Netherlands at the 1972 Summer Olympics

The Netherlands competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 119 competitors, 90 men and 29 women, took part in 72 events in 16 sports.

Medalists

The Netherlands finished in 16th position in the final medal rankings, with three gold medals and five medals overall.

Gold

Hennie Kuiper — Cycling Road, Men's Individual Road Race
Wim Ruska — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
Wim Ruska — Judo, Men's Open Category
Silver
Mieke Jaapies — Canoe, Women's Flatwater K-1 500m
Bronze
Roel Luynenburg and Ruud Stokvis — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
Athletics

Men's 800 metres

Sjef Hensgens

Men's 1500 metres

Haico Scharn

Men's 5000 metres

Jos Hermens
Boxing

Men's Welterweight

James Vrij

Men's Light Middleweight

Anthony Richardson
Canoeing

Cycling

Eleven cyclists represented the Netherlands in 1972.
;Individual road race

Hennie Kuiper — 04:14:37
Piet van Katwijk — 04:15:13
Cees Priem — 04:15:13
Fedor den Hertog — 04:15:13

;Team time trial

Fedor den Hertog
Hennie Kuiper
Cees Priem
Aad van den Hoek

;Sprint

;1000m time trial

Peter van Doorn

;Tandem

Klaas Balk and Peter van Doorn → 7th place

;Individual pursuit

Roy Schuiten

;Team pursuit

Women's 3m Springboard

Mariette Dommers — 239.40 points

Women's 10m Platform

Annita Smith — 156.99 points
Equestrian

Fencing

One fencer represented the Netherlands in 1972.
;Men's sabre

Eduard Ham
Gymnastics

Hockey

;Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round
Semi Final Round
Bronze Medal Match
Team Roster
Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented the Netherlands in 1972.
Men's Individual Competition:

Jan Bekkenk — 4391 points
Rob Vonk — 4153 points
Henk Krediet — 3786 points

Men's Team Competition:

Bekkenk, Vonk, and Krediet — 12340 points
Rowing

Men's Coxless Pairs

Roel Luynenburg and Ruud Stokvis

Men's Coxed Pairs

Bernard Luttikhuizen, René Kieft and Herman Zaanen

Men's Coxed Fours

Wim Grothuis, Evert Kroes, Jan Willem van Woudenberg, Johan ter Haar, and Kees de Korver

Men's Eights

Henk Rouwé, Jannes Munneke, Frank Mulder, Hans Huisinga, Jan van der Vliet, Herman Eggink, Bram Tuinzing, Pieter Offens, and Rutger Stuffken
Sailing

Shooting

Three male shooters represented Netherlands in 1972.
;50 m rifle, prone

Willy Hillen

;Skeet

Ben Pon
Eric Swinkels
Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle

Peter Prijdekker

Men's 400m Freestyle

Ton van Klooster

Men's 1500m Freestyle

Ton van Klooster

Men's 100m Backstroke

Bob Schoutsen

Men's 200m Backstroke

Bob Schoutsen

Men's 200m Individual Medley

François van Kruijsdijk

Men's 400m Individual Medley

Roger van Hamburg

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Peter Prijdekker, Bert Bergsma, Roger van Hamburg, and Hans Elzerman

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Peter Prijdekker, Bert Bergsma, Roger van Hamburg, and Hans Elzerman

Women's 100m Freestyle

Women's 200m Freestyle

Hansje Bunschoten
Anke Rijnders

Women's 400m Freestyle

Hansje Bunschoten
Anke Rijnders

Women's 800m Freestyle

Hansje Bunschoten

Women's 100m Backstroke

Women's 200m Backstroke

Enith Brigitha
Annemarie Groen

Women's 100m Breaststroke

Women's 200m Breaststroke

Alie te Riet
Josien Elzerman

Women's 100m Butterfly

Frieke Buys

Women's 200m Butterfly

Frieke Buys

Women's 200m Individual Medley

Women's 400m Individual Medley

Hennie Penterman
Gerda Lassooy
Wijda Mazereeuw

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Enith Brigitha, Anke Rijnders, Hansje Bunschoten, and Josien Elzerman

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Enith Brigitha, Alie te Riet, Frieke Buys, and Anke Rijnders
Enith Brigitha, Alie te Riet, Anke Rijnders, and Hansje Bunschoten
Water polo

;Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round
Final Round
Team Roster

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Netherlands at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Gymnastics

Hockey

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Water polo