Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics

The Netherlands competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3] Dutch athletes have competed at every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the sparsely attended 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis and 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne (except the equestrian events in Stockholm), which the Netherlands boycotted because of the Soviet invasion of Hungary.

Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Netherlands
IOC code	NED
NOC	Dutch Olympic Committee* Dutch Sports Federation
Website	www.nocnsf.nl (in Dutch)
in Tokyo, Japan 23 July 2021 (2021-07-23) – 8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	278 (113 men and 165 women) in 27 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Churandy Martina Keet Oldenbeuving[1]
Flag bearer (closing)	Sifan Hassan[2]
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 10 Silver 12 Bronze 14 Total 36
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Further information: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners

On 28 July, the Netherlands won eight medals on a single day, which broke the country's previous record of seven established on 11 August 1928 during the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.^[4]

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Koen Metsemakers Dirk Uittenbogaard Abe Wiersma Tone Wieten Rowing Men's quadruple sculls 28 July  Gold Annemiek van Vleuten Cycling Women's road time trial 28 July  Gold Niek Kimmann Cycling Men's BMX racing 30 July  Gold Kiran Badloe Sailing Men's RS:X 31 July  Gold Sifan Hassan Athletics Women's 5000 metres 2 August  Gold Roy van den Berg Matthijs Büchli Jeffrey Hoogland Harrie Lavreysen Cycling Men's team sprint 3 August  Gold Shanne Braspennincx Cycling Women's keirin 5 August  Gold Harrie Lavreysen Cycling Men's sprint 6 August  Gold Women's field hockey team Felice Albers Margot van Geffen Eva de Goede Marloes Keetels Josine Koning Sanne Koolen Laurien Leurink Caia van Maasakker Frédérique Matla Laura Nunnink Malou Pheninckx Pien Sanders Lauren Stam Maria Verschoor Xan de Waard Lidewij Welten Field hockey Women's tournament 6 August  Gold Sifan Hassan Athletics Women's 10,000 metres 7 August  Silver Steve Wijler Gabriela Schloesser Archery Mixed team 24 July  Silver Annemiek van Vleuten Cycling Women's individual road race 25 July  Silver Arno Kamminga Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke 26 July  Silver Stef Broenink Melvin Twellaar Rowing Men's double sculls 28 July  Silver Ymkje Clevering Karolien Florijn Ellen Hogerwerf Veronique Meester Rowing Women's coxless four 28 July  Silver Tom Dumoulin Cycling Men's road time trial 28 July  Silver Arno Kamminga Swimming Men's 200 metre breaststroke 29 July  Silver Sharon van Rouwendaal Swimming Women's marathon 10 km 4 August  Silver Anouk Vetter Athletics Women's heptathlon 5 August  Silver Jeffrey Hoogland Cycling Men's sprint 6 August  Silver Terrence Agard Ramsey Angela Liemarvin Bonevacia Tony van Diepen Jochem Dobber Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay 7 August  Silver Abdi Nageeye Athletics Men's marathon 8 August  Bronze Roos de Jong Lisa Scheenaard Rowing Women's double sculls 28 July  Bronze Anna van der Breggen Cycling Women's road time trial 28 July  Bronze Sanne van Dijke Judo Women's −70 kg 28 July  Bronze Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis Rowing Women's lightweight double sculls 29 July  Bronze Merel Smulders Cycling Women's BMX racing 30 July  Bronze Marit Bouwmeester Sailing Women's Laser Radial 1 August  Bronze Annemiek Bekkering Annette Duetz Sailing Women's 49er FX 3 August  Bronze Femke Bol Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles 4 August  Bronze Maikel van der Vleuten Equestrian Individual jumping 4 August  Bronze Emma Oosterwegel Athletics Women's heptathlon 5 August  Bronze Nouchka Fontijn Boxing Women's middleweight 6 August  Bronze Sifan Hassan Athletics Women's 1500 metres 6 August  Bronze Harrie Lavreysen Cycling Men's keirin 8 August  Bronze Kirsten Wild Cycling Women's omnium 8 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Archery 0 1 0 1 Athletics 2 3 3 8 Boxing 0 0 1 1 Cycling 5 3 4 12 Equestrian 0 0 1 1 Field hockey 1 0 0 1 Judo 0 0 1 1 Rowing 1 2 2 5 Sailing 1 0 2 3 Swimming 0 3 0 3 Total 10 12 14 36

Competitors

The following is the list of number of Dutch competitors in the Games.^[5]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	1	4
Artistic swimming	—	2	2
Athletics	18	25	43
Badminton	2	2	4
Basketball	4	0	4
Boxing	1	1	2
Canoeing	0	1	1
Cycling	16	13	29
Diving	0	2	2
Equestrian	5	3	8
Fencing	1	0	1
Field hockey	16	16	32
Football	0	22	22
Golf	0	1	1
Gymnastics	2	4	6
Handball	0	14	14
Judo	5	5	10
Rowing	21	14	35
Sailing	4	6	10
Skateboarding	0	2	2
Swimming	8	8	16
Table tennis	0	1	1
Tennis	2	2	4
Triathlon	2	2	4
Volleyball	2	4	6
Water polo	0	13	13
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Total	113	165	278

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Three Dutch archers qualified for the men's events by reaching the quarterfinal stage of the men's team recurve at the 2019 World Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch.^[6] Another Dutch archer scored a shoot-off victory in the quarterfinal round of the women's individual recurve to book an outright Olympic berth available at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gijs Broeksma	Men's individual	667	14	Chirault (FRA) W 6–4	Furukawa (JPN) L 5–6	Did not advance
Sjef van den Berg		670	8	Valladont (FRA) W 7–3	D'Almeida (BRA) L 1–7	Did not advance
Steve Wijler		675	6	Naploszek (POL) W 6–4	Abdullin (KAZ) L 4–6	Did not advance
Gijs Broeksma Sjef van den Berg Steve Wijler	Men's team	2012	2	—		Bye	Great Britain (GBR) W 5–3	Chinese Taipei (TPE) L 0–6	Japan (JPN) L 4–5	4
Gabriela Schloesser	Women's individual	652	20	Gomboeva (ROC) W 6–5	Barbelin (FRA) L 0–6	Did not advance
Steve Wijler Gabriela Schloesser	Mixed team	1327	6 Q	—		Italy (ITA) W 6–0	France (FRA) W 5–4	Turkey (TUR) W 5–3	South Korea (KOR) L 3–5

Artistic swimming

Main articles: Artistic swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Artistic swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The Netherlands fielded a squad of two artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet event, by finishing fourth at the 2021 FINA Olympic Qualification Tournament in Barcelona, Spain.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Bregje de Brouwer Noortje de Brouwer	Duet	87.2612	9	88.1667	175.4279	9 Q	88.9000	176.1612	9

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Dutch athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[8][9]

