Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The team of 35 competed in speed skating, bobsleigh, short track speed skating and snowboarding. The Dutch flag bearer during the opening ceremony was speedskater Jan Bos.
| Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | NED |
| NOC | Dutch Olympic Committee* Dutch Sports Federation |
| Website | www |
| in Turin | |
| Competitors | 33 (16 men, 17 women) in 4 sports |
| Flag bearer (opening) | Jan Bos (speedskating) [2] |
| Flag bearer (closing) | Rintje Ritsma (speedskating) [1] |
| Medals Ranked 10th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Historically, the Dutch have only won medals in skating; of their 78 Winter Olympic medals since 1952, 75 have been won in speed skating, and a further three in figure skating. The Netherlands have not won a figure skating medal since 1976.
Dirk Matschenz (skeleton) did meet the limits set by the Dutch Olympic Committee but did not participate because he did not get his Dutch passport before the start of the Olympics. Matschenz is originally from Germany.
Medalists
Bobsleigh
| Athlete | Event | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank | ||
| Ilse Broeders Jeanette Pennings | Two-woman | 1:00.13 | did not start | ||||
| Arend Glas Sybren Jansma | Two-man | 56.70 | 56.54 | 56.95 | 57.15 | 3:47.36 | 19 |
| Eline Jurg Kitty van Haperen | Two-woman | 58.05 | 58.08 | 58.42 | 58.35 | 3:52.90 | 11 |
| Arend Glas Sybren Jansma Arno Klaassen Vincent Kortbeek | Four-man | 55.82 | 56.08 | 55.78 | 55.51 | 3:43.19 | 16 |
Short track speed skating
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Cees Juffermans | Men's 500 m | 42.849 | 3 Q | 42.515 | 3 | did not advance | 11 | ||
| Men's 1500 m | 2:27.696 | 2 Q | — | DNF | did not advance | 16 | |||
| Niels Kerstholt | Men's 1000 m | disqualified | did not advance | ||||||
| Men's 1500 m | 2:23.854 | 2 Q | — | 2:21.748 | 3 | Final B 2:24.962 | 10 | ||
| Liesbeth Mau Asam | Women's 500 m | 45.500 | 3 | did not advance | 15 | ||||
| Women's 1000 m | 1:38.039 | 2 Q | 1:34.034 | 3 | did not advance | 10 | |||
| Women's 1500 m | 2:28.910 | 2 Q | — | 2:26.370 | 6 | did not advance | 14 | ||
Snowboarding
Two women were selected for the Netherlands in snowboarding events in Torino; Cheryl Maas for the halfpipe event and Nicolien Sauerbreij in the parallel giant slalom event. Maas qualified in 4th place for the final, but on her final run, Maas landed on the top edge of the halfpipe, fell and ended up in 11th.
- Halfpipe
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying Run 1 | Qualifying Run 2 | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | ||
| Cheryl Maas | Women's halfpipe | 38.6 | 4 Q | n/a | (8.7) | 16.5 | 11 | |
Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.
- Parallel GS
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Rank | ||
| Nicolien Sauerbreij | Women's parallel giant slalom | 1:22.17 | 12 |  Kober (GER) (1)L +0.03 (-1.50 +1.53) | did not advance | 12 | ||
Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.
Speed skating
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||||
| Jan Bos | 500 m | 35.68 | 35.43 | 1:11.11 | 11 |
| 1000 m | n/a | 1:09.42 | 5 | ||
| 1500 m | n/a | 1:48.61 | 20 | ||
| Bob de Jong | 5000 m | n/a | 6:22.12 | 6 | |
| 10000 m | n/a | 13:01.57 |  | ||
| Stefan Groothuis | 1000 m | n/a | 1:09.57 | 8 | |
| Sven Kramer | 1500 m | n/a | 1:48.36 | 15 | |
| 5000 m | n/a | 6:16.40 |  | ||
| 10000 m | n/a | 13:18.14 | 7 | ||
| Simon Kuipers | 500 m | 36.10 | 35.74 | 1:11.84 | 23 |
| 1500 m | n/a | 1:46.58 | 4 | ||
| Beorn Nijenhuis | 500 m | 48.84 | 35.71 | 1:24.55 | 35 |
| 1000 m | n/a | 1:09.85 | 12 | ||
| Carl Verheijen | 5000 m | n/a | 6:18.84 | 4 | |
| 10000 m | n/a | 13:08.80 |  | ||
| Erben Wennemars | 500 m | 35.46 | 35.84 | 1:11.30 | 16 |
| 1000 m | n/a | 1:09.32 | | ||
| 1500 m | n/a | 1:46.71 | 5 | ||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||||
| Barbara De Loor | 1000 m | n/a | 1:16.73 | 6 | |
| Annette Gerritsen | 500 m | 39.12 | 38.97 | 1:18.09 | 12 |
| 1000 m | n/a | 1:18.33 | 23 | ||
| Renate Groenewold | 1500 m | n/a | 1:59.33 | 9 | |
| 3000 m | n/a | 4:03.48 | | ||
| 5000 m | n/a | 7:11.32 | 9 | ||
| Carien Kleibeuker | 5000 m | n/a | 7:12.18 | 10 | |
| Moniek Kleinsman | 3000 m | n/a | 4:13.81 | 17 | |
| Marianne Timmer | 500 m | disqualified | |||
| 1000 m | n/a | 1:16.05 | | ||
| 1500 m | n/a | 2:00.45 | 14 | ||
| Paulien van Deutekom | 1500 m | n/a | 2:00.15 | 13 | |
| Sanne van der Star | 500 m | 39.26 | 39.33 | 1:18.59 | 14 |
| Ireen Wüst | 1000 m | n/a | 1:16.39 | 4 | |
| 1500 m | n/a | 1:56.90 | | ||
| 3000 m | n/a | 4:02.43 | | ||
- Team Pursuit
| Athlete | Event | Seeding | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Rank | ||
| Sven Kramer Rintje Ritsma Mark Tuitert Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars | Men's team pursuit | 3:48.02 | 3 |  Russia (6)W 3:44.65 |  Italy (2)L Overtaken | Bronze final  Norway (4)W 3:44.53 | |
| Paulien van Deutekom Renate Groenewold Moniek Kleinsman Gretha Smit Ireen Wüst | Women's team pursuit | 3:06.67 | 4 | Germany (5) L 3:03.65 | did not advance | 5th place final  United States (6)L 3:05.62 | 6 |
References
- Yahoo! Sports – 2006 Winter Olympics – Netherlands at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
Further references
- (in Dutch) Gekwalificeerde sporters Olympische Spelen 2006[permanent dead link], from the Dutch Olympic Committee, retrieved 23 January 2006