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. 107 competitors, 82 men and 25 women, took part in 52 events in 11 sports.


Medalists


Gold

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Ada Kok Aagje ("Ada") Kok (born 6 June 1947, in Amsterdam, North Holland) is a former Dutch swimmer who ranked among the world's best in the butterfly stroke category during the 1960s. Her international career started in 1962 when, at the age of fifteen ...
— Swimming, Women's 200m Butterfly * Jan Wienese — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls *
Joop Zoetemelk Hendrik Gerardus Joseph "Joop" Zoetemelk (; born 3 December 1946) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist. He started and finished the Tour de France 16 times, which were both records when he retired. He also holds the distance record in T ...
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Jan Krekels Jan Jozef Alfons Franciscus Krekels (born 26 August 1947) is a retired cyclist from the Netherlands. He became Olympic champion in the 100 km team time trial in 1968 with Joop Zoetemelk, René Pijnen and Fedor den Hertog; at the same Games ...
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Fedor den Hertog Fedor Iwan den Hertog (20 April 194612 February 2011) was a Dutch racing cyclist. His sporting career began with De Ijsselstreek Wezep. He won the Olympic 100 km team time trial in 1968 with Joop Zoetemelk, René Pijnen and Jan Krekels. He ...
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René Pijnen Marinus "René" Augustinus Josephus Pijnen (born 3 September 1946) is a Dutch former racing cyclist. He became Olympic champion in the 100 km team time-trial in the 1968 Summer Olympics with Joop Zoetemelk, Fedor den Hertog and Jan Kreke ...
— Cycling, Men's Team 100k Time Trial


Silver

* Jan Jansen and Leijn Loevesijn — Cycling, Men's 2000m Tandem *
Harry Droog Henricus Antonius "Harry" Droog (born 17 December 1944) is a retired Netherlands, Dutch Rowing (sport), rower. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the double sculls event, together with Leendert van Dis. In 1975 he ...
and
Leendert van Dis Leendert Frans van Dis (born 20 August 1944) is a retired Dutch rower. Together with Harry Droog he won a silver medal in the double sculls event at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968 ...
— Rowing, Men's Double Sculls *
Roderick Rijnders Roderick "Rody" Falesca Renee Trygvae Rijnders (1 March 1941 – 15 January 2018) was a coxswain from the Netherlands. He won the silver medal in the coxed pairs at the 1968 Summer Olympics, alongside Hadriaan van Nes and Herman Suselbeek ...
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Herman Suselbeek Herman Johan "Suus" Suselbeek (born 27 November 1943) is a retired rower from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the coxed pairs at the 1968 Summer Olympics, alongside Hadriaan van Nes and coxswain Roderick Rijnders Roderick "Rody" ...
, and
Hadriaan van Nes Hadriaan van Nes (born 7 August 1942) is a retired rower from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the coxed pairs at the 1968 Summer Olympics, alongside Roderick Rijnders and Herman Suselbeek Herman Johan "Suus" Suselbeek (born 27 ...
— Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs


Bronze

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Maria Gommers Maria ("Mia") Francisca Philomena Hoogakker-Gommers (born 26 September 1939) is a retired Dutch athlete, who competed mainly in the 800 metres. She was the second female world record-holder over 1500 metres in October 1967 at Sittard (The Netherl ...
— Athletics, Women's 800m


Athletics


Boxing

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) * Jan van Ispelen *# First Round — Defeated
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(CHL), TKO-2 *# Second Round — Lost to
Mate Parlov Mate Parlov (16 November 1948 – 29 July 2008) was a Croatian-Yugoslavian boxer and Olympic gold medalist who was European and World Champion as an amateur and as a professional. Background Mate Parlov was born in Split, the youngest of four c ...
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Canoeing


