Netherlands at the 1980 Summer Olympics

The Netherlands competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The nation did not fully participate in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in protest over the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan, but the Dutch athletes did boycott the Opening Ceremony, and the Olympic Flag was used in place of Netherlands' national flag at medal ceremonies.

Medalists

Silver

• Gerard Nijboer — Athletics, Men's Marathon

Bronze

• Henk Numan — Judo, Men's Half-Heavyweight (95 kg)
• Conny van Bentum, Reggie de Jong, Annelies Maas and Wilma van Velsen — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

Results by event

Archery

The first appearance by Dutch archers in the Olympics resulted in top eight finishes for both competitors.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Catherina Floris — 2382 points (→ 6th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Martinus Reniers — 2418 points (→ 8th place)

Athletics

Men's 10,000 metres

• Gerard Tebroke

• Heat — 29:05.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Gerard Nijboer

• Final — 2:11:20 (→ Silver Medal)

• Cor Vriend

• Final — 2:26:41 (→ 41st place)

Women's Pentathlon

• Sylvia Barlag — 4333 points (→ 10th place)
  1. 100 metres — 14.20s
  2. Shot Put — 11.82m
  3. High Jump — 1.80m
  4. Long Jump — 6.05m
  5. 800 metres — 2:16.40

Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Cees Vervoorn

• Heats — 52,57
• Semi-Finals — 52,73 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Peter Drost

• Heats — 1.55,41 (→ did not advance)

• Cees Jan Winkel

• Heats — 1.56,48(→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Cees Vervoorn

• Heats — 55,76
• Semi-Finals — 55,02
• Final — 55,25 (→ 4th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Cees Vervoorn

• Heats — 2.02,21
• Final — 2.02,52 (→ 6th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Albert Boonstra

• Heats — 1.06,47 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Albert Boonstra

• Heats — 2.27,21 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Fred Eefting

• Heats — 58,59
• Semi-Finals — 57,91
• Final — 57,95 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Fred Eefting

• Heats — 2.04,78
• Final — 2.03,92 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Cees Vervoorn, Peter Drost, Cees Jan Winkel, and Fred Eefting

• Heats — 7.42,85 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Fred Eefting, Albert Boonstra, Cees Vervoorn, and Cees Jan Winkel

• Heats — 3.52,33
• Final — 3.51,81 (→ 7th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Conny van Bentum

• Heats — 57,51
• Final — 57,63 (→ 5th place)

• Monique Drost

• Heats — DSQ

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Reggie de Jong

• Heats — 2.02,66
• Final — 2.02,76 (→ 5th place)

• Annelies Maas

• Heats — 2.04,07 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Reggie de Jong

• Heats — 4.15,07
• Final — 4.15,98 (→ 7th place)

• Annelies Maas

• Heats — 4.13,12
• Final — 4.15,79 (→ 6th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Reggie de Jong

• Heats — 8.54,49 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Wilma van Velsen

• Heats — 1.03,31 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Wilma van Velsen

• Heats — 2.21,81 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Monique Bosga

• Heats — 1.04,36
• Final — 1.04,47 (→ 7th place)

• Jolanda de Rover

• Heats — 1.04,79 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Monique Bosga

• Heats — 2.19,21 (→ did not advance)

• Jolanda de Rover

• Heats — 2.17,12 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Conny van Bentum, Wilma van Velsen, Reggie de Jong, and Annelies Maas

• Heats — 3.51,30
• Final — 3.49,51 (→ Bronze Medal)

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Defeated Greece (8-7)
• Lost to Hungary (3-5)
• Defeated Romania (5-3)

• Final Round (Group A)

• Lost to Spain (5-6)
• Drew with Cuba (7-7)
• Lost to Yugoslavia (4-5)
• Lost to Soviet Union (3-7)
• Lost to Hungary (7-8) → 6th place

• Team Roster

• Stan van Belkum
• Wouly de Bie
• Ton Buunk
• Jan Jaap Korevaar
• Nico Landeweerd
• Aad van Mil
• Ruud Misdorp
• Dick Nieuwenhuizen
• Eric Noordegraaf
• Jan Evert Veer
• Hans van Zeeland