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
• AR = Area (or continental) Record
• NR = National Record
• PB = Personal Best
• SB = Season Best
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Taymir Burnet	200 m	20.60 SB	3 Q	20.90	8	Did not advance
Liemarvin Bonevacia	400 m	44.95	1 Q	44.62 NR	3 q	45.07	8
Jochem Dobber		45.54	3 Q	45.48	6	Did not advance
Tony van Diepen	800 m	1:46.03	6	Did not advance
Mike Foppen	5000 m	DNF		—		Did not advance
Nick Smidt	400 m hurdles	49.55	4 Q	49.35 SB	7	Did not advance
Taymir Burnet Christopher Garia Joris van Gool Churandy Martina	4 × 100 m relay	DNF		—		Did not advance
Terrence Agard Ramsey Angela Liemarvin Bonevacia Tony van Diepen Jochem Dobber[a]	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.06 NR	5 q	—		2:57.18 NR
Khalid Choukoud	Marathon	—				DNF
Abdi Nageeye		2:09:58 SB
Bart van Nunen		DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Marije van Hunenstijn	100 m	Bye		11.27 SB	6	Did not advance
Jamile Samuel		Bye		DNS		Did not advance
Dafne Schippers		Bye		DNS		Did not advance
Jamile Samuel	200 m	DNS		—		Did not advance
Dafne Schippers		23.13	3 Q			23.03	6	Did not advance
Lieke Klaver	400 m	51.37	3 Q	—		51.37	6	Did not advance
Lisanne de Witte		51.68 SB	4 q			52.09	8	Did not advance
Sifan Hassan	1500 m	4:05.17	1 Q	—		4:00.23	1 Q	3:55.86
	5000 m	14:47.89	1 Q	—				14:36.79
	10000 m	—						29:55.32
Diane van Es	5000 m	15:47.01	16	—				Did not advance
Susan Krumins	10000 m	—						DNF
Zoë Sedney	100 m hurdles	13.03	7	—		Did not advance
Nadine Visser		12.72 SB	2 Q			12.63 SB	3 q	12.73	5
Femke Bol	400 m hurdles	54.43	1 Q	—		53.91	1 Q	52.03 AR
Irene van der Reijken	3000 m steeplechase	9:42.98	30	—				Did not advance
Marije van Hunenstijn Dafne Schippers Naomi Sedney Nadine Visser	4 × 100 m relay	42.81 SB	5 q	—				DNF
Femke Bol Laura de Witte Lisanne de Witte Lieke Klaver	4 × 400 m relay	3:24.01 NR	4 q	—				3:23.74 NR	6
Andrea Deelstra	Marathon	—						2:37:05	44
Jill Holterman		2:45:27	63

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ramsey Angela Liemarvin Bonevacia Jochem Dobber[a] Femke Bol Lieke Klaver Lisanne de Witte[a]	4 × 400 m relay	3:10.69 NR	2 Q	3:10.36 NR	4

^a Athletes who participated in the heat only.

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Menno Vloon	Men's pole vault	5.75	7 q	5.55	13
Jessica Schilder	Women's shot put	17.74	19	Did not advance
Jorinde van Klinken	Women's discus throw	61.15	14	Did not advance

Combined events – Women's heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Total	Rank
Nadine Broersen	Result	13.74	1.80 SB	14.50 SB	25.57 SB	DNS	—	—	DNF
	Points	1015	978	827	835	0	—	—
Emma Oosterwegel	Result	13.36 PB	1.80 PB	13.28	24.25 PB	6.29	54.60 PB	2:11.09 PB	6590 PB
	Points	1071	978	746	957	940	949	949
Anouk Vetter	Result	13.09 PB	1.80 SB	15.29 SB	23.81	6.47	51.20	2:18.72 SB	6689 NR
	Points	1111	978	880	999	997	883	841

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The Netherlands entered 4 badminton players for the following events based on the BWF Race to Tokyo Rankings; one in the men's singles, one pair in the women's doubles and mixed doubles.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mark Caljouw	Men's singles	Zilberman (ISR) W (17–21, 21–9, 21–10)	Sai Praneeth (IND) W (21–14, 21–14)	—	1 Q	Cordón (GUA) L (17–21, 21–3, 19–21)	Did not advance
Selena Piek Cheryl Seinen	Women's doubles	Honderich / Tsai (CAN) W (16–21, 21–14, 21–15)	Hany / Hosny (EGY) W (21–6, 21–10)	Matsumoto / Nagahara (JPN) L (22–24, 15–21)	2 Q	—	Lee S-h / Shin S-c (KOR) L (8–21, 17–21)	Did not advance
Robin Tabeling Selena Piek	Mixed doubles	Choi S-g / Chae Y-j (KOR) L (21–16, 15–21, 11–21)	Zheng Sw / Huang Yq (CHN) L (15–21, 20–22)	Elgamal / Hany (EGY) W (21–9, 21–4)	3	—	Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage								Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Netherlands men's 3×3	Men's 3×3 tournament	Serbia L 15–16	ROC W 18–15	Japan W 21–20	China W 21–18	Belgium L 17–18	Poland W 22–20	Latvia L 18–22	4 Q	ROC L 19–21	Did not advance		5

3x3 basketball

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 3x3 tournament

Netherlands men's national 3x3 team qualified for the Olympics by securing a top three finish at the 2021 Olympic Qualifying Tournament.^[11]

Team roster

The players were announced on 6 July 2021.^[12]

• Ross Bekkering
• Dimeo van der Horst
• Arvin Slagter
• Jessey Voorn

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Serbia	7	7	0	138	91	+47	Semifinals
2	Belgium	7	4[a]	3	126	127	−1
3	Latvia	7	4[a]	3	133	129	+4	Quarterfinals
4	Netherlands	7	4[a]	3	132	129	+3
5	ROC	7	3	4	116	125	−9
6	Japan (H)	7	2[b]	5	123	134	−11
7	Poland	7	2[b]	5	120	130	−10
8	China	7	2[b]	5	119	142	−23

Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Belgium 2–0, Latvia 1–1, Netherlands 0–2
2. Japan 1–1, 123 PS; Poland 1–1, 120 PS; China 1–1, 119 PS

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Serbia	16–15	Netherlands
Pts: Vasić 5		Pts: Voorn 6

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Marek Maliszewski (POL)

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Netherlands	18–15	ROC
Pts: Van der Horst 9		Pts: Karpenkov 6

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Markos Michaelides (SUI)

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Japan	20–21	Netherlands
Pts: Tominaga 10		Pts: Bekkering, Slagter 6

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Vanessa Devlin (AUS)

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Netherlands	21–18	China
Pts: Van der Horst 8		Pts: Hu 17

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Glenn Tuitt (USA), Jasmina Juras (SRB)

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Netherlands	17–18 (OT)	Belgium
Pts: Voorn 10		Pts: Vervoort 7

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS)

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Netherlands	22–20 (OT)	Poland
Pts: Bekkering, Van der Horst 6		Pts: Hicks 8

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS)

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Latvia	22–18	Netherlands
Pts: Miezis 9		Pts: Van der Horst 8

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Jasmina Juras (SRB)

Quarterfinal

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Netherlands	19–21	ROC
Pts: Van der Horst 8		Pts: Zuev 9

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Markos Michaelides (SUI)

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The Netherlands entered two boxers (one per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Rio 2016 Olympians Enrico Lacruz (men's lightweight) and Nouchka Fontijn (women's middleweight) secured the spots on the Dutch squad in their respective weight divisions, either by winning the round of 16 match, advancing to the semifinal match, or scoring a box-off triumph, at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in Villebon-sur-Yvette, France.^[13]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Enrico Lacruz	Men's lightweight	Davis (USA) L 0–5	Did not advance				=17
Nouchka Fontijn	Women's middleweight	—	Wójcik (POL) W 4–1	Thibeault (CAN) W 5–0	Price (GBR) L 2–3	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Slalom

