Netherlands at the 2022 Winter Olympics

The Netherlands competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.[1][2]

Netherlands at the
2022 Winter Olympics
IOC codeNED
NOCDutch Olympic Committee*
Dutch Sports Federation
Websitewww.nocnsf.nl/en
in Beijing, China
4–20 February 2022
Competitors41 (21 men and 20 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Kjeld Nuis
Lindsay van Zundert
Flag bearer (closing)Irene Schouten
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
8
Silver
5
Bronze
4
Total
17
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

The Netherlands won eight gold medals at these Games, matching their gold medal hauls from 2014 and 2018, although the total number of medals won decreased from 24 in 2014 to 20 in 2018 and 17 in 2022.

Speed skater Irene Schouten was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.[3]

Medalists

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The following Dutch competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 1 1 2
Bobsleigh 4 1 5
Figure skating 0 1 1
Short track speed skating 5 5 10
Skeleton 0 1 1
Snowboarding 2 2 4
Speed skating 9 9 18
Total 21 20 41

Alpine skiing

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By meeting the basic qualification standards The Netherlands qualified one male and one female alpine skier.[4]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Maarten Meiners Men's giant slalom 1:06.03 22 1:09.45 20 2:15.48 18
Adriana Jelinkova Women's giant slalom DNF Did not advance
Women's slalom Did not start

Bobsleigh

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The Netherlands qualified three sleds (two-man, four-man and women's monobob) over the course of the 2021–22 Bobsleigh World Cup.[5][6][7]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ivo de Bruin
Jelen Franjic
Two-man 1:00.46 27 1:00.36 18 1:00.35 20 Did not advance 3:01.17 23
Ivo de Bruin
Janko Franjic
Jelen Franjic
Dennis Veenker
Four-man 59.85 26 1:00.07 24 1:00.08 26 Did not advance 3:00.00 26
Karlien Sleper Women's monobob 1:05.88 16 1:06.59 16 1:05.85 11 1:06.65 18 4:24.97 16

Figure skating

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In the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, the Netherlands secured one quota in the ladies singles competition.[8]

Athlete Event SP FS Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Lindsay van Zundert Women's singles 59.24 22 116.57 16 175.81 18

Short track speed skating

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The Netherlands qualified all three relays and the maximum of five athletes in each gender.[9]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Itzhak de Laat 500 m No Time 4 Did not advance =28
Dylan Hoogerwerf No Time 4 Did not advance =28
Jens van 't Wout PEN Did not advance
Itzhak de Laat 1000 m 1:24.332 3 AA 1:42.490 3 AA 1:24.229 3 FB 1:35.925 5
Sjinkie Knegt 1:23.097 2 Q YC 5 Disqualified
Jens van 't Wout 1:23.946 3 Did not advance 19
Sjinkie Knegt 1500 m 2:12.208 1 Q PEN 7 Did not advance 20
Sven Roes 2:18.687 2 Q 2:10.841 4 FB 2:18.299 14
Itzhak de Laat 3:08.907 5 Did not advance 30
Itzhak de Laat
Sjinkie Knegt
Sven Roes
Jens van 't Wout
5000 m relay 6:37.927 3 FB 6:39.780 7
Women
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Selma Poutsma 500 m 43.472 1 Q 1:07.285 4 Did not advance 15
Suzanne Schulting 42.379 OR 1 Q 42.922 1 Q 42.475 1 FA 42.559  
Xandra Velzeboer 42.563 1 Q PEN 5 Did not advance 16
Selma Poutsma 1000 m 1:28.115 2 Q 1:29.09 3 Did not advance 14
Suzanne Schulting 1:27.292 OR 1 Q 1:26.514 WR 1 Q 1:28.10 1 FA 1:28.391  
Xandra Velzeboer 1:30.454 2 Q 1:26.592 2 Q 1:27.80 5 FB 1:29.668 5
Suzanne Schulting 1500 m 2:18.810 1 Q 2:18.942 1 FA 2:17.865  
Xandra Velzeboer 2:21.148 2 Q 2:18.303 3 FA 2:18.781 5
Rianne de Vries 2:22.244 4 ADV 2:18.712 5 Did not advance 16
Selma Poutsma
Suzanne Schulting
Yara van Kerkhof
Xandra Velzeboer
3000 m relay 4:03.409 1 FA 4:04.133 OR  
Mixed
Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Itzhak de Laat
Sjinkie Knegt
Selma Poutsma
Suzanne Schulting
Jens van 't Wout
Xandra Velzeboer
2000 m relay 2:36.437 OR 1 Q 2:51.919 4 FB 2:36.966 4

