Netherlands at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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Netherlands at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Refer to caption
IOC code NED
NOC Dutch Olympic Committee*
Dutch Sports Federation
Website www.nocnsf.nl/en
in Pyeongchang, South Korea
9–25 February 2018
Competitors 33 (16 men and 17 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearer (opening) Jan Smeekens[1]
Flag bearer (closing) Ireen Wüst
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold Silver Bronze Total
8 6 6 20
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

The Netherlands competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, between 9 and 25 February 2018.

Speed skater Jan Smeekens was appointed as flag bearer during the opening ceremony.[2] King Willem Alexander, Queen Máxima and Prime Minister Mark Rutte attended the opening ceremony and sporting events with Dutch competitors.[3]

As declared by Chef de mission Jeroen Bijl, the goal for the Dutch team was to win fifteen medals;[4] this was exceeded with a total of twenty, which landed the country a fifth place in the medal table. Most notably, the Dutch won gold medals in seven of the ten individual speed skating events, and they won a total of four medals in short track speed skating including the first ever Dutch gold in this sport, won by Suzanne Schulting.

Highlights

Day 1

Carlijn Achtereekte (gold), Ireen Wüst (silver) and Antoinette de Jong (bronze) made a podium sweep in the women's 3000 metres speed skating event. A few minutes later, Sjinkie Knegt won the silver medal in the men's 1500 metres short track speed skating event.

Day 2

Sven Kramer won the gold medal in the men's 5000 metres speed skating event. Kramer became the first man ever to win a gold medal in the same speed skating event at three consecutive Winter Olympics.

Day 3

Netherlands took three of the top four places in the women's 1500 metres speed skating event; Ireen Wüst won the gold medal and Marrit Leenstra took bronze, only 0.01 seconds ahead of Lotte van Beek. On winning the gold medal, Wüst had succeeded in achieving gold medal wins at four consecutive Winter Olympics, exactly twelve years after winning her first gold medal in the 3000 metres in 2006.[5] With a total of ten medals, including five golds, Wüst became the best ever Olympic speed skater (male or female) and the seventh-best Winter Olympic athlete overall.[6]

Day 4

Olympic debutant Kjeld Nuis won the gold medal in the men's 1500 metres speed skating event. Patrick Roest, also an Olympic debutant, won the silver medal. Koen Verweij, one of the favorites for the win, disappointed with an eleventh place.[7] In short track speed skating, Yara van Kerkhof unexpectedly won the silver medal in the women's 500 metres event, benefiting from the disqualification of the Korean Choi Min-jeong after initially finishing in third.[8]

Medalists

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Short track speed skating 5 5 10
Skeleton 0 1 1
Snowboarding 1[lower-alpha 1] 2 3
Speed skating 10 10 20
Total 16 17[lower-alpha 2] 33[lower-alpha 2]
  1. ↑ Niek van der Velden was on the team as the only male snowboarder, but didn't compete due to a broken shoulder.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jorien ter Mors competed in both short track and long track speed skating.

Short track speed skating

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Main articles: Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

According to the ISU Special Olympic Qualification Rankings, the Netherlands have qualified a full squad of five men and five women each.[9][10]

Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Daan Breeuwsma 500 m 40.806 2 Q 40.677 2 Q 40.775 4 FB 40.835 7
1000 m 1:24.429 4 Did not advance
Dylan Hoogerwerf 500 m 40.657 2 Q 41.007 3 Did not advance
Sjinkie Knegt 500 m PEN Did not advance
1000 m 1:23.823 1 Q PEN Did not advance
1500 m 2:15.949 3 Q N/A 2:11.900 1 FA 2:10.555 2nd
Itzhak de Laat 1000 m 1:24.639 1 Q 1:24.423 3 Did not advance
1500 m 2:15.691 2 Q N/A 2:11.781 3 AA 2:12.362 6
Daan Breeuwsma
Sjinkie Knegt
Itzhak de Laat
Dennis Visser[lower-alpha 1]		 5000 m relay N/A PEN Did not advance
  1. ↑ Dylan Hoogerwerf was part of the relay team, but did not compete.
Women
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yara van Kerkhof 500 m 43.430 2 Q 43.197 2 Q 43.192 1 FA 43.256 2nd
1000 m 1:43.364 2 Q 1:29.670 4 Did not advance
Jorien ter Mors 1500 m 2:28.587 2 Q N/A 2:34.385 1 FA 2:25.955 5
Lara van Ruijven 500 m 43.771 3 Did not advance
1000 m 1:30.896 1 Q 1:31.754 4 Did not advance
Suzanne Schulting 500 m DNF Did not advance
1000 m 1:29.519 1 Q 1:29.377 2 Q 1:30.949 1 FA 1:29.778 1st
1500 m 2:27.730 1 Q N/A 2:34.632 4 FB 2:37.163 10
Yara van Kerkhof
Jorien ter Mors
Lara van Ruijven
Suzanne Schulting[lower-alpha 1]		 3000 m relay N/A 4:05.977 3 FB 4:03.471 WR 3rd
  1. ↑ Rianne de Vries was part of the relay team, but did not compete.

