Netherlands at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The Dutch archery team included former Soviet Union archer Lyudmila Arzhannikova. She placed 15th for the Netherlands in Atlanta.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Lyudmila Arzhannikova	Women's individual	652	11	Bilukha (UKR) (54) W 149–141	Sjovall (SWE) (22) W 160–151	Altinkaynak (TUR) (6) L 150–160	Did not Advance			15
Christel Verstegen		639	27	Eksi (TUR) (38) W 155–150	Altinkaynak (TUR) (6) L 160–149	Did not Advance				27

Men's 1,500 metres

• Marko Koers

Men's pole cault

• Laurens Looije

Men's decathlon

• Marcel Dost

• Final result — 8111 points (→ 18th place)

• Jack Rosendaal

• Final result — 8035 points (→ 21st place)

Men's marathon

• Bert van Vlaanderen — 2:20.48 (→ 45th place)

Women's 800 metres

• Stella Jongmans

Women's long jump

• Sharon Jaklofsky

• Qualification — 6.75 m
• Final — NM (→ no ranking)

Women's discus throw

• Jacqueline Goormachtigh

• Qualification — 58.74 m (→ did not advance)

• Corrie de Bruin

• Qualification — 55.48 m (→ did not advance)

Women's shot put

• Corrie de Bruin

• Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance)

Women's marathon

• Anne van Schuppen — 2:40.46 (→ 41st place)

The Netherlands made its first Olympic baseball appearance in 1996. They defeated Australia and Italy but lost their other five games in the preliminary round. When this result put the Dutch team in a three-way tie for fifth through seventh place with Australia and Italy, the head-to-head victories gave the Netherlands fifth place.

Men's team competition:

• Netherlands — 5th place (2–5)

Team roster:

• Johnny Balentina, Giel ten Bosch, Eric de Bruin, Peter Callenbach, Rob Cordemans, Jeffrey Cranston, Eddie Dix, Marlon Fluonia, Evert-Jan 't Hoen, Eelco Jansen, Marcel Joost, Adonis Kemp, Geoffrey Kohl, Marcel Kruijt, André Maris, Edsel Martis, Paul Nanne, Tom Nanne, Byron Ward and Danny Wout.

Dressage coach: Wim Ernes

Men's half-middleweight

• Patrick Klas

Men's middleweight

• Mark Huizinga

Men's half-heavyweight

• Ben Sonnemans

Men's heavyweight

• Denny Ebbers

Women's extra-lightweight

• Tamara Meijer

Women's lightweight

• Jessica Gal

Women's half-middleweight

• Jenny Gal

Women's middleweight

• Claudia Zwiers

Women's half-heavyweight

• Karin Kienhuis

Women's heavyweight

• Angelique Seriese

Rowing events, results and competitors:[1]

Men's coxless pair – 17th place

Sjors van Iwaarden, Kai Compagner

Men's quadruple sculls – 10th place

Sander van der Marck, Adri Middag, Joris Loefs, Pieter van Andel

Men's eight – 1st place (gold medal)

Henk-Jan Zwolle, Diederik Simon, Michiel Bartman, Koos Maasdijk, Niels van der Zwan, Niels van Steenis, Ronald Florijn, Nico Rienks, Jeroen Duyster

Men's lightweight double sculls – 2nd place (silver medal)

Maarten van der Linden, Pepijn Aardewijn

Women's double sculls – 3rd place (bronze medal)

Irene Eijs, Eeke van Nes

Women's coxless pair – 8th place

Elien Meijer, Anneke Venema

Women's quadruple sculls – 6th place

Irene Eijs, Meike van Driel, Nelleke Penninx, Eeke van Nes

Women's eight – 6th place

Femke Boelen, Marleen van der Velden, Astrid van Koert, Marieke Westerhof, Rita de Jong, Tessa Knaven, Tessa Appeldoorn, Muriel van Schilfgaarde, Jissy de Wolf

Women's lightweight double sculls – 6th place

Laurien Vermulst, Ellen Meliesie

Reserve

Anita Meiland

Men's 50 m freestyle

• Pieter van den Hoogenband
  1. Heat – 22.82
  2. B-Final – 22.67 (→ 9th place)

Men's 100 m freestyle

• Pieter van den Hoogenband
  1. Heat – 49.73
  2. Final – 49.13 (→ 4th place)

