Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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.

Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Netherlands
IOC code	NED
NOC	Dutch Olympic Committee* Dutch Sports Federation
Website	www.nocnsf.nl (in Dutch)
in Athens
Competitors	210 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)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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

Further information: 2004 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Leontien van Moorsel Cycling Women's road time trial August 18  Gold Pieter van den Hoogenband Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle August 18  Gold Inge de Bruijn Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle August 21  Gold Anky van Grunsven Equestrian Individual dressage August 25  Silver Johan Kenkhuis Pieter van den Hoogenband Mark Veens* Mitja Zastrow Klaas-Erik Zwering Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay August 15  Silver Pieter van den Hoogenband Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle August 16  Silver Edith Bosch Judo Women's 70 kg August 18  Silver Inge de Bruijn Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle August 19  Silver Mia Audina Badminton Women's singles August 19  Silver Michiel Bartman Chun Wei Cheung (cox) Geert-Jan Derksen Gerritjan Eggenkamp Jan-Willem Gabriëls Daniël Mensch Diederik Simon Matthijs Vellenga Gijs Vermeulen Rowing Men's eight August 22  Silver Theo Bos Cycling Men's sprint August 24  Silver Netherlands women's national field hockey team Minke Booij Ageeth Boomgaardt Chantal de Bruijn Lisanne de Roever Mijntje Donners Sylvia Karres Fatima Moreira de Melo Eefke Mulder Maartje Scheepstra Janneke Schopman Clarinda Sinnige Minke Smabers Jiske Snoeks Macha van der Vaart Miek van Geenhuizen Lieve van Kessel Field hockey Women's tournament August 26  Silver Netherlands men's national field hockey team Matthijs Brouwer Ronald Brouwer Jeroen Delmee Geert-Jan Derikx Rob Derikx Marten Eikelboom Floris Evers Erik Jazet Karel Klaver Jesse Mahieu Teun de Nooijer Rob Reckers Taeke Taekema Klaas Veering Guus Vogels Sander van der Weide Field hockey Men's tournament August 27  Bronze Inge de Bruijn Inge Dekker Chantal Groot Annabel Kosten* Marleen Veldhuis Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay August 14  Bronze Inge de Bruijn Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly August 15  Bronze Deborah Gravenstijn Judo Women's 57 kg August 16  Bronze Mark Huizinga Judo Men's 90 kg August 18  Bronze Dennis van der Geest Judo Men's +100 kg August 20  Bronze Leontien van Moorsel Cycling Women's individual pursuit August 22  Bronze Kirsten van der Kolk Marit van Eupen Rowing Women's lightweight double sculls August 22  Bronze Annemiek de Haan Hurnet Dekkers Nienke Hommes Sarah Siegelaar Marlies Smulders Helen Tanger Annemarieke van Rumpt Froukje Wegman Ester Workel (cox) Rowing Women's eight August 22  Bronze Bart Brentjens Cycling Men's cross-country August 28

Medals by sport Sport Total Swimming 2 3 2 7 Cycling 1 1 2 4 Equestrian 1 0 0 1 Field hockey 0 2 0 2 Judo 0 1 3 4 Rowing 0 1 2 3 Badminton 0 1 0 1 Total 4 9 9 22

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Pieter Custers	Men's individual	646	36	Zabrodskiy (KAZ) L 141–145	Did not advance
Wietse van Alten		661	14	Merlos (ESA) W 152–151	di Buò (ITA) L 160–164	Did not advance
Ron van der Hoff		633	49	Johnson (USA) W 145–135	Prasad (IND) L 155–158	Did not advance
Pieter Custers Wietse van Alten Ron van der Hoff	Men's team	1940	9	—		Mexico (MEX) W 244–234	South Korea (KOR) L 249–250	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• 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
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Kamiel Maase (centre in orange) during the 10000 m

