Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The team of 35 competed in speed skating, bobsleigh, short track speed skating and snowboarding. The Dutch flag bearer during the opening ceremony was speedskater Jan Bos.

Netherlands at the
2006 Winter Olympics
IOC codeNED
NOCDutch Olympic Committee*
Dutch Sports Federation
Websitewww.nocnsf.nl (in Dutch)
in Turin
Competitors33 (16 men, 17 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Jan Bos (speedskating) [2]
Flag bearer (closing)Rintje Ritsma (speedskating) [1]
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
3
Silver
2
Bronze
4
Total
9
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Historically, the Dutch have only won medals in skating; of their 78 Winter Olympic medals since 1952, 75 have been won in speed skating, and a further three in figure skating. The Netherlands have not won a figure skating medal since 1976.

Dirk Matschenz (skeleton) did meet the limits set by the Dutch Olympic Committee but did not participate because he did not get his Dutch passport before the start of the Olympics. Matschenz is originally from Germany.

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
  Gold Ireen Wüst Speed skating Women's 3000 m
  Gold Marianne Timmer Speed skating Women's 1000 m
  Gold Bob de Jong Speed skating Men's 10000 m
  Silver Sven Kramer Speed skating Men's 5000 m
  Silver Renate Groenewold Speed skating Women's 3000 m
  Bronze Sven Kramer
Rintje Ritsma
Mark Tuitert
Carl Verheijen
Erben Wennemars
Speed skating Men's team pursuit
  Bronze Erben Wennemars Speed skating Men's 1000 m
  Bronze Ireen Wüst Speed skating Women's 1500 m
  Bronze Carl Verheijen Speed skating Men's 10000 m

Bobsleigh

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Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Rank
Ilse Broeders
Jeanette Pennings
Two-woman 1:00.13 did not start
Arend Glas
Sybren Jansma
Two-man 56.70 56.54 56.95 57.15 3:47.36 19
Eline Jurg
Kitty van Haperen
Two-woman 58.05 58.08 58.42 58.35 3:52.90 11
Arend Glas
Sybren Jansma
Arno Klaassen
Vincent Kortbeek
Four-man 55.82 56.08 55.78 55.51 3:43.19 16

Short track speed skating

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Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Cees Juffermans Men's 500 m 42.849 3 Q 42.515 3 did not advance 11
Men's 1500 m 2:27.696 2 Q DNF did not advance 16
Niels Kerstholt Men's 1000 m disqualified did not advance
Men's 1500 m 2:23.854 2 Q 2:21.748 3 Final B
2:24.962
10
Liesbeth Mau Asam Women's 500 m 45.500 3 did not advance 15
Women's 1000 m 1:38.039 2 Q 1:34.034 3 did not advance 10
Women's 1500 m 2:28.910 2 Q 2:26.370 6 did not advance 14

Snowboarding

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Two women were selected for the Netherlands in snowboarding events in Torino; Cheryl Maas for the halfpipe event and Nicolien Sauerbreij in the parallel giant slalom event. Maas qualified in 4th place for the final, but on her final run, Maas landed on the top edge of the halfpipe, fell and ended up in 11th.

Halfpipe
Athlete Event Qualifying Run 1 Qualifying Run 2 Final
Points Rank Points Rank Run 1 Run 2 Rank
Cheryl Maas Women's halfpipe 38.6 4 Q n/a (8.7) 16.5 11

Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.

Parallel GS
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Opposition
time
Opposition
time
Opposition
time
Opposition
time
Rank
Nicolien Sauerbreij Women's parallel giant slalom 1:22.17 12   Kober (GER) (1)
L +0.03 (-1.50 +1.53)
did not advance 12

Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.

Speed skating

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Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Final
Time Rank
Jan Bos 500 m 35.68 35.43 1:11.11 11
1000 m n/a 1:09.42 5
1500 m n/a 1:48.61 20
Bob de Jong 5000 m n/a 6:22.12 6
10000 m n/a 13:01.57  
Stefan Groothuis 1000 m n/a 1:09.57 8
Sven Kramer 1500 m n/a 1:48.36 15
5000 m n/a 6:16.40  
10000 m n/a 13:18.14 7
Simon Kuipers 500 m 36.10 35.74 1:11.84 23
1500 m n/a 1:46.58 4
Beorn Nijenhuis 500 m 48.84 35.71 1:24.55 35
1000 m n/a 1:09.85 12
Carl Verheijen 5000 m n/a 6:18.84 4
10000 m n/a 13:08.80  
Erben Wennemars 500 m 35.46 35.84 1:11.30 16
1000 m n/a 1:09.32  
1500 m n/a 1:46.71 5
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Final
Time Rank
Barbara De Loor 1000 m n/a 1:16.73 6
Annette Gerritsen 500 m 39.12 38.97 1:18.09 12
1000 m n/a 1:18.33 23
Renate Groenewold 1500 m n/a 1:59.33 9
3000 m n/a 4:03.48  
5000 m n/a 7:11.32 9
Carien Kleibeuker 5000 m n/a 7:12.18 10
Moniek Kleinsman 3000 m n/a 4:13.81 17
Marianne Timmer 500 m disqualified
1000 m n/a 1:16.05  
1500 m n/a 2:00.45 14
Paulien van Deutekom 1500 m n/a 2:00.15 13
Sanne van der Star 500 m 39.26 39.33 1:18.59 14
Ireen Wüst 1000 m n/a 1:16.39 4
1500 m n/a 1:56.90  
3000 m n/a 4:02.43  
Team Pursuit
 
Mark Tuitert
Athlete Event Seeding Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Opposition
time
Opposition
time
Opposition
time
Rank
Sven Kramer
Rintje Ritsma
Mark Tuitert
Carl Verheijen
Erben Wennemars
Men's team pursuit 3:48.02 3   Russia (6)
W 3:44.65
  Italy (2)
L Overtaken
Bronze final
  Norway (4)
W 3:44.53
 
Paulien van Deutekom
Renate Groenewold
Moniek Kleinsman
Gretha Smit
Ireen Wüst
Women's team pursuit 3:06.67 4   Germany (5)
L 3:03.65
did not advance 5th place final
  United States (6)
L 3:05.62
6

References

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  1. ^ "Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony". Retrieved Mar 30, 2009.
  2. ^ "Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony". Retrieved Mar 30, 2009.

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