Netherlands at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The Netherlands competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Netherlands at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Netherlands
IOC code	NED
NOC	Dutch Olympic Committee* Dutch Sports Federation
Website	www.nocnsf.nl (in Dutch)
in Atlanta
Competitors	235
Flag bearer	Nico Rienks (rowing)
Medals Ranked 15th	Gold 4 Silver 5 Bronze 10 Total 19
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1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Further information: 1996 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1996 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Bart Brentjes	Cycling	Men's cross-country	July 30
Gold	Netherlands men's national volleyball team Peter Blangé Bas van de Goor Mike van de Goor Rob Grabert Henk-Jan Held Guido Görtzen Misha Latuhihin Olof van der Meulen Jan Posthuma Brecht Rodenburg Richard Schuil Ron Zwerver	Volleyball	Men's tournament	August 4
Gold	Netherlands men's national field hockey team Jacques Brinkman Floris Jan Bovelander Maurits Crucq Marc Delissen (captain) Jeroen Delmee Taco van den Honert Erik Jazet Ronald Jansen Leo Klein Gebbink Bram Lomans Teun de Nooijer Wouter van Pelt Stephan Veen Guus Vogels Tycho van Meer Remco van Wijk	Field hockey	Men's tournament	August 2
Gold	Michiel Bartman Jeroen Duyster Ronald Florijn Koos Maasdijk Nico Rienks Diederik Simon Niels van Steenis Niels van der Zwan Henk-Jan Zwolle	Rowing	Men's eight	July 27
Silver	Ingrid Haringa	Cycling	Women's points race	July 28
Silver	Margriet Matthijsse	Sailing	Women's Europe	August 2
Silver	Anky van Grunsven	Equestrian	Individual dressage	August 3
Silver	Tineke Bartels, Anky van Grunsven, Gonnelien Rothenberger and Sven Rothenberger	Equestrian	Team dressage	July 27
Silver	Maarten van der Linden and Pepijn Aardewijn	Rowing	Men's lightweight double sculls	July 28
Bronze	Kirsten Vlieghuis	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle	July 22
Bronze	Kirsten Vlieghuis	Swimming	Women's 800 m freestyle	July 25
Bronze	Ingrid Haringa	Cycling	Women's sprint	July 27
Bronze	Roy Heiner	Sailing	Men's Finn	August 2
Bronze	Sven Rothenberger	Equestrian	Individual dressage	August 3
Bronze	Mark Huizinga	Judo	Men's middleweight (-86 kg)	July 22
Bronze	Jenny Gal	Judo	Women's half middleweight (-61 kg)	July 23
Bronze	Claudia Zwiers	Judo	Women's middleweight (-66 kg)	July 22
Bronze	Irene Eijs and Eeke van Nes	Rowing	Women's double sculls	July 27
Bronze	Netherlands women's national field hockey team Suzanne Plesman Dillianne van den Boogaard Florentine Steenberghe Willemijn Duyster Mijntje Donners Fleur van de Kieft Nicole Koolen Jeannette Lewin Wietske de Ruiter Ellen Kuipers Margje Teeuwen Carole Thate Jacqueline Toxopeus Stella de Heij Noor Holsboer Suzan van der Wielen	Field hockey	Women's tournament	August 2

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The Dutch archery team included former Soviet Union archer Lyudmila Arzhannikova. She placed 15th for the Netherlands in Atlanta.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Lyudmila Arzhannikova	Women's individual	652	11	Bilukha (UKR) (54) W 149–141	Sjovall (SWE) (22) W 160–151	Altinkaynak (TUR) (6) L 150–160	did not advance			15
Christel Verstegen		639	27	Eksi (TUR) (38) W 155–150	Altinkaynak (TUR) (6) L 160–149	did not Advance				27

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 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
• NM = No mark
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Marko Koers	1500 m	3:36.18	2 Q	—		3:36.06	5 Q	3:38.18	7
Bert van Vlaanderen	Marathon	—						2:20.48	45

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Laurens Looije	Pole vault	5.40	23	did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Marcel Dost	Result	10.87	7.21	13.91	1.95	48.19	14.52	41.92	5.20	57.76	4:38.81	8111	18
	Points	890	864	723	758	900	908	704	972	704	688
Jack Rosendaal	Result	11.24	7.33	13.59	2.07	50.93	14.46	41.24	4.70	63.80	4:25.98	8035	21
	Points	808	893	703	868	772	916	690	819	795	771