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Luc Krotwaar	Marathon	—						DNS
Gert-Jan Liefers	1500 m	3:40.10	6 q	—		3:36.00	3 Q	3:37.17	8
Kamiel Maase	10000 m	—						28:23.29	14
Gregory Sedoc	110 m hurdles	13.65	5 q	DNF		Did not advance
Bram Som	800 m	1:45.72	5 q	—		1:45.52	5	Did not advance
Simon Vroemen	3000 m steeplechase	8:15.28	2 Q	—				8:13.25	6
Timothy Beck Caimin Douglas Troy Douglas Patrick van Balkom	4 × 100 m relay	DNF		—				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Rens Blom	Pole vault	5.70	=7 Q	5.65	9
Rutger Smith	Shot put	19.69	17	Did not advance
	Discus throw	61.11	16	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Eugène Martineau	Result	10.99	6.84	NM	2.00	49.10	15.02	40.00	4.80	63.62	4:31.79	7185	29
	Points	863	776	0	803	857	847	665	849	792	733
Chiel Warners	Result	10.62	7.74	14.58	1.97	47.97	14.01	43.73	4.90	55.39	4:38.05	8343	5
	Points	947	995	758	776	911	973	741	880	669	693

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lornah Kiplagat	10000 m	—		30:31.92	5
Annemarie Kramer Jacqueline Poelman Pascal van Assendelft Joan van den Akker	4 × 100 m relay	DNF		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Lieja Tunks	Shot put	18.38	9 q	18.14	11

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Karin Ruckstuhl	Result	13.44	1.85	13.37	24.59	5.90	36.70	2:13.95	6108	16
	Points	1059	1041	752	925	819	604	908

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mia Audina	Women's singles	Saunders (JAM) W 11–4, 11–1	Popat (IND) W 9–11, 11–1, 11–3	Hallam (GBR) W 11–0, 11–9	Gong Rn (CHN) W 11–4, 11–2	Zhang N (CHN) L 11–8, 6–11, 7–11
Jie Yao		Jiang Ym (SIN) W 11–6, 11–8	Wang C (HKG) L 11–8, 10–13, 8–11	Did not advance
Mia Audina Lotte Bruil	Women's doubles	Bye	Tripp / Wright (GBR) W 15–7, 15–7	Lee K-W / Ra K-M (KOR) L 2–15, 2–15	Did not advance
Chris Bruil Lotte Bruil	Mixed doubles	Bye	Kim D-M / Ra K-M (KOR) L 4–15, 6–15	Did not advance

Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Roster

Manager: 6 – Robert Eenhoorn

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

Pos.	No.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Bats	Throws	Club
IF	2	Yurendell de Caster	(1979-09-27)27 September 1979 (aged 24)			Altoona Curve
P	3	Robin van Doornspeek	(1981-02-25)25 February 1981 (aged 23)			Minolta Pioniers
IF	4	Ivanon Coffie	(1977-05-16)16 May 1977 (aged 27)			Houston Astros
P	5	Ferenc Jongejan	(1978-10-20)20 October 1978 (aged 25)			Daytona Cubs
IF	7	Ralph Milliard	(1973-12-30)30 December 1973 (aged 30)			Mr Cocker HCAW
IF	9	Evert-Jan 't Hoen	(1975-11-08)8 November 1975 (aged 28)			DOOR Neptunus
IF	12	Sharnol Adriana	(1970-11-13)13 November 1970 (aged 33)			Córdoba
P	14	Dave Draijer	(1973-09-30)30 September 1973 (aged 30)			Mr Cocker HCAW
C	15	Maikel Benner	(1980-03-24)24 March 1980 (aged 24)			DOOR Neptunus
P	16	Patrick Beljaards	(1978-03-04)4 March 1978 (aged 26)			DPA Kinheim
OF	18	Dirk van 't Klooster	(1976-04-23)23 April 1976 (aged 28)			DOOR Neptunus
P	19	Rob Cordemans	(1974-10-31)31 October 1974 (aged 29)			DOOR Neptunus
P	20	Eelco Jansen	(1969-05-14)14 May 1969 (aged 35)			DOOR Neptunus
OF	21	Eugene Kingsale	(1976-08-20)20 August 1976 (aged 27)			San Diego Padres
P	22	Patrick de Lange	(1976-01-21)21 January 1976 (aged 28)			Mr Cocker HCAW
OF	23	Johnny Balentina	(1971-08-08)8 August 1971 (aged 33)			DPA Kinheim
C	24	Sidney de Jong	(1979-04-14)14 April 1979 (aged 25)			Mr Cocker HCAW
OF	28	Harvey Monte	(1981-10-04)4 October 1981 (aged 22)			DOOR Neptunus
IF	30	Raily Legito	(1978-07-26)26 July 1978 (aged 26)			DOOR Neptunus
P	31	Alexander Smit	(1985-10-02)2 October 1985 (aged 18)			Elizabethton Twins
C	33	Chairon Isenia	(1979-01-23)23 January 1979 (aged 25)			Montgomery Biscuits
OF	34	Calvin Maduro	(1974-09-05)5 September 1974 (aged 29)			Mr Cocker HCAW
P	35	Diego Markwell	(1980-08-08)8 August 1980 (aged 24)			New Haven Ravens
OF	37	Ramon Balentien	(1984-07-02)2 July 1984 (aged 20)			Seattle Mariners

