Netherlands at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.

Netherlands at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Flag of the Netherlands
IOC code	NED
NOC	Dutch Olympic Committee* Dutch Sports Federation
Website	www.nocnsf.nl (in Dutch)
in Salt Lake City
Competitors	27 (14 men, 13 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Nicolien Sauerbreij (snowboarding)
Flag bearer (closing)	Gerard van Velde (speed skating)
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 3 Silver 5 Bronze 0 Total 8
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Jochem Uytdehaage	Speed skating	Men's 10000 metres
Gold	Gerard van Velde	Speed skating	Men's 1000 metres
Gold	Jochem Uytdehaage	Speed skating	Men's 5000 metres
Silver	Gianni Romme	Speed skating	Men's 10000 metres
Silver	Jan Bos	Speed skating	Men's 1000 metres
Silver	Jochem Uytdehaage	Speed skating	Men's 1500 metres
Silver	Renate Groenewold	Speed skating	Women's 3000 metres
Silver	Gretha Smit	Speed skating	Women's 5000 metres

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men & Women

Event	Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Two-man	Arend Glas Marcel Welten	48.26	18	48.23	19	48.26	16	48.33	17	3:13.08	16
Two-woman	Ilse Broeders Jeanette Pennings	49.70	9	49.67	9					1:39.37	10
Two-woman	Eline Jurg Nannet Kiemel	49.64	7	49.54	6					1:39.18	6
Four-man	Arend Glas Edwin van Calker Timothy Beck Marcel Welten	47.15	16	47.18	16	47.82	17	48.23	21	3:10.38	17

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
500 m	Cees Juffermans	43.253	3	Did not advance
1000 m	Cees Juffermans	1:29.249	3	Did not advance
1500 m	Cees Juffermans	2:20.397	2 Q			2:21.726	3 QB	2:27.611	8

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Women

Event	Athlete	Qualification		1st round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Rank
Women's parallel giant slalom	Nicolien Sauerbreij	44.71	24	Did not advance

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race 1		Race 2		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
500 m	Jan Bos	35.14	12	34.72	3	69.86	9
	Ids Postma	36.41	29	36.08	32	72.49	27
	Gerard van Velde	34.72	4	34.77	4	69.49	4
	Erben Wennemars	35.00	9	34.89	11	68.89	10
1000 m	Jan Bos					1:07.53
	Ids Postma					1:09.15	17
	Gerard van Velde					1:07.18 WR
	Erben Wennemars					1:07.95	5
1500 m	Jan Bos					1:45.63	7
	Ids Postma					1:45.41	5
	Rintje Ritsma					1:45.86	9
	Jochem Uytdehaage					1:44.57
5000 m	Bob de Jong					6:43.97	30
	Carl Verheijen					6:24.71	6
	Jochem Uytdehaage					6:14.66 WR
10,000 m	Bob de Jong					13:48.93	15
	Gianni Romme					13:10.03
	Jochem Uytdehaage					12:58.92 WR

Women

Event	Athlete	Race 1		Race 2		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
500 m	Andrea Nuyt	37.54	3	37.83	5	75.37	4
	Marianne Timmer	38.30	13	37.87	7	76.17	8
	Marieke Wijsman	38.31	14	38.79	20	77.10	17
1000 m	Andrea Nuyt					1:14.65	8
	Annamarie Thomas					1:15.20	15
	Marianne Timmer					1:14.45	4
	Marieke Wijsman					1:16.48	18
1500 m	Renate Groenewold					DNF	–
	Tonny de Jong					1:56.02	7
	Annamarie Thomas					1:56.45	11
	Marianne Timmer					1:59.60	21
3000 m	Renate Groenewold					3:58.94
	Tonny de Jong					4:00.49	5
	Gretha Smit					4:07.41	11
5000 m	Tonny de Jong					7:01.17	7
	Gretha Smit					6:49.22
	Marja Vis					7:19.08	13

References

• Winter Olympics 2002, Salt Lake City, full results
• Olympic Winter Games 2002, full results by sports-reference.com