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Stella Jongmans	800 m	2:00.26	2 Q	—		DNF		did not advance
Anne van Schuppen	Marathon	—						2:40.46	41

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Sharon Jaklofsky	Long Jump	6.75	3 Q	NM
Jacqueline Goormachtigh	Discus throw	58.74	21	did not advance
Corrie de Bruin		55.48	36	did not advance
	Shot put	did not start

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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
Joris van Soerland	Men's singles	Bye	Dong (CHN) L (9–15, 4–15)	Did not advance
Jeroen van Dijk		Uvarov (RUS) W (15–8, 15–10)	Hock (MAS) L (11–15, 10–15)	Did not advance
Ron Michels		Hall (GBR) L (4–15, 4–15)	Did not advance
Eline Coene Erica van den Heuvel	Women's doubles	—	Morgan / Muggeridge (GBR) W (15–10, 15–5)	Chen / Peng (CHN) L (3–15, 8–15)	Did not advance
Eline Coene Ron Michels	Mixed doubles	—	Velkov / Nedjalkova (BUL) W (15–4, 15–6)	Sogaard / Olsen (DEN) L (4–15, 6–15)	Did not advance

Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The Netherlands made its first Olympic baseball appearance in 1996. They defeated Australia and Italy but lost their other five games in the preliminary round. When this result put the Dutch team in a three-way tie for fifth through seventh place with Australia and Italy, the head-to-head victories gave the Netherlands fifth place.

Team roster

Johnny Balentina Giel ten Bosch Eric de Bruin Peter Callenbach Rob Cordemans Jeffrey Cranston Eddie Dix Marlon Fluonia Evert-Jan 't Hoen Eelco Jansen

Marcel Joost Adonis Kemp Geoffrey Kohl Marcel Kruijt André Maris Edsel Martis Paul Nanne Tom Nanne Byron Ward Danny Wout

Results

Team	W	L	Tiebreaker
Cuba	7	0	–
United States	6	1	–
Japan	4	3	1–0
Nicaragua	4	3	0–1
Netherlands	2	5	2–0
Italy	2	5	1–1
Australia	2	5	0–2
South Korea	1	6	–

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Best
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michael Reys	K-1	146.79	7	210.49	38	146.79	11
Frits Sins		209.42	35	169.33	27	169.33	37

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Road competition

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Erik Dekker	Road Race	04:53:58	38
	Time Trial	1:07:08	11
Erik Breukink	Road Race	04:53:58	45
	Time Trial	1:08:33	17
Tristan Hoffman	Road Race	04:53:58	108
Aart Vierhouten		04:53:58	56
Danny Nelissen		04:54:00	111

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Yvonne Brunen	Road Race	02:37:06	26
	Time Trial	40:39	19
Elsbeth Vink	Road Race	02:37:06	28
Ingrid Haringa		did not Finish

Track competition

Points race

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Peter Pieters	Men's points race	0	21
Ingrid Haringa	Women's points race	23

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		First round	Repechage 1	Second round	Repechage 2	Round of 16	Repechage 3	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Time Speed	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Ingrid Haringa	Women's sprint	11.456 62.84 km/h	4 Q	—				Salumäe (EST) W 12.164	Bye	Dubnicoff (CAN) W	Ferris (AUS) L	Neuman (GER) W

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Peter Pieters	Men's individual pursuit	OVT		Did not advance
Jarich Bakker Robert Slippens Richard Rozendaal Peter Schep	Men's team pursuit	4:16.175	12	Did not advance

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Dirk Jan van Hameren	Men's 1000m time trial	1:05.886	12

Mountain bike

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bart Brentjens	Men's cross-country	2:17.38
Marcel Arntz		did not finish
Elsbeth Vink	Women's cross-country	1:54.38	5

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Tineke Bartles-de Vries	Olympic Barbria	Individual	67.70	14 Q	68.28	14 Q	69.66	13	205.54	13
Sven Rothenberger	Weyden		74.16	4 Q	74.00	4 Q	76.78	4	224.94
Anky van Grunsven	Bonfire		75.72	2 Q	77.72	1 Q	79.58	2	233.02
Gonnelien Rothenberger	Olympic Dondolo		66.92	=15 Q	68.42	16	did not advance
Tineke Bartles-de Vries Sven Rothenberger Anky van Grunsven Gonnelien Rothenberger	See above	Team	—						5437

