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Netherlands at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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Netherlands at the
1972 Winter Olympics
IOC codeNED
(HOL used at these Games)
NOCDutch Olympic Committee*
Dutch Sports Federation
Websitewww.nocnsf.nl (in Dutch)
in Sapporo
Competitors11 (5 men, 6 women) in 2 sports
Flag bearerAtje Keulen-Deelstra (speed skating)
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
4
Silver
3
Bronze
2
Total
9
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Ard Schenk Speed skating Men's 1500 metres
 Gold Ard Schenk Speed skating Men's 5000 metres
 Gold Ard Schenk Speed skating Men's 10,000 metres
 Gold Stien Baas-Kaiser Speed skating Women's 3000 metres
 Silver Kees Verkerk Speed skating Men's 10,000 metres
 Silver Atje Keulen-Deelstra Speed skating Women's 1000 metres
 Silver Stien Baas-Kaiser Speed skating Women's 1500 metres
 Bronze Atje Keulen-Deelstra Speed skating Women's 1500 metres
 Bronze Atje Keulen-Deelstra Speed skating Women's 3000 metres

Figure skating

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Athlete Event CF FS Points Places Final rank
Dianne de Leeuw Women's singles 15 16 2298.7 143 16

Speed skating

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Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Jappie van Dijk 43.03 32
Ard Schenk 43.40 34
Eddy Verheijen 42.67 25
1500 m Jan Bols 2:06.58 5
Ard Schenk 2:02.96 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Eddy Verheijen 2:10.96 19
Kees Verkerk 2:07.43 8
5000 m Jan Bols 7:39.40 8
Ard Schenk 7:23.61 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kees Verkerk 7:39.17 6
10,000 m Jan Bols 15:17.99 4
Ard Schenk 15:01.35 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kees Verkerk 15:04.70 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Ellie van den Brom 45.62 10
Atje Keulen-Deelstra 44.89 6
Trijnie Rep 46.60 20
1000 m Ellie van den Brom 1:32.60 7
Atje Keulen-Deelstra 1:31.61 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Trijnie Rep 1:35.82 24
1500 m Stien Baas-Kaiser 2:21.05 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ellie van den Brom 2:22.27 4
Atje Keulen-Deelstra 2:22.05 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
3000 m Stien Baas-Kaiser 4:52.14 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Atje Keulen-Deelstra 4:59.91 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sippie Tigchelaar 5:01.67 4

References

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