Netherlands at the 1920 Summer Olympics

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IOC code	NED
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At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp
Competitors	130 in 15 sports
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The Netherlands competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 130 competitors, 129 men and 1 woman, took part in 58 events in 15 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Aquatics

Swimming

Four swimmers, including one woman, represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. None of the swimmers advanced to an event final.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Men

Swimmer	Event	Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Swimmer	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ko Korsten	100 m free	1:05.6	2 Q	Unknown	7	Did not advance
Jean van Silfhout	100 m free	1:09.0	3	Did not advance
Cor Zegger	1500 m free	24:58.0	3	Did not advance

Women

Swimmer	Event	Semifinals		Final
Swimmer	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rie Beisenherz	100 m free	1:22.6	3	Did not advance

Water polo

The Netherlands competed in the Olympic water polo tournament for the second time in 1920. A modified version of the Bergvall System was in use at the time. The Netherlands lost 2–1 to Belgium in the quarterfinals. Because Belgium eventually finished with the silver medal, the Dutch had a chance to play for the bronze. In the bronze medal quarterfinals, they defeated Czechoslovakia. They fell to Sweden in the bronze semifinals, however.

Quarterfinals

Belgium

2–1

Netherlands

Antwerp

Bronze medal quarterfinals

Netherlands

7–0

Czechoslovakia

Antwerp

Bronze medal semifinals

Sweden

9–1

Netherlands

Antwerp

Final rank: 5th

Archery

The Netherlands sent eight archers in its second Olympic archery appearance. The Dutch archers competed in a single event, the team moving bird at 28 metres. Facing off against a Belgian team and a French team, the Netherlands squad took the gold medal.

Archer	Event	Final
Archer	Event	Score	Rank
Piet de Brouwer Joep Packbiers Janus Theeuwes Driekske van Bussel Jo van Gastel Tiest van Gestel Janus van Merrienboer Theo Willems	Team moving bird, 28 m	3087

Athletics

11 athletes represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in athletics. Paulen's seventh-place finish in the 800 metres was the country's best result in the sport to date.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jan de Vries	100 m	Unknown	6	Did not advance
Cor Gubbels	3 km walk	N/A				Disqualified		Did not advance
Albert Heijnneman	100 m	11.0	3	Did not advance
Albert Heijnneman	200 m	25.4	2 Q	Unknown	5	Did not advance
Christiaan Huijgens	Marathon	N/A						Did not finish
Adje Paulen	800 m	N/A		1:58.4	4 Q	1:57.8	3 Q	1:56.4	7
August Schotte	3 km walk	N/A				Unknown	7	Did not advance
Gerardus van der Wel	5000 m	N/A				Unknown	9	Did not advance
Harry van Rappard	100 m	Unknown	4	Did not advance
Harry van Rappard	200 m	23.7	4	Did not advance
Oscar van Rappard	110 m hurdles	N/A		Unknown	3	Did not advance
Hendricus Wessel	Marathon	N/A						3:00:17.0	26
Cor Wezepoel	100 m	11.5	2 Q	Unknown	5	Did not advance
Cor Wezepoel	200 m	23.3	2 Q	23.3	5	Did not advance
Jan de Vries Albert Heijnneman Harry van Rappard Cor Wezepoel	4 × 100 m relay	N/A				43.5	3	Did not advance

Boxing

Eight boxers represented Netherlands at the 1920 Games. It was the nation's debut in boxing. None of the boxers made it past the quarterfinals.

Boxer	Weight class	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / Bronze match
Boxer	Weight class	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jan Hesterman	Middleweight	Bye	22x20px Bradley (RSA) L	Did not advance			9
Wim Hesterman	Featherweight	22x20px Rankin (CAN) W	Bouvy (BEL) L	Did not advance			9
Johannes Heuckelbach	Welterweight	Schannong (DEN) L	Did not advance				17
Ko Janssens	Lightweight	N/A	Cassidy (USA) L	Did not advance			9
Paul Munting	Middleweight	Bye	22x20px Herscovitch (CAN) L	Did not advance			9
Herman Nak	Lightweight	N/A	Grace (GBR) L	Did not advance			9
Nelis van Dijk	Flyweight	N/A	Pedersen (DEN) L	Did not advance			9
Ted Zegwaard	Flyweight	N/A	Virtue (GBR) W	Cuthbertson (GBR) L	Did not advance		5

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Belgium	0	1	.000
23x15px Canada	1	1	.500
Denmark	0	2	.000
Great Britain	1	2	.333
23x15px South Africa	0	1	.000
United States	0	1	.000

Total	2	8	.200

Round	Wins	Losses	Percent
Round of 32	1	1	.500
Round of 16	1	6	.143
Quarterfinals	0	1	.000
Semifinals	0	0	–
Final	0	0	–
Bronze match	0	0	–

Total	2	8	.200

Cycling

Ten cyclists represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. Peeters won the sprint event. Ikelaar took the bronze in the 50 kilometres, and added another bronze along with de Vreng in the tandem. The three medals were the first Olympic cycling medals for the Netherlands, and put the country in third place in the cycling leaderboard for the Games.

