Netherlands at the 1960 Summer Olympics

The Netherlands competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 110 competitors, 80 men and 30 women, took part in 54 events in 13 sports.

Medalists

Silver

• Marianne Heemskerk – Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly

Bronze

• Wieger Mensonides – Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke
• Tineke Lagerberg – Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Thirteen male cyclists represented the Netherlands in 1960.

Individual road race

• Jan Hugens
• Jan Janssen
• René Lotz
• Lex van Kreuningen

Team time trial

• Jan Hugens
• René Lotz
• Ab Sluis
• Lex van Kreuningen

Sprint

• Piet van der Touw
• Aad de Graaf

1000m time trial

• Piet van der Touw

Tandem

• Rinus Paul
• Mees Gerritsen

Team pursuit

• Jaap Oudkerk
• Theo Nikkessen
• Henk Nijdam
• Piet van der Lans

Diving

Fencing

Five fencers, one man and four women, represented the Netherlands in 1960.

Men's épée

• Max Dwinger

Women's foil

• Elly Botbijl
• Nina Kleijweg
• Daniëlle van Rossem

Women's team foil

• Nina Kleijweg, Daniëlle van Rossem, Leni Kokkes-Hanepen, Elly Botbijl

Gymnastics

Hockey

Rowing

The Netherlands had 13 male rowers participate in five out of seven rowing events in 1960.

Men's single sculls

• Lex Redelé

Men's double sculls – 5th place

• Peter Bakker
• Co Rentmeester

Men's coxless pair

• Steven Blaisse
• Ernst Veenemans

Men's coxed pair

• Maarten van Dis
• Arnold Wientjes
• Jan Just Bos

Men's coxed four

• Toon de Ruiter
• Frank Moerman
• Ype Stelma
• Henk Wamsteker
• Marius Klumperbeek

Sailing

Finn

• Hans Sleeswijk 24th, 2265 points

Flying Dutchman

• Ben Verhagen & Gerardus Lautenschutz 5th, 5452 points

Swimming

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group C)

• Lost to Yugoslavia (1–2)
• Defeated Australia (5–3)
• Tied with South Africa (3–3)

• Semi Final Round (Group 2)

• Lost to Hungary (1–3)
• Lost to United States (6–7)

• Classification Round (5th/8th)

• Lost to Romania (4–5)
• Lost to Germany (5–6) → 8th place

• Team Roster

• Fred van Dorp
• Henk Hermsen
• Ben Kniest
• Harry Lamme
• Bram Leenards
• Hans Muller
• Harro Ran
• Harry Vriend
• Fred van der Zwan

Wrestling

References

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database