Men's 200 m freestyle

• Pieter van den Hoogenband
  1. Heat – 1:48.68
  2. Final – 1:48.36 (→ 4th place)

Men's 100 m breaststroke

• Benno Kuipers
  1. Heat – 1:02.92 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 100 m butterfly

• Stefan Aartsen
  1. Heat – 54.62 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 200 m butterfly

• Stefan Aartsen
  1. Heat – 2:00.04
  2. B-Final – 2:00.41 (→ 13th place)

Men's 200 m individual medley

• Marcel Wouda
  1. Heat – 2:01.21
  2. Final – 2:01.45 (→ 4th place)
• Martin van der Spoel
  1. Heat – 2:03.75
  2. B-Final – 2:03.01 (→ 10th place)

Men's 400 m individual medley

• Marcel Wouda
  1. Heat – 4:17.30
  2. Final – 4:17.71 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

• Mark Veens, Pie Geelen, Martin van der Spoel and Pieter van den Hoogenband
  1. Heat – 3:20.16
  2. Final – 3:19.02 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

• Marcel Wouda, Mark van der Zijden, Martin van der Spoel, Pieter van den Hoogenband and Tim Hoeijmans
  1. Heat – 7:23.39
  2. Final – 7:21.96 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay

• Martin van der Spoel, Benno Kuipers, Stefan Aartsen and Pieter van den Hoogenband
  1. Heat – 3:42.42 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Women's 50 m freestyle

• Marianne Muis
  1. Preliminary heat – 25.93
  2. B-Final – 25.74 (→ 9th place)
• Angela Postma
  1. Preliminary heat – 26.00
  2. B-Final – 25.82 (→ 10th place)

Women's 100 m freestyle

• Karin Brienesse
  1. Preliminary heat – 55.81
  2. Final – 56.12 (→ 8th place)

Women's 400 m freestyle

• Kirsten Vlieghuis
  1. Preliminary heat – 4:11.04
  2. Final – 4:08.70 (→ Bronze medal)
• Carla Geurts
  1. Preliminary heat – 4:11.18
  2. Final – 4:10.06 (→ 6th place)

Women's 800 m freestyle

• Kirsten Vlieghuis
  1. Preliminary heat – 8:39.73
  2. Final – 8:30.84 (→ Bronze medal)
• Carla Geurts
  1. Preliminary heat – 8:39.85
  2. Final – 8:40.43 (→ 7th place)

Women's 100 m breaststroke

• Madelon Baans
  1. Preliminary heat – 1:11.17 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 200 m individual medley

• Minouche Smit
  1. Preliminary heat – 2:16.30
  2. Final – 2:16.73 (→ 7th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

• Marianne Muis, Minouche Smit, Wilma van Hofwegen and Karin Brienesse
  1. Heat – 3:43.63
  2. Final – 3:42.40 (→ 4th place)

Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

• Carla Geurts, Patricia Stokkers, Minouche Smit and Kirsten Vlieghuis
  1. Heat – 8:12.78
  2. Final – 8:08.48 (→ 6th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay

• Brenda Starink, Madelon Baans, Wilma van Hofwegen and Karin Brienesse
  1. Heat – 4:11.64 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jacco Eltingh	Singles	Fetterlein (DEN) L 4–6, 6–4, 6–8	Did not advance
Paul Haarhuis		Philippoussis (AUS) L 6–7, 6–7	Did not advance
Jan Siemerink		Woodbridge (AUS) L 2–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	Doubles	N/A	Pavel / Pescariu (ROU) W 6–2, 6–7(1-7), 6–4	C N'Goran / C N'Goran (CIV) W 6–4, 6–4	W Ferreira / E Ferreira (RSA) W 7–6(7-4), 7–6(7-4)	Woodbridge / Woodforde (AUS) L 2–6 7–5 16–18	Prinosil / Goellner (GER) L 2-6 5-7	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	Singles	Sfar (TUN) W 6–4, 6–0	Choi (KOR) W 6–2 6–4	Sánchez Vicario (ESP) L 4-6 6-7	Did not advance
Manon Bollegraf Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	Doubles	N/A	Lugina / Medvedeva (UKR) W w/o	Csurgo / Temesvári (HUN) W 7-6 7-6	Hingis / Schnyder (SUI) W 6–4 6–3	MJ Fernández / G Fernández (USA) L 5-7 6-7	Sánchez Vicario / Martínez (ESP) L 1-6 3-6	4