Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics


The Netherlands is expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's official debut in 1900, Dutch athletes had competed at every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis and 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, which the Netherlands boycotted because of the Soviet invasion of Hungary.

Archery

Three Dutch archers qualified for the men's events by reaching the quarterfinal stage of the men's team recurve at the 2019 World Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch. Another Dutch archer scored a shoot-off victory in the quarterfinal round of the women's individual recurve to book an outright Olympic berth available at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus.

Athletics

Dutch athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events :
;Track & road events
;Men
;Women

Canoeing

Slalom

Netherlands qualified one canoeist for the women's K-1 class by finishing in the top eighteen at the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain, marking the country's recurrence to the sport after a twelve-year absence.

Cycling

Road

Netherlands entered a squad of nine riders to compete in their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their top 50 national finish and top 22 in the UCI World Ranking.
;Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Road race
Time trial
Road race
Road race
Road race
Road race

;Women
AthleteEventTimeRank
Road race
Time trial
Road race
Time trial
Road race
Road race

Track

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Dutch riders accumulated spots for both men and women in team sprint, omnium, and madison, based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings. As a result of their place in the men's and women's team sprint, Netherlands won its right to enter two riders in both men's and women's sprint and men's and women's keirin.
;Sprint
;Team sprint
Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final
;Keirin
AthleteEvent1st RoundRepechage2nd Round3rd RoundFinal
AthleteEventRankRankRankRankRank
Men's keirin
Men's keirin
Women's keirin
Women's keirin

;Omnium
;Madison
AthleteEventPointsLapsRank

Men's madison

Women's madison

Diving

Netherlands entered two divers into the Olympic competition by finishing in the top twelve of their respective events at the 2019 FINA World Championships.

Equestrian

Dutch equestrians qualified a full squad each in the team dressage and jumping competitions by virtue of a top-six finish at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina, United States. Meanwhile, two eventing spots were awarded to the Dutch equestrians, based on the results in the individual FEI Olympic rankings for Group A.

Dressage

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Eventing

Jumping

Field hockey

;Summary

Men's tournament

Netherlands men's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by securing one of the seven tickets available and defeating Pakistan in a two-legged playoff at the Amsterdam leg of the 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers.
;Team roster
;Group play
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Women's tournament

qualified for the Games by winning the gold medal at the 2019 EuroHockey Nations Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.
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;Group play
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Football

;Summary

Women's tournament

qualified for the Games by securing a top-three finish at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France, defeating the Italians in the quarterfinal round to reach the country's historic first women's Olympic tournament.
;Team roster

Artistic

The Netherlands fielded a full squad of five gymnasts into the Olympic competition. The women's squad claimed one of the remaining nine spots in the team all-around, while an additional berth was awarded to a lone Dutch male gymnast, who competed in the individual all-around and apparatus events at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.
;Men
;Women
;Team

Handball

Women's tournament

The Netherlands women's handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the final match of the2019 World Championships in Kumamoto.
;Team roster
Netherlands qualified ten out of fourteen boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta, with the majority of crews confirming Olympic places for their boats at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria.
;Men
;Women
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A ; FB=Final B ; FC=Final C ; FD=Final D ; FE=Final E ; FF=Final F ; SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Dutch sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.
At the end of the European Championships, seven sailors were officially named to the Dutch team for Tokyo, including reigning Olympic champion Marit Bouwmeester, world skiff champions Annemiek Bekkering and Annette Duetz, and Finn yachtsman Nicholas Heiner, who beat triple Olympian Pieter-Jan Postma for the top spot in the selection stage. Meanwhile, windsurfer Kiran Badloe overthrew his countryman and two-time defending champion Dorian van Rijsselberghe to take the men's RS:X spot at the 2020 Worlds, joining with the rest of the Dutch team on his Olympic debut in Tokyo.
;Men
;Women
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Swimming

Dutch swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events, and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time ): To assure their selection to the Olympic team, swimmers must achieved a time equal to or faster than the twelfth-placed mark in the semifinals of their respective individual pool events at the 2019 FINA World Championships, while racing at one of the following meets: Swim Cup Amsterdam, Swim Cup The Hague, Swim Cup Eindhoven, or any FINA-sanctioned meet between December 1, 2019 and April 11, 2020, approved by the Royal Dutch Swimming Federation.
;Men
;Women
;Mixed