The Netherlands competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 110 competitors, 80 men and 30 women, took part in 54 events in 13 sports.
Medalists
Silver
Marianne Heemskerk – Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
Bronze
Wieger Mensonides – Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke
Tineke Lagerberg – Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle
Athletics
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Thirteen male cyclists represented the Netherlands in 1960.
Individual road race
Jan Hugens
Jan Janssen
René Lotz
Lex van Kreuningen
Team time trial
Jan Hugens
René Lotz
Ab Sluis
Lex van Kreuningen
Sprint
Piet van der Touw
Aad de Graaf
1000m time trial
Piet van der Touw
Tandem
Rinus Paul
Mees Gerritsen
Team pursuit
Jaap Oudkerk
Theo Nikkessen
Henk Nijdam
Piet van der Lans
Diving
Fencing
Five fencers, one man and four women, represented the Netherlands in 1960.
Men's épée
Max Dwinger
Women's foil
Elly Botbijl
Nina Kleijweg
Daniëlle van Rossem
Women's team foil
Nina Kleijweg, Daniëlle van Rossem, Leni Kokkes-Hanepen, Elly Botbijl
Gymnastics
Hockey
Rowing
The Netherlands had 13 male rowers participate in five out of seven rowing events in 1960.
Men's single sculls
Lex Redelé
Men's double sculls – 5th place
Peter Bakker
Co Rentmeester
Men's coxless pair
Steven Blaisse
Ernst Veenemans
Men's coxed pair
Maarten van Dis
Arnold Wientjes
Jan Just Bos
Men's coxed four
Toon de Ruiter
Frank Moerman
Ype Stelma
Henk Wamsteker
Marius Klumperbeek
Sailing
Finn
Hans Sleeswijk 24th, 2265 points
Flying Dutchman
Ben Verhagen & Gerardus Lautenschutz 5th, 5452 points
Swimming
Water polo
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group C) Lost to Yugoslavia (1–2) Defeated Australia (5–3) Tied with South Africa (3–3) Semi Final Round (Group 2) Lost to Hungary (1–3) Lost to United States (6–7) Classification Round (5th/8th) Lost to Romania (4–5) Lost to Germany (5–6) → 8th place Team Roster Fred van Dorp Henk Hermsen Ben Kniest Harry Lamme Bram Leenards Hans Muller Harro Ran Harry Vriend Fred van der Zwan