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competed at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

in Rome, Italy. 110 competitors, 80 men and 30 women, took part in 54 events in 13 sports.

Medalists

Silver

* Marianne Heemskerk –

Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

, Women's 100m Butterfly

Bronze

* Wieger Mensonides –

, Men's 200m Breaststroke *

Tineke Lagerberg Catharina Bernadetta Jacoba ("Tineke") Lagerberg (born 30 January 1941) is a retired Dutch swimmer who won the bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 1960 Summer Olympics in a time of 4:56.9. She was also part of the Dutch team that broke the ...

–

, Women's 400m Freestyle

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Thirteen male cyclists represented the Netherlands in 1960. ; Individual road race *

Jan Hugens Johannes Joseph "Jan" Hugens (22 March 1939 – 12 March 2011) was a Dutch road cyclist who was active between 1958 and 1968. He won individual stages of the Olympia's Tour in 1958 and 1959 and finished second overall in the Tour of Yugoslavi ...

Jan Janssen Johannes Adrianus "Jan" Janssen (; born 19 May 1940) is a Dutch former professional cyclist (1962–1972). He was world champion and winner of the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España, the first Dutch rider to win either. He rode the Tour de ...

* René Lotz *

Lex van Kreuningen Pieter Alex "Lex" van Kreuningen (born 29 September 1937) is a retired Dutch road cyclist who was active between 1959 and 1964. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the 100 km team time trial and individual road race and finished in ...

; Team time trial *

* René Lotz *

Ab Sluis Albert Herman "Ab" Sluis (born 26 November 1937) is a retired Dutch road cyclist. In 1960 he won the Ronde van Noord-Holland and finished in fourth place in the 100 km team time trial at the 1960 Summer Olympics. See also * List of Dutch ...

; Sprint * Piet van der Touw * Aad de Graaf ; 1000m time trial * Piet van der Touw ;

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 ...

* Rinus Paul * Mees Gerritsen ;

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 ...

Jaap Oudkerk Jacob "Jaap" Oudkerk (born 2 August 1937) is a retired cyclist from the Netherlands. He competed in the 4000 m team pursuit at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and finished in fifth and third place, respectively. He was also active in motor-pa ...

* Theo Nikkessen *

Henk Nijdam Henk Nijdam (26 August 1935 – 30 April 2009) was a Dutch road and track cyclist. His sporting career began with Fortuna Zundert. On track, he finished in fifth place in the 4 km team pursuit at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He also won a gold and ...

* Piet van der Lans

Diving

Fencing

Five fencers, one man and four women, represented the Netherlands in 1960. ; Men's épée * Max Dwinger ; Women's foil *

Elly Botbijl Elly Botbijl (born 11 December 1940) is a retired Dutch fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the G ...

* Nina Kleijweg * Daniëlle van Rossem ; Women's team foil * Nina Kleijweg, Daniëlle van Rossem, Leni Kokkes-Hanepen,

Gymnastics

Hockey

Rowing

The Netherlands had 13 male rowers participate in five out of seven

rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically ...

events in 1960. ; Men's single sculls * Lex Redelé ; Men's double sculls – 5th place *

Peter Bakker Peter Bakker (born 1 August 1961) is a Dutch businessman who currently serves as president of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Education Bakker has a master's degree in Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam and a ...

Co Rentmeester Jacobus Willem Rentmeester (born 28 February 1936), nicknamed "Co" or "Ko", is a Dutch rower. He later became a photojournalist and covered the Vietnam War among other newsworthy events. Life and career Rentmeester was born in 1936 in Amsterd ...

; Men's coxless pair * Steven Blaisse *

Ernst Veenemans Ernst Willem Veenemans (18 March 1940 – 2 October 2017) was a Dutch rower who had his best achievements in the coxless pairs event, together with Steven Blaisse. Together they won silver medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officiall ...

; Men's coxed pair * Maarten van Dis * Arnold Wientjes * Jan Just Bos ; Men's coxed four * Toon de Ruiter * Frank Moerman * Ype Stelma * Henk Wamsteker * Marius Klumperbeek

Sailing

; Finn * Hans Sleeswijk 24th, 2265 points ;

Flying Dutchman The ''Flying Dutchman'' ( nl, De Vliegende Hollander) is a legendary ghost ship, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the seven seas forever. The myth is likely to have originated from the 17th-century Golden Age of the Du ...

Ben Verhagen Gijsbertus "Ben" Verhagen (29 September 1926 – 4 January 2020) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Naples. Verhagen, as helmsman on the Dutch Flying Dutchman ''Daisy'' (H102), too ...

& Gerardus Lautenschutz 5th, 5452 points

Swimming

Water polo

;Men's Team Competition *Preliminary Round (Group C) :* Lost to Yugoslavia (1–2) :* Defeated Australia (5–3) :* Tied with South Africa (3–3) *Semi Final Round (Group 2) :* Lost to Hungary (1–3) :* Lost to United States (6–7) *Classification Round (5th/8th) :* Lost to Romania (4–5) :* Lost to Germany (5–6) → 8th place *Team Roster :* Fred van Dorp :* Henk Hermsen :* Ben Kniest :* Harry Lamme :* Bram Leenards :* Hans Muller :* Harro Ran :*

Harry Vriend Henri "Harry" Gerard Vriend (born 20 May 1938) is a former water polo player from the Netherlands, who competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics; in both games he finished in eighth position with the Dutch Men's Team. His brother Wim Wim is ...

:* Fred van der Zwan

Wrestling

References

External links

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
Nations at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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