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Jump off	Rank
Jos Lansink	Carthago	Individual	4	=14	8	12	=22	8	20	=29	8.00	—	=11
Emile Hendrix	Finesse		4	=14	12	16	=38	4	20	=29	Did not advance
Bert Romp	Samantha		4	=14	8	12	=22	12	24	=40	Did not advance
Jan Tops	Top Gun		0	=1	0	0	=1	4.25	4.25	4 Q	4.00	8.00	7
Jos Lansink Emile Hendrix Bert Romp Jan Tops	See above	Team	—								32.35	—	7

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Patrick Klas	–78 kg	Bye	Figueroa (PUR) W	García (ARG) L	Did not advance
Mark Huizinga	–86 kg	Bye	Jeon (KOR) L	did not advance			Biwole Abolo (CMR) W	Despaigne (CUB) W	Gill (CAN) W	Croitoru (ROU) W
Ben Sonnemans	–95 kg	Bye	W	Stevens (GBR) W	Kim (KOR) L	Did not advance	Bye	Sergeyev (RUS) W	Nakamura (JPN) L	did not advance
Denny Ebbers	+95 kg	Bye	Möller (GER) L	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	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
Tamara Meijer	-48 kg	Kuligina (KGZ) W	Kye (PRK) L	did not advance		bye	Nichilo (FRA) L	did not advance
Jessica Gal	-56 kg	bye	González (CUB) L	did not advance		Baton (CUB) L	did not advance
Jenny Gal	-61 kg	Buckingham (CAN) W	Beltrán (CUB) W	Álvarez (ESP) W	Emoto (JPN) L	bye			Kobas (TUR) W
Claudia Zwiers	-66 kg	bye	Ogasawara (USA) W	Wu (TPE) W	Cho (KOR) L	bye			Revé (CUB) W
Karin Kienhuis	-72 kg	bye	Howey (GBR) L	did not advance
Angelique Seriese	+72 kg	Hagn (GER) L	did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sjors van Iwaarden Kai Compagner	Coxless pair	7:00.45	5 R	7:24.17	4 FC	—		7:10.43	17
Maarten van der Linden Pepijn Aardewijn	Lightweight double sculls	6:49.93	1 SA/B	Bye		6:27.07	2 FA	6:26.48
Sander van der Marck Adri Middag Joris Loefs Pieter van Andel	Quadruple sculls	6:06.98	3 SA/B	Bye		6:03.72	4 FB	5:55.15	10
Henk-Jan Zwolle Diederik Simon Michiel Bartman Michiel Bartman Niels van der Zwan Niels van Steenis Ronald Florijn Nico Rienks Jeroen Duyster (cox)	Eight	5:41.41	1 FA	Bye		—		5:42.74

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Elien Meijer Anneke Venema	Coxless pair	7:43.58	3 SA/B	Bye		7:48.40	5 FB	7:17.26	7
Irene Eijs Eeke van Nes	Double sculls	7:23.12	1 SA/B	Bye		7:16.39	2 FA	6:58.74
Laurien Vermulst Ellen Meliesie	Lightweight double sculls	7:32.30	3 R	7:00.17	1 SA/B	7:19.20	2 FA	7:21.92	6
Irene Eijs Eeke van Nes Meike van Driel Nelleke Penninx	Quadruple sculls	6:43.76	2 R	6:15.92	2 FA	—		6:35.54	6
Femke Boelen Marleen van der Velden Astrid van Koert Marieke Westerhof Rita de Jong Tessa Knaven Tessa Appeldoorn Muriel van Schilfgaarde Jissy de Wolf (cox)	Eight	6:32.71	3 R	6:08.85	3 FA	—		6:31.11	6

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Total
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Points	Rank
Martijn van Geemen	Mistral	15	17	12	23	12	23	PMS	20	19	—		118	18
Roy Heiner	Finn	21	7	6	11	6	11	1	12	6	2	—	50
Ben Kouwenhoven Jan Kouwenhoven	Finn	DNS	5	11	32	24	10	24	8	30	20	DQ	164	24

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Total
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Points	Rank
Dorien de Vries	Mistral	13	5	DQ	10	8	8	3	12	6	—		52	10
Margriet Matthijsse	Europe	PMS	2	1	10	2	1	1	4	12	5	4	37