Round robin

Team	W	L	Tiebreaker
Japan	6	1	1-0
Cuba	6	1	0-1
Canada	5	2	-
Australia	4	3	-
Chinese Taipei	3	4	-
Netherlands	2	5	-
Greece	1	6	1-0
Italy	1	6	0-1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Netherlands	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	5	11	13	1
Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Netherlands	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1
Japan	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	x	8	11	1
WP: Hiroki Kuroda (1-0)   LP: Diego Markwell (0-1) Home runs: NED: None JPN: A. Fujimoto in 8th, 2 RBIs

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Canada	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	7	11	0
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Italy	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	4	8	1
Netherlands	2	0	1	0	0	3	2	2	x	10	14	1
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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	0
Cuba	0	0	5	0	4	0	0	0	x	9	12	0
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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Australia	9	5	5	1	0	2	0	22	17	2
Netherlands	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	1
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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	5	9	1
Netherlands	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6
WP: Pan Wei-lun (2-0)   LP: Patrick de Lange (1-1) Home runs: TPE: None NED: E. Kingsale in 4th, 1 RBI

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Floris Braat	Men's K-1	97.96	10	97.18	9	195.14	11 Q	101.39	17	Did not advance
Sam Oud		107.27	22	95.41	3	202.68	20 Q	94.46	3 Q	102.82	9	197.28	8

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Michael Boogerd	Road race	Did not finish
Erik Dekker		5:42:29	41
Thomas Dekker	Time trial	1:00:37.49	20
Servais Knaven	Road race	Did not finish
Karsten Kroon		5:47:13	52
Max van Heeswijk		5:41:56	17

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mirjam Melchers	Road race	3:25:06	6
	Time trial	33:01.58	13
Anouska van der Zee	Road race	Did not finish
Leontien van Moorsel	Road race	Did not finish
	Time trial	31:11.53

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	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)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Theo Bos	Men's sprint	10.214 70.491	2	Kaňkovský (CZE) W 10.799 66.672	Bye	Mulder (NED) W 11.164 64.493	Bye	Edgar (GBR) W 11.024, W 10.905	Wolff (GER) W 10.502, W 10.639	Bayley (AUS) W 10.710, L, L
Teun Mulder		10.565 68.149	12	Zieliński (POL) L	Kim C-B (KOR)  Kaňkovský (CZE) W 10.740 67.039	Bos (NED) L	Forde (BAR)  Villanueva (ESP) L	Did not advance		9th place final  Villanueva (ESP)  Ng (MAS)  Eadie (AUS) L	10
Yvonne Hijgenaar	Women's sprint	11.400 63.157	5	Larreal (VEN) L	Meinke (GER)  Pendleton (GBR) L	—		Did not advance		9th place final  Pendleton (GBR)  Reed (USA)  Radanova (BUL) L	11
Jan Bos Theo Bos Teun Mulder	Men's team sprint	44.539 60.621	6 Q	Japan (JPN) L 44.370 60.851	—					Did not advance	6

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Levi Heimans	Men's individual pursuit	DNS		Did not advance
Leontien van Moorsel	Women's individual pursuit	3:30.422	3 Q	Thürig (SUI) 3:28.747	3 Q	Bates (AUS) 3:27.037
Levi Heimans Jens Mouris Peter Schep Jeroen Straathof	Men's team pursuit	4:06.286	5 Q	Germany (GER) 4:04.605	5	Did not advance

