.32	8	Did not advance
Eugene Omalla		45.97	8	Did not advance
Jonas Phijffers		46.26	7	Did not advance
Samuel Chapple	800 metres	1:45.45	4	Did not advance
Ryan Clarke		1:49.08	9	Did not advance
Niels Laros	1500 metres	3:41.00	3 Q	3:35.50	1 Q	3:34.52	5
Stefan Nillessen		3:36.28	5 Q	3:37.12	8	Did not advance
Mike Foppen	5000 metres	13:13.97	7 Q	—	13:05.94	12
Niels Laros		Did not finish		—	Did not advance
Tom Hendrikse  [ nl ]	Marathon	—	2:19:57 SB	43
Job Geerds	110 metres hurdles	13.51	6 q	Did not start		Did not advance
Elvis Afrifa Taymir Burnet Nsikak Ekpo Xavi Mo-Ajok	4 × 100 metres relay	37.95	2 Q	—	37.81 NR
Terrence Agard Ramsey Angela Liemarvin Bonevacia Eugene Omalla* Jonas Phijffers	4 × 400 metres relay	3:00.23 SB	3 Q	—	3:04.84	8

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Menno Vloon	Pole vault	5.75	5 q	5.90	7
Shaquille Emanuelson	Discus throw	62.04	23	Did not advance
Ruben Rolvink		63.28	17	Did not advance
Denzel Comenentia	Hammer throw	75.91	12 q	74.86	12

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Sven Roosen	Result	10.72	7.26	14.93	NM	DNS	—					DNF
	Points	924	876	785	0

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Minke Bisschops	200 metres	Did not start
Marije van Hunenstijn		23.13	6	Did not advance
Lieke Klaver	400 metres	50.32	1 Q	50.25	4	Did not advance
Eveline Saalberg		51.73	6	Did not advance
Myrte van der Schoot		52.19	7	Did not advance
Marissa Damink-Van der Meijden	1500 metres	4:11.18	10	Did not advance
Amina Maatoug		4:09.25	11	Did not advance
Diane van Es	5000 metres	15:12.57	15	—	Did not advance
Maureen Koster		14:46.57	4 Q	—	15:07.58	14
Marcella Herzog	Marathon	—	2:39:57 SB	40
Anne Luijten		—	2:32:27	17
Veerle Bakker	3000 metres steeplechase	9:41.72	9	—	Did not advance
Maayke Tjin A-Lim	100 metres hurdles	12.71	3 Q	12.85	4	Did not advance
Nadine Visser		12.48	1 Q	12.45	2 Q	12.56	8
Femke Bol	400 metres hurdles	53.75	1 Q	52.31	1 Q	51.54 WL
Isabel van den Berg Britt de Blaauw Marije van Hunenstijn Demi van den Wildenberg	4 × 100 metres relay	43.62	4	—	Did not advance
Femke Bol Lieke Klaver Eveline Saalberg Myrte van der Schoot* Lisanne de Witte	4 × 400 metres relay	3:24.03 SB	3 Q	—	3:20.18 SB

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Britt Weerman	High jump	NM		Did not advance
Pauline Hondema	Long jump	6.66	7 q	6.60	7
Jorinde van Klinken	Shot put	17.45	22	Did not advance
Jessica Schilder		18.98	8 q	20.29
Alida van Daalen	Discus throw	62.65	12 q	62.24	11
Jorinde van Klinken		66.39	2 Q	67.50 SB

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Sofie Dokter	Result	13.62	1.86 m	13.98 m	23.70	6.16 m	42.61 m	2:12.63	6432	6
	Points	1033	1054	793	1010	899	717	926
Emma Oosterwegel	Result	13.28	1.74 m	13.34 m	24.03	5.94 m	50.19 m	2:09.48	6381 SB	9
	Points	1083	903	750	978	831	864	972

Mixed

Track events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Femke Bol Lieke Klaver Eugene Omalla Jonas Phijffers Eveline Saalberg*	4 × 400 metres relay	3:11.11 SB	2 Q	3:09.96 SB

References

1. "Hassan hakt knoop door: definitief geen deelname aan WK atletiek in Tokio". NOS (in Dutch). 20 August 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
2. "Vetter meldt zich af voor WK atletiek: 'Niet de juiste voorbereiding kunnen doen'". NOS (in Dutch). 5 August 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
3. "53 TeamNL atleten naar WK atletiek in Tokio" [53 TeamNL athletes to World Athletics Championships in Tokyo]. atletiek.nl (in Dutch). 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
4. "WK atletiek vol Nederlandse favorieten en outsiders: 'Komen oren en ogen tekort'". NOS (in Dutch). 10 September 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
5. "Nederland mikt met grootste delegatie ooit op minimaal vier medailles bij WK atletiek". NOS (in Dutch). 1 September 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.

External links

• Country Netherlands | Tokyo 2025 | World Athletics Championships