Open

Fleet racing

Athlete	Event	Race											Total
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Points	Rank
Serge Kats	Laser	6	PMS	12	13	5	7	22	DSQ	19	11	3	98	13
Ron van Teylingen Herbert Dercksen	Tornado	13	6	2	17	2	6	7	9	PMS	5	6	56	9

Mixed racing

Athlete	Event	Fleet racing												Match racing
		Race										Total		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Willem Potma Frank Hettinga Gerhard Potma	Soling	8	7	10	PMS	10	15	16	2	17	16	84	15	did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Hennie Dompeling	Men's skeet	120	=15	did not advance
Eric Swinkels		117	=32	did not advance

Softball

Main article: Softball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round								Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Netherlands women	Women's tournament	Japan L 0–3	United States L 0–9	Chinese Taipei L 1–7	Australia L 0–1	China L 0–8	Canada L 1–4	Puerto Rico W 2–0	7	Did not advance		7

Team roster

• Madelon Beek
• Petra Beek
• Lucienne Geels
• Jacqueline de Heer
• Marjolein de Jong
• Jacqueline Knol
• Anita Kossen
• Anouk Mels
• Sandra Nieuwveen
• Penny le Noble
• Corrine Ockhuijsen
• Sonja Pannen
• Marlies van der Putten
• Gonny Reijnen
• Martine Stiemer

• Head coach: Ruud Elfers

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pieter van den Hoogenband	50 m freestyle	22.82	13 FB	22.67	9
	100 m freestyle	49.73	7 FA	49.13	4
	200 m freestyle	1:48.68	4 FA	1:48.36	4
Benno Kuipers	100 m breaststroke	1:09.92	=18	Did not advance
Stefan Aartsen	100 m butterfly	54.62	24	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:00.04	12 FB	2:00.41	13
Martin van der Spoel	200 m individual medley	2.03.75	11 FB	2.03.01	10
Marcel Wouda		2:01.21	2 FA	2:01.45	4
	400 m individual medley	4:17.30	2 FA	4:17.71	5
Mark Veens Pie Geelen Martin van der Spoel Pieter van den Hoogenband	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:20.16	3 Q	3:19.02	5
Marcel Wouda Mark van der Zijden Martin van der Spoel Pieter van den Hoogenband Tim Hoeijmans*	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:23.39	8 Q	7:21.96	7
Martin van der Spoel Benno Kuipers Stefan Aartsen Pieter van den Hoogenband	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:42.42	10	Did not advance

Key: * – Swimmer competed in the heat but not the final; FA – Qualify to A final (medal); FB – Qualify to B final (non-medal)

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marianne Muis	50 m freestyle	25.93	11 FB	25.74	9
Angela Postma		26.00	13 FB	25.82	10
Karin Brienesse	100 m freestyle	55.81	5 FA	56.12	8
Carla Geurts	400 m freestyle	4:11.18	5 FA	4:10.06	6
	800 m freestyle	8:39.85	7 FA	8:40.43	7
Kirsten Vlieghuis	400 m freestyle	4:11.04	3 FA	4:08.70
	800 m freestyle	8:39.73	7 FA	8:30.84
Madelon Baans	100 m breaststroke	1:11.17	21	Did not advance
Minouche Smit	100 m individual medley	2:16.30	3 FA	2:16.73	7
Marianne Muis Minouche Smit Wilma van Hofwegen Karin Brienesse	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:43.63	2 Q	3:42.40	4
Carla Geurts Patricia Stokkers Minouche Smit Kirsten Vlieghuis	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:12.78	7 Q	8:08.48	6
Brenda Starink Madelon Baans Wilma van Hofwegen Karin Brienesse	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:11.64	12	Did not advance

Key: * – Swimmer competed in the heat but not the final; FA – Qualify to A final (medal); FB – Qualify to B final (non-medal)