The Netherlands qualified one canoeist for the women's K-1 class by finishing in the top eighteen at the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain, marking the country's recurrence to the sport after a twelve-year absence.^[14]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martina Wegman	Women's K-1	113.29	12	109.84	10	109.84	12 Q	108.74	8 Q	111.33	7

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Road

The Netherlands entered a squad of nine riders (five men and four women) to compete in their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) and top 22 (for women) in the UCI World Ranking.^[15]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Dylan van Baarle	Road race	6:09:04	15
Tom Dumoulin		6:15:38	44
Yoeri Havik		Did not finish
Wilco Kelderman		6:15:38	51
Bauke Mollema		6:06:33	4
Tom Dumoulin	Time trial	56:05.58

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Anna van der Breggen	Road race	3:54:31	15
Annemiek van Vleuten		3:54:00
Demi Vollering		3:55:41	25
Marianne Vos		3:54:31	5
Anna van der Breggen	Time trial	31:15.12
Annemiek van Vleuten		30:13.49

Track

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Dutch riders accumulated spots for both men and women in team sprint, omnium, and madison, based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings. As a result of their place in the men's and women's team sprint, the Netherlands won its right to enter two riders in both men's and women's sprint and men's and women's keirin.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Round 3	Repechage 3	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	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Jeffrey Hoogland	Men's sprint	9.215 OR 78.133	1 Q	Mitchell (NZL) W 9.821 73.312	Bye	Bötticher (GER) W 10.034 71.756	Bye	Awang (MAS) W 9.831 73.238	Bye	Vigier (FRA) W 10.204, W 9.902	Dmitriev (ROC) W 9.692, W 9.786	Lavreysen (NED) W 9.724, L, L
Harrie Lavreysen		9.215 78.133	2 Q	Sharom (MAS) W 10.005 71.964	Bye	Tjon En Fa (SUR) W 9.766 73.725	Bye	Sharom (MAS) W 9.635 74.728	Bye	Kenny (GBR) W 10.243, W 10.551	Carlin (GBR) W 9.747, W 9.784	Hoogland (NED) L, W 9.776, W 10.681
Shanne Braspennincx	Women's sprint	10.479 68.709	7 Q	Bao Sj (CHN) W 10.979 65.580	Bye	Zhong Ts (CHN) W 10.912 65.982	Bye	Starikova (UKR) W 10.889 66.122	Bye	Hinze (GER) L, L	Did not advance	5th place final  Friedrich (GER)  Genest (CAN)  Marchant (GBR) L	7
Laurine van Riessen		DNS		Did not advance

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1		Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Roy van den Berg Matthijs Büchli[a] Jeffrey Hoogland Harrie Lavreysen	Men's team sprint	42.134 OR 64.081	1	Poland (POL) W 41.431 OR 65.169	1 FA	Great Britain (GBR) W 41.369 OR 65.266
Shanne Braspennincx Laurine van Riessen	Women's team sprint	32.465 NR 55.444	3	Poland (POL) W 32.308 NR 55.714	4 FB	ROC L 32.504 55.378	4

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final
^a Athlete who participated in the qualification round only.

Keirin

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Matthijs Büchli	Men's keirin	3 R	3	Did not advance		=19
Harrie Lavreysen		5 R	1 Q	4 Q	3 FA
Shanne Braspennincx	Women's keirin	3 R	1 Q	1 Q	1 FA
Laurine van Riessen		1 Q	Bye	DNF	Did not advance

Qualification legend: Q=Qualified for next round; R=Advanced to repechage

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race		Elimination race		Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
Jan-Willem van Schip	Men's omnium	3	36	1	40	4	34	12	2	112	6
Kirsten Wild	Women's omnium	5	32	2	38	11	20	2	18	108

Madison

Athlete	Event	Points	Lap	Rank
Yoeri Havik Jan-Willem van Schip	Men's madison	17	0	5
Amy Pieters Kirsten Wild	Women's madison	21	0	4

Mountain biking

Dutch mountain bikers qualified for two men's and two women's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's fifth-place finish for men and third for women in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 16 May 2021.^[16][17]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mathieu van der Poel	Men's cross-country	Did not finish
Milan Vader		1:27:21	10
Anne Tauber	Women's cross-country	1:20.18	11
Anne Terpstra		1:18.21	5

BMX

The Netherlands received six quota spots (three per gender) for BMX at the Olympics, as a result of the nation's runner-up placement for men and top finish for women in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of June 1, 2021.^[18][19]

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Twan van Gendt	Men's race	5	2 Q	23	8	Did not advance	16
Joris Harmsen		6	2 Q	18	7	Did not advance	13
Niek Kimmann		4	1 Q	6	1 Q	39.053
Judy Baauw	Women's race	7	2 Q	17	7	Did not advance	13
Laura Smulders		4	1 Q	24	8	Did not advance	16
Merel Smulders		10	3 Q	14	3 Q	44.721

Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The Netherlands entered two divers into the Olympic competition by finishing in the top twelve of their respective events at the 2019 FINA World Championships.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Inge Jansen	Women's 3 m springboard	278.75	16 Q	301.90	9 Q	311.05	5
Celine van Duijn	Women's 10 m platform	306.80	11 Q	306.45	10 Q	287.70	10

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Dutch equestrians qualified a full squad each in the team dressage and jumping competitions by virtue of a top-six finish at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina, United States.^[20][21] Meanwhile, two eventing spots were awarded to the Dutch equestrians, based on the results in the individual FEI Olympic rankings for Group A (North Western Europe).^[22]

Dutch equestrian squads for dressage, eventing and jumping were named on July 5, 2021.^[23]

Dressage

Dinja van Liere and Haute Couture have been named the travelling reserve.^[23]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Marlies van Baalen	Go Legend	Individual	71.615	20	—		Did not advance			20
Edward Gal	Total US		78.649	6 Q			79.143	89.171	84.157	6
Hans Peter Minderhoud	Dream Boy		76.817	9 q			75.536	85.829	80.682	12
Marlies van Baalen Edward Gal Hans Peter Minderhoud	See above	Team	7312.0	5 Q	7479.5	5	—		7479.5	5

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Merel Blom	The Quizmaster	Individual	31.50	=21	Eliminated			Did not advance
Janneke Boonzaaijer	Champ de Tailleur		33.00	30	Eliminated			Did not advance

Jumping

Harrie Smolders and Bingo du Parc have been named the travelling reserve.^[23] They were entered as a substitution for the team final.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final			Jump-off
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
Willem Greve	Zypria S	Individual	4	=31	Did not advance
Marc Houtzager	Dante		0	=1 Q	13	88.10	21	Did not advance
Maikel van der Vleuten	Beauville Z		0	=1 Q	0	85.31	=1	0	38.90
Willem Greve Marc Houtzager Harrie Smolders Maikel van der Vleuten	Zypria S Dante Bingo du Parc Beauville Z	Team	26	9 Q	17	243.35	4	Did not advance

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The Netherlands entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Set to compete at his fourth consecutive Games, Bas Verwijlen claimed a spot in the men's épée as one of the highest-ranked fencers vying for qualification from Europe in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.