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Theo Bos	Men's time trial	1:01.986	5
Teun Mulder		1:03.165	11
Yvonne Hijgenaar	Women's time trial	34.532	5

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Theo Bos	Men's keirin	5 R	1 Q	DNF	11
Teun Mulder		3 R	4	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Peter Schep	Men's points race	58	2	7
Adrie Visser	Women's points race	5	0	11
Robert Slippens Danny Stam	Men's madison	2	−1	14

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Thijs Al	Men's cross-country	2:27:13	25
Bart Brentjens		2:17:05
Bas Peters		2:21:44	13
Elsbeth van Rooy-Vink	Women's cross-country	2:01:41	5

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Imke Bartels	Lancet	Individual	69.750	15 Q	71.720	13 Q	74.850	12	72.107	11
Sven Rothenberger	Barclay I		69.833	14 Q	69.040	17	Did not advance
Marlies van Baalen	Idocus		64.583	43	Did not advance
Anky van Grunsven	Salinero		74.208	3 Q	77.800	2 Q	85.825	1	79.278
Imke Bartels Sven Rothenberger Marlies van Baalen Anky van Grunsven	See above	Team	—						71.264	4

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Gert-Jan Bruggink	Joel	Individual	4	=19	0	4	=5 Q	4	8	=5 Q	12	=30	Did not advance
Gerco Schröder	Monaco		5	=31	8	13	=33 Q	13	17	21	Did not advance
Wim Schröder	Montreal		0	=1	4	4	=5 Q	8	12	=13 Q	4	=4 Q	Eliminated
Leopold van Asten	Fleche Rouge		4	=19	4	8	=16 Q	8	16	=19 Q	12	=30	Did not advance
Gert-Jan Bruggink Gerco Schröder Wim Schröder Leopold van Asten	See above	Team	—								8	=1 Q	16	24	=6	24	4

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sonja Tol	Individual épée	Bye	Mincza-Nébald (HUN) L 7–15	Did not advance

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – 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

1. Guus Vogels (GK)
2. Rob Derikx
3. Geert-Jan Derikx
4. Erik Jazet
6. Floris Evers
7. Sander van der Weide
8. Ronald Brouwer
10. Taeke Taekema
11. Marten Eikelboom
12. Jeroen Delmee (C)
13. Klaas Veering (GK)
14. Teun de Nooijer
15. Karel Klaver
18. Rob Reckers
19. Matthijs Brouwer
22. Jesse Mahieu

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	16	9	+7	15	Semi-finals
2	Australia	5	3	1	1	14	10	+4	10
3	New Zealand	5	3	0	2	13	11	+2	9	5–8th place semi-finals
4	India	5	1	1	3	11	13	−2	4
5	South Africa	5	1	0	4	9	15	−6	3	9–12th place semi-finals
6	Argentina	5	0	2	3	8	13	−5	2

Source: FIH

15 August 2004 20:30 Netherlands  3 – 1  India Eikelboom  2' De Nooijer  50' Taekema  54' Report G. A. Singh  69' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Jason McCracken (NZL)

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17 August 2004 20:00 New Zealand  3 – 4  Netherlands Shaw  9', 55' Burrows  59' Report Taekema  4', 24' Klaver  39' Van der Weide  68' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

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19 August 2004 08:30 Netherlands  3 – 2  South Africa Derikx  29' De Nooijer  49' Klaver  69' Report Evans  17' Symons  23' Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Han Jin-Soo (KOR)

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21 August 2004 18:30 Argentina  2 – 4  Netherlands Almada  37' Lombi  52' Report Reckers  17' Klaver  22' Taekema  26' De Nooijer  44' Umpires: Amarjit Singh (MAS) Murray Grime (AUS)

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23 August 2004 20:30 Australia  1 – 2  Netherlands Brooks  28' Report Taekema  10', 13' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

Semifinals

25 August 2004 18:30 Netherlands  3 – 2  Germany Taekema  5' Eikelboom  47' De Nooijer  52' Report Witthaus  3' Bechmann  58' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Ray O'Connor (IRL)

