Netherlands (NED)

Overview

NOCNederlands Olympisch Comité - Nederlandse Sport Federatie
Flagbearers95

Participants

Olympic Games 3124
Intercalated Games 16
Youth Olympic Games 163
Other competitors with NED nationality 16

Description

The Netherlands sent 34 athletes to the 1900 Paris Olympics. After missing the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, the Netherlands has never missed another Olympic Games. Despite this, in 1956, it competed only at the Equestrian Games in Stockholm, boycotting the 1956 Olympic Games in protest of the Soviet invasion of Hungary. Until 2022, the Netherlands has won a total of 470 Olympic medals, 149 of them gold.

In the Summer Games, the Netherlands has had a variety of successes in different sports but has never dominated any sport. Their best sports/disciplines at the Olympic Games have been swimming (58 medals, 19 gold), track cycling (37 medals, 11 gold), and rowing (36 medals, eight gold).

At the Summer Olympics, the Netherlands’ best competitors have been dressage equestrian Anky van Grunsven, with nine medals (three gold), and swimmer Inge de Bruijn, with eight medals (and four gold). Three other Dutch Summer Olympians have won four gold medals: cyclist Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel (2000-2004), equestrian rider Charles Pahud de Mortanges (1924-1932), and track athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen (four golds at the 1948 Summer Olympics).

At the Olympic Winter Games, the Netherlands appeared first in 1928. It missed the 1932 Lake Placid Games, but has appeared continuously since. The NOC has won 147 medals and 53 gold medals at the Olympic Winter Games.

The Netherlands has always been one of the very top nations in speed skating, and more recently, has completely dominated the sport. Dutch speedskaters led the medal lists at the 1968, 1972, 1998, 2002, 2014, 2018, and 2022 Olympic Winter Games. In 2014, they crushed the competition, winning 23 medals of 32 possible, and eight gold medals of a possible 12.

Speedskater Ireen Wüst has won 13 medals and ranks as the best Dutch Olympic competitor, also with six gold medals. Therefore, along with van Grunsyen and de Bruijn, the top-ranked Dutch Olympians are all women. Sven Kramer is tops among Dutch men, with nine medals and four gold medals in speedskating.

The Netherlands hosted the Games of the IXth Olympiad in Amsterdam in 1928.

Participations by edition

Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
1900 Summer Olympics Netherlands 34 0 34 Results
1908 Summer Olympics Netherlands 112 0 112 Results
1912 Summer Olympics Netherlands 33 0 33 Results
1920 Summer Olympics Netherlands 129 1 130 Results
1924 Summer Olympics Netherlands 169 9 178 Results
1928 Summer Olympics Netherlands 222 44 266 Results
1928 Winter Olympics Netherlands 7 0 7 Results
1932 Summer Olympics Netherlands 29 15 44 Results
1936 Summer Olympics Netherlands 144 21 165 Results
1936 Winter Olympics Netherlands 7 1 8 Results
1948 Summer Olympics Netherlands 115 34 149 Results
1948 Winter Olympics Netherlands 4 0 4 Results
1952 Summer Olympics Netherlands 78 26 104 Results
1952 Winter Olympics Netherlands 9 2 11 Results
1956 Winter Olympics Netherlands 6 2 8 Results
1956 Equestrian Olympics Netherlands 1 0 1 Results
1960 Summer Olympics Netherlands 80 30 110 Results
1960 Winter Olympics Netherlands 5 2 7 Results
1964 Summer Olympics Netherlands 105 20 125 Results
1964 Winter Olympics Netherlands 4 2 6 Results
1968 Summer Olympics Netherlands 82 25 107 Results
1968 Winter Olympics Netherlands 4 5 9 Results
1972 Summer Olympics Netherlands 90 29 119 Results
1972 Winter Olympics Netherlands 5 6 11 Results
1976 Summer Olympics Netherlands 72 36 108 Results
1976 Winter Olympics Netherlands 3 4 7 Results
1980 Summer Olympics Netherlands 57 18 75 Results
1980 Winter Olympics Netherlands 25 4 29 Results
1984 Summer Olympics Netherlands 82 54 136 Results
1984 Winter Olympics Netherlands 9 4 13 Results
1988 Summer Olympics Netherlands 93 54 147 Results
1988 Winter Olympics Netherlands 6 5 11 Results
1992 Summer Olympics Netherlands 117 84 201 Results
1992 Winter Olympics Netherlands 9 10 19 Results
1994 Winter Olympics Netherlands 13 8 21 Results
1996 Summer Olympics Netherlands 137 102 239 Results
1998 Winter Olympics Netherlands 10 12 22 Results
2000 Summer Olympics Netherlands 147 84 231 Results
2002 Winter Olympics Netherlands 14 13 27 Results
2004 Summer Olympics Netherlands 134 76 210 Results
2006 Winter Olympics Netherlands 16 17 33 Results
2008 Summer Olympics Netherlands 139 98 237 Results
2010 Winter Olympics Netherlands 15 17 32 Results
2012 Summer Olympics Netherlands 94 79 173 Results
2014 Winter Olympics Netherlands 20 19 39 Results
2016 Summer Olympics Netherlands 105 132 237 Results
2018 Winter Olympics Netherlands 15 16 31 Results
2020 Summer Olympics Netherlands 112 155 267 Results
2022 Winter Olympics Netherlands 21 20 41 Results

