Netherlands at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The Netherlands were represented by their participation in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing in total for the 24th time in the Olympic Games. The first appearance was 1900. 245 athletes competed in 20 different sports. Standard bearer of the opening ceremony was Jeroen Delmee.
Medals
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Fencing
- Indra Angad - Gaur Ladies foil
- Bas Verwijlen Gentlemen, swords
Football
- Gate 1 Piet Velthuizen 18 Kenneth Vermeer
- Defense 2 Gianni Zuiverloon 3 Dirk Marc Ellis 4 Kew Jaliens 5 Erik Pieters 6 Kees Luijckx 13 Calvin Jong -a- Pin
- Midfield 7 Jonathan de Guzmán Urby Emanuelson 8 12 Hedwiges Maduro 15 Royston Drenthe 17 Otman Bakkal
- Storm 9 Roy Makaay 10 Gerald Sibon 11 Ryan Babel Evander Sno 14 16 Roy Beerens
- Coach Foppe de Haan
- Results preliminary round Nigeria Nigeria: 0:0 United States United States: 2:2 Japan Japan: 1:0 quarterfinals Argentina Argentina: 1:2
Hockey
- Gate Jaap Stockmann Guus Vogels
- Defense Taeke Taekema Geert -Jan Derikx Robert van der Horst Sander van der Weide Thomas Boerma
- Midfield Jeroen Delmee Teun de Nooijer Laurence Docherty Timme Hoyng Rob Derikx
- Storm Jeroen Hertzberger Matthijs Brouwer Rogier Hofman Ronald Brouwer Rob Reckers Roderick Weusthof
Women (Gold)
- Gate Floortje Angel Lisanne de Roever
- Defense Maartje Paumen Minke Booij Sophie Polkamp Eva de Goede Janneke Schopman
- Midfield Maartje Goderie Minke Smabers Wieke Dijkstra Miek van Geenhuizen Eefke Mulder
- Storm Naomi van As Marilyn Agliotti Ellen Hoog Lidewij worlds Kelly Jonker Fatima Moreira de Melo
Judo
- Edith Bosch Women, up to 70 kg
- Dex Elmont Men, to 66 kg
- Guillaume Elmont Men, to 81 kg
- Deborah Grave Stijn Women to 57 kg
- Henk Grol Men, up to 100 kg
- Ruben Houkes Men, up to 60 kg
- Mark Huizinga Men, up to 90 kg
- Carola Uilenhoed Women, over 78 kg
- Dennis van der Geest Men, over 100 kg
- Elisabeth Willeboordse Women 's 63 kg
Canoe
- Robert Bouten Men, One - kayak ( whitewater )
- Ariane herd Women, One kayak ( whitewater )
Athletics
- Rens Blom
- Miranda Boonstra
- Caimin Douglas
- Yvonne Hak
- Maarten Heisen
- Guus Hoogmoed
- Laurien Hoos
- Jolanda Keizer
- Hilda Kibet
- Lornah Kiplagat
- Robert Lathouwers
- Kamiel Maase
- Eugene Martineau
- Gregory Sedoc
- Rutger Smith
- Bram Som
- Virgil Spier
- Marcel van der West
- Patrick van Luijk
- Yvonne Wisse
Cycling
- Chantal Beltman
- Theo Bos
- Bart Brentjens
- Regina Bruins
- Stef Clement
- Thomas Dekker
- Robert de Wilde
- Robert Gesink
- Levi Heiman
- Yvonne Hijgenaar
- Jenning Huizenga
- Willy Kanis
- Lieke Klaus
- Karsten Kroon
- Pim Ligthart
- Mirjam Melchers -van Poppel
- Jens Mouris
- Teun Mulder
- Peter Schepenbank
- Robert Slippens
- Wim Stroetinga
- Laurens Ten Dam
- Niki Terpstra
- Rob van den Wildenberg
- Raymon van der Biezen
- Rudi van Houts
- Elsbeth van Rooij
- Tim veldt
- Marianne Vos
Riding
- Adelinde Cornelissen Dressage ( team and individual)
- Angelique Hoorn Jumping ( team and individual)
- Marc Houtzager Jumping ( team and individual)
- Tim Lips Versatility (Single)
- Hans Peter Minderhoud Dressage ( team and individual)
- Imke Schellekens - Bartels Dressage ( team and individual)
- Leon Thijssen Jumping ( team and individual)
- Anky van Grunsven Dressage ( team and individual)
- Vincent Voorn Jumping ( team and individual)
Rowing
- Rogier Blink
- Geert Cirkel
- Annemiek de Haan
- Femke Dekker
- Nienke Dekkers
- Paul Drewers
- Jan- Willem Gabriëls
- Marshall Godschalk
- Arnoud Greidanus
- Sjoerd Hamburger
- Nienke Kingma
- Jozef Klaassen
- Meindert Klem
- David Kuiper
- Reinder Lubbers
- Roline Repelaer van Driel
- Olivier Siegelaar
- Sarah Siegelaar
- Diederik Simon
- Marlies Smulders
- Ivo Snijders
- Mitchel Steenman
- Helen Tanger
- Olaf van Andel
- Kirsten van der Kolk
- Gerard van der Linden
- Marit van Eupen
- Annemarieke van Rumpt
- Matthijs Vellenga
- Gijs Vermeulen
- Peter Vos
- Peter Wiersum
- Ester Workel
Swimming
- Linda Bank
- Saskia de Jonge
- Inge Dekker
- Nick Driebergen
- Chantal Groot
- Femke Heemskerk
- Ranomi Kromowidjojo
- Robert Lijesen
- Hinke Schreuder
- Robin van Aggele
- Pieter van den Hoogenband
- Bianca van der Velden
- Sonja van der Velden
- Maarten van der Weijden (Gold)
- Edith van Dijk
- Manon van Rooijen
- Jolijn van Valkengoed
- Thijs van Valkengoed
- Bas van Velthoven
- Marleen Veldhuis
- Mitja Zastrow
Sailing
- Lobke Berkhout
- Annemieke Bes
- Mitch Booth
- Casper Bouman
- Kalle Coster
- Sven Coster
- Marcelien de Koning
- Mandy Mulder
- Pim Nieuwenhuis
- Pieter -Jan Postma
- Rutger van Schaardenburg
- Merel Witteveen
Taekwondo
Table tennis
- Li Jiao
- Li Jie
- Jelena Timina
Triathlon
- Sander Berk
- Lisa Mensink
Gymnastics
- Suzanne Harmes Women, all-around
- Epke Zonderland Men, Reck
Volleyball
Beach volleyball
- Emiel Boersma Men
- Rebekka Kadijk Women
- Merel Mooren Women
- Reinder Nummerdor Men
- Bram Ronnes Men
- Richard Schuil Men
Water polo
Women (Gold)
- Gate Meike de Nooy
- Ilse van der Meijden
- Rianne Guichelaar
- Simone Koot
- Iefke van Belkum
- Mieke Cabout
- Yasemin Smit
- Noeki small
- Biurakn Hakhverdian
- Danielle de Bruijn
- Gilian van den Berg
- Alette Sijbring
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1 = The Netherlands participated only in the Equestrian Games, which took place five months earlier in Stockholm.
- Participants at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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