Netherlands at the 1928 Summer Olympics

The Netherlands was the host nation for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. 266 competitors, 222 men and 44 women, took part in 103 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Netherlands at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Netherlands
IOC code	NED
NOC	Dutch Olympic Committee* Dutch Sports Federation
Website	www.nocnsf.nl (in Dutch)
in Amsterdam
Competitors	266 (222 men, 44 women) in 17 sports
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 6 Silver 9 Bronze 4 Total 19
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

On 11 August, the Netherlands won 7 medals on a single day. This remained the country's record until it won 8 medals on 28 July 2021 during the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Further information: 1928 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1928 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Bep van Klaveren	Boxing	Men's featherweight	11 August
Gold	Bernhard Leene, Daan van Dijk	Cycling	Men's tandem	6 August
Gold	Charles Pahud de Mortanges	Equestrian	Individual eventing	11 August
Gold	Gerard de Kruijff, Charles Pahud de Mortanges, Adolph van der Voort van Zijp	Equestrian	Team eventing	11 August
Gold	Estella Agsteribbe, Petronella Burgerhof, Elka de Levie, Helena Nordheim, Anna Polak, Jud Simons, Jacoba Stelma, Jacomina van den Berg, Alida van den Bos, Anna van der Vegt, Petronella van Randwijk, Hendrika van Rumt	Gymnastics	Women's team all-around	9 August
Gold	Marie Braun	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke	11 August
Silver	Lien Gisolf	Athletics	Women's high jump	5 August
Silver	Janus Braspennincx, Johannes Maas, Jan Pijnenburg, Piet van der Horst	Cycling	Men's team pursuit	6 August
Silver	Antoine Mazairac	Cycling	Men's sprint	6 August
Silver	Gerard Bosch van Drakestein	Cycling	Men's track time trial	5 August
Silver	Gerard de Kruijff	Equestrian	Individual eventing	11 August
Silver	Netherlands national field hockey team Jan Ankerman Jan Brand Rein de Waal Emile Duson C. J. J. Hardebeck T. F. Hubrecht Gerrit Jannink Adriaan Katte August Kop G. Leembruggen H. J. L. Mangelaar Meertens Otto Muller von Czernicki Ab Tresling W. J. van Citters Tonny van Lierop Paul van de Rovaart C. J. van der Hagen Robert van der Veen J. J. van Tienhoven van den Bogaard J. M. van Voorst van Beest Haas Visser 't Hooft N. Wenholt	Field hockey		26 May
Silver	Gerard de Vries Lentsch, Maarten de Wit, Lambertus Doedes, Hendrik Kersken, Johannes van Hoolwerff, Cornelis van Staveren	Sailing	8 m class	9 August
Silver	Marie Braun	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle	6 August
Silver	Mietje Baron	Swimming	Women's 200 m breaststroke	9 August
Bronze	Karel Miljon	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight	11 August
Bronze	Gerard le Heux, Jan van Reede, Pierre Versteegh	Equestrian	Team dressage	11 August
Bronze	Guus Scheffer	Weightlifting	Men's 75 kg	29 July
Bronze	Jan Verheijen	Weightlifting	Men's 82.5 kg	29 July

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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
• NM = No mark