Key: AA = Advanced to medal round due to being impeded by another skater; DNF = Did not finish; FA = Qualified to medal round; FB = Qualified to consolation round; PEN = Penalty; Q = Qualified to next round; WR = World record.

Skeleton

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Main articles: Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Based on the world rankings, the Netherlands qualified 2 sleds [11], however, they selected only one athlete.[10] Kimberley Bos was the very first Dutch skeleton athlete who qualified for the Olympics. Although Bos met the international qualification criteria by virtue of her performance during the World Cup skeleton 2017-18, in which she finished in 13th place overall, she initially was not selected for not meeting the NOC*NSF's own requirement (a top-12 place). However, NOC*NSF argued that Russian athlete Jelena Nikitina should be excluded from the World Cup classification, because she was excluded by the International Olympic Committee from participating in the Olympics. As a result, Bos rose to 12th on the clean list, thereby fulfilling the NOC*NSF requirement, and her nomination was honored.

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kimberley Bos Women's 52.33 8 52.26 7 51.99 6 52.01 7 3:28.59 8

Snowboarding

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Main articles: Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Due to a broken shoulder caused by a crash in the last training for the slopestyle, Niek van der Velden was not able to compete.[12][13]

In the women's slopestyle Cheryl Maas fell in both runs, and so didn't play an important role in the final. The final was marred by many falls due to the high wind. Maas called the conditions "irresponsible".[14][15]

Freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Niek van der Velden Men's slopestyle Withdrew due to injury
Men's big air Withdrew due to injury
Cheryl Maas Women's slopestyle Canceled[16] 31.71 35.30 CAN 35.30 23
Women's big air 65.00 44.75 65.00 20 Did not advance

Key: CAN = Canceled

Parallel
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Time Rank Opposition
Time		 Opposition
Time		 Opposition
Time		 Opposition
Time		 Rank
Michelle Dekker Women's giant slalom 1:33.60 17 Did not advance

Speed skating

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Main articles: Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The Dutch Olympic Committee selected the maximum allowed delegation of ten men and ten women, largely based on the results of the Olympic qualification tournament, held in December 2017. Kai Verbij was added for the 1000 meter event, because he was injured during the qualification race.

Men
Athlete Event Race
Time Rank
Jorrit Bergsma 10000 m 12:41.98 2nd
Jan Blokhuijsen 5000 m 6:14.75 7
Sven Kramer 5000 m 6:09.76 OR 1st
10000 m 13:01.02 6
Ronald Mulder 500 m 34.839 7
Kjeld Nuis 1000 m 1:07.95 1st
1500 m 1:44.01 1st
Patrick Roest 1500 m 1:44.86 2nd
Jan Smeekens 500 m 34.930 10
Kai Verbij 500 m 34.90 9
1000 m 1:08.61 6
Koen Verweij 1000 m 1:09.14 9
1500 m 1:46.26 11
Bob de Vries 5000 m 6:22.26 15
Women
Athlete Event Race
Time Rank
Carlijn Achtereekte 3000 m 3:59.21 1st
Lotte van Beek 1500 m 1:55.27 4
500 m 39.18 23
Anice Das 500 m 38.75 19
Antoinette de Jong 3000 m 4:00.02 3rd
Marrit Leenstra 1000 m 1:14.85 6
1500 m 1:55.26 3rd
Jorien ter Mors 500 m 37.539 6
1000 m 1:13.56 OR 1st
Esmee Visser 5000 m 6:50.23 1st
Annouk van der Weijden 5000 m 6:54.17 4
Ireen Wüst 1000 m 1:15.32 9
1500 m 1:54.35 1st
3000 m 3:59.29 2nd
Mass start
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Points Time Rank Points Time Rank
Sven Kramer Men's mass start 6 8:24.51 4 Q 0 8:13.95 16
Koen Verweij 5 8:44.90 5 Q 20 7:44.24 3rd
Irene Schouten Women's mass start 5 8:54.94 4 Q 20 8:33.02 3rd
Annouk van der Weijden 40 8:32.31 2 Q 0 8:42.19 14
Team pursuit
Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Time		 Rank Opposition
Time		 Rank Opposition
Time		 Rank
Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij
Patrick Roest		 Men's team pursuit  United States (USA)
W 3:40.03		 2 Q  Norway (NOR)
L 3:38.46		 2 FB  New Zealand (NZL)
W 3:38.40		 3rd
Antoinette de Jong
Marrit Leenstra
Ireen Wüst
Lotte van Beek		 Women's team pursuit  South Korea (KOR)
W 2:55.61 OR		 1 Q  United States (USA)
W 3:00.41		 1 FA  Japan (JPN)
L 2:55.48		 2nd

Key: FA = Qualified to gold medal round; FB = Qualified to bronze medal round; Q = Qualified to next round

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