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
Bas Verwijlen	Men's épée	Bye	Kweon Y-j (KOR) W 15–10	Cannone (FRA) L 11–15	Did not advance			9

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• FT – After full time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Netherlands men's	Men's tournament	Belgium L 1–3	South Africa W 5–3	Canada W 4–2	Great Britain D 2–2	Germany L 1–3	4 Q	Australia L 0–3P FT: 2–2	Did not advance		6
Netherlands women's	Women's tournament	India W 5–1	Ireland W 4–0	South Africa W 5–0	Great Britain W 1–0	Germany W 3–1	1 Q	New Zealand W 3–0	Great Britain W 5–1	Argentina W 3–1

Men's tournament

Further information: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Netherlands men's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by securing one of the seven tickets available and defeating Pakistan in a two-legged playoff at the Amsterdam leg of the 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers.^[24]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 28 May 2021.^[25]

Head coach: Maximiliano Caldas^[26]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
2	FW	Jeroen Hertzberger	(1986-02-24)24 February 1986 (aged 35)	259	90	Rotterdam
4	DF	Lars Balk	(1996-02-26)26 February 1996 (aged 25)	71	3	Kampong
6	DF	Jonas de Geus	(1998-04-29)29 April 1998 (aged 23)	87	0	Kampong
7	FW	Thijs van Dam	(1997-01-05)5 January 1997 (aged 24)	54	7	Rotterdam
8	MF	Billy Bakker (Captain)	(1988-11-23)23 November 1988 (aged 32)	228	48	Amsterdam
9	MF	Seve van Ass	(1992-04-10)10 April 1992 (aged 29)	182	25	HGC
10	MF	Jorrit Croon	(1998-08-09)9 August 1998 (aged 22)	85	7	Bloemendaal
11	MF	Glenn Schuurman	(1991-04-16)16 April 1991 (aged 30)	151	3	Bloemendaal
12	DF	Sander de Wijn	(1990-05-02)2 May 1990 (aged 31)	154	6	Kampong
14	MF	Robbert Kemperman	(1990-06-24)24 June 1990 (aged 31)	220	39	Kampong
16	FW	Mirco Pruyser	(1989-08-11)11 August 1989 (aged 31)	134	72	Amsterdam
17	FW	Roel Bovendeert	(1992-05-08)8 May 1992 (aged 29)	31	8	Bloemendaal
23	DF	Joep de Mol	(1995-12-10)10 December 1995 (aged 25)	87	0	Oranje-Rood
25	FW	Thierry Brinkman	(1995-03-19)19 March 1995 (aged 26)	111	38	Bloemendaal
26	GK	Pirmin Blaak	(1988-03-08)8 March 1988 (aged 33)	106	0	Oranje-Rood
27	DF	Jip Janssen	(1997-10-14)14 October 1997 (aged 23)	43	0	Kampong
30	DF	Mink van der Weerden	(1988-12-19)19 December 1988 (aged 32)	183	100	Rot-Weiss Köln
32	DF	Justen Blok	(2000-09-27)27 September 2000 (aged 20)	11	0	Rotterdam

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	5	4	1	0	26	9	+17	13	Quarter-finals
2	Germany	5	3	0	2	19	10	+9	9
3	Great Britain	5	2	2	1	11	11	0	8
4	Netherlands	5	2	1	2	13	13	0	7
5	South Africa	5	1	1	3	16	24	−8	4
6	Canada	5	0	1	4	9	27	−18	1

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 11:45 v Netherlands  1–3  Belgium Hertzberger  35' Report Hendrickx  41', 44', 45' North Pitch Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Adam Kearns (AUS)

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25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 21:15 v South Africa  3–5  Netherlands M. Cassiem  2' D. Cassiem  10' Kok  18' Report Pruyser  24', 54' Van Dam  29' Brinkman  36' Van der Weerden  48' South Pitch Umpires: Jakub Mejzlík (CZE) Javed Shaikh (IND)

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27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 20:45 v Netherlands  4–2  Canada Bakker  1' Brinkman  4' De Mol  50' Pruyser  60' Report Wallace  10' Tupper  53' North Pitch Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) David Tomlinson (NZL)

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29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 12:15 v Netherlands  2–2  Great Britain Brinkman  22' Janssen  31' Report Ward  52', 57' South Pitch Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)

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30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 20:45 v Germany  3–1  Netherlands Wellen  10' Staib  41' Herzbruch  54' Report Hertzberger  57' North Pitch Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Adam Kearns (AUS)

Quarterfinal

1 August 2021 (2021-08-01) 12:00 v Australia  2–2  Netherlands Wickham  13', 38' Report Van der Weerden  32' Hertzberger  50' Penalties Govers Ogilvie Brand 3–0 Hertzberger Kemperman De Geus Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)

Women's tournament

Further information: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Netherlands women's national field hockey team qualified for the Games by winning the gold medal at the 2019 EuroHockey Nations Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.^[27]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 16 June 2021.^[28]

Head coach: Alyson Annan

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
3	DF	Sanne Koolen	(1996-03-23)23 March 1996 (aged 25)	49	0	Den Bosch
4	DF	Freeke Moes	(1998-11-29)29 November 1998 (aged 22)	7	1	Amsterdam
5	MF	Malou Pheninckx	(1991-07-24)24 July 1991 (aged 30)	100	3	Kampong
6	MF	Laurien Leurink	(1994-11-13)13 November 1994 (aged 26)	113	26	SCHC
7	MF	Xan de Waard	(1995-11-08)8 November 1995 (aged 25)	156	16	SCHC
8	MF	Marloes Keetels	(1993-05-04)4 May 1993 (aged 28)	157	23	Den Bosch
10	MF	Felice Albers	(1999-12-27)27 December 1999 (aged 21)	10	7	Amsterdam
11	FW	Maria Verschoor	(1994-04-22)22 April 1994 (aged 27)	144	20	Amsterdam
12	FW	Lidewij Welten	(1990-07-16)16 July 1990 (aged 31)	217	86	Den Bosch
13	DF	Caia van Maasakker	(1989-04-05)5 April 1989 (aged 32)	204	66	SCHC
15	FW	Frédérique Matla	(1996-12-28)28 December 1996 (aged 24)	82	55	Den Bosch
18	DF	Pien Sanders	(1998-06-11)11 June 1998 (aged 23)	63	1	Den Bosch
20	MF	Laura Nunnink	(1995-01-26)26 January 1995 (aged 26)	131	2	Den Bosch
21	DF	Lauren Stam	(1994-01-30)30 January 1994 (aged 27)	97	8	Amsterdam
22	GK	Josine Koning	(1995-09-02)2 September 1995 (aged 25)	78	0	Den Bosch
23	DF	Margot van Geffen	(1989-11-23)23 November 1989 (aged 31)	210	15	Den Bosch
24	MF	Eva de Goede (Captain)	(1989-03-23)23 March 1989 (aged 32)	241	32	Amsterdam
29	DF	Stella van Gils	(1999-08-04)4 August 1999 (aged 21)	6		Pinoké

