This page is an overview of the Netherlands at the

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List of medalists

This a list of Dutch medals won at the

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. This list does not (yet) include the amateur disciplines and defunct disciplines. Sources

Medal table

Medals by discipline

''updated after the

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Medals by championships

''incomplete, you can help by adding the Dutch results at championships before 2001''

Broken records at World Championships

''incomplete, only women's 3000 m team pursuit records listed''

Women's 3000 m team pursuit

After the introduction of the women's 3000m

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 ...

at the 2007–08 track cycling season, the Dutch team broke three time the Dutch record at the World Championships. The latest one is not the current record anymore.

1981

The Netherlands competed at the 1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in

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, Czechoslovakia in 1981. The event consisted of 14 disciplines for professional and amateur men and women. The Netherlands sent a team of 4 women, 13 amateur men and 7 professional men cyclists. With 2 gold and one bronze medal, the Netherlands finished third in the medal table. The next riders were selected by the KNWU after the Dutch national championships and were published on 10 August 1981. For the men's motor paced Martin Rietveld was replaced by Fred Rompelberg. From the five selected riders for the men's team pursuit

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was not selected by the coach after his bad performance in the individual pursuit. ;Men's amateur points race :

– DNF ;Men's amateur 1 km time trial : Rainier Valkenburg – 12th in 1:09.13 (9th?) ;Men's amateur sprint : Reinier Valkenburg – 1st round won ( Isler), lost 2nd round ( Goelasjvili), lost 2nd round repaches ( Platek) :

Sjaak Pieters Klaas Pieter "Sjaak" Pieters (born 22 July 1957) is a retired Dutch track cyclist who was active between 1976 and 1985. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the sprint, but failed to reach the final. He won two bronze medals in the tandem a ...

– 1st round lost, 1st round repaches lost : Tom Vrolijk – 1st round lost, 1st round repaches lost ;Men's Keirin : Hans Vonk – 1st round did not advance, 1st round repaches did not advance ;Men's amateur team pursuit : Qualification Ab Harren, Rik Moorman, John Roozenburg, Ab van Asten in 4:39.56 (did not qualify) ;Men's amateur tandem : Tom Vrolijk/

– Won 1st round (vs. Poland) (qualified for semi final) – Semi final ;Men's individual pursuit :

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– 2nd in 6:03.42 (qualified for semi final) – Lost semi final – Lost semi final – Lost bronze medal race (vs.

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) :

Herman Ponsteen Herman Ponsteen (born 27 March 1953 in Hellendoorn, Overijssel) is a retired track cyclist from the Netherlands, who represented his native country twice at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972 (Munich, West Germany). Four years l ...

– Qualification in 6:09.46 (did not qualify for quarter finals) :

– 3rd in 6:06.87 (qualified for semi finals) – Won semi final – Won bronze medal race (vs.

) ;Men's amateur individual pursuit The Dutch men Ad van Asten and national champion Peter Pieters finished disappointingly 29th and 35th. Their times were about 5 seconds slower as during the national championships in Nijmegen. : Ad van Asten – 29th in qualification (did not qualify for next round) :

– 35th in qualification (did not qualify for next round) ;Men's motor-paced :

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– Won qualification (qualified for final) :

René Kos René Kos (born 17 October 1955) is a retired cyclist from the Netherlands. He had his best achievements in motor-paced racing, winning the world championships in 1981 and finishing in second place in 1983; he also finished second in 1980 but was ...

– Qualification (qualified for final) – in final : Fred Rompelberg – Qualification (did not qualify for final) - ;Men's amateur motor-paced Both Mathé Pronk and Gaby Minneboo qualified with a second place in the 1st round directly for the final, respectively behind Podlesch from East Germany and Fusarpoli from Italy. Coach Stam was not totally satisfied as Ger Slot and Eric Geserick did not qualify. Minneboo tried to help Slot, but Slot was not good enough. Also the motor of his pacer Van Duivenbode damaged during the race and leaked oil. Just after the start a foot of Geserick came out of his toeclip, and couldn't ride thereafter his qualification well. : Gaby Minneboo – 2nd in 1st round (qualified for final) – 7th in final : Marthé Pronk – 2nd in 1st round (qualified for final) – in final (stayer

Noppie Koch Longinus Johannes Norbert "Noppie" Koch (22 March 1932 – 7 December 2010) was a cyclist and pacer from the Netherlands. As a cyclist he became national champion in 1959, 1962 and 1963 and won two bronze medals at the UCI Motor-paced World Champio ...

