Netherlands at the 1976 Summer Olympics

The Netherlands competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 108 competitors, 72 men and 36 women, took part in 58 events in 11 sports.

Medalists

The Netherlands finished in 29th position in the final medal rankings, with two silver medals and three bronze medals.

Silver

• Herman Ponsteen – Cycling, Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit
• Eric Swinkels – Shooting, Men's Skeet Shooting

Bronze

• Enith Brigitha – Swimming, Women's 100m Freestyle
• Enith Brigitha – Swimming, Women's 200m Freestyle
• Alex Boegschoten, Ton Buunk, Piet de Zwarte, Andy Hoepelman, Evert Kroon, Nico Landeweerd, Hans Smits, Gijze Stroboer, Rik Toonen, Hans van Zeeland, and Jan Evert Veer – Water polo, Men's Team Competition

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

• Evert Hoving

* Heat – 1:48.99 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 metres

• Jos Hermens

* Heat – 28:16.07

* Final – 28:25.04 (→ 10th place)

Men's Marathon

• Jos Hermens – 2:19:48 (→ 25th place)

Canoeing

Cycling

Twelve cyclists represented the Netherlands in 1976.

Individual road race

• Arie Hassink – 4:49:01 (→ 25th place)
• Leo van Vliet – 4:49:01 (→ 40th place)
• Ad Tak – 5:00:19 (→ 50th place)
• Frits Schür – did not finish (→ no ranking)

Team time trial

• Arie Hassink
• Frits Pirard
• Adri van Houwelingen
• Fons van Katwijk

Sprint

• Sjaak Pieters – 14th place

Individual pursuit

• Herman Ponsteen – Silver Medal

Team pursuit

• Gerrit Möhlmann
• Peter Nieuwenhuis
• Herman Ponsteen
• Gerrie Slot

Equestrian

Gymnastics

Hockey

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (group A)

* Defeated India (3-1)

* Defeated Malaysia (2-0)

* Defeated Australia (2-1)

* Defeated Argentina (1-0)

* Defeated Canada (3-1)

• Semi Finals

* Lost to Australia (1-2)

• Bronze Medal Match

* Lost to Pakistan (2-3) → Fourth place

• Team roster

*Maarten Sikking (gk)

*André Bolhuis (captain)

*Tim Steens

*Geert van Eijk

*Theodoor Doyer

*Coen Kranenberg

*Rob Toft (gk)

*Wouter Leefers

*Hans Jorritsma

*Hans Kruize

*Jan Albers

*Paul Litjens

*Imbert Jebbink

*Ron Steens

*Bart Taminiau

*Wouter Kan

• Head coach: Wim van Heumen

Rowing

Men's coxless pairs

• Jan van der Horst, Willem Boeschoten (10th)

Men's coxed fours

• Adrie Klem, Evert Kroes, Martin Baltus, Gert Jan van Woudenberg, Jos Ruijs (10th)

Women's single sculls

• Ingrid Munneke-Dusseldorp (5th)

Women's double sculls

• Andrea Vissers, Helie Klaasse (7th)

Women's coxed fours

• Liesbeth Vosmaer-de Bruin, Hette Borrias, Myriam van Rooyen-Steenman, Ans Gravesteijn, Monique Pronk (5th)

Women's eights

• Karin Abma, Joke Dierdorp, Barbara de Jong, Annette Schortinghuis-Poelenije, Marleen van Rij, Maria Kusters-ten Beitel, Liesbeth Pascal-de Graaff, Loes Schutte, Evelien Koogje (8th)

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Water polo

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (group B)

* Defeated Mexico (5-3)

* Defeated Soviet Union (3-2)

* Defeated Romania (6-5)

• Final Round

* Defeated West Germany (3-2)

* Tied with Romania (4-4)

* Lost to Hungary (3-5)

* Defeated Yugoslavia (5-3)

* Tied with Italy (3-3) → Bronze Medal

• Team roster

*Alex Boegschoten

*Ton Buunk

*Piet de Zwarte

*Andy Hoepelman

*Evert Kroon

*Nico Landeweerd

*Hans Smits

*Gijze Stroboer

*Rik Toonen

*Hans van Zeeland

*Jan Evert Veer

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