Gold medal match

27 August 2004 20:30 Netherlands  1 – 2 (a.e.t.)  Australia Brouwer  29' Report Brooks  37' Dwyer  78' Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) John Wright (RSA)

Women's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – 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

1. Clarinda Sinnige (GK)
2. Lisanne de Roever (GK)
3. Macha van der Vaart
4. Fatima Moreira de Melo
5. Jiske Snoeks
6. Maartje Scheepstra
7. Miek van Geenhuizen
9. Sylvia Karres
10. Mijntje Donners (C)
11. Ageeth Boomgaardt
13. Minke Smeets
14. Minke Booij
15. Janneke Schopman
16. Chantal de Bruijn
17. Eefke Mulder
21. Lieve van Kessel

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	4	4	0	0	14	5	+9	12	Semi-finals
2	Germany	4	2	0	2	6	10	−4	6
3	South Korea	4	1	1	2	9	8	+1	4
4	Australia	4	1	1	2	6	5	+1	4
5	South Africa	4	1	0	3	5	12	−7	3

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  6 – 2  South Africa Donners  6', 19', 37' Boomgaardt  15' Moreira de Melo  23' Scheepstra  25' Report Wilson  7', 53' Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

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16 August 2004 20:00 South Korea  2 – 3  Netherlands Kim Jin-Kyoung  19' Park Jeong-Sook  57' Report Van der Vaart  26', 35' Booij  40' Umpires: Caroline de la Fuente (ARG) Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)

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18 August 2004 10:30 Netherlands  4 – 1  Germany Scheepstra  7' Boomgaardt  19' Van Geenhuizen  21' Karres  29' Report Ernsting-Krienke  40' Umpires: Chieko Akiyama (JPN) Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

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22 August 2004 20:00 Australia  0 – 1  Netherlands Report Donners  47' Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

Semifinals

24 August 2004 18:00 Netherlands  2 – 2 (a.e.t.)  Argentina Karres  41' Donners  45' Report García  17' Aicega  68' Penalties Schopman Boomgaardt Donners Van Kessel 4 – 2 Margalot Rognoni Aymar Stepnik Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Minka Woolley (AUS)

Gold medal match

26 August 2004 20:30 Netherlands  1 – 2  Germany Scheepstra  38' Report Kühn  6' Gude  20' Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Suzanne Harmes	All-around	9.125	9.137	8.162	9.337	35.761	42	Did not advance
Laura van Leeuwen		9.037	9.437	8.600	8.412	35.486	46	Did not advance

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Alan Villafuerte	Men's	44.90	15	Did not advance
Rea Lenders	Women's	62.70	8 Q	24.30	8

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Guillaume Elmont	−81 kg	Azizov (AZE) L 0001–1010	Did not advance
Mark Huizinga	−90 kg	Dempf (GER) W 1000–0000	Hwang H-T (KOR) L 0000–0001	Did not advance		Matyjaszek (POL) W 0021–0001	Morgan (CAN) W 1012–0000	Costa (ARG) W 1010–0000	Gordon (GBR) W 1001–0000
Elco van der Geest	−100 kg	Miraliyev (AZE) W 1011–0001	El Gharbawy (EGY) W 1000–0000	Inoue (JPN) W 1020–0010	Makarau (BLR) L 0001–0011	Bye			Ze'evi (ISR) L 0001–1002	5
Dennis van der Geest	+100 kg	Morán (HON) W 1000–0000	Ikhsangaliyev (KAZ) W 1001–0001	Bianchessi (ITA) L 0000–0001	Did not advance	Bye	Kim S-B (KOR) W 1000–0001	Tölzer (GER) W 1000–0000	Miran (IRI) W 0201–0001