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	18	2	+16	15	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	5	4	0	1	13	7	+6	12
3	Great Britain	5	3	0	2	11	5	+6	9
4	India	5	2	0	3	7	14	−7	6
5	Ireland	5	1	0	4	4	11	−7	3
6	South Africa	5	0	0	5	5	19	−14	0

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 20:45 v Netherlands  5–1  India Albers  6', 43' Van Geffen  33' Matla  45' Van Maasakker  52' Report Rani  10' North Pitch Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Amber Church (NZL)

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26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 10:00 v Netherlands  4–0  Ireland Albers  8' Pheninckx  49' Leurink  50' Matla  56' Report South Pitch Umpires: Michelle Meister (GER) Liu Xiaoying (CHN)

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28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 09:30 v Netherlands  5–0  South Africa Matla  16', 35' Keetels  42' Albers  52' Verschoor  55' Report North Pitch Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Ayanna McClean (TTO)

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29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 19:00 v Great Britain  0–1  Netherlands Report Matla  13' South Pitch Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Aleisha Neumann (AUS)

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31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 18:30 v Germany  1–3  Netherlands Zimmermann  23' Report Matla  8', 56' Welten  14' North Pitch Umpires: Irene Presenqui (ARG) Kelly Hudson (NZL)

Quarterfinal

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 18:30 v Netherlands  3–0  New Zealand Welten  7' Matla  21' Stam  37' Report Umpires: Michelle Meister (GER) Michelle Joubert (RSA)

Semifinal

4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) 10:30 v Netherlands  5–1  Great Britain Albers  19', 38' Keetels  18' Verschoor  32' Matla  49' Report Ansley  41' Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Laurine Delforge (BEL)

Gold medal game

6 August 2021 (2021-08-06) 19:00 v Netherlands  3–1  Argentina Van Geffen  23' Van Maasakker  26', 29' Report Gorzelany  30+' Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Sarah Wilson (GBR)

Football

Main article: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• a.e.t. – After extra time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Netherlands women's	Women's tournament	Zambia W 10–3	Brazil D 3–3	China W 8–2	1 Q	United States L 2–4P 2–2 (a.e.t.)	Did not advance		5

Women's tournament

Main articles: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Netherlands women's national football team qualified for the Games by securing a top-three finish at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France, defeating the Italians in the quarterfinal round to reach the country's first women's Olympic tournament.^[29]

Team roster

The final squad of 22 athletes was announced on 16 June 2021.^[30] On 20 July 2021, Joëlle Smits replaced Sherida Spitse due to injury.^[31]

Head coach: Sarina Wiegman

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Sari van Veenendaal (captain)	(1990-04-03)3 April 1990 (aged 31)	74	0	PSV
2	2DF	Lynn Wilms	(2000-10-03)3 October 2000 (aged 20)	12	1	FC Twente
3	2DF	Stefanie van der Gragt	(1992-08-16)16 August 1992 (aged 28)	75	10	Ajax
4	2DF	Aniek Nouwen	(1999-03-09)9 March 1999 (aged 22)	16	1	PSV
5	2DF	Merel van Dongen	(1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 28)	51	1	Atlético Madrid
6	3MF	Jill Roord	(1997-04-22)22 April 1997 (aged 24)	64	11	Arsenal
7	4FW	Shanice van de Sanden	(1992-10-02)2 October 1992 (aged 28)	85	19	VfL Wolfsburg
8	4FW	Joëlle Smits	(2000-02-07)7 February 2000 (aged 21)	4	0	PSV
9	4FW	Vivianne Miedema	(1996-07-15)15 July 1996 (aged 25)	96	73	Arsenal
10	3MF	Daniëlle van de Donk	(1991-08-05)5 August 1991 (aged 29)	114	28	Arsenal
11	4FW	Lieke Martens	(1992-12-16)16 December 1992 (aged 28)	123	49	Barcelona
12	4FW	Sisca Folkertsma	(1997-05-21)21 May 1997 (aged 24)	12	0	FC Twente
13	3MF	Victoria Pelova	(1999-06-03)3 June 1999 (aged 22)	11	0	Ajax
14	3MF	Jackie Groenen	(1994-12-17)17 December 1994 (aged 26)	71	7	Manchester United
15	2DF	Kika van Es	(1991-10-11)11 October 1991 (aged 29)	70	0	FC Twente
16	1GK	Lize Kop	(1998-03-17)17 March 1998 (aged 23)	6	0	Ajax
17	2DF	Dominique Janssen	(1995-01-17)17 January 1995 (aged 26)	71	2	VfL Wolfsburg
18	4FW	Lineth Beerensteyn	(1996-10-11)11 October 1996 (aged 24)	66	12	Bayern Munich
19	4FW	Renate Jansen	(1990-12-07)7 December 1990 (aged 30)	48	4	FC Twente
20	3MF	Inessa Kaagman	(1996-04-17)17 April 1996 (aged 25)	11	0	Brighton & Hove Albion
21	2DF	Anouk Dekker	(1986-11-15)15 November 1986 (aged 34)	86	7	Montpellier
22	1GK	Loes Geurts	(1986-01-12)12 January 1986 (aged 35)	125	0	BK Häcken

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	21	8	+13	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Brazil	3	2	1	0	9	3	+6	7
3	Zambia	3	0	1	2	7	15	−8	1
4	China	3	0	1	2	6	17	−11	1

Source: TOCOG and FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

21 July 2021 (2021-07-21)

20:00

Zambia	3–10	Netherlands
Banda 19', 82', 83'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Miedema 9', 15', 29', 59' Martens 14', 38' Van de Sanden 44' Roord 64' Beerensteyn 75' Pelova 80'

Miyagi Stadium, Rifu

Attendance: 1,822^[32]

Referee: Laura Fortunato (Argentina)

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24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)

20:00

Netherlands	3–3	Brazil
Miedema 3', 59' Janssen 79'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Debinha 16' Marta 65' (pen.) Ludmila 68'

Miyagi Stadium, Rifu

Attendance: 2,621^[32]

Referee: Kate Jacewicz (Australia)

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27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)

20:30

Netherlands	8–2	China
Van de Sanden 12' Beerensteyn 37', 45+2' Martens 47', 70' Miedema 65', 76' Pelova 71'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Wang Shanshan 28' Wang Yanwen 69'

International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Attendance: 0^[32]

Referee: Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda)

Quarterfinal

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)

20:00

Netherlands	2–2 (a.e.t.)	United States
Miedema 18', 54'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	S. Mewis 28' Williams 31'
Penalties
Miedema Janssen Van der Gragt Nouwen	2–4	Lavelle Morgan Press Rapinoe

International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Attendance: 0^[32]

Referee: Kate Jacewicz (Australia)

Golf

Main articles: Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Anne van Dam	Women's	74	78	69	77	298	+14	57

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Artistic

The Netherlands fielded a full squad of five gymnasts (one man and four women) into the Olympic competition. The women's squad claimed one of the remaining nine spots in the team all-around, while an additional berth was awarded to a lone Dutch male gymnast, who competed in the individual all-around and apparatus events at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.^[33]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Bart Deurloo	Horizontal bar	—					14.400	14.400	8 Q	—					12.266	12.266	7
Epke Zonderland	—					13.833	13.833	23	Did not advance

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Vera van Pol	Team	14.100	13.133	11.600	12.900	51.733	47	Did not advance
Eythora Thorsdottir		14.433	13.000	12.333	13.133	52.899	36
Lieke Wevers		13.600	13.533	13.366	12.866	53.365	32 R1[a]
Sanne Wevers		—	11.733	13.866	—
Total		42.133	39.666	39.565	38.899	160.263	11

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Lieke Wevers	All-around	See team results						13.266	13.366	12.400	12.066	51.098	24

Qualification legend: Q=Qualified for final; R1=First reserve
^a Qualified for final after withdrawal of another athlete.

