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Netherlands at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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Netherlands at the
1952 Summer Olympics
IOC codeNED
NOCDutch Olympic Committee*
Dutch Sports Federation
Websitewww.nocnsf.nl (in Dutch)
in Helsinki
Flag bearer Simon de Wit
Medals
Ranked 29th
Gold
0
Silver
5
Bronze
0
Total
5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

Medalists

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Silver

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Results by event

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Men's Flyweight (–51 kg)

Men's Light Welterweight (–63,5 kg)

Men's Welterweight (–67 kg)

Men's Middleweight (–75 kg)

  • Leen Jansen
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Robert Malouf (Canada) on technical knock-out in first round
    3. Quarterfinals — Lost to Floyd Patterson (United States) on knock-out in first round

Men's Light Heavyweight (–81 kg)

Road Competition

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Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

Track Competition

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Men's 1.000m Time Trial

  • Final — 1:14.5 (→ 8th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

  • Eliminated in quarterfinals (→ 7th place)

Rowing

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Netherlands had 12 male rowers participate in four out of seven rowing events in 1952.[1]

Men's single sculls
Men's coxless pair
Men's coxless four
Men's coxed four

Men's Team Competition

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  • 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

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Netherlands Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2018.