Intercalated Games

Edition As Men Women Total
1906 Intercalated Games Netherlands 16 0 16 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
2010 Summer Youth Olympics Netherlands 10 26 36 Results
2012 Winter Youth Olympics Netherlands 7 10 17 Results
2014 Summer Youth Olympics Netherlands 14 27 41 Results
2016 Winter Youth Olympics Netherlands 7 6 13 Results
2018 Summer Youth Olympics Netherlands 15 26 41 Results
2020 Winter Youth Olympics Netherlands 6 9 15 Results

Participations by discipline

Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
3x3 Basketball (Basketball) 4 0 4 Results
Alpine Skiing (Skiing) 3 3 6 Results
Archery 27 7 34 Results
Art Competitions 101 14 115 Results
Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) 35 47 82 Results
Artistic Swimming (Aquatics) 0 10 10 Results
Athletics 182 120 302 Results
Badminton 9 11 20 Results
Baseball (Baseball/Softball) 64 0 64 Results
Beach Volleyball (Volleyball) 9 12 21 Results
Bobsleigh (Bobsleigh) 24 9 33 Results
Boxing 57 1 58 Results
Canoe Marathon (Canoeing) 10 0 10 Results
Canoe Slalom (Canoeing) 5 2 7 Results
Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) 24 8 32 Results
Cycling BMX Racing (Cycling) 7 5 12 Results
Cycling Mountain Bike (Cycling) 9 4 13 Results
Cycling Road (Cycling) 100 20 120 Results
Cycling Track (Cycling) 111 13 124 Results
Diving (Aquatics) 6 18 24 Results
Equestrian Dressage (Equestrian) 13 13 26 Results
Equestrian Eventing (Equestrian) 21 6 27 Results
Equestrian Jumping (Equestrian) 31 1 32 Results
Fencing 62 13 75 Results
Figure Skating (Skating) 0 5 5 Results
Football (Football) 101 17 118 Results
Freestyle Skiing (Skiing) 1 0 1 Results
Golf 1 1 2 Results
Handball 0 21 21 Results
Hockey 187 92 279 Results
Ice Hockey (Ice Hockey) 20 0 20 Results
Judo 35 24 59 Results
Marathon Swimming (Aquatics) 2 2 4 Results
Modern Pentathlon 13 0 13 Results
Rowing 269 98 367 Results
Sailing 117 22 139 Results
Shooting 66 2 68 Results
Short Track Speed Skating (Skating) 13 21 34 Results
Skateboarding (Roller Sports) 0 2 2 Results
Skeleton (Bobsleigh) 0 1 1 Results
Snowboarding (Skiing) 5 5 10 Results
Softball (Baseball/Softball) 0 30 30 Results
Speed Skating (Skating) 81 62 143 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 112 144 256 Results
Table Tennis 3 8 11 Results
Taekwondo 3 4 7 Results
Tennis 14 9 23 Results
Trampolining (Gymnastics) 1 1 2 Results
Triathlon 6 8 14 Results
Tug-Of-War 8 0 8 Results
Volleyball (Volleyball) 44 30 74 Results
Water Polo (Aquatics) 121 36 157 Results
Weightlifting 20 0 20 Results
Wrestling 35 1 36 Results

