Netherlands at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

Netherlands at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Flag of the Netherlands
IOC code	NED
NOC	Dutch Olympic Committee* Dutch Sports Federation
Website	www.nocnsf.nl (in Dutch)
in Lillehammer
Competitors	21 (13 men, 8 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Christine Aaftink (speedskating)
Medals Ranked 18th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 4
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Rintje Ritsma	Speed skating	Men's 1500 metres	16 February
Bronze	Rintje Ritsma	Speed skating	Men's 5000 metres	13 February
Bronze	Falko Zandstra	Speed skating	Men's 1500 metres	16 February
Bronze	Bart Veldkamp	Speed skating	Men's 10,000 metres	20 February

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Bobsleigh	2	–	2
Freestyle skiing	1	0	1
Short track speed skating	1	4	5
Speed skating	9	4	13
Total	13	8	21

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Two-man	Rob Geurts Robert de Wit	53.52	23	53.90	26	53.76	24	53.89	23	3:35.07	24

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Michiel de Ruiter	Aerials	168.39	17	Did not advance

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
500 m	Erik Duyvelshoff	45.83	3	Did not advance
1000 m	Erik Duyvelshoff	1:34.37	3	Did not advance

Women

Event	Athlete	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
500 m	Anke Jannie Landman	48.36	3	Did not advance
	Penèlope di Lella	48.44	4	Did not advance
1000 m	Anke Jannie Landman	1:58.09	4	Did not advance
	Penèlope di Lella	1:47.54	4	Did not advance
3000 m relay	Penèlope di Lella Anke Jannie Landman Priscilla Ernst Esmeralda Ossendrijver					4:45.26	3 QB	4:45.40	6

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Arie Loef	37.52	24
	Arjan Schreuder	38.33	37
	Gerard van Velde	37.45	21
	Nico van der Vlies	37.94	31
1000 m	Arie Loef	1:15.12	22
	Arjan Schreuder	1:15.19	24
	Gerard van Velde	1:13.81	9
	Nico van der Vlies	1:14.29	15
1500 m	Martin Hersman	1:53.59	8
	Rintje Ritsma	1:51.99
	Jeroen Straathof	1:53.70	9
	Falko Zandstra	1:52.38
5000 m	Rintje Ritsma	6:43.94
	Bart Veldkamp	6:49.00	5
	Falko Zandstra	6:44.58	4
10,000 m	Rintje Ritsma	14:09.28	7
	Bart Veldkamp	13:56.73
	Falko Zandstra	13:58.25	4

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Christine Aaftink	41.01	19
1000 m	Christine Aaftink	1:22.16	20
	Annamarie Thomas	1:20.94	14
1500 m	Tonny de Jong	2:05.18	10
	Annamarie Thomas	2:03.70	5
	Carla Zijlstra	2:08.49	22
3000 m	Tonny de Jong	4:25.88	11
	Annamarie Thomas	4:19.82	5
	Carla Zijlstra	4:23.42	9
5000 m	Tonny de Jong	7:36.07	11
	Annamarie Thomas	7:32.39	10
	Carla Zijlstra	7:29.42	7