Road cycling

Cyclist	Event	Final
Cyclist	Event	Result	Rank
Nicolaas de Jong	Time trial	5:06:46.6	25
Petrus Ikelaar	Time trial	4:46:54.0	8
Pieter Kloppenburg	Time trial	5:22:16.0	33
Arie van der Stel	Time trial	5:12:42.6	27
Nicolaas de Jong Petrus Ikelaar Pieter Kloppenburg Arie van der Stel	Team time trial	20:28:39.2	6

Track cycling

Ranks given are within the heat.

Cyclist	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Repechage semis		Repechage final		Semifinals		Final
Cyclist	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tjabel Boonstra	Sprint	Unknown	3	Did not advance
Franciscus de Vreng	Sprint	Unknown	3	Did not advance
Petrus Ikelaar	Sprint	Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	3 R	Unknown	4	Did not advance
Petrus Ikelaar	50 km	N/A										Unknown
Anton Krijgsman	50 km	N/A										Did not finish
Willem Ooms	50 km	N/A										Did not finish
Maurice Peeters	Sprint	Unknown	2 Q	13.2	1 Q	Advanced directly				12.6	1 Q	13.0
Arie van der Stel	50 km	N/A										Did not finish
Pieter Beets Tjabel Boonstra	Tandem	N/A		Unknown	3	N/A				Did not advance
Franciscus de Vreng Petrus Ikelaar	Tandem	N/A		12.6	1 Q	N/A				Unknown	2 B	Unknown
Pieter Beets Franciscus de Vreng Petrus Ikelaar Maurice Peeters	Team pursuit	N/A		Unknown	2	N/A				Did not advance

Equestrian

A single equestrian represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Sirtema competed in the individual eventing competition, finishing in 20th place.

Equestrian	Horse	Event	Final
Equestrian	Horse	Event	Result	Rank
Idzard Sirtema	Good Shot	Eventing	1035.00	20

Fencing

Ten fencers represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport. The country's best results were in the sabre competitions. De Jong won the bronze medal in the individual event and two others reached the final; it was the only individual event in which the team had any finalists. The sabre team also captured a bronze medal.

Ranks given are within the group.

Fencer	Event	First round		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Fencer	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Wouter Brouwer	Épée	3–3	5 Q	3–7	8	Did not advance
	Foil	N/A		2–4	4	Did not advance
	Sabre	N/A		3–4	5	Did not advance
Adrianus de Jong	Épée	6–2	2 Q	6–4	4 Q	4–7	8	Did not advance
	Foil	N/A		4–4	4	Did not advance
	Sabre	N/A		5–2	3 Q	5–1	2 Q	6–5
Louis Delaunoij	Épée	3–6	7	Did not advance
Willem Hubert	Épée	3–6	7	Did not advance
Jan van der Wiel	Épée	5–2	1 Q	1–10	12	Did not advance
	Foil	N/A		1–6	7	Did not advance
	Sabre	N/A		6–2	1 Q	3–3	3 Q	6–5	5
Félix Vigeveno	Épée	2–6	8	Did not advance
	Foil	N/A		3–2	3 Q	2–3	4	Did not advance
	Sabre	N/A		2–5	7	Did not advance
Henri Wijnoldij-Daniëls	Épée	4–3	3 Q	4–6	7	Did not advance
Henri Wijnoldij-Daniëls	Sabre	N/A		4–3	4 Q	4–2	1 Q	4–7	9
Salomon Zeldenrust	Épée	3–5	7	Did not advance
Salomon Zeldenrust	Foil	N/A		5–3	4	Did not advance
Wouter Brouwer Adrianus de Jong Jan van der Wiel Félix Vigeveno Salomon Zeldenrust	Team foil^[2]	N/A				0–2	3	Did not advance
Adrianus de Jong Louis Delaunoy Jetze Doorman Willem Hubert Jan van der Wiel Salomon Zeldenrust	Team sabre^[2]	N/A						5–2
Adrianus de Jong Jetze Doorman Willem Hubert George van Rossem Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls Salomon Zeldenrust	Team épée^[2]	N/A				2–2	4	Did not advance

Football

The Netherlands competed in the Olympic football tournament for the third time, winning its third straight bronze medal. The team had a fairly easy win over Luxembourg in the first round before requiring extra time to defeat Sweden in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, the Netherlands lost to eventual gold-medalist Belgium. This relegated the Dutch team to the consolation tournament for silver; they received a bye into the consolation final when France turned out to have left the Olympics. In the match for silver and bronze, the Netherlands were defeated by Spain to finish in third place.