Intercalated Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
Fencing 13 0 13 Results
Tennis 3 0 3 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
3-on-3 Ice Hockey (Ice Hockey) 3 4 7 Results
3x3 Basketball (Basketball) 0 8 8 Results
Alpine Skiing (Skiing) 1 2 3 Results
Archery 2 2 4 Results
Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) 1 2 3 Results
Athletics 0 1 1 Results
Badminton 3 3 6 Results
Beach Handball 0 9 9 Results
Beach Volleyball (Volleyball) 2 2 4 Results
Bobsleigh (Bobsleigh) 0 4 4 Results
Breaking (Dance) 0 1 1 Results
Cycling Road (Cycling) 5 3 8 Results
Diving (Aquatics) 1 0 1 Results
Equestrian Jumping (Equestrian) 1 1 2 Results
Golf 2 2 4 Results
Hockey 0 16 16 Results
Hockey 5s 0 9 9 Results
Ice Hockey (Ice Hockey) 2 2 4 Results
Judo 2 3 5 Results
Roller Skating (Roller Sports) 1 1 2 Results
Rowing 1 3 4 Results
Sailing 5 4 9 Results
Short Track Speed Skating (Skating) 3 4 7 Results
Skeleton (Bobsleigh) 1 2 3 Results
Ski Jumping (Skiing) 1 0 1 Results
Snowboarding (Skiing) 3 1 4 Results
Speed Skating (Skating) 6 6 12 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 7 5 12 Results
Table Tennis 1 1 2 Results
Taekwondo 3 0 3 Results
Tennis 1 0 1 Results
Trampolining (Gymnastics) 0 1 1 Results
Triathlon 0 2 2 Results
Weightlifting 1 0 1 Results

Medals by Games

Edition Competition Type Gold Silver Bronze Total
2000 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 12 9 4 25
2020 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 10 12 14 36
1928 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 8 10 5 23
2014 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 8 7 9 24
2016 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 8 7 4 19
2018 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 8 6 6 20
2022 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 8 5 4 17
2008 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 7 5 4 16
2012 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 6 6 8 20
1936 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 6 4 7 17
1998 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 5 4 2 11
1948 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 5 2 9 16
1984 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 5 2 6 13
2004 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 4 9 9 22
1996 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 4 5 10 19
1972 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 4 3 2 9
1920 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 4 2 5 11
1924 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 4 1 6 11
2010 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 4 1 3 8
2012 Winter Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 4 1 2 7
2002 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 3 5 0 8
1968 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 3 3 3 9
1968 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 3 3 1 7
2006 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 3 2 4 9
1988 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 3 2 2 7
1972 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 3 1 1 5
1992 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 2 6 7 15
1932 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 2 5 1 8
1964 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 2 4 4 10
1988 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 2 2 5 9
2020 Winter Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 2 2 1 5
2014 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 1 4 5 10
1900 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 1 2 3 6
1976 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 1 2 3 6
1980 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 1 2 1 4
2010 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 1 2 1 4
1992 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 1 1 2 4
1964 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 1 1 0 2
1952 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 5 0 5
1952 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 0 3 0 3
1976 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 2 3 5
2018 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 0 1 5 6
1994 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 0 1 3 4
1906 Intercalated Games Intercalated Games 0 1 2 3
1960 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 1 2 3
1980 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 1 2 3
1960 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 0 1 1 2
1912 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 0 3 3
1908 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 0 2 2
2016 Winter Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 0 0 1 1

Medals by sport

Olympic Games

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Speed Skating 48 44 41 133
Swimming 19 20 19 58
Cycling Track 11 16 10 37
Cycling Road 10 5 3 18
Rowing 8 14 14 36
Sailing 8 9 9 26
Athletics 8 7 9 24
Hockey 6 6 6 18
Equestrian Eventing 5 2 0 7
Judo 4 2 18 24
Equestrian Dressage 3 6 3 12
Short Track Speed Skating 3 3 3 9
Marathon Swimming 3 1 0 4
Artistic Gymnastics 3 0 0 3
Equestrian Jumping 2 5 1 8
Art Competitions 2 1 3 6
Boxing 1 2 5 8
Figure Skating 1 2 0 3
Cycling BMX Racing 1 1 2 4
Archery 1 1 1 3
Volleyball 1 1 0 2
Water Polo 1 0 2 3
Cycling Mountain Bike 1 0 1 2
Snowboarding 1 0 0 1
Canoe Sprint 0 3 4 7
Shooting 0 1 1 2
Tennis 0 1 1 2
Badminton 0 1 0 1
Tug-Of-War 0 1 0 1
Fencing 0 0 5 5
Football 0 0 3 3
Weightlifting 0 0 3 3
Beach Volleyball 0 0 1 1
Canoe Marathon 0 0 1 1
Skeleton 0 0 1 1