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Deborah Gravenstijn	−57 kg	Cavazzuti (ITA) W 1000–0001	Wilson (USA) W 1011–0001	Zangrando (BRA) W 1010–0010	Bönisch (GER) L 0000–1000	Bye			Harel (FRA) W 1000–0010
Edith Bosch	−70 kg	Bye	Blanco (ESP) W 0111–0101	Copes (ARG) W 1000–0000	Böhm (GER) W 0110–0000	Bye			Ueno (JPN) L 0001–1000
Claudia Zwiers	−78 kg	Liu X (CHN) L 0111–1000	Did not advance			Moskalyuk (RUS) L 0000–0102	Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Dutch rowers qualified the following boats:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dirk Lippits	Single sculls	7:21.19	3 R	7:01.39	2 SA/B/C	7:05.94	5 FC	6:58.20	16
Joeri de Groot Karel Dormans Ivo Snijders Gerard van der Linden	Lightweight four	5:52.52	2 SA/B	Bye		5:57.47	2 FA	5:58.94	4
Michiel Bartman Chun Wei Cheung (cox) Geert-Jan Derksen Gerritjan Eggenkamp Jan Willem Gabriëls Daniël Mensch Diederik Simon Matthijs Vellenga Gijs Vermeulen	Eight	5:25.26	2 R	5:31.92	1 FA	—		5:43.75

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Femke Dekker	Single sculls	7:55.50	3 R	7:39.84	2 SA/B/C	8:10.76	6 FB	7:39.15	10
Kirsten van der Kolk Marit van Eupen	Lightweight double sculls	7:00.46	3 R	6:52.53	1 SA/B	6:53.10	2 FA	6:58.54
Annemiek de Haan Hurnet Dekkers Nienke Hommes Sarah Siegelaar Marlies Smulders Helen Tanger Annemariek van Rumpt Froukje Wegman Ester Workel (cox)	Eight	6:04.10	1 FA	Bye		—		6:19.85

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

Main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Joeri van Dijk	Mistral	26	18	16	17	28	15	10	17	13	26	19	177	20
Jaap Zielhuis	Finn	22	19	18	12	13	7	12	16	14	13	12	136	19
Kalle Coster Sven Coster	470	4	21	4	16	12	18	6	8	6	22	6	101	6
Mark Neeleman Peter van Niekerk	Star	14	10	14	12	8	4	15	10	17	10	1	98	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Carolijn Brouwer	Europe	19	DSQ	18	21	15	17	18	13	8	20	2	151	19
Margriet Matthijsse Lisa Westerhof	470	10	DSQ	1	RDG	4	10	7	7	19	12	15	100	9
Annemieke Bes Petronella de Jong Annelies Thies	Yngling	8	1	13	8	3	5	8	RDG	5	4	2	56	4

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Mitch Booth Herbert Dercksen	Tornado	11	5	10	4	4	3	1	10	6	7	17	61	5

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

Main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Three Dutch shooters qualified to compete in the following events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Dick Boschman	10 m air rifle	592	=18	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	587	=40	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1154	=26	Did not advance
Hennie Dompeling	Skeet	119	=21	Did not advance
Jan-Cor van der Greef		115	=34	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Joris Keizer	100 m butterfly	53.41	19	Did not advance
Johan Kenkhuis	50 m freestyle	22.58	=18	Did not advance
Pieter van den Hoogenband	50 m freestyle	22.56	17	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	48.70	1 Q	48.55	2 Q	48.17
	200 m freestyle	1:47.32	2 Q	1:46.00	1 Q	1:45.23
Thijs van Valkengoed	100 m breaststroke	1:02.03	14 Q	1:02.36	16	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:16.80	26	Did not advance
Johan Kenkhuis Pieter van den Hoogenband Mark Veens* Mitja Zastrow Klaas-Erik Zwering	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:16.42	4 Q	—		3:14.36 NR

* Competed only in heats and received medals

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Madelon Baans	100 m breaststroke	1:11.10	21	Did not advance
Inge de Bruijn	50 m freestyle	24.66	1 Q	24.56	1 Q	24.58
	100 m freestyle	54.43	1 Q	54.06	2 Q	54.16
	100 m butterfly	58.47	3 Q	57.50	1 Q	57.99
Chantal Groot	100 m butterfly	1:00.49	21	Did not advance
Marleen Veldhuis	50 m freestyle	25.28	=5 Q	25.27	=9	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	55.81	13 Q	55.32	11	Did not advance
Inge de Bruijn Inge Dekker Chantal Groot Annabel Kosten* Marleen Veldhuis	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:39.93	3 Q	—		3:37.59
Chantal Groot Celina Lemmen Haike van Stralen Marleen Veldhuis	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:08.96	9	—		Did not advance
Madelon Baans Inge de Bruijn Chantal Groot* Stefanie Luiken Marleen Veldhuis	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:08.72	8 Q	—		4:07.36	6