First round

Netherlands v Luxembourg

28 August 1920

Netherlands	3–0	Luxembourg
J. Bulder 30' Groosjohan 47' 85'	Report

La Butte, Brussels
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Georges Hubrecht (BEL)

Quarterfinals

Netherlands v Sweden

29 August 1920

Netherlands	5–4 (a.e.t.)	Sweden
Groosjohan 10' 57' J. Bulder 44' 88' (pen.) de Natris 115'	Report	Karlsson 16' 32' Olsson 20' Dahl 72'

Broodstraat, Antwerp
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Josef Fanta (TCH)

Semifinals

Belgium v Netherlands

31 August 1920

Belgium	3–0	Netherlands
Larnoe 46' Van Hege 55' Bragard 85'	Report

Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: John Lewis (GBR)

Consolation final

Spain 23x15px v Netherlands

5 September 1920

Spain 23x15px	3–1	Netherlands
Sesúmaga 7' 35' Pichichi 72'	Report	Groosjohan 68'

Olympic Stadium, Antwerp
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Paul Putz (BEL)

Final rank: Bronze

Rowing

Twelve rowers represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. None of the three Dutch boats advanced to the finals.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Rower	Cox	Event	Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Rower	Cox	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Frits Eijken	N/A	Single sculls	7:50.0	1 Q	7:50.4	2	Did not advance
Koos de Haas Bastiaan Veth	N/A	Double sculls	N/A		7:24.8	2	Did not advance
Robbert Blaisse Huibert Boumeester Johannes Haasnoot Willem Hudig Philip Jongeneel Frederik Koopman Bernard te Hennepe Johannes van der Vegte	Liong Siang Sie	Eights	6:38.2	2	Did not advance

Sailing

Eight sailors represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. The Dutch had their best possible result, with two gold medals and one silver. The two Dutch 12-footers were the only boats to contest that event, while the 6½ metre team defeated a French boat.

Sailors	Class	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Total
Sailors	Class	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Score	Rank
Petrus Beukers Arnoud van der Biesen	12 foot	Unknown
Bernard Carp Johan Carp Petrus Wernink	6½ metre (1919)	Unknown
Cornelis Hin Frans Hin Johan Hin	12 foot	Unknown

Shooting

Fifteen shooters represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport. Klaas Jan Pen competed, but it is not known in which event.

Shooter	Event	Final
Shooter	Event	Result	Rank
Antonius Bouwens	50 m free pistol	444	Unknown
Antonius Bouwens	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	909	Unknown
Herman Bouwens	50 m free pistol	394	Unknown
Herman Bouwens	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	841	Unknown
Jan Brussaard	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	866	Unknown
Emile Jurgens	Trap	Unknown
Christiaan Moltzer	Trap	Unknown
Cornelis van Altenburg	50 m free pistol	397	Unknown
Cornelis van Dalen	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	828	Unknown
Gerard van den Bergh	50 m free pistol	445	Unknown
Gerard van den Bergh	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	939	Unknown
Klaas Woldendorp	50 m free pistol	443	Unknown
Antonius Bouwens Herman Bouwens Jan Brussaard Cornelis van Dalen Gerard van den Bergh	Team free rifle	4383	8
	300 m team military rifle, prone	269	12
	300 m team military rifle, standing	228	10
	600 m team military rifle, prone	266	9
	300 & 600 m team military rifle, prone	495	13
Antonius Bouwens Herman Bouwens Cornelis van Altenburg Gerard van den Berg Klaas Woldendorp	50 m team free pistol	2123	10
Reindert de Favauge Emile Jurgens Franciscus Jurgens Cornelis van der Vliet Eduardus van Voorst tot Voorst Pieter Waller	Team clay pigeons	222	6

Tug of war

The Netherlands competed in the Olympic tug of war tournament for the first time in 1920, the final appearance of the sport in the Olympics. The Bergvall System was used in 1920. The Dutch beat Italy in the semifinals to advance to the final against Great Britain. There they lost to the British, and had to continue in the silver medal rounds. The Netherlands received a bye into the silver medal finals, where they beat Belgium to take the silver.

