Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

in Helsinki, Finland.

Medalists

Silver

Bertha Brouwer Bertha "Puck" Brouwer (later van Duyne; 29 October 1930 – 6 October 2006) was a Dutch sprinter. Brouwer accomplished her first international notable result in 1950, when she won the silver medal at the European Championships, being part of ...

— Athletics, Women's 200 metres *

Jules Ancion Julius Theodoor "Jules" Ancion (August 21, 1924 – November 30, 2011) was a Dutch field hockey player who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Palembang, Dutch East Indies The Dutch East Indies, also known as the N ...

André Boerstra Andries Cornelis Dirk "André" Boerstra (December 11, 1924 – March 17, 2016) was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Bandoeng, Dutch East Indies ...

Harry Derckx Henri "Harry" Jean Joseph Derckx (19 March 1918 – 12 July 1983) was a Dutch field hockey player who competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), of ...

Han Drijver Johan Frederik "Han" Drijver (11 March 1927 in Eindhoven – 10 October 1986 in Vlaardingen) was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolym ...

Dick Esser Rius Theo "Dick" Esser (9 July 1918 – 8 March 1979) was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Makassar, Dutch East Indies. In 1948 he was a member of the Dut ...

, Roepie Kruize,

Dick Loggere Hermanus Pieter "Dick" Loggere (6 May 1921 – 30 December 2014) was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Amsterdam. In 1948 he was a member of the Dutch field ...

Lau Mulder Laurens ("Lau") Siebrand Mulder (7 July 1927 in Batavia, Dutch East Indies – 29 January 2006 in Uithoorn) was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 19 ...

, Eddy Tiel,

Wim van Heel Willem ("Wim") van Heel (27 September 1922 in The Hague – 3 October 1972 in Middelburg) was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäoly ...

, and

Henk Wery Henk Wery (born 10 June 1943) is a Dutch former footballer who played for Feyenoord and was part of their European Cup victory in 1970. He earned 12 caps and scored 3 goals for the Netherlands national football team The Netherlands national ...

— Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition *

Hannie Termeulen Johanna Maria "Hannie" Termeulen (18 February 1929 – 1 March 2001) was a freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who won three medals at the Summer Olympics. After having claimed the bronze medal in the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay in ...

— Swimming, Women's 100m Freestyle *

Geertje Wielema Geertje Wielema (24 July 1934 – 18 August 2009) was a freestyle and backstroke swimmer from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska so ...

— Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke *

Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher (24 February 1925 – 8 January 2014) was a freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands who won two medals at the Summer Olympics. After having claimed the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay in London (1948), ...

Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen Marie-Louise Jean Joséphine Linssen-Vaessen (19 March 1928 – 15 February 1993) was a freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign st ...

and

Koosje van Voorn Koosje van Voorn, (15 January 1935 – 5 August 2018) was a freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands. She competed in the 100 m and 4 × 100 m relay events at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; ...

— Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Results by event

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (–51 kg) *

Hein van der Zee Hendrik ("Hein") van der Zee (September 6, 1929 in Amsterdam – December 5, 1991 in Oostzaan) was a boxer from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaise ...

*# First Round — Lost to

Anatoli Bulakov Anatoly Nikolayevich Bulakov (russian: Анатолий Николаевич Булаков) (February 3, 1930 – September 19, 1994) was a boxer from the USSR, who won the bronze medal in the flyweight division (– 51 kg) at the ...

(Soviet Union) on points (0-3) Men's Light Welterweight (–63,5 kg) *

Piet van Klaveren Pieter ("Piet") van Klaveren (born 1 September 1930 in Rotterdam, South Holland, died 28 April 2008) was a boxer from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. There he was stopped i ...

*# First Round — Defeated

Roy Keenan Roy Keenan (26 August 1930 – 21 May 2003) was a Canadian boxer. He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1952 Summer Olympics. His brother, Jack also was a boxer, competing at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer ...

(Canada) on points (2-1) *# Second Round — Lost to

Terence Milligan Terry Milligan (7 March 1930 – 20 June 2003) was a boxer from Northern Ireland. He was born in Belfast. Terry Milligan had a wife and nine children. In 1951 he won a bronze medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships in Milan, in 1 ...

(Ireland) on points (0-3) Men's Welterweight (–67 kg) *

Moos Linneman Nicolaas ("Moos") Linneman (June 11, 1931 – October 31, 2020) was a boxer from the Netherlands, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country. First in London (1948), then four years later in Helsinki, where he was ...

*# First Round — Defeated Peter Müller (Germany) by walk-over in third round *# Second Round — Defeated George Issabeg (Iran) on points (2-1) *# Quarterfinals — Lost to

Günther Heidemann Günther Heidemann (October 21, 1932 – March 15, 2010) was a boxer from Germany. He was born in Berlin. He competed for Germany in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the welterweight event, where he finished in thi ...

(Germany) on points (0-3) Men's Middleweight (–75 kg) *

Leen Jansen Leonardus ("Leen") Eustachius Jansen (3 August 1930 – 27 January 2014) was a boxer from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the ...