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

Skeleton

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The Netherlands qualified one female skeleton racer over the course of the 2021–22 Skeleton World Cup.[10]

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 1:02.51 10 1:02.22 2 1:01.86 4 1:01.87 2 4:08.46  

Snowboarding

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The Netherlands have qualified for 4 quota places (2 men, 2 women) racer over the course of the 2021–22 Snowboard World Cup.[11]

Freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best/Total Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best/Total Rank
Niek van der Velden Men's slopestyle 26.51 46.03 46.03 22 did not advance
Men's big air 79.00 60.00 63.75 142.75 11 83.75 78.25 26.75 162.00 6
Melissa Peperkamp Women's slopestyle 61.26 60.18 61.26 13 did not advance
Women's big air 60.00 68.25 58.00 128.25 11 64.25 72.00 69.75 141.75 6
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 1:28.73 13 Q   Nadyrshina (ROC)
W +0.03
  Dujmovits (AUT)
W +4.29
  Ledecká (CZE)
L DNF
  Kotnik (SLO)
L DNF
4
Snowboard cross
Athlete Event Seeding 1/8 final Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Position Position Position Position Rank
Glenn de Blois Men's 1:19.69 27 Q 4 Did not advance 28

Speed skating

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The Dutch Olympic Committee selected the maximum allowed delegation of nine men and nine women, largely based on the results of the Olympic qualification tournament, held in December 2021.

Men
Athlete Event Race
Time Rank
Jorrit Bergsma 5000 m 6:13.18 5
10000 m 12:48.94 4
Marcel Bosker 1500 m 1:45.42 9
Sven Kramer 5000 m 6:17.04 9
Thomas Krol 500 m 35.06 18
1000 m 1:07.92  
1500 m 1:43.55  
Kjeld Nuis 1500 m 1:43.21 OR  
Hein Otterspeer 1000 m 1:08.80 10
Patrick Roest 5000 m 6:09.31  
10000 m 12:44.59  
Merijn Scheperkamp 500 m 34.736 12
Kai Verbij 500 m 34.87 14
1000 m 1:14.17 30
Women
Athlete Event Race
Time Rank
Carlijn Achtereekte 3000 m 4:02.21 7
Marijke Groenewoud 1500 m 1:54.97 5
Sanne in 't Hof 5000 m 6:59.77 7
Antoinette de Jong 1000 m 1:14.92 5
1500 m 1:54.82  
3000 m 4:02.37 8
Michelle de Jong 500 m 37.97 13
Femke Kok 500 m 37.39 6
Jutta Leerdam 500 m 37.34 5
1000 m 1:13.83  
Irene Schouten 3000 m 3:56.93 OR  
5000 m 6:43.51 OR  
Ireen Wüst 1000 m 1:15.11 6
1500 m 1:53.28 OR  
Mass start
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Points Time Rank Points Time Rank
Jorrit Bergsma Men's mass start 3 7:44.42 8 Q 3 7:50.25 9
Sven Kramer 3 7:58.22 7 Q 0 7:13.37 16
Irene Schouten Women's mass start 13 8:34.43 4 Q 60 8:14.73  
Marijke Groenewoud 9 8:30.92 5 Q 1 9:12.86 11
Team pursuit
Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Time
Rank Opposition
Time
Rank Opposition
Time
Rank
Marcel Bosker
Sven Kramer
Patrick Roest
Men's team pursuit   Canada (CAN)
W 3:38.90
4 Q   Norway (NOR)
L 3:39.62
2 FB   United States (USA)
L 3:41.62
4
Marijke Groenewoud
Antoinette de Jong
Irene Schouten
Ireen Wüst
Women's team pursuit   Norway (NOR)
W 2:57.26
3 Q   Canada (CAN)
L 2:55.93
2 FB   ROC
W 2:56.86
 

Key: FA = Qualified to gold medal round; FB = Qualified to bronze medal round; L = Lost; OR = Olympic record; Q = Qualified to next round; W = Won

References

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  4. ^ "ALPINE SKIING QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 15 June 2021. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
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  8. ^ "Communication No. 2388 - ENTRIES/PARTICIPATION 2022 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES (OWG) SINGLE & PAIR SKATING AND ICE DANCE". International Skating Union. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
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