Netherlands at the 1912 Summer Olympics

{{infobox country at games

| NOC = NED

| NOCname = Dutch Olympic Committee*
Dutch Sports Federation

| games = Summer Olympics

| year = 1912

| flagcaption = Flag of the Netherlands

| oldcode =

| website = {{url|www.nocnsf.nl }} {{in lang|nl}}

| location = Stockholm

| competitors = 33 (all men)

| sports = 7

| flagbearer =

| rank = 18

| gold = 0

| silver = 0

| bronze = 3

| officials =

| appearances = auto

| app_begin_year = 1900

| app_end_year =

| summerappearances =

| winterappearances =

| seealso = 1906 Intercalated Games

}}

Image:1912 Opening ceremony - Netherlands.JPG

Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 33 competitors, all men, took part in 14 events in 7 sports.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/NED/summer/1912/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417070306/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/NED/summer/1912/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Netherlands at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games |access-date=2012-06-24 |work=sports-reference.com}}

Medalists

= Bronze=

Athletics

{{main|Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics}}

A single athlete represented the Netherlands. It was the nation's second appearance in athletics. Grijseels did not advance to the final in either of his two events.

Ranks given are within that athlete's heat for running events.

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Events

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

rowspan=2| Jan Grijseels

|100 m

|align=center| ?

|align=center| 4

|align=center colspan=4| Did not advance

200 m

|align=center| ?

|align=center| 2

|align=center| ?

|align=center| 6

|align=center colspan=2| Did not advance

Fencing

{{main|Fencing at the 1912 Summer Olympics}}

Twelve fencers represented the Netherlands. It was the third appearance of the nation in fencing, which had competed in the sport each time the nation had appeared at the Olympics. No Dutch fencer advanced to the final in an individual event, but both the épée and sabre teams advanced and won bronze medals. These two medals were the first fencing medals for the Netherlands.

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Fencer

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Round 1

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

Record

!Rank

!Record

!Rank

!Record

!Rank

!Record

!Rank

Jan de Beaufort

|Épée

|align=center| 2 losses

|align=center| 2 Q

|align=center| 3 losses

|align=center| 4

|align=center colspan=4| Did not advance

rowspan=2| Adrianus de Jong

|Foil

|align=center| 3 losses

|align=center| 4

|align=center colspan=6| Did not advance

Épée

|align=center| 3 losses

|align=center| 2 Q

|align=center| 2 losses

|align=center| 2 Q

|align=center| 2 losses

|align=center| 3

|align=center colspan=2| Did not advance

rowspan=2| Hendrik de Iongh

|Épée

|align=center| 1 loss

|align=center| 1 Q

|align=center| 4 losses

|align=center| 6

|align=center colspan=4| Did not advance

Sabre

|align=center| 3 wins

|align=center| 1 Q

|align=center colspan=2| Did not start

|align=center colspan=4| Did not advance

Johannes Kolling

|Sabre

|align=center| 0 wins

|align=center| 4

|align=center colspan=6| Did not advance

Willem Molijn

|Épée

|align=center| 5 losses

|align=center| 6

|align=center colspan=6| Did not advance

Albertus Perk

|Épée

|align=center| 4 losses

|align=center| 5

|align=center colspan=6| Did not advance

Willem van Blijenburgh

|Épée

|align=center| 3 losses

|align=center| 4

|align=center colspan=6| Did not advance

Jacob van Geuns

|Épée

|align=center| 4 losses

|align=center| 5

|align=center colspan=6| Did not advance

George van Rossem

|Épée

|align=center| 4 losses

|align=center| 4

|align=center colspan=6| Did not advance

Willem van Blijenburgh
Adrianus de Jong
Jetze Doorman
Leonardus Nardus
George van Rossem

|Team épée

|align=center colspan=2| N/A

|align=center colspan=2| Bye

|align=center| 3–0

|align=center| 1 Q

|align=center| 1–2

|align=center| {{Bronze3}}

Willem van Blijenburgh
Adrianus de Jong
Hendrik de Iongh
Jetze Doorman
Dirk Scalongne
George van Rossem

|Team sabre

|align=center colspan=2| N/A

|align=center| 1–1

|align=center| 2 Q

|align=center| 2–1

|align=center| 2 Q

|align=center| 1–2

|align=center| {{Bronze3}}

Football

{{main|Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics}}

Roster

Image:Sport 1912, SFA022003856.jpg

Piet Bouman
Joop Boutmy
Nico Bouvy
Huug de Groot
Bok de Korver
Nico de Wolf
Constant Feith
Ge Fortgens
Just Göbel
Dirk Lotsy
Caesar ten Cate
Jan van Breda Kolff
Jan van der Sluis
Jan Vos
David Wijnveldt

Round of 16

{{footballbox

|date = 1912-06-29

|team1 = {{fb-rt|NED}}

|score = 4 – 3 (a.e.t.)