*# First Round — Bye *# Second Round — Defeated Robert Malouf (Canada) on technical knock-out in first round *# Quarterfinals — Lost to Floyd Patterson (United States) on knock-out in first round Men's Light Heavyweight (–81 kg) * Toon Pastor *# First Round — Defeated

István Fazekas Stefan (István, Stephan) Fazekas (23 March 1898, Sátoraljaújhely, Zemplén County, Kingdom of Hungary – 3 May 1967, Buckhurst Hill, Essex, England) was a Czechoslovak–British chess master. Born in Austria-Hungary, he lived in Czechoslov ...

(Hungary) on points (3-0) *# Second Round — Lost to

Karl Kistner Karl Kistner (born 19 June 1929) is a German boxer. He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as ...

(Germany) on points (1-2)

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km) *

Arend van 't Hoft Arend van 't Hoft (born 31 August 1933) is a Dutch racing cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1952 Summer Olympics. See also * List of Dutch Olympic cyclists This is a list of all Dutch cyclists who compe ...

— 5:11:19.0 (→ 10th place) *

Jan Plantaz Johannes "Jan" Marinus Plantaz (3 December 1930 – 10 February 1974) was a road and track cyclist from the Netherlands. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in the road race (individual and team events) and 4 km team pursuit and finis ...

— 5:16:19.1 (→ 22nd place) *

Adrie Voorting Adrianus ("Adri" or "Adrie") Voorting (15 February 1931 – 1 August 1961) was a road bicycle and track cyclist from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. There he was eliminated ...

— 5:24:44.6 (→ 49th place) *

Jules Maenen Julius "Jules" Hermanus Maenen (15 January 1932 – 11 February 2007) was a road and track cyclist from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. There he was eliminated in the quarterf ...

— did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial * Johan Hijzelendoorn :* Final — 1:14.5 (→ 8th place) Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race * Johan Hijzelendoorn — 9th place Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit *

, Daan de Groot,

, and

:* Eliminated in quarterfinals (→ 7th place)

Rowing

Netherlands had 12 male rowers participate in four out of seven rowing events in 1952. ; Men's single sculls *

Rob van Mesdag Robbert Hendrik van Mesdag (18 January 1930 – 18 July 2018) was a Dutch rower who won a bronze medal in the single sculls at the 1955 European Rowing Championships. He competed in this event at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer ...

; Men's coxless pair * Ben Binnendijk *

Carl Kuntze Carl Kuntze (29 October 1922 – 26 May 2006) was a Dutch rower. He competed in the men's coxless pair event at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officia ...

; Men's coxless four * Frits de Voogt * Ruud Sesink Clee * Jan op den Velde * Kees van Vugt ; Men's coxed four * Ton Fontani * Han Heijenbrock * Jan Willem Pennink *

Jaap Beije Jaap Beije (6 April 1927 – 7 August 2013) was a Dutch rowing (sport), rower. He competed in the Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four, men's coxed four event at the 1952 Summer Olympics. References External links

* ...

* Hans Caro (cox)

Water Polo

Men's Team Competition

*Qualifying Round :*Defeated Soviet Union (3:2) *Preliminary Round (Group C) :*Defeated Argentina (9:3) :*Defeated Sweden (7:1) :*Defeated Yugoslavia (3:2) ::*Last match was replayed after a protest by the Yugoslavs against one of the referees; The Netherlands lost the replay (1:2) on August 1, 1952. *Semi Final (Group F) :*Tied with Hungary (4:4) :*Defeated Soviet Union (4:2) *Classification Matches :*Defeated Belgium (5:3) :*Defeated Spain (7:1) → Fifth place *Team Roster :* Gerrit Bijlsma :*

Cor Braasem Cornelius "Cor" Braasem (15 May 1923 – 14 February 2009) was a Dutch water polo player and coach, who captained the Dutch team at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics and trained it for the 1960 Games. He won a bronze medal in 1948, scoring six g ...

Joop Cabout Johannes "Joop" Cabout (28 October 1927 - 10 October 2013) was a Dutch male water polo player. He was a member of the Netherlands men's national water polo team. He was part of the 1948 Olympic team, that won the bronze medal, as a reserve. He c ...

Ruud van Feggelen Rudolf "Ruud" Frederik Otto van Feggelen (14 April 1924 – 9 August 2002) was a Dutch water polo competitor and coach. History He won a European title in 1950 and was the best Dutch player at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics, scoring 16 go ...

:* Max van Gelder :*

Nijs Korevaar Nijs Cornelis Korevaar (31 December 1927 – 1 December 2016) was a Dutch water polo player who won a European title in 1950. He competed in the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1948, placing fifth in 1952. In 1948 he ...

Frits Smol Frits Smol (6 July 1924 – 1 November 2006) was a Dutch water polo player who won a European title in 1950. He competed in the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1948, placing fifth in 1952. He was the second best Dutch p ...

References

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
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