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.
Medalists
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:
Men's Individual Competition:
Athletics
Men's 5,000 metres
* Heat — 13:58.51 (â did not advance)
Men's 3,000m Steeplechase
Men's Marathon
* Final — 2:21:08 (â 39th place)
* Final — did not finish (â no ranking)
* Final — did not finish (â no ranking)
Men's Shot Put
* Qualifying Round — 19.28 m
* Final — 19.65 m (â 8th place)
Women's 100 metres
* Heat 1 — 11.43s
* Heat 2 — 11.56s (â did not advance)
Women's 1,500 metres
* Heat — 4:10.69
* Final — 4:11.58 (â 12th place)
Women's Marathon
* Final — 2:37:51 (â 22nd place)
Women's 400m Hurdles
* Heat — 56.67
* Semifinal — 57.01 (â did not advance)
Women's Discus Throw
* Qualifying Heat — 58.28m
* Final — 65.36m (â Gold Medal)
Women's Long Jump
* Qualification — did not start (â did not advance, no ranking)
Women's High Jump
* Qualification — did not start (â did not advance)
Women's Heptathlon
* Final Result — 6147 points (â 7th place)
* Final Result — 6015 points (â 11th place)
Boxing
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
<br> Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
Canoeing
Men's K-2 (500 metres)
Men's K-2 (1,000 metres)
Women's K-1 (500 metres)
Cycling
Sixteen cyclists, thirteen men and three women, represented the Netherlands in 1984.
Men's individual road race
Team time trial
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit
Points race
Women's individual road race
Diving
Women's 3m Springboard
Equestrianism
Mixed Dressage Individual
Mixed Dressage Team
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)
* 5th/8th place: Defeated Spain (0-0) after penalty strokes (10-4)
* 5th/6th place: Lost to India (2-5) â 6th place
* 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
Women's Team Competition
* Defeated New Zealand (2-1)
* Defeated United States (2-1)
* Defeated West Germany (6-2)
* Drew with Canada (2-2)
* Defeated Australia (2-0) â Gold Medal
* 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
Judo
Men's Half-Middleweight
Men's Middleweight
Men's Heavyweight
Rowing
Men's single sculls
Men's coxless pairs
Men's quadruple sculls
Women's single sculls
Women's double sculls
Women's coxless pairs
Women's coxed fours
Women's eights
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
* Heat — 51.19
* B-Final — 51.64 (â 13th place)
* Heat — 51.33
* B-Final — 51.74 (â 15th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
* Heat — 1:51.32
* Final — 1:51.62 (â 6th place)
* Heat — 1:52.37
* B-Final — 1:52.36 (â 11th place)
Men's 100m Backstroke
* Heat — 57.48
* Final — 58.07 (â 8th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
* Heat — 55.46
* B-Final — 55.75 (â 14th place)
* Heat — 56.55 (â did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 200m Butterfly
* Heat — 2:01.18
* B-Final — 2:01.23 (â 10th place)
* Heat — 2:00.83
* B-Final — 2:01.30 (â 13th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
* Heat — 2:08.27 (â did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 4 ÃÂ 100 m Freestyle Relay
* Heat — 3:27.60 (â did not advance, 11th place)
Men's 4 ÃÂ 200 m Freestyle Relay
* Heat — 7:29.14
* Final — 7:26.72 (â 7th place)
<br> Women's 100m Freestyle
* Heat — 56.11
* Final — 56.08 (â Bronze Medal)
* Heat — 56.94
* Final — 56.43 (â 4th place)
Women's 200m Freestyle
* Heat — 2:01.61
* Final — 1:59.69 (â Bronze Medal)
* Heat — 2:01.52
* Final — 2:00.59 (â 5th place)
Women's 400m Freestyle
* Heat — 4:16.65
* Final — 4:16.05 (â 6th place)
Women's 800m Freestyle
* Heat — 8:46.58
* Final — 8:42.86 (â 6th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke
* Heat — 1:02.94
* Final — 1:02.91 (â Bronze Medal)
* Heat — 1:04.57
* Swimm-Off — 1:04.82
* B-Final — 1:04.75 (â 12th place)
Women's 200m Backstroke
* Heat — 2:13.50
* Final — 2:12.38 (â Gold Medal)
* Heat — 2:20.63 (â did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 100m Breaststroke
* Heat — 1:14.09 (â did not advance, 19th place)
* Heat — 1:11.18
* Final — 1:09.88 OR (â Gold Medal)
Women's 200m Breaststroke
* Heat — 2:41.57 (â did not advance, 18th place)
* Heat — 2:37.20
* Final — 2:36.32 in B final (â 10th place)
Women's 100m Butterfly
* Heat — 1:02.01
* Final — 1:01.94 (â 7th place)
* Heat — 1:01.50
* Final — 1:01.56 (â 4th place)
Women's 200m Butterfly
* Heat — 2:13.74
* Swim-Off — 2:13.60
* Final — 2:17.39 (â 8th place)
Women's 4 ÃÂ 100 m Freestyle Relay
* Heat — 3:47.65
* Final — 3:44.40 (â Silver Medal)
Women's 4x100 Medley Relay
* Heat — DSQ (â did not advance)
Synchronized swimming
Women's Solo
Women's Duet
Water polo
Men's team competition
- Preliminary round (group A)
* Defeated Canada (10-9)
* Lost to Yugoslavia (5-9)
* Defeated China (10-8)
* 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) â 6th place
* 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
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