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Denny Heister	Men's singles	Wang (CHN) L 1–2	Tsiokas (GRE) L 0–2	Mutambuze (UGA) W 2–0	3	Did not advance
Denny Heister Trinko Keen	Men's doubles	Persson / Waldner (SWE) L 1–2	Tasaki / Yuzawa (JPN) W 2–1	Morales / Salamanca (CHI) W 2–0	2	—	Did not advance
Gerdi Keen	Women's singles	Lijuan (CAN) L 0–2	Park (KOR) L 0–2	—	3	Did not advance
Bettine Vriesekoop		Bădescu (ROU) L 0–2	Paškauskienė (LTU) L 1–2	Radhika (IND) W 2–0	3	Did not advance
Mirjam Hoorman-Kloppenburg		Chai (HKG) L 0–2	Simion (ROU) L 0–2	Ramos (VEN) W 2–0	3	Did not advance
Bettine Vriesekoop Emily Noor	Women's doubles	Palina / Timina (RUS) L 0–2	Wang / Yip (USA) L 0–2	Kaffo / Oshonaike (NGR) W 2–0	3	—	Did not advance
Gerdi Keen Mirjam Hoorman-Kloppenburg		Koyama / Todo (JPN) L 0–2	Schall / Struse (GER) L 1–2	Arisi / Negrisoli (ITA) W 2–1	3	—	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jacco Eltingh	Singles	Fetterlein (DEN) L 4–6, 6–4, 6–8	Did not advance
Paul Haarhuis		Philippoussis (AUS) L 6–7, 6–7	Did not advance
Jan Siemerink		Woodbridge (AUS) L 2–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	Doubles	—	Pavel / Pescariu (ROU) W 6–2, 6–7(1–7), 6–4	C N'Goran / C N'Goran (CIV) W 6–4, 6–4	W Ferreira / E Ferreira (RSA) W 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)	Woodbridge / Woodforde (AUS) L 2–6 7–5 16–18	Prinosil / Goellner (GER) L 2–6 5–7	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	Singles	Sfar (TUN) W 6–4, 6–0	Choi (KOR) W 6–2 6–4	Sánchez Vicario (ESP) L 4–6 6–7	Did not advance
Manon Bollegraf Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	Doubles	—	Lugina / Medvedeva (UKR) W w/o	Csurgo / Temesvári (HUN) W 7–6 7–6	Hingis / Schnyder (SUI) W 6–4 6–3	MJ Fernández / G Fernández (USA) L 5–7 6–7	Sánchez Vicario / Martínez (ESP) L 1–6 3–6	4

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Beach

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Elimination					Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Michel Everaert Sander Mulder	Men's	Maia – Brenha (POR) L 15–8	did not advance			Palinek – Pakosta (CZE) L 15–6	did not advance						=17
Debora Schoon-Kadijk Lisette van de Ven	Women's	Bye	Castro – Richardson (USA) L 15–8	did not advance			Cooper – Glover (GBR) L 15–12	did not advance					=13

Indoor

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round						Quarterfinal	Semifinal / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Netherlands men	Men's tournament	Tunisia W 3–0	Russia W 3–0	Italy L 0–3	Yugoslavia W 3–0	South Korea W 3–0	2 Q	Bulgaria W 3–1	Russia W 3–0	Italy W 3–2
Netherlands women	Women's tournament	China L 1–3	United States L 0–3	Japan W 3–0	South Korea W 3–1	Ukraine W 3–0	3	Russia L 1–3	5-8 semifinal  Germany W 3-2	5th place match  South Korea W 3–0	5

Men

Further information: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

• Team roster

• Peter Blangé
• Bas van de Goor
• Mike van de Goor
• Rob Grabert
• Henk-Jan Held
• Guido Görtzen
• Misha Latuhihin
• Olof van der Meulen
• Jan Posthuma
• Brecht Rodenburg
• Richard Schuil
• Ron Zwerver

• Head coach: Joop Alberda

Women

Further information: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

• Team roster

• Cintha Boersma
• Erna Brinkman
• Riëtte Fledderus
• Jerine Fleurke
• Marjolein de Jong
• Saskia van Hintum
• Elles Leferink
• Irena Machovcak
• Claudia van Thiel
• Lisette van der Ven
• Ingrid Visser
• Henriëtte Weersing

• Head coach: Bert Goedkoop

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's team competition

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round						Classification			Quarterfinal	Semifinal / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Yugoslavia L 8–11	Spain L 7–8	Hungary L 8–10	Russia L 5–11	Germany L 8–9	6	Romania W 10–8	Germany L 6–9	Ukraine D 9–9	Did not advance			10

Team roster

• Arie van de Bunt
• Gert de Groot
• Arno Havenga
• Koos Issard
• Bas de Jong
• Niels van der Kolk
• Marco Kunz
• Harry van der Meer
• Hans Nieuwenburg
• Joeri Stoffels
• Eelco Uri
• Wyco de Vries
• Hans van Zeeland (Head Coach)