* Competed only in heats and received medals

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Bianca van der Velden Sonja van der Velden	Duet	44.334	13	44.833	89.167	13	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Two Dutch table tennis players qualified for the following events.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Danny Heister	Men's singles	Bye	Matsushita (JPN) L 0–4	Did not advance
Trinko Keen		Bye	Wosik (GER) W 4–3	Wang Lq (CHN) L 1–4	Did not advance
Danny Heister Trinko Keen	Men's doubles	—	Bye	Henzell / Zalcberg (AUS) W 4–1	Chen Q / Ma L (CHN) L 2–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Two Dutch taekwondo jin qualified for the following events.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Patrick Stevens	Men's −80 kg	Negrel (FRA) L 10–13	Did not advance
Charmie Sobers	Women's −67 kg	Bainbridge (GBR) W 7–6	Rivero (PHI) L 4–10	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Two Dutch triathletes qualified for the following events.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Wieke Hoogzaad	Women's	19:44	0:21	1:10:42	0:24	39:21	2:09:47.21	25
Tracy Looze		20:40	0:21	1:12:48	0:25	37:07	2:10:35.81	29

Volleyball

Beach

See also: Beach volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Rebekka Kadijk Marrit Leenstra	Women's	Pool A  Celbová – Nováková (CZE) L 0 – 2 (19–21, 16–21)  May – Walsh (USA) L 0 – 2 (11–21, 13–21)  Kusuhara – Tokuno (JPN) L 1 – 2 (21–15, 17–21, 13–15)	4	Did not advance

Indoor

Main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – 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

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2004 club
1	Dirk-Jan van Gendt	18 July 1974	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	332 cm (131 in)	313 cm (123 in)	Ortec Rotterdam Nesselande
2	Nico Freriks	22 December 1981	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	327 cm (129 in)	306 cm (120 in)	Omniworld
3	Marko Klok (L)	14 March 1968	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	342 cm (135 in)	329 cm (130 in)	Ortec Rotterdam Nesselande
4	Reinder Nummerdor (C)	10 September 1976	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	342 cm (135 in)	321 cm (126 in)	Estense Carife Ferrara
5	Guido Görtzen	9 November 1970	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	349 cm (137 in)	340 cm (130 in)	Umbria Volley
6	Richard Schuil	2 May 1973	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	347 cm (137 in)	329 cm (130 in)	Gioia del Colle Volley
7	Mike van de Goor	14 May 1973	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	322 cm (127 in)	Piet Zoomers Apeldoorn
9	Jeroen Trommel	1 August 1980	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Omniworld
12	Robert Horstink	26 December 1981	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	326 cm (128 in)	311 cm (122 in)	Piet Zoomers Apeldoorn
14	Kay van Dijk	25 June 1984	2.12 m (6 ft 11 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	352 cm (139 in)	345 cm (136 in)	VC Zwolle
17	Rob Bontje	12 May 1981	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	366 cm (144 in)	340 cm (130 in)	Ortec Rotterdam Nesselande
18	Albert Cristina	18 November 1970	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	342 cm (135 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Omniworld

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	4	1	9	13	7	1.857	483	431	1.121	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	5	3	2	8	13	7	1.857	465	434	1.071
3	United States	5	3	2	8	11	8	1.375	437	423	1.033
4	Russia	5	3	2	8	11	9	1.222	452	430	1.051
5	Netherlands	5	2	3	7	7	11	0.636	391	419	0.933
6	Australia	5	0	5	5	2	15	0.133	331	422	0.784

Source: FIVB

15 August 2004 11:00	Netherlands	3–2	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	3–0	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	1–3	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	3–0	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	3–0	Australia	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 4,120 Referees: Mahmoud Abdel Magid (EGY), Juan Pereyra (ARG)
	(25–22, 25–17, 25–16) result

See also

• Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

References

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External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• NOC*NSF (in Dutch)