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• ET – After extra time
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Netherlands women's	Women's tournament	Japan W 32–21	South Korea W 43–36	Angola W 37–28	Norway L 27–29	Montenegro W 30–29	2 Q	France L 22–32	Did not advance		5

Women's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Netherlands women's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the final match of the 2019 World Championships in Kumamoto.^[34][35]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 30 June 2021.^[36]

Head coach: Emmanuel Mayonnade

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 6 RB Laura van der Heijden (1990-06-27)27 June 1990 (aged 31) 1.72 m 222 683 Borussia Dortmund 7 RW Debbie Bont (1990-12-09)9 December 1990 (aged 30) 1.75 m 177 348 Metz Handball 8 LB Lois Abbingh (1992-08-13)13 August 1992 (aged 28) 1.77 m 161 724 Odense Håndbold 9 CB Larissa Nüsser (2000-02-08)8 February 2000 (aged 21) 1.75 m 37 40 København Håndbold 10 P Danick Snelder (1990-05-22)22 May 1990 (aged 31) 1.78 m 183 438 SG BBM Bietigheim 12 LW Bo van Wetering (1999-05-10)10 May 1999 (aged 22) 1.72 m 24 57 Odense Håndbold 17 CB Nycke Groot (1988-05-04)4 May 1988 (aged 33) 1.75 m 141 439 Not attached 18 LB Kelly Dulfer (1994-03-21)21 March 1994 (aged 27) 1.85 m 124 152 SG BBM Bietigheim 19 P Merel Freriks (1998-01-06)6 January 1998 (aged 23) 1.75 m 40 37 Borussia Dortmund 20 LB Inger Smits (1994-09-17)17 September 1994 (aged 26) 1.79 m 38 30 SG BBM Bietigheim 24 LW Martine Smeets (1990-05-05)5 May 1990 (aged 31) 1.72 m 117 144 CSM București 26 RW Angela Malestein (1993-01-31)31 January 1993 (aged 28) 1.70 m 154 353 FTC Rail-Cargo Hungaria 30 GK Rinka Duijndam (1997-08-06)6 August 1997 (aged 23) 1.78 m 36 0 Thüringer HC 33 GK Tess Wester (1993-05-19)19 May 1993 (aged 28) 1.78 m 116 10 CSM București 48 RB Dione Housheer (1999-09-26)26 September 1999 (aged 21) 1.80 m 31 55 Odense Håndbold

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	5	5	0	0	170	123	+47	10	Quarter-finals
2	Netherlands	5	4	0	1	169	143	+26	8
3	Montenegro	5	2	0	3	139	142	−3	4
4	South Korea	5	1	1	3	147	165	−18	3[a]
5	Angola	5	1	1	3	130	156	−26	3[a]
6	Japan (H)	5	1	0	4	124	150	−26	2

Source: Tokyo 2020 and IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. South Korea 31–31 Angola

25 July 2021 09:00	Netherlands	32–21	Japan	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Abbingh 7	(18–10)	Fujii 5
	2×	Report	1× 3×

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27 July 2021 16:15	South Korea	36–43	Netherlands	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Ryu 10	(15–19)	Abbingh 6
	1× 2×	Report	2× 7×

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29 July 2021 09:00	Netherlands	37–28	Angola	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Van Wetering 7	(17–15)	Guialo 8
	1× 1× 1×	Report	5×

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31 July 2021 21:30	Norway	29–27	Netherlands	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Mørk 9	(16–13)	Smits 7
	2×	Report	3×

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2 August 2021 19:30	Netherlands	30–29	Montenegro	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Fonseca, Santos (POR)
	Van der Heijden 5	(17–12)	Radičević 8
	1× 5×	Report	2× 3×

Quarterfinal

4 August 2021 20:45	France	32–22	Netherlands	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Flippes 6	(19–11)	Malestein 5
	1×	Report	4×

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tornike Tsjakadoea	−60 kg	—	Dashdavaa (MGL) W 01–00	Mshvidobadze (ROC) W 01–00	Yang Y-w (TPE) L 00–10	Did not advance	Lesiuk (UKR) W 10–00	Smetov (KAZ) L 00–01	=5
Frank de Wit	−81 kg	Bye	Percival (SAM) W 10–00	Ressel (GER) L 00–01	Did not advance
Noël van 't End	−90 kg	Bye	Persoglia (SMR) W 10–00	Clerget (FRA) W 01–00	Žgank (TUR) L 00–10	Did not advance	Tóth (HUN) L 00–01	Did not advance	=7
Michael Korrel	−100 kg	—	Bye	Frey (GER) L 00–01	Did not advance
Henk Grol	+100 kg	—	Bye	Oltiboev (UZB) L 00–10	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sanne Verhagen	−57 kg	Filzmoser (AUT) W 10–00	Gjakova (KOS) L 00–01	Did not advance
Juul Franssen	−63 kg	Obradović (SRB) W 10–00	Haecker (AUS) W 10–00	Agbegnenou (FRA) L 00–01	Did not advance	Quadros (BRA) W 10–00	Centracchio (ITA) L 00–10	=5
Sanne van Dijke	−70 kg	bye	Matniyazova (UZB) W 10–00	Bellandi (ITA) W 11–01	Polleres (AUT) L 00–01	Bye	Scoccimarro (GER) W 10–00
Guusje Steenhuis	−78 kg	Bye	Turchyn (UKR) W 01–00	Yoon H-j (KOR) L 00–01	Did not advance	Antomarchi (CUB) L 00–10	Did not advance	=7
Tessie Savelkouls	+78 kg	Han M-j (KOR) L 00–01	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Noël van 't End Henk Grol Michael Korrel Tornike Tsjakadoea Sanne van Dijke Guusje Steenhuis Sanne Verhagen	Team	Uzbekistan (UZB) W 4–3	Brazil (BRA) W 4–2	France (FRA) L 0–4	Bye	Germany (GER) L 2–4	=5