) : Eric Geserick – 1st round (did not qualify) – 5th in 1st round repechages heat 1 (did not qualify) : Ger Slot – 1st round (did not qualify) – 1st in 1st round repechages heat 2 (qualified) (stayer Koch van Pronk) – Disqualified in final (stayer Van Duivenbode) ;Women's sprint : Erica Oomen – Won qualification, (vs. Hana Hotova & Conny Paraskevin) (qualified) – Lost 2nd round (vs.

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) (did not qualify) – Lost 2nd round repechages (vs.

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) (did not qualify) : Sandra de Neef – Lost qualification, (vs. ) (did not qualify for next round) ;Women's individual pursuit :

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– 9th in qualification (did not qualify) :

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– Qualification 4:02.17 (qualified for quarter finals) – Lost quarter finals from Nedegeda Kibardina 4:07.31 vs. 3:56.71

2008

The Netherlands competed at the

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, Great Britain, from 26 March to 30 March 2008. The event consisted of 18 different disciplines for elite men and women, the Netherlands competed in 17 of them. ;Sprint ;Time trial ;Individual Pursuit ;Team pursuit ;Team sprint ;Keirin ;Scratch ;Points race ;Madison ;Omnium Source

2009

The Netherlands competed at the

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, Poland, from 25 March to 29 March 2009. The event consisted of 19 different disciplines for elite men and women. ;Sprint ;Time trial ;Individual Pursuit ;Team pursuit ;Team sprint ;Keirin ;Scratch ;Points race ;Madison ;Omnium Source

2010

The Netherlands competed at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in

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, Denmark, from 24 March to 28 March 2010. The event consisted of 19 different disciplines for elite men and women, the Netherlands competed in 18 of them. ;Sprint ;Time trial ;Individual Pursuit ;Team pursuit ;Team sprint ;Keirin ;Scratch ;Points race ;Madison ;Omnium Source

2011

The Netherlands competed at the

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, the Netherlands, from 23 March to 27 March 2011. The event consisted of 19 different disciplines for elite men and women. Nimke Podium

;Sprint ;Time trial ;Individual Pursuit ;Team pursuit ;Team sprint ;Keirin ;Scratch ;Points race ;Madison ;Omnium Source

2015

Netherlands competed at the

2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling in 2015. They took place in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (part of the Paris Metropolitan Area) at the Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines from 18–22 ...

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at the Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines from 18 to 22 February 2015. A team of 13 cyclists (4 women, 9 men) was announced to represent the country in the event. ;Men Sources ;Women Sources

2016

A team of 15 cyclists (4 women, 11 men) was announced to represent the country in the event. One of the entrants is

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, a favourite in several sprint disciplines, who crashed at the

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in January. She had a concussion of the brain and bruises on her legs and hip but says she is fit for the World Championships. Also

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is part of the selection. After the

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he changed from the track to the road. Two months before the 2016 World Track Championships he announced he returned to the track and wants to prove he is good enough to be part of the Dutch team for the

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in the team sprint. ;Men Sources (*)

Hugo Haak Hugo Haak (born 29 October 1991) is a Dutch track cyclist and revered coach. He represented his nation at the 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. At the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships he won the ...

competed in the qualifications instead of

Matthijs Büchli Matthijs Büchli (born 13 December 1992) is a Dutch road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Track Team . He became world champion in the keirin at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In 2016, Büchli won the silver medal ...

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competed in the qualifications and first round instead of Joost van der Burg. ;Women Sources

List of medalists

Medal table

Medals by discipline

Medals by championships

Broken records at World Championships

Women's 3000 m team pursuit

1981

2008

2009

2010

2011

2015

2016

References

See also