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dolf Benz	100 m	11.4	4	Did not advance
Rinus van den Berge		11.1	2 Q	unknown	4	Did not advance
Jaap Boot		unknown	3	Did not advance
Wilhelm Hennings		11.2	3	Did not advance
Rinus van den Berge	200 m	unknown	2 Q	unknown	4	Did not advance
Harry Broos		unknown	2 Q	unknown	5	Did not advance
Rinus van den Berge	400 m	unknown	4	Did not advance
Harry Broos		unknown	2 Q	unknown	2 Q	49.9	5	Did not advance
Andries Hoogerwerf		unknown	2 Q	unknown	4	Did not advance
Adje Paulen		unknown	2 Q	unknown	4	Did not advance
Andries Hoogerwerf	800 m	unknown	6	—		Did not advance
Adje Paulen		unknown	4			Did not advance
Guus Zeegers		unknown	4			Did not advance
Wilhelm Effern	1500 m	unknown	7	—				Did not advance
Frédéric du Hen		DNF						Did not advance
Guus Zeegers		unknown	5					Did not advance
Jan Zeegers		unknown	6					Did not advance
Pieter Gerbrands	5000 m	DNF		—				Did not advance
Arie Klaase		unknown	6					Did not advance
Nol Wolf		DNF						Did not advance
Bram Groeneweg	Marathon	—						DNF
Henri Landheer								2:51:59	30
Pleun van Leenen								3:14:37	56
Teun Sprong								DNF
Willem van der Steen								3:19:53	57
Joop Vermeulen								3:13:47	54
Jan Britstra	110m hurdles	unknown	4	—		Did not advance
Arie Kaan		unknown	4			Did not advance
Arie van Leeuwen		unknown	4			Did not advance
Lau Spel		unknown	3			Did not advance
Rinus van den Berge Harry Broos Andries Hoogerwerf Adje Paulen	4 x 400m relay	unknown	4	—				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Frits Bührman	High Jump	1.70	=28	Did not advance
Joop Kamstra		1.70	=28	Did not advance
Henri Thesingh		1.77	=19	Did not advance
Age van der Zee	Pole Vault	3.30	=14	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ben Bril	Flyweight	Bye	McDonagh (IRL) W	Lebanon (RSA) L	Did not advance
Bep van Klaveren	Featherweight	Bye	Panadez (ESP) W	Perry (GBR) W	Devin (USA) W	Peralta (ARG) W
David Baan	Lightweight	Bye	Webster (GBR) W	Nielsen (DEN) L	Did not advance
Cor Blommers	Welterweight	Bye	Annet (BEL) W	Landini (ARG) L	Did not advance
Karel Miljon	Light Heavyweight	—	Johansson-Vallsater (SWE) W	Jackson (GBR) W	Pistulla (GER) L	McCorkindale (USA) W
Sam Olij	Heavyweight	—	Goyder (BEL) W	Rodríguez (ARG) L	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Eleven cyclists, all men, represented the Netherlands in 1928.

Individual road race

• Leen Buis
• Janus Braspennincx
• Ben Duijker
• Anton Kuys

Team road race

• Leen Buis
• Janus Braspennincx
• Ben Duijker

Sprint

• Antoine Mazairac

Time trial

• Gerard Bosch van Drakestein

Tandem

• Bernard Leene
• Daan van Dijk

Team pursuit

• Janus Braspennincx
• Jan Maas
• Jan Pijnenburg
• Piet van der Horst
• Gerard Bosch van Drakestein

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

20 fencers, 17 men and 3 women, represented the Netherlands in 1928.

Men's foil

• Nicolaas Nederpeld
• Frans Mosman
• Paul Kunze

Men's team foil

• Frans Mosman, Doris de Jong, Nicolaas Nederpeld, Paul Kunze, Wouter Brouwer, Otto Schiff

Men's épée

• Willem Driebergen
• Pieter Mijer
• Arie de Jong

Men's team épée

• Leonard Kuypers, Arie de Jong, Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls, Willem Driebergen, Alfred Labouchere, Karel John van den Brandeler

Men's sabre

• Arie de Jong
• Jan van der Wiel
• Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls

Men's team sabre

• Cornelis Ekkart, Hendrik Hagens, Maarten van Dulm, Jan van der Wiel, Arie de Jong, Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls

Women's foil

• Jo de Boer
• Adriana Admiraal-Meijerink
• Friederike Koderitsch

Football

Main article: Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Round of 16

30 May 1928 (1928-05-30)

19:00

Netherlands	0–2	Uruguay
	Report	Scarone 20' Urdinarán 86'

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 27,730

Referee: John Langenus (Belgium)

Consolation tournament, First round

5 June 1928 (1928-06-05)

14:00

Netherlands	3–1	Belgium
Ghering 4' Smeets 6' Tap 63'	Report	Braine 85'

Stadion Spangen, Rotterdam

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Achille Gama (Italy)

Consolation tournament, Final

8 June 1928 (1928-06-08)

14:00

Netherlands	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Chile
Ghering 59' Smeets 66'	Report	Bravo 55' Alfaro 89'

Stadion Spangen, Rotterdam

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Guillermo Comorera (Spain)

After a coin toss the Netherlands were declared winners and were handed the trophy which had been on offer (by the NVB), but gave it to Chile to take home as a 'memento' of the Netherlands, the Olympic Games and their Dutch football friends.^[3]

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1928 Summer Olympics

The Netherlands won the first Women's Gymnastics competition in Olympic history.

