Netherlands at the World Athletics Championships

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Netherlands at the
World Athletics Championships
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WA codeNED
National federation Royal Dutch Athletics Federation
Website www.atletiekunie.nl
Medals
Gold
7
Silver
9
Bronze
12
Total
28
World Athletics Championships appearances (overview)

The Netherlands has competed in all World Athletics Championships since the first edition in 1976.

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Athletes representing the Netherlands have won 28 medals of which 7 gold. The individual gold medalists are Rens Blom (pole vault in 2005), Dafne Schippers (200 metres in 2015 and 2017), Sifan Hassan (1500 metres and 10,000 metres in 2019), and Femke Bol (400 metres hurdles in 2023). [1] The Dutch women's 4 × 400 metres relay team (Eveline Saalberg, Lieke Klaver, Cathelijn Peeters, Femke Bol, Lisanne de Witte) won a gold medal in 2023. [2]

The Netherlands was most successful at the 2023 World Championships, where the Dutch athletes won the most medals (5) and where the country had the highest medal ranking (8th). [2]

Medal table

ChampionshipsMenWomenMixedTotal
GoldSilverBronzeGoldSilverBronzeGoldSilverBronzeGoldSilverBronzeTotalRankAthletes
1976 Malmö 000No female eventsNo mixed events0000Unranked 1
1980 Sittard No male events0000000- 1
1983 Helsinki 0100000101159
1987 Roma 0000000000-13
1991 Tokyo 010000010121
1993 Stuttgart 001000001129
1995 Gothenburg 0000000000-
1997 Athens 0000000000-
1999 Seville 0000000000-
2001 Edmonton 0000000000-
2003 Paris 001000001140
2005 Helsinki 110000110213
2007 Osaka 002000002235
2009 Berlin 0000000000- 15
2011 Daegu 0000000000- 17
2013 Moscow 010001011225 23
2015 Beijing 000111111312 21
2017 London 000103103415 30
2019 Doha 00020000020029 27
2022 Eugene 000021010031430 36
2023 Budapest 00021200021258 41
Total14464801079122828

Multiple medalists

AthleteGoldSilverBronzeTotalYears
Femke Bol 22042022–2023
Sifan Hassan 21362015–2023
Dafne Schippers 21252013–2017
Lieke Klaver 11022022–2023
Eveline Saalberg 11022022–2023
Rutger Smith 01232005–2007
Anouk Vetter 01232017–2023

References

  1. "Bol vierde Nederlandse wereldkampioen in atletiek" (in Dutch), Welingelichte Kringen (VPRO), 24 August 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 "TeamNL keert met vijf medailles terug uit Boedapest" (in Dutch), Royal Dutch Athletics Federation , 30 August 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.