|team2 = {{fb|SWE}}

|goals1 = Bouvy {{goal|28}} {{goal|52}}
Vos {{goal|43}} {{goal|91}}

|goals2 = Swensson {{goal|3}} {{goal|80}}
Börjesson {{goal|62|pen.}}

|stadium = Olympiastadion, Stockholm

|attendance = 14,000}}

Quarterfinals

{{footballbox

|date = 1912-06-30

|team1 = {{fb-rt|NED}}

|score = 3 – 1

|team2 = {{fb|AUT|empire}}

|goals1 = Bouvy {{goal|8}}
ten Cate {{goal|12}}
Vos {{goal|30}}

|goals2 = Müller {{goal|41}}

|stadium = Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

|attendance = 7,000}}

Semifinals

{{footballbox

|date = 1912-07-02

|team1 = {{fb-rt|DEN}}

|score = 4 – 1

|team2 = {{fb|NED}}

|goals1 = Olsen {{goal|14}} {{goal|87}}
Jørgensen {{goal|7}}
P. Nielsen {{goal|37}}

|goals2 = H. Hansen {{goal|85|o.g.}}

|stadium = Olympiastadion, Stockholm

|attendance = 6,000}}

Bronze medal match

{{footballbox

|date = 1912-07-04

|team1 = {{fb-rt|NED}}

|score = 9 – 0

|team2 = {{fb|FIN}}

|goals1 = Vos {{goal|29}} {{goal|43}} {{goal|46}} {{goal|74}} {{goal|78}}
van der Sluis {{goal|24}} {{goal|57}}
de Groot {{goal|28}} {{goal|86}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

|attendance = 1,000}}

;Final rank: {{Bronze medal}}

Modern pentathlon

{{main|Modern pentathlon at the 1912 Summer Olympics}}

The Netherlands had one competitor in the first Olympic pentathlon competition. Doorman did not begin the second phase of the pentathlon.

(The scoring system was point-for-place in each of the five events, with the smallest point total winning.)

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!colspan="2"|Shooting

!colspan="2"|Swimming

!colspan="3"|Fencing

!colspan="3"|Riding

!colspan="2"|Running

!rowspan="2"|Total points

!rowspan="2"|Rank

Score

! Points

! Time

! Points

! Wins

! Touches

! Points

! Penalties

! Time

! Points

! Time

! Points

Jetze Doorman

|align="center"|149

|align="center"|21

|align="center" colspan=2| Did not start

|align="center" colspan=8| Retired

|align="center" colspan=2| Did not finish

Shooting

{{main|Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics}}

A single shooter for the Netherlands competed. It was the nation's third appearance in shooting, which the Netherlands had competed each team the nation appeared at the Olympics.

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Shooter

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Final

Result

! Rank

Emile Jurgens

|Trap

|align=center| 87

|align=center| 9

Tennis

{{main|Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics}}

A single tennis player represented the Netherlands at the 1912 Games. It was the nation's second appearance in tennis. Blom competed only in the outdoor singles, losing his first match.

; Men

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 128

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final

Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Rank

Otto Blom

| Outdoor singles

|align=center| Bye

|align=center| {{flagIOCathlete|Setterwall|SWE|1912 Summer}}
L 6-3, 6-3, 8-6

|align=center colspan=5| Did not advance

|align=center| 31

Wrestling

{{main|Wrestling at the 1912 Summer Olympics}}

=Greco-Roman=

The Netherlands was represented by three wrestlers in its second Olympic wrestling appearance. Sint had the best performance, going to the sixth round before being beaten twice. The team's combined record was 5-6.

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Wrestler

!rowspan="2"|Class

!First round

!Second round

!Third round

!Fourth round

!Fifth round

!Sixth round

!Seventh round

!colspan="4"|Final

Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Match A
Opposition
Result

!Match B
Opposition
Result

!Match C
Opposition
Result

!Rank

Barend Bonneveld

| Light heavyweight

|align=center| {{flagIOCathlete|Backenius|FIN|1912 Summer}}
W

|align=center| {{flagIOCathlete|Neser|GER|1912 Summer}}
L

|align=center| {{flagIOCathlete|Viljaama|FIN|1912 Summer}}
L

|align=center colspan=3| Did not advance

|align=center| N/A

|align=center colspan=3| Did not advance

|align=center| 9

Johannes Eillenbrecht

| Lightweight

|align=center| {{flagIOCathlete|Tanttu|FIN|1912 Summer}}
L

|align=center| {{flagIOCathlete|Kolehmainen|FIN|1912 Summer}}
L

|align=center colspan=8| Did not advance

|align=center| 31

Jan Sint

| Middleweight

|align=center| {{flagIOCathlete|Ohlsson|SWE|1912 Summer}}
W

|align=center| {{flagIOCathlete|Hansen|DEN|1912 Summer}}
W

|align=center| {{flagIOCathlete|Westerlund|FIN|1912 Summer}}
L

|align=center| {{flagIOCathlete|Tirkkonen|FIN|1912 Summer}}
W

|align=center| {{flagIOCathlete|Lundstein|FIN|1912 Summer}}
W

|align=center| {{flagIOCathlete|Asikainen|FIN|1912 Summer}}
L

|align=center colspan=4| Did not advance

|align=center| 6

References

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