Five of the Olympics' first gold medal team were Jewish women: Estella Agsteribbe, Anna Dresden-Polak, Elka de Levie, Helena Nordheim, and Jud Simons. Of the five, only Levie survived the Holocaust; the rest were murdered in gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau and Sobibor^[4]

Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Roster

The following is the Netherlands roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 1928 Summer Olympics.^[5]

• Jan Ankerman
• Jan Brand
• Rein de Waal
• Emile Duson
• Gerrit Jannink
• Adriaan Katte
• August Kop
• Ab Tresling
• Paul van de Rovaart
• Robert van der Veen
• Haas Visser 't Hooft
• C. J. J. Hardebeck
• T. F. Hubrecht
• G. Leembruggen
• H. J. L. Mangelaar Meertens
• Otto Muller von Czernicki
• W. J. van Citters
• C. J. van der Hagen
• Tonny van Lierop
• J. J. van Tienhoven van den Bogaard
• J. M. van Voorst van Beest
• N. Wenholt

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	5	Gold medal match
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	4	Bronze medal match
3	France	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6	2
4	Spain	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1

Source: 1928 Official Report, p. 689
(H) Hosts

17 May 1928 15:15 Netherlands  5–0  France Van de Rovaart  20' Tresling  23' Jannink  35', 37' Van der Veen  65' Report Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam Attendance: 5,500 Umpires: R. Liégeois (BEL) E. de Cindric (HUN)

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19 May 1928 16:00 Netherlands  2–1  Germany Van de Rovaart  20' Van der Veen  32' Report Haag  7' Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam Attendance: 6,000 Umpires: R. Liégeois (BEL) B. Turnbull (IND)

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23 May 1928 16:45 Netherlands  1–1  Spain Van der Veen  20' Report De Roig  63' Old Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 2,750 Umpires: P. Regibo (BEL) R. Be-Cavin (SUI)

Gold Medal Match

26 May 1928 15:45 India  3–0  Netherlands Chand  15', 36' Marthins  ?' Report Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam Attendance: 40,000 Umpires: w. Simon (GER) R. Liégeois (BEL)

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented the Netherlands in 1928.

Athlete	Event	Shooting rank	Swimming rank	Fencing rank	Running rank	Equestrian rank	Total	Rank
Tjeerd Pasma	Men's	32	13	34	5	24	108	=24
Willem van Rhijn		11	10	5	17	28	71	9
Christiaan Tonnet		8	24	27	4	6	69	=7

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Henk van Essen	100 m freestyle	1:07.4		Did not advance
Dick de Man	1500 m freestyle	23:03.2		Did not advance
Leen Korpershoek	200 m breaststroke	3:04.0		Did not advance
Henk van Essen Gerrit van Voorst Piet Bannenberg Johannes Brink	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	—		Unknown		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maria Vierdag	100 m freestyle	1:14.4		Unknown		Did not advance
Truus Baumeister	400 m freestyle	6:26.4		Did not advance
Marie Braun		5:53.8		5:54.6		5:57.8
	100 m backstroke	1:21.6 WR		—		1:22.0
Jeanne Grendel		1:26.2		—		Did not advance
Mietje Baron	200 m breaststroke	3:20.2		3:15.4		3:15.2
Cornelia van Gelder		Unknown		Did not advance
Margaretha van Norden		3:27.2		Unknown		Did not advance
Eva Smits Truus Baumeister Maria Vierdag Marie Braun	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	—		5:08.8		DSQ

Water Polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Press	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Cornelis Compter	Men's -60 kg	75	70	92.5	237.5	19
Hendrik de Wolf		72.5	75	100	247.5	=16
Gerrit Roos	Men's -67.5 kg	75	75	105	255	14
Cor Tabak		77.5	82.5	115	270	10
Guus Scheffer	Men's -75 kg	97.5	105	125	327.5
Joop Zalm		92.5	85	107.5	285	=9
Willem Tholen	Men's -82.5 kg	87.5	90	120	297.5	12
Jan Verheijen		95	105	137.5	337.5
Henk Verheijen	Men's +82.5 kg	102.5	100	-	-	-
Minus Verheijen		100	90	130	320	12

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Art competitions

Main article: Art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Demonstration sports

Korfball

Main article: Korfball at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Two Dutch teams gave a korfball demonstration, with a match on 6 August in the Olympisch Stadion.