Netherlands at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Netherlands at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Netherlands
IOC code	NED
NOC	Dutch Olympic Committee
in London
Competitors	149 in 18 sports
Flag bearer	Wim Landman
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 5 Silver 2 Bronze 9 Total 16
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

The Netherlands competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 149 competitors, 115 men and 34 women, took part in 74 events in 18 sports.^[1]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Athletics	Women's 100 metres	2 August
Gold	Nel van Vliet	Swimming	Women's 200 metre breaststroke	2 August
Gold	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Athletics	Women's 80 metres hurdles	4 August
Gold	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Athletics	Women's 200 metres	6 August
Gold	Fanny Blankers-Koen Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs Xenia Stad-de Jong Netti Witziers-Timmer	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay	6 August
Silver	Alida van der Anker-Doedens	Canoeing	Women's K-1 500 metres	12 August
Silver	Gerrit Voorting	Cycling	Men's individual road race	13 August
Bronze	Willem Slijkhuis	Athletics	Men's 5000 metres	2 August
Bronze	Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen	Swimming	Women's 100 metre freestyle	2 August
Bronze	Willem Slijkhuis	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres	6 August
Bronze	Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen Margot Marsman Hannie Termeulen	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	6 August
Bronze	Netherlands men's national water polo team Cor Braasem Hennie Keetelaar Nijs Korevaar Joop Rohner Frits Ruimschotel Piet Salomons Frits Smol Hans Stam Ruud van Feggelen	Water polo	Men's tournament	7 August
Bronze	Abraham Charité	Weightlifting	Men's +82.5 kg	11 August
Bronze	Koos de Jong	Sailing	Firefly	12 August
Bronze	Bob Maas Eddy Stutterheim	Sailing	Star	12 August
Bronze	Netherlands men's national field hockey team André Boerstra Henk Bouwman Piet Bromberg Harry Derckx Han Drijver Dick Esser Wim van Heel Roepie Kruize Jenne Langhout Ton Richter Dick Loggere Eddy Tiel	Field hockey	Men's tournament	13 August

Men's competition

• Hans Houtzager
• Jan Kleyn
• Jan Lammers
• Jef Lataster
• Nico Lutkeveld
• Jan Meijer
• Frits de Ruijter
• Gabe Scholten
• Wim Slijkhuis
• Jan Zwaan
• Jo Zwaan

Women's competition

• Fanny Blankers-Koen
• Elly Dammers
• Grietje de Jongh
• Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs
• Neeltje Karelse
• Ans Koning
• Ans Panhorst-Niesink
• Nel Roos-Lodder
• Xenia Stad-de Jong
• Jo Teunissen-Waalboer
• Netty Witziers-Timmer

Men's flyweight

• Appie Corman (=5th)

Men's featherweight

• Moos Linneman (=17th)

Men's lightweight

• Jan Remie (=17th)

Men's welterweight

• Frits Wijngaard^[a] (=17th)

Men's middleweight

• Jan Schubart (=5th)

Men's light heavyweight

• Hennie Quentemeijer (=17th)

Nine cyclists, all men, represented the Netherlands in 1948.

Individual road race

• Henk Faanhof
• Evert Grift
• Piet Peters
• Gerrit Voorting

Team road race

• Henk Faanhof
• Evert Grift
• Piet Peters
• Gerrit Voorting

Sprint

• Jan Hijzelendoorn

Time trial

• Theo Blankenauw

Tandem

• Klaas Buchly
• Tinus van Gelder

Team pursuit

• Theo Blankenauw
• Henk Faanhof
• Joop Harmans
• Gerrit Voorting

Women

Nine fencers, seven men and two women, represented the Netherlands in 1948.

Men's foil

• Henny ter Weer
• Johannes Zoet
• Eddy Kuijpers

Men's team foil

• Willem van den Berg, Henny ter Weer, Frans Mosman, Eddy Kuijpers

Men's épée

• Roelof Hordijk

Men's sabre

• Frans Mosman
• Willem van den Berg
• Eddy Kuijpers

Men's team sabre

• Henny ter Weer, Antoon Hoevers, Willem van den Berg, Frans Mosman, Eddy Kuijpers

Women's foil

• Mary Meyer-van der Sluis
• Anja Secrève

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
2.	Netherlands	4	3	0	1	11	8	6		1:6	X	4:1	2:0	4:1

India

2 – 1

Netherlands

Netherlands	1 – 1	Pakistan
Netherlands	4 – 1	Pakistan

André Boerstra
Henk Bouwman
Piet Bromberg
Harry Derckx
Han Drijver
Dick Esser
Roepie Kruize
Jenne Langhout
Dick Loggere
Ton Richter
Eddy Tiel
Wim van Heel

The Netherlands had six male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1948.^[2]

Men's double sculls

• Tom Neumeier
• Henk van der Meer

Men's coxless four

• Hein van Suylekom
• Sietze Haarsma
• Han Dekker
• Han van den Berg (1925–2015)^[3]

Four shooters represented the Netherlands in 1948.

25 metre pistol

• Paulus Kessels

50 metre rifle

• Jan Hendrik Brussaard
• Geurt Schoonman
• Christiaan Both

Men

*Ranks given are within the heat.

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher	100 m freestyle	1:07.9	5 Q	1:07.7	4 Q	1:08.4	6
Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen		1:07.5	4 Q	1:08.4	5 Q	1:07.6
Hannie Termeulen		1:09.8	19	Did not advance
Dicky van Ekris	100 m backstroke	1:19.3	12 Q	1:18.2	7 q	1:18.9	6
Greetje Gaillard		1:18.2	5 Q	1:18.4	8 q	1:19.1	8
Ria van der Horst		1:18.7	7 Q	1:18.2	5 Q	1:18.8	5
Janny de Groot	200 m breaststroke	3:04.4	3 Q*	3:01.4	2 Q*	3:06.2	5
Tonnie Hom		3:06.0	2 Q*	3:05.7	4 q*	3:07.5	7
Nel van Vliet		2:57.4 OR	1 Q*	2:57.0 OR	1 Q*	2:57.2
Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher Margot Marsman Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen Hannie Termeulen	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	4:31.3	1 Q*	—N/a		4:31.6

*Ranks given are within the heat.

• Preliminary round (Group C)

• Defeated India (12-1)
• Defeated Chile (14-0)

• Second round (Group C)

• Defeated Spain (5-2)

• Semi final round (Group A)

• Drew with Belgium (3-3)
• Defeated Sweden (5-3)

• Final round

• Drew with Hungary (4-4)
• Lost to Italy (2-4) → Bronze medal

• Team roster

• Cor Braasem
• Ruud van Feggelen
• Hennie Keetelaar
• Nijs Korevaar
• Joop Rohner
• Frits Ruimschotel
• Piet Salomons
• Frits Smol
• Hans Stam

• (in Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee