The Netherlands competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 107 competitors, 82 men and 25 women, took part in 52 events in 11 sports.
Medalists Gold Ada Kok — Swimming, Women's 200m Butterfly Jan Wienese — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls Joop Zoetemelk, Jan Krekels, Fedor den Hertog, and René Pijnen — Cycling, Men's Team 100k Time Trial
Silver Jan Jansen and Leijn Loevesijn — Cycling, Men's 2000m Tandem Harry Droog and Leendert van Dis — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls Roderick Rijnders, Herman Suselbeek, and Hadriaan van Nes — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
Bronze Maria Gommers — Athletics, Women's 800m
Athletics
Boxing
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) Jan van Ispelen First Round — Defeated Miguel Villugron (CHL), TKO-2 Second Round — Lost to Mate Parlov (YUG), 1:4
Canoeing
Cycling
Ten cyclists represented the Netherlands in 1968.
Individual road race René Pijnen Jan Krekels Harrie Jansen Joop Zoetemelk
Team time trial Fedor den Hertog Jan Krekels René Pijnen Joop Zoetemelk
Sprint Jan Jansen Leijn Loevesijn
1000m time trial Leijn Loevesijn
Tandem Jan Jansen Leijn Loevesijn
Individual pursuit Fedor den Hertog
Team pursuit Piet Hoekstra Henk Nieuwkamp Klaas Balk Joop Zoetemelk
Diving
Hockey
Rowing
Sailing
Swimming
Men Elt Drenth Dick Langerhorst Aad Oudt Johan Schans Bob Schoutsen
Women Toos Beumer Klenie Bimolt Nel Bos Cobie Buter Mirjam van Hemert Marjan Janus Ada Kok Hella Rentema Hennie Penterman Coby Sikkens Bep Weeteling
Water polo
Men's team competition Preliminary Round (Group B) Drew with Italy (3-3) Lost to Yugoslavia (4-7) Lost to DDR (3-8) Defeated United Arabic Republic (6-3) Defeated Greece (9-5) Defeated Mexico (8-1) Defeated Japan (9-1) Classification Matches 5th-8th place: Lost to United States (3-6) 7th-8th place: Defeated Cuba (8-5) → 7th place
Team Roster Bart Bongers Fred van Dorp Loet Geutjes André Hermsen Hans Hoogveld Evert Kroon Ad Moolhuijzen Hans Parrel Nico van der Voet Feike de Vries Hans Wouda
Weightlifting
References
External links Dutch Olympic Committee