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Netherlands at the Olympic Games
Flag of the Netherlands IOC code  NED NOC Nederlands Olympisch Comité * Nederlandse Sport Federatie external link (Dutch)
At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
Competitors	33 (16 men, 17 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Jan Bos (speedskating) (opening) Rintje Ritsma (speedskating) (closing)[1][2]
Medals Rank: 10	Gold 3	Silver 2	Bronze 4	Total 9
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Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The team of 35 competed in speed skating, bobsleigh, short track speed skating and snowboarding. The Dutch flag bearer during the opening ceremony was speedskater Jan Bos.

Historically, the Dutch have only won medals in skating; of their 78 Winter Olympic medals since 1952, 75 have been won in speed skating, and a further three in figure skating. The Netherlands have not won a figure skating medal since 1976.

Dirk Matschenz (skeleton) did meet the limits set by the Dutch Olympic Committee but did not participate because he did not get his Dutch passport before the start of the Olympics. Matschenz is originally from Germany.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Wust, IreenIreen Wust	Speed skating	Women's 3000 m
1 Gold	Timmer, MarianneMarianne Timmer	Speed skating	Women's 1000 m
1 Gold	de Jong, BobBob de Jong	Speed skating	Men's 10000 m
2 Silver	Kramer, SvenSven Kramer	Speed skating	Men's 5000 m
2 Silver	Groenewold, RenateRenate Groenewold	Speed skating	Women's 3000 m
3 Bronze	Kramer, SvenSven Kramer Rintje Ritsma Mark Tuitert Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars	Speed skating	Men's team pursuit
3 Bronze	Wennemars, ErbenErben Wennemars	Speed skating	Men's 1000 m
3 Bronze	Wust, IreenIreen Wust	Speed skating	Women's 1500 m
3 Bronze	Verheijen, CarlCarl Verheijen	Speed skating	Men's 10000 m

Bobsleigh

Short track speed skating

Snowboarding

Two women were selected for the Netherlands in snowboarding events in Torino; Cheryl Maas for the halfpipe event and Nicolien Sauerbreij in the parallel giant slalom event. Maas qualified in 4th place for the final, but on her final run, Maas landed on the top edge of the halfpipe, fell and ended up in 11th.

Halfpipe

Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.

Parallel GS

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Nicolien Sauerbreij	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:22.17	12	Kober (GER) (1) L +0.03 (-1.50 +1.53)	Did not advance			12

Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.

Speed skating

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jan Bos	500 m	35.68	35.43	1:11.11	11
	1000 m	n/a		1:09.42	5
	1500 m	n/a		1:48.61	20
Bob de Jong	5000 m	n/a		6:22.12	6
	10000 m	n/a		13:01.57
Stefan Groothuis	1000 m	n/a		1:09.57	8
Sven Kramer	1500 m	n/a		1:48.36	15
	5000 m	n/a		6:16.40
	10000 m	n/a		13:18.14	7
Simon Kuipers	500 m	36.10	35.74	1:11.84	23
	1500 m	n/a		1:46.58	4
Beorn Nijenhuis	500 m	48.84	35.71	1:24.55	35
	1000 m	n/a		1:09.85	12
Carl Verheijen	5000 m	n/a		6:18.84	4
	10000 m	n/a		13:08.80
Erben Wennemars	500 m	35.46	35.84	1:11.30	16
	1000 m	n/a		1:09.32
	1500 m	n/a		1:46.71	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Barbara De Loor	1000 m	n/a		1:16.73	6
Annette Gerritsen	500 m	39.12	38.97	1:18.09	12
	1000 m	n/a		1:18.33	23
Renate Groenewold	1500 m	n/a		1:59.33	9
	3000 m	n/a		4:03.48
	5000 m	n/a		7:11.32	9
Carien Kleibeuker	5000 m	n/a		7:12.18	10
Moniek Kleinsman	3000 m	n/a		4:13.81	17
Marianne Timmer	500 m	Disqualified
	1000 m	n/a		1:16.05
	1500 m	n/a		2:00.45	14
Paulien van Deutekom	500 m	n/a		2:00.15	13
Sanne van der Star	1500 m	39.26	39.33	1:18.59	14
Ireen Wust	1000 m	n/a		1:16.39	4
	1500 m	n/a		1:56.90
	3000 m	n/a		4:02.43

Team Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
From: Sven Kramer Rintje Ritsma Mark Tuitert Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars	Men's team pursuit	3:48.02	3	Russia (6) W 3:44.65	Italy (2) L Overtaken	Bronze final Norway (4) W 3:44.53
From: Paulien van Deutekom Renate Groenewold Moniek Kleinsman Gretha Smit Ireen Wüst	Women's team pursuit	3:06.67	4	Germany (6) L 3:03.65	Did not advance	5th place final United States (4) L 3:05.62	6

References

1. ^ "Flagbearers for the Opening Cermony". http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/media_centre/press_release_uk.asp?id=1664. Retrieved Mar. 30th, 2009.  
2. ^ "Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony". http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/media_centre/press_release_uk.asp?id=1726. Retrieved Mar. 30th, 2009.  

• Yahoo! Sports Turin 2006 - Netherlands

Further references

• (Dutch) Gekwalificeerde sporters Olympische Spelen 2006, from the Dutch Olympic Committee, retrieved 23 January 2006