All matches were best-of-three pulls.

Semifinals

Netherlands (NED) v Italy (ITA)

Netherlands (NED)	2–0	Italy (ITA)

Final

Great Britain (GBR)	2–0	Netherlands (NED)

Silver medal match

Belgium (BEL) v Netherlands (NED)

Belgium (BEL)	0–2	Netherlands (NED)

Final rank: Silver

Weightlifting

Five weightlifters represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Ringelberg's fourth-place finish was the best of the year for the Dutch weightlifters.

Weightlifter	Event	Final
Weightlifter	Event	Result	Rank
Pieter Belmer	75 kg	165.0	8
Marinus Ringelberg	75 kg	225.0	4
Kees Tijman	60 kg	185.0	9
Wilhelmus van Nimwegen	67.5 kg	210.0	8
Jan Welter	82.5 kg	230.0	7

Wrestling

Nine wrestlers, all in the Greco-Roman discipline, competed for the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. The Dutch wrestlers won no medals, but came close in a few instances. The format turned out to be particularly unfortunate for Jan Sint, who advanced to the final in the light heavyweight but finished without a medal after being defeated by Johansson in the final and losing again in the silver medal semifinal. Jaap Sjouwerman advanced to the heavyweight semifinals, but did not get a chance to compete for silver or bronze after his semifinal loss to an opponent who did not win gold or silver.

Greco-Roman

Wrestler	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
				Silver quarters	Silver semis	Silver match
				Bronze quarters	Bronze semis	Bronze match
Barend Bonneveld	Heavyweight	Did not advance	Ahlgren (SWE) (L)	Did not advance			12
				Did not advance
				Did not advance
Carl Coerse	Lightweight	Bainconneau (FRA) (W)	Halík (TCH) (W)	Andersen (NOR) (L)	Did not advance		10
				Did not advance
				Did not advance
Johannes Eillebrecht	Middleweight	Westergren (SWE) (L)	Did not advance	Did not advance			5
				Bye	Lindfors (FIN) (L)	Did not advance
				Balej (TCH) (W)	Perttilä (FIN) (L)	Did not advance
Willem Leloux	Middleweight	Nielsen (DEN) (L)	Did not advance	Did not advance			19
				Did not advance
				Did not advance
Johannes Nolton	Lightweight	Lindberg (SWE) (L)	Did not advance	Did not advance			18
				Did not advance
				Did not advance
Willem Roels	Featherweight	Boumans (BEL) (L)	Did not advance	Did not advance			17
				N/A	Did not advance
				Did not advance
Jan Sint	Light heavyweight	Bye	Testoni (ITA) (W)	Snoeck (BEL) (W)	Wahlem (BEL) (W)	Johansson (SWE) (L)	4
				N/A	Eriksen (DEN) (L)	Did not advance
				N/A
Jaap Sjouwerman	Heavyweight	Did not advance	Vergos (GRE) (W)	Nilsson (SWE) (W)	Ahlgren (SWE) (L)	Did not advance	9
				Did not advance
				Did not advance
Johannes van Maaren	Featherweight	Gallery (USA) (L)	Did not advance	Did not advance			17
				N/A	Did not advance
				Did not advance

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Belgium	2	1	.667
Czechoslovakia	2	0	1.000
Denmark	0	2	.000
Finland	0	2	.000
France	1	0	1.000
Greece	1	0	1.000
Italy	1	0	1.000
Norway	0	1	.000
Sweden	1	5	.167
United States	0	1	.000

Total	8	12	.400

Round	Wins	Losses	Percent
Round of 32	1	5	.167
Round of 16	3	1	.750
Quarterfinals	2	1	.667
Semifinals	1	1	.500
Final	0	1	.000
Silver quarterfinals	0	0	–
Silver semifinals	0	2	.000
Silver match	0	0	–
Bronze quarterfinals	1	0	1.000
Bronze semifinals	0	1	.000
Bronze match	0	0	–

Total	8	12	.400

Demonstration sports

Korfball

Organized by the Dutch Korfball Association, two Dutch teams gave a korfball demonstration, with a match on 22 August in the Olympisch Stadion.

References

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External links

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Netherlands at the 1920 Summer Olympics

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Medalists

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Silver

Bronze

Aquatics

Swimming

Water polo

Archery

Athletics

Boxing

Cycling

Road cycling

Track cycling

Equestrian

Fencing

Football

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Tug of war

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Greco-Roman

Demonstration sports

Korfball

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