Cycling

Ten cyclists represented the Netherlands in 1968. ; Individual road race *
René Pijnen Marinus "René" Augustinus Josephus Pijnen (born 3 September 1946) is a Dutch former racing cyclist. He became Olympic champion in the 100 km team time-trial in the 1968 Summer Olympics with Joop Zoetemelk, Fedor den Hertog and Jan Kreke ...
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Jan Krekels Jan Jozef Alfons Franciscus Krekels (born 26 August 1947) is a retired cyclist from the Netherlands. He became Olympic champion in the 100 km team time trial in 1968 with Joop Zoetemelk, René Pijnen and Fedor den Hertog; at the same Games ...
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Harrie Jansen Harrie Jansen (born 25 January 1947) is a former Dutch racing cyclist. He was born in Amsterdam and is a brother of Jan Jansen. At the 1968 Summer Olympics he finished 24th in the road race. See also * List of Dutch Olympic cyclists This ...
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Joop Zoetemelk Hendrik Gerardus Joseph "Joop" Zoetemelk (; born 3 December 1946) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist. He started and finished the Tour de France 16 times, which were both records when he retired. He also holds the distance record in T ...
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Team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...
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Fedor den Hertog Fedor Iwan den Hertog (20 April 194612 February 2011) was a Dutch racing cyclist. His sporting career began with De Ijsselstreek Wezep. He won the Olympic 100 km team time trial in 1968 with Joop Zoetemelk, René Pijnen and Jan Krekels. He ...
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Jan Krekels Jan Jozef Alfons Franciscus Krekels (born 26 August 1947) is a retired cyclist from the Netherlands. He became Olympic champion in the 100 km team time trial in 1968 with Joop Zoetemelk, René Pijnen and Fedor den Hertog; at the same Games ...
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René Pijnen Marinus "René" Augustinus Josephus Pijnen (born 3 September 1946) is a Dutch former racing cyclist. He became Olympic champion in the 100 km team time-trial in the 1968 Summer Olympics with Joop Zoetemelk, Fedor den Hertog and Jan Kreke ...
*
Joop Zoetemelk Hendrik Gerardus Joseph "Joop" Zoetemelk (; born 3 December 1946) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist. He started and finished the Tour de France 16 times, which were both records when he retired. He also holds the distance record in T ...
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* Jan Jansen * Leijn Loevesijn ; 1000m time trial * Leijn Loevesijn ;
Tandem Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction. The original use of the term in English was in ''tandem harness'', which is used for two ...
* Jan Jansen * Leijn Loevesijn ;
Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...
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Fedor den Hertog Fedor Iwan den Hertog (20 April 194612 February 2011) was a Dutch racing cyclist. His sporting career began with De Ijsselstreek Wezep. He won the Olympic 100 km team time trial in 1968 with Joop Zoetemelk, René Pijnen and Jan Krekels. He ...
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Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
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Piet Hoekstra Piet Hoekstra (born 24 March 1947) is a Dutch former cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit at the 1968 Summer Olympics. See also * List of Dutch Olympic cyclists This is a list of all Dutch cyclists who competed at the Summer Olympics. As ...
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Henk Nieuwkamp Henricus Everhardus Maria "Henk" Nieuwkamp (born 15 July 1942) is a retired Dutch cyclist who was active between 1959 and 1970. On track he competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the 4 km team putsuit. On the road he won the Ronde van Limb ...
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Klaas Balk Klaas Cornelis Hendrik Balk (born 27 December 1948) is a retired Dutch cyclist who was active between 1967 and 1974, mostly on track. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics in three events in total. In 1968, his team failed to reach the ...
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Joop Zoetemelk Hendrik Gerardus Joseph "Joop" Zoetemelk (; born 3 December 1946) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist. He started and finished the Tour de France 16 times, which were both records when he retired. He also holds the distance record in T ...


Diving


Hockey


Rowing


Sailing


Swimming

;Men *
Elt Drenth Eltje "Elt" Drenth (29 May 1949 – 3 February 1998) was a Dutch swimmer. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es ...
* Dick Langerhorst * Aad Oudt * Johan Schans *
Bob Schoutsen Bob Schoutsen (born 19 July 1951) is a retired backstroke swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. His best individual result was sixth place in the 100 m backstroke (1:01.8) i ...
;Women *
Toos Beumer Catharina Johanna "Toos" Beumer (born 5 July 1947 in Koog aan de Zaan) is a Dutch swimmer. She won the bronze medal in the 4×100 metres freestyle relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Her teammates in that race, clocked in 4:12.0, were Pa ...
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Klenie Bimolt Klena ("Klenie") Geertje Bimolt (born 8 June 1945 in Assen, Drenthe) is a former breaststroke swimmer from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the 4 × 100 medley relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics. She did so together with her team mat ...
* Nel Bos *
Cobie Buter Jacobje Jantje "Cobie" Buter (also Coby; born 17 May 1946) is a retired Dutch swimmer who won the bronze medal in 100 m backstroke at the 1970 European Aquatics Championships. She also competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olym ...
* Mirjam van Hemert * Marjan Janus *
Ada Kok Aagje ("Ada") Kok (born 6 June 1947, in Amsterdam, North Holland) is a former Dutch swimmer who ranked among the world's best in the butterfly stroke category during the 1960s. Her international career started in 1962 when, at the age of fifteen ...
* Hella Rentema *
Hennie Penterman Hendrika ("Hennie") Penterman (born 29 September 1951) is a former medley swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1968 in Mexico City, Mexico. There she was eliminated in t ...
* Coby Sikkens *
Bep Weeteling Albertha "Bep" Weeteling (born 28 December 1946) is a retired Dutch swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1966 European Aquatics Championships. She also competed in four freestyle and backstroke disciplines at th ...


Water polo


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 Bart Bongers (October 6, 1946 – May 3, 2007) was a water polo player from The Netherlands who finished in seventh position with the Dutch Men's Team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. He was born in Arnhem, Gelderland Gel ...
:* Fred van Dorp :* Loet Geutjes :* André Hermsen :* Hans Hoogveld :*
Evert Kroon Evert Gerrit Kroon (9 September 1946 – 2 April 2018)
was a
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Ad Moolhuijzen Adrianus ("Ad") Theodorus Moolhuijzen (born April 1, 1943, in Arnhem, Gelderland) is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who finished in seventh position with the Netherlands men's national water polo team at the 1968 Summer Olympics i ...
:* Hans Parrel :* Nico van der Voet :* Feike de Vries :* Hans Wouda


Weightlifting


References


External links


Dutch Olympic Committee
Nations at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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