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The Netherlands qualified twelve out of fourteen boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta, with the majority of crews confirming Olympic places for their boats at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria.^[37][38][39] Meanwhile, the women's coxless pair rowers were added to the Dutch roster with their top-two finish at the 2021 FISA Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.^[40]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Finn Florijn	Single sculls	7:04.56	4 R	DNS		Withdrew due to positive COVID-19 test[41]
Stef Broenink Melvin Twellaar	Double sculls	6:08.38 OR	1 SA/B	Bye		—		6:20.17	1 FA	6:00.53
Guillaume Krommenhoek Niki van Sprang	Pair	6:36.42	2 SA/B	Bye		—		6:19.57	4 FB	6:22.75	7
Jan van der Bij Sander de Graaf Nelson Ritsema Boudewijn Röell	Four	6:00.27	3 R	6:11.22	2 FA	—				5:50.81	6
Koen Metsemakers Dirk Uittenbogaard Abe Wiersma Tone Wieten	Quadruple sculls	5:39.80	1 FA	Bye		—				5:32.03
Eline Berger (cox) Simon van Dorp Bjorn van den Ende Maarten Hurkmans Ruben Knab Robert Lücken Bram Schwarz Jasper Tissen Mechiel Versluis	Eight	5:30.66	1 FA	Bye		—				5:27.96	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sophie Souwer	Single sculls	7:39.96	2 QF	Bye		7:59.92	2 SA/B	7:29.66	4 FB	7:25.96	7
Roos de Jong Lisa Scheenaard	Double sculls	6:49.90	1 SA/B	Bye		—		7:08.09	1 FA	6:45.73
Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis	Lightweight double sculls	7:07.73	1 SA/B	Bye		—		6:43.85	3 FA	6:48.03
Ymkje Clevering Karolien Florijn Ellen Hogerwerf Veronique Meester	Four	6:33.47	1 FA	Bye		—				6:15.71
Nicole Beukers Inge Janssen Olivia van Rooijen Laila Youssifou	Quadruple sculls	6:19.36	2 FA	Bye		—				6:15.75	6

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); OB=Olympic best time; SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Dutch sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.^[42][43]

At the end of the European Championships (2019 and 2020), nine sailors were officially named to the Dutch team for Tokyo 2021, including reigning Olympic champion Marit Bouwmeester, world skiff champions Annemiek Bekkering and Annette Duetz, and Finn yachtsman Nicholas Heiner, who beat triple Olympian Pieter-Jan Postma for the top spot in the selection stage.^[44][45] Meanwhile, windsurfer Kiran Badloe overthrew his countryman and two-time defending champion Dorian van Rijsselberghe to take the men's RS:X spot at the 2020 Worlds, joining with the rest of the Dutch team on his Olympic debut in Tokyo.^[46]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Kiran Badloe	RS:X	5	7	1	1	26	5	2	4	1	5	1	1	4	37
Nicholas Heiner	Finn	11	5	10	2	4	2	10	3	7	9	—		4	56	4
Bart Lambriex Pim van Vugt	49er	14	2	3	7	6	7	13	14	7	6	7	3	12	87	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Lilian de Geus	RS:X	8	11	1	8	3	11	3	4	4	9	5	4	12	72	5
Marit Bouwmeester	Laser Radial	21	14	7	2	3	9	45	7	1	7	—		12	83
Lobke Berkhout Afrodite Zegers	470	10	11	14	11	9	6	17	6	4	2	—		18	91	10
Annemiek Bekkering Annette Duetz	49er FX	13	8	2	1	6	1	12	5	6	5	11	16	18	88

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Skateboarding

Main articles: Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The Netherlands qualified three skateboarders in the women's street event at the Games based on the Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings List of 30 June 2021.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Candy Jacobs	Women's street	Withdrew due to positive COVID-19 test[47]
Keet Oldenbeuving		8.70	12	Did not advance
Roos Zwetsloot		13.48	4 Q	11.26	5

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Dutch swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[48][49] To assure their selection to the Olympic team, swimmers must attain a time equal to or faster than the twelfth-placed mark in the semifinals of their respective individual pool events at the 2019 FINA World Championships, while racing at one of the following meets: Swim Cup Amsterdam (13–15 December 2019), two stages of the Dutch Open Championships (first – 3–6 December 2020; second – 25–27 June 2021), and LEN Swimming Cup (9–11 April 2021).^[50][51]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Thom de Boer	50 m freestyle	21.75	6 Q	21.78	8 Q	21.79	8
Caspar Corbeau	100 m breaststroke	1:00.13	25	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:10.21	21	Did not advance
Arno Kamminga	100 m breaststroke	57.80 NR	2 Q	58.19	2 Q	58.00
	200 m breaststroke	2:07.37	=1 Q	2:07.99	3 Q	2:07.01
Arjan Knipping	200 m individual medley	1:59.44 NR	=30	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:15.83	17	—		Did not advance
Nyls Korstanje	100 m butterfly	51.54 NR	11 Q	51.80	12	Did not advance
Stan Pijnenburg	100 m freestyle	48.53	21	Did not advance
Jesse Puts	50 m freestyle	21.84	7 Q	21.87	=12	Did not advance
Ferry Weertman	10 km open water	—				1:51:30.8	7
Thom de Boer Nyls Korstanje Stan Pijnenburg Jesse Puts	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:14.07	12	—		Did not advance

Women

Sharon van Rouwendaal won the silver medal

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Femke Heemskerk	50 m freestyle	24.77	16 Q	DNS		Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	53.10	9 Q	52.93	6 Q	52.79	6
Ranomi Kromowidjojo	50 m freestyle	24.41	8 Q	24.29	7 Q	24.30	4
	100 m freestyle	53.71	=16 QSO[a]	Did not advance
Sharon van Rouwendaal	200 m backstroke	2:11.24	16 Q	2:12.98	16	Did not advance
	10 km open water	—				1:59:31.7
Tes Schouten	100 m breaststroke	1:07.89	25	Did not advance
Kira Toussaint	100 m backstroke	59.21	7 Q	59.09	7 Q	59.11	7
Maaike de Waard	100 m backstroke	1:00.03	15 Q	1:00.49	16	Did not advance
Kim Busch Femke Heemskerk Ranomi Kromowidjojo Marrit Steenbergen[b] Kira Toussaint	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:33.51	2 Q	—		3:33.70	4
Femke Heemskerk Tes Schouten Kira Toussaint Maaike de Waard	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:59.89	10	—		Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Arno Kamminga Nyls Korstanje Femke Heemskerk Ranomi Kromowidjojo[b] Kira Toussaint	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:43.25	6 Q	3:41.25 NR	6

^a Withdrew from the swim-off. ^b Swimmers who participated in the heats only.

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The Netherlands entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Britt Eerland scored an initial-match final triumph to book one of the five available places in the women's singles at the 2021 ITTF World Qualification Tournament in Doha, Qatar.^[52]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Britt Eerland	Women's singles	Bye			Meshref (EGY) W 4–3	Doo H K (HKG) L 1–4	Did not advance			=9

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The Netherlands entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian and 2017 world bronze medalist Reshmie Oogink secured a spot in the women's heavyweight category (+67 kg) with a top two finish at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[53]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Reshmie Oogink	Women's +67 kg	Withdrew due to positive COVID-19 test[54]

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Qualification

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
Wesley Koolhof Jean-Julien Rojer	Men's doubles	—	Gillé / Vliegen (BEL) W 6–3, 7–6(7–5)	Daniell / Venus (NZL) L WO	Did not advance
Kiki Bertens	Women's singles	Vondroušová (CZE) L 4–6, 6–3, 4–6	Did not advance
Kiki Bertens Demi Schuurs	Women's doubles	—	Garcia / Mladenovic (FRA) W 7–6(7–4), 5–7, [11–9]	Kudermetova / Vesnina (ROC) L 2–6, 6–3, [7–10]	Did not advance
Jean-Julien Rojer Kiki Bertens	Mixed doubles	Withdrew due to Rojer's positive COVID-19 test[55]