Intercalated Games

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Fencing 0 1 2 3

Youth Olympic Games

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Speed Skating 4 1 1 6
Swimming 1 1 1 3
Bobsleigh 1 0 1 2
Hockey 1 0 0 1
Ice Hockey 1 0 0 1
Sailing 0 2 2 4
Snowboarding 0 1 1 2
3x3 Basketball 0 1 0 1
Archery 0 1 0 1
Beach Volleyball 0 1 0 1
Hockey 5s 0 1 0 1
Short Track Speed Skating 0 1 0 1
Cycling Road 0 0 2 2
Judo 0 0 2 2
Alpine Skiing 0 0 1 1
Golf 0 0 1 1
Roller Skating 0 0 1 1
Taekwondo 0 0 1 1
Weightlifting 0 0 1 1

Most successful competitors

Includes medals won as part of mixed teams.

Olympic Games

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Ireen Wüst NED 6 5 2 13
Sven Kramer NED 4 2 3 9
Inge de Bruijn NED 4 2 2 8
Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel NED 4 1 1 6
Charles Pahud de Mortanges NED 4 1 0 5
Fanny Blankers-Koen NED 4 0 0 4
Anky van Grunsven NED 3 5 1 9
Pieter van den Hoogenband NED 3 2 2 7
Suzanne Schulting NED 3 1 2 6
Rie Mastenbroek NED 3 1 0 4
Ard Schenk NED 3 1 0 4
Ranomi Kromowidjojo NED 3 1 0 4
Lidewij Welten NED 3 1 0 4
Eva de Goede NED 3 1 0 4

Intercalated Games

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
George van Rossem NED 0 1 1 2
Maurits van Löben Sels NED 0 0 1 1
Lex van Blijenburgh NED 0 0 1 1
James, Baron Melvill van Carnbée NED 0 0 1 1
Johannes Osten NED 0 0 1 1

Youth Olympic Games

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Sanneke de Neeling NED 2 1 0 3
Marloes Keetels NED 1 0 0 1
Iris van Houten NED 1 0 0 1
Isabel Grevelt NED 1 0 0 1
Myrthe de Boer NED 1 0 0 1
Diede van Oorschot NED 1 0 0 1
Roos Broek NED 1 0 0 1
Jet de Graeff NED 1 0 0 1
Lisanne de Lange NED 1 0 0 1
Macey de Ruiter NED 1 0 0 1
Lara Dell'Anna NED 1 0 0 1
Frederique Derkx NED 1 0 0 1
Mathilde Hotting NED 1 0 0 1
Elsie Nix NED 1 0 0 1
Floor Ouwerling NED 1 0 0 1
Floortje Plokker NED 1 0 0 1
Lisa Scheerlinck NED 1 0 0 1
Saskia van Duivenboden NED 1 0 0 1
Juliette van Hattum NED 1 0 0 1
Liselotte van Mens NED 1 0 0 1
Lieke van Wijk NED 1 0 0 1
Lisa Nooren NED 1 0 0 1
Lisa Mullenberg NED 1 0 0 1
Maaike de Waard NED 1 0 0 1
Sanne Dekker NED 1 0 0 1
Marije van Huigenbosch NED 1 0 0 1
Julie Zwarthoed NED 1 0 0 1

IOC Members

Frederik, Baron van Tuyll van Serooskerken 1898—1924
Pieter Scharroo 1924—1957
Alphert, Baron Schimmelpenninck van der Oye 1925—1943
Charles Pahud de Mortanges 1946—1964
Pieter Scharroo 1957—1963
Charles Pahud de Mortanges 1964—1971
Herman van Karnebeek 1964—1977
Herman van Karnebeek 1977—1989
Kees Kerdel 1977—1986
Anton Geesink 1987—2010
Hein Verbruggen 1996—2005
HRH Koning Willem-Alexander 1998—2013
Els van Breda Vriesman 2001—2009
Hein Verbruggen 2008—2017
HRH Koning Willem-Alexander 2013—
Camiel Eurlings 2013—2018