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Netherlands at the 2024 Summer Olympics

The Netherlands competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Dutch athletes have appeared in 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.

The Netherlands left Paris with 34 medals (15 gold, 7 silver, and 12 bronze), this was the country's highest number of gold medals in a single Olympics, beating the 2000 Summer Olympics record of 12.

Medalists

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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Archery

The Netherlands qualified four archers to the games through the 2024 European Continental Qualification Tournament and 2024 European Championships in Essen, Germany.

Artistic swimming

The Netherlands fielded a pair of artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet as the top three highest-ranked nations, eligible for qualification at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Athletics

Dutch track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):

Track and road events
Men
Women
Mixed
Field events
Men
Women

Combined events – Men's decathlon

Combined events – Women's heptathlon

Badminton

Netherlands entered two badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

Basketball

3×3 basketball

Summary

Men's tournament

The Netherlands men's 3x3 team qualified by winning the FIBA Universality-driven Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2 in Japan.

Team roster

The roster was announced on 3 July 2024.

Group play






Semifinal
Gold medal game

Boxing

The Netherlands entered one boxer into the Olympic tournament. Chelsey Heijnen (women's lightweight) qualified to Paris after advancing to the final round, and obtained one of three eligible spots, in her own division, at the 2024 World Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy.

Breaking

The Netherlands entered three breakdancers to compete in the B-Boy and B-Girl dual battles for Paris 2024. India Sardjoe (India) outlasted the female breakdancers from Europe through all rounds to successfully win a gold medal and secure an outright berth at the 2023 European Games in Kraków, Poland. Later on, Lee-Lou Demierre (Lee) and Menno van Gorp (Menno) outlasted the male breakdancers from 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai, China and Budapest, Hungary.

Canoeing

Slalom

Netherlands entered one boat into the slalom competition for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in London, Great Britain.

C-1 and K-1
Kayak cross

Sprint

The Netherlands canoeists qualified one boat in the following distance for the Games through the 2024 European Qualifiers in Szeged, Hungary.

Cycling

Road

Netherlands entered seven riders (three men and four women) to compete in the respective events by virtue of the establishment of the UCI World Rankings and the nation's result at the 2023 UCI Road World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.

Men
Women

Track

The Netherlands riders obtained full spots for the men's and women's individual sprint, team sprint, keirin, madison, and omnium events based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings.

Sprint
Team sprint

<small>Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final</small>

Keirin

<small>Qualification legend: Q=Qualified for next round; R=Advanced to repechage</small>

Omnium
Madison

Mountain biking

Netherlands mountain bikers secured two women's quotas through the release of the final Olympic mountain biking rankings.

BMX

Race

Riders from the Netherlands secured five quota places (two men's and three women's) race for Paris 2024 through the allocations of final Olympic BMX ranking.

Diving

Dutch divers secured one quota place for Paris 2024 by virtue of the top twelve individuals of the women's individual platform, not yet qualified, at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Equestrian

The Netherlands entered a full squad of equestrian riders each to the team dressage and jumping competitions through the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning, Denmark. The Netherlands entered a full squad of equestrian riders to the eventing competition by finishing 8th at the 2023 European Eventing Championships in Le Pin-au-Haras, France, picking up one of the two qualifying spots on offer for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Dressage

<small>Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position</small>

Eventing

Jumping

Fencing

The Netherlands entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Tristan Tulen qualified for the games by winning the gold medal in the men's individual épée event, at the 2024 Europe Zonal Qualifying Tournament in Differdange, Luxembourg.

Field hockey

Summary

Men's tournament

Netherlands men's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics following the triumph of the nation's gold medal results at the 2023 EuroHockey Championship in Mönchengladbach, Germany.

Team roster
Group play




Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Gold medal match

Women's tournament

Netherlands women's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics following the triumph of the nation's gold medal results at the 2023 EuroHockey Championship in Mönchengladbach, Germany.

Team roster
Group play




Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Final

Golf

Based on the IGF World Rankings, four golfers from the Netherlands were qualified. However, the Netherlands Olympic Committee (NOC*NSF) has additional requirements that were only met by Anne van Dam, hence the remaining positions were forfeited. Dutch golfer Joost Luiten was one of the athletes that did not meet NOC*NSF requirements and as a result was excluded from competing. Luiten successfully appealed this decision in Dutch court, but did not take the case to the CAS because it was too late to enter the tournament. The other golfers that qualified but were not allowed into the competition by NOC*NSF were Darius van Driel and Dewi Weber.

Gymnastics

Artistic

The Netherlands fielded a full squad of male and female gymnasts for Paris after advancing to the final round of team all-around and obtained one of nine available team spots for nations not yet qualified at the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.

Men
Team
Individual finals
Women
Team
Individual finals

Handball

Summary

Women's tournament

Netherlands women's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by securing a top two spot at the Tournament 2 of the 2024 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments in Torrevieja, Spain.

Team roster
Group play




Quarterfinals

Judo

The Netherlands has qualified ten judokas via the IJF World Ranking List and continental quotas in Europe.

Mixed

Rowing

Dutch rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.

Men
Women

<small>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); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage</small>

Sailing

Dutch sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands.

Elimination events
Windfoiling
;Kitesurfing
Medal race events

<small>M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race</small>

Skateboarding

The Netherlands entered two female skateboarders to compete in the following event at the Games.

Swimming

Dutch swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):

Men
Women
Mixed

Table tennis

The Netherlands entered one athlete into the table tennis competition. Britt Eerland qualified for the games by winning the second available spot for the women's singles event at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Tennis

The Netherlands entered six tennis players (four men and two women) into the Olympic tournament. Tallon Griekspoor has guaranteed his participation as one of the top-56 eligible players in the ATP World Rankings, while Arantxa Rus did the same as the top-56 eligible players in the WTA World Rankings, which were completed on 10th June 2024. Additionally, two pairs of male players and one pair of female players also secured a spot in the men's doubles event as one of the top 32 players in the doubles ranking.

Men
Women
Mixed

Triathlon

The Netherlands confirmed four quota places (two per gender) in the triathlon events for Paris by virtue of winning one of two available spots at the 2024 World Triathlon Mixed Relay Qualification Event in Huatulco, Mexico.

Individual
Relay

Volleyball

Beach

The Netherlands men's and women's pairs qualified for Paris based on the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking. Another women's pair qualified through winning the 2024 CEV Continental Cup Final in Jūrmala, Latvia, but no athletes met the NOC requirement and the quota was forfeited.

Selection of convicted child rapist

Indoor

Summary

Women's tournament

Netherlands women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of their rank in the World Ranking qualification.

Team roster
Group play


Water polo

Summary

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 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

Team roster
Group play



Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal match

See also

References