Netherlands at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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Netherlands at the Olympic Games
Flag of the Netherlands IOC code  NED NOC Nederlands Olympisch Comité * Nederlandse Sport Federatie external link (Dutch)
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City
Competitors	107
Flag bearer	Fred van Dorp
Medals Rank: 17	Gold 3	Silver 3	Bronze 1	Total 7
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The Netherlands competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Boxing 2.2 Water polo 2.2.1 Men's Team Competition 3 References

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

• Ada Kok — Swimming, Women's 200m Butterfly

• Jan Wienese — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls

• Joop Zoetemelk, Jan Krekels, Fedor den Hertog, and René Pijnen — Cycling, Men's Team 100k Time Trial

[edit] Silver

• Jan Jansen and Leijn Loevesijn — Cycling, Men's 2000m Tandem

• Harry Droog and Leendert van Dis — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls

• Roderick Rijnders, Herman Suselbeek, and Hadriaan van Nes — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs

[edit] Bronze

• Maria Gommers — Athletics, Women's 800m

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Boxing

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Jan van Ispelen
  1. First Round — Defeated Miguel Villugron (CHL), TKO-2
  2. Second Round — Lost to Mate Parlov (YUG), 1:4

[edit] Water polo

[edit] Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Drew with Italy (3-3)
• Lost to Yugoslavia (4-7)
• Lost to DDR (3-8)
• Defeated United Arabic Republic (6-3)
• Defeated Greece (9-5)
• Defeated Mexico (8-1)
• Defeated Japan (9-1)

• Classification Matches

• 5th-8th place: Lost to United States (3-6)
• 7th-8th place: Defeated Cuba (8-5) → 7th place

• Team Roster

• Bart Bongers
• Fred van Dorp
• Loet Geutjes
• André Hermsen
• Hans Hoogveld
• Evert Kroon
• Ad Moolhuijzen
• Hans Parrel
• Nico van der Voet
• Feike de Vries
• Hans Wouda

[edit] References

• Dutch Olympic Committee

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