Triathlon

Main articles: Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The Netherlands qualified four triathletes (two per gender) for the following events at the Games by finishing among the top seven nations in the ITU Mixed Relay Olympic Rankings.^[56]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
		Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total
Maya Kingma	Women's	19:20	0:43	1:03:03	0:34	35:36	1:59:16	11
Rachel Klamer		19:17	0:44	1:03:05	0:33	34:09	1:57:48	4

Relay

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
		Swim (300 m)	Trans 1	Bike (7 km)	Trans 2	Run (2 km)	Total group
Jorik van Egdom	Mixed relay	4:12	0:38	9:38	0:27	5:33	20:28	—
Marco van der Stel		4:00	0:36	9:34	0:28	5:45	20:23
Maya Kingma		3:43	0:41	10:11	0:29	6:14	21:18
Rachel Klamer		4:32	0:41	10:21	0:33	6:18	22:25
Total		—					1:24:34	4

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Beach

The Netherlands men's and women's beach volleyball teams qualified directly for the Olympics by virtue of their nation's top 15 placement in the FIVB Olympic Rankings of 13 June 2021.^[57][58]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round				Repechage	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alexander Brouwer Robert Meeuwsen	Men's	Lucena / Dalhausser (USA) W (21–17, 21–18)	Azaad / Capogrosso (ARG) W (21–14, 21–14)	Alison / Álvaro (BRA) L (14–21, 22–24)	2 Q	Bye	Mol / Sørum (NOR) L (17–21, 19–21)	Did not advance
Sanne Keizer Madelein Meppelink	Women's	Elsa / Liliana (ESP) L (21–19, 18–21, 14–16)	Wang Xx / Xue C (CHN) L (21–19, 29–31, 13–15)	Klineman / Ross (USA) L (22–20, 17–21, 5–15)	4	Did not advance
Raïsa Schoon Katja Stam		Pavan / Humana-Paredes (CAN) L (16–21, 14–21)	Heidrich / Vergé-Dépré (SUI) L (20–22, 18–21)	Borger / Sude (GER) W (24–22, 21–16)	3 q	Leila / Lidy (CUB) L (17–21, 17–21)	Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• FT – After full time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Netherlands women's	Women's tournament	Australia L 12–15	Spain W 14–13	South Africa W 33–1	Canada W 16–12	3 Q	Hungary L 11–14	Classification semifinal  China W 13–6	Fifth place final  Australia L 7–14	6

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Netherlands women's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match and securing an outright berth at the 2020 World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Trieste, Italy. This will mark the country's return to the sport after a thirteen-year absence.^[59]

Team roster

The Netherlands's final squad was announced on 24 June 2021.^[60]

Head coach: Arno Havenga^[61]

No.	Player	Pos.	L/R	Height	Weight	Date of birth (age)	Apps	OG/ Goals	Club	Ref
1	Joanne Koenders	10GK	2R	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	70 kg (154 lb)	(1997-02-28)28 February 1997 (aged 24)	65	0/0	Polar Bears Ede	[62]
2	Maud Megens	80FP	2R	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	70 kg (154 lb)	(1996-02-06)6 February 1996 (aged 25)	170	0/0	USC Trojans	[63]
3	Dagmar Genee	80FP	2R	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	70 kg (154 lb)	(1989-01-31)31 January 1989 (aged 32)	220	0/0	UZSC Utrecht	[64]
4	Sabrina van der Sloot	80FP	2R	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	(1991-03-16)16 March 1991 (aged 30)	275	0/0	Sabadell	[65]
5	Iris Wolves	80FP	2R	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	(1994-05-09)9 May 1994 (aged 27)	80	0/0	Mediterrani	[66]
6	Nomi Stomphorst (C)	80FP	2R	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	(1992-08-23)23 August 1992 (aged 28)	275	0/0	GZC Donk	[67]
7	Kitty Joustra	80FP	2R	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	(1998-01-11)11 January 1998 (aged 23)	93	0/0	California Golden Bears	[68]
8	Vivian Sevenich	80FP	1L	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1993-02-28)28 February 1993 (aged 28)	225	0/0	Mataró	[69]
9	Maartje Keuning	80FP	2R	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	(1998-04-26)26 April 1998 (aged 23)	70	0/0	Sabadell	[70]
10	Ilse Koolhaas	80FP	2R	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	(1997-06-11)11 June 1997 (aged 24)	95	0/0	Glyfada	[71]
11	Simone van de Kraats	80FP	1L	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	(2000-11-15)15 November 2000 (aged 20)	70	0/0	Mataró	[72]
12	Brigitte Sleeking	80FP	2R	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	(1998-03-19)19 March 1998 (aged 23)	70	0/0	Olympiacos	[73]
13	Debby Willemsz	10GK	2R	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	(1994-05-10)10 May 1994 (aged 27)	170	0/0	Mediterrani	[74]
Average				1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	26 years, 37 days	144

Note: Age as of 23 July 2021
Source: Netherlands Women | Tokyo 2020 Olympics Archived 2021-07-22 at the Wayback Machine

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	4	3	0	1	71	37	+34	6[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	4	3	0	1	46	33	+13	6[a]
3	Netherlands	4	3	0	1	75	41	+34	6[a]
4	Canada	4	1	0	3	48	39	+9	2
5	South Africa	4	0	0	4	7	97	−90	0

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FINA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
Notes:

1. Spain 2 Pts, +5 GD; Netherlands 2 Pts, −2 GD; Australia 2 Pts, −3 GD. Spain first and after that the head-to head results between Australia and Netherlands (15–12) came into effect.

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 18:20 v	Report	Australia	15–12	Netherlands	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Arkadii Voevodin (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–5, 5–2, 5–2
		three players 3	Goals	four players 2

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28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 19:50 v	Report	Netherlands	14–13	Spain	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 3–2, 6–6
		Van de Kraats 6	Goals	A. Espar 4

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30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 14:00 v	Report	South Africa	1–33	Netherlands	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
		Score by quarters: 0–7, 0–9, 1–9, 0–8
		Wedderburn 1	Goals	Keuning 6

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1 August 2021 (2021-08-01) 15:30 v	Report	Netherlands	16–12	Canada	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Nenad Periš (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 4–3, 3–2, 5–3
		Van de Kraats 6	Goals	Christmas 4

Quarterfinal

3 August 2021 (2021-08-03) 18:20 v	Report	Netherlands	11–14	Hungary	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 4–4, 2–2, 2–4
		Van der Kraats 4	Goals	Leimeter 4

Classification semifinal

5 August 2021 (2021-08-05) 14:00 v	Report	China	6–13	Netherlands	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), György Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 2–5, 1–2, 3–5
		Deng 2	Goals	Keuning 5

Fifth place game

7 August 2021 (2021-08-07) 11:00 v	Report	Netherlands	7–14	Australia	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Xevi Buch (ESP), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–3, 2–3, 3–3
		Van de Kraats 3	Goals	Gofers 3

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The Netherlands entered one weightlifter after the tripartite commission invitation quotas for +109 kg events had not been allocated.^[75]

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Enzo Kuworge	Men's +109 kg	175	234	409	6

See also

• Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Paralympics