The Netherlands competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 136 competitors, 82 men and 54 women, took part in 74 events in 15 sports.
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Archery
Both of the Dutch archers from the 1980 competition returned in 1984. Both shot much higher scores than they had four years earlier, but the field was more competitive with the return of many nations that had boycotted, and both dropped out of the top eight.
Women's Individual Competition:
Catherina Floris – 2422 points (→ 23rd place)
Men's Individual Competition:
Martinus Reniers – 2486 points (→ 13th place)
Athletics
Men's 5,000 metres
Stijn Jaspers
Heat — 13:58.51 (→ did not advance)
Men's 3,000m Steeplechase
Hans Koeleman
Men's Marathon
Cor Vriend
Final — 2:21:08 (→ 39th place)
Gerard Nijboer
Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Cor Lambregts
Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's Shot Put
Erik de Bruin
Qualifying Round — 19.28 m
Final — 19.65 m (→ 8th place)
Women's 100 metres
Els Vader
Heat 1 — 11.43s
Heat 2 — 11.56s (→ did not advance)
Women's 1,500 metres
Elly van Hulst
Heat — 4:10.69
Final — 4:11.58 (→ 12th place)
Women's Marathon
Carla Beurskens
Boxing
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
Pedro van Raamsdonk
First Round – Defeated Augustus Oga (Kenya), on points (4:1)
Second Round – Defeated Noe Cruciani (Italy), on points (5:0)
Quarterfinals – Lost to Arístides González (Puerto Rico), on points (1:4)
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
Arnold Vanderlyde → Bronze Medal
First Round – Bye
Second Round – Defeated Egerton Forster (SLE), on points (4:1)
Quarterfinals – Defeated Georgios Stefanopoulos (GRE), on points (5:0)
Semifinals – Lost to Willie DeWit (CAN), on points (3:2)
Canoeing
Men's K-2 (500 metres)
Gert Jan Lebbink
Ron Stevens
Men's K-2 (1,000 metres)
Gert Jan Lebbink
Ron Stevens
Women's K-1 (500 metres)
Annemiek Derckx
Cycling
Sixteen cyclists, thirteen men and three women, represented the Netherlands in 1984.
Men's individual road race
Jean-Paul van Poppel — +22:20 (→ 44th place)
Hans Daams — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Twan Poels — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Nico Verhoeven — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial
Jos Alberts
Erik Breukink
Maarten Ducrot
Gert Jakobs
Individual pursuit
Jelle Nijdam
Team pursuit
Ralf Elshof
Rik Moorman
Jelle Nijdam
Marco van der Hulst
Points race
Derk van Egmond
Women's individual road race
Leontine van der Lienden — +10:49 (→ 28th place)
Hennie Top — +18:12 (→ 37th place)
Thea van Rijnsoever — +18:12 (→ 39th place)
Diving
Women's 3m Springboard
Daphne Jongejans — 437.40 points (→ 10th place)
Equestrianism
Mixed Dressage Individual
Annemarie Sanders
Tineke Bartels
Jo Rutten
Mixed Dressage Team
Annemarie Sanders
Tineke Bartels
Jo Rutten
Field hockey
Men's team competition
Preliminary round (group B)
Defeated Canada (4-1)
Defeated New Zealand (3-1)
Drew with Pakistan (3-3)
Lost to Great Britain (3-4)
Defeated Kenya (3-0)
Classification Matches
5th/8th place: Defeated Spain (0-0) after penalty strokes (10-4)
5th/6th place: Lost to India (2-5) → 6th place
Team roster
Peter van Asbeck
Ewout van Asbeck
Lex Bos (gk)
Roderik Bouwman
Cees Jan Diepeveen
Theo Doyer
Maarten van Grimbergen
Arno den Hartog
Tom van 't Hek
Pierre Hermans (gk)
René Klaassen
Hans Kruize
Hidde Kruize
Ties Kruize
Eric Pierik
Ron Steens
Head coach: Wim van Heumen
Women's team competition
Round robin
Defeated New Zealand (2-1)
Defeated United States (2-1)
Defeated West Germany (6-2)
Drew with Canada (2-2)
Defeated Australia (2-0) → Gold Medal
Team roster
Carina Benninga
Fieke Boekhorst
Marjolein Eijsvogel
Det de Beus (gk)
Irene Hendriks
Elsemiek Hillen
Sandra Le Poole
Anneloes Nieuwenhuizen
Martine Ohr
Alette Pos (gk)
Lisette Sevens
Marieke van Doorn
Aletta van Manen
Sophie von Weiler
Laurien Willemse
Margriet Zegers
Head coach: Gijs van Heumen
Judo
Men's Half-Middleweight
Rob Henneveld
Magnus Büchel
Men's Middleweight
Ben Spijkers
Men's Heavyweight
Willy Wilhelm
Rowing
Men's single sculls
Herman van den Eerenbeemt (eliminated in the repechage)
Men's coxless pairs
Sjoerd Hoekstra, Joost Adema (7th)
Men's quadruple sculls
Steven van Groningen, Nico Rienks, Frans Göbel, Mark Emke (9th)
Women's single sculls
Jos Compaan (8th)
Women's double sculls
Greet Hellemans, Nicolette Hellemans Silver
Women's coxless pairs
Harriet van Ettekoven, Lynda Cornet (4th)
Women's coxed fours
Marieke van Drogenbroek, Anne-Marie Quist, Catalien Neelissen, Wiljon Vaandrager, Marty Laurijsen (5th)
Women's eights
Nicolette Hellemans, Lynda Cornet, Harriet van Ettekoven, Greet Hellemans, Marieke van Drogenbroek, Anne-Marie Quist, Catalien Neelissen, Wiljon Vaandrager, Marty Laurijsen Bronze
Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
Hans Kroes
Heat — 51.19
B-Final — 51.64 (→ 13th place)
Edsard Schlingemann
Heat — 51.33
B-Final — 51.74 (→ 15th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
Frank Drost
Heat — 1:51.32
Final — 1:51.62 (→ 6th place)
Hans Kroes
Heat — 1:52.37
B-Final — 1:52.36 (→ 11th place)
Men's 100m Backstroke
Hans Kroes
Heat — 57.48
Final — 58.07 (→ 8th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
Cees Vervoorn
Heat — 55.46
B-Final — 55.75 (→ 14th place)
Gérard de Kort
Heat — 56.55 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 200m Butterfly
Frank Drost
Heat — 2:01.18
Synchronized swimming
Women's Solo
Marijke Engelen
Catrien Eijken
Marjolein Philipsen
Women's Duet
Marijke Engelen and Catrien Eijken
Water polo
Men's team competition
Preliminary round (group A)
Defeated Canada (10-9)
Lost to Yugoslavia (5-9)
Defeated China (10-8)
Final Round (Group D)
Lost to United States (7-8)
Lost to Spain (4-8)
Lost to Yugoslavia (5-9)
Lost to Australia (7-8)
Lost to West Germany (2-15) → 6th place
Team roster
Johan Aantjes
Stan van Belkum
Wouly de Bie
Ton Buunk
Ed van Es
Anton Heiden
Nico Landeweerd
Aad van Mil
Ruud Misdorp
Dick Nieuwenhuizen
Eric Noordegraaf
Roald van Noort
Remco Pielstroom