The Netherlands competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 136 competitors, 82 men and 54 women, took part in 74 events in 15 sports.
Medalists
Archery
Both of the Dutch archers from the 1980 competition returned in 1984. Both shot much higher scores than they had four years earlier, but the field was more competitive with the return of many nations that had boycotted, and both dropped out of the top eight.
Women's Individual Competition: Catherina Floris – 2422 points (→ 23rd place)
Men's Individual Competition: Martinus Reniers – 2486 points (→ 13th place)
Athletics
Men's 5,000 metres
Stijn Jaspers
Heat — 13:58.51 (→ did not advance)
Men's 3,000m Steeplechase
Hans Koeleman
Men's Marathon
Cor Vriend
Final — 2:21:08 (→ 39th place)
Gerard Nijboer
Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Cor Lambregts
Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's Shot Put
Erik de Bruin
Qualifying Round — 19.28 m
Final — 19.65 m (→ 8th place)
Women's 100 metres
Els Vader
Heat 1 — 11.43s
Heat 2 — 11.56s (→ did not advance)
Women's 1,500 metres
Elly van Hulst
Heat — 4:10.69
Final — 4:11.58 (→ 12th place)
Women's Marathon
Carla Beurskens
Final — 2:37:51 (→ 22nd place)
Women's 400m Hurdles
Olga Commandeur
Heat — 56.67
Semifinal — 57.01 (→ did not advance)
Women's Discus Throw
Ria Stalman
Qualifying Heat — 58.28m
Final — 65.36m (→ Gold Medal)
Women's Long Jump
Tineke Hidding
Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Women's High Jump
Marjon Wijnsma
Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance)
Women's Heptathlon
Tineke Hidding
Final Result — 6147 points (→ 7th place)
Marjon Wijnsma
Final Result — 6015 points (→ 11th place)
Boxing
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) Pedro van Raamsdonk First Round – Defeated Augustus Oga (Kenya), on points (4:1) Second Round – Defeated Noe Cruciani (Italy), on points (5:0) Quarterfinals – Lost to Arístides González (Puerto Rico), on points (1:4)
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg) Arnold Vanderlyde → Bronze Medal First Round – Bye Second Round – Defeated Egerton Forster (SLE), on points (4:1) Quarterfinals – Defeated Georgios Stefanopoulos (GRE), on points (5:0) Semifinals – Lost to Willie DeWit (CAN), on points (3:2)
Canoeing
Men's K-2 (500 metres) Gert Jan Lebbink Ron Stevens
Men's K-2 (1,000 metres) Gert Jan Lebbink Ron Stevens
Women's K-1 (500 metres) Annemiek Derckx
Cycling
Sixteen cyclists, thirteen men and three women, represented the Netherlands in 1984.
Men's individual road race
Jean-Paul van Poppel — +22:20 (→ 44th place) Hans Daams — did not finish (→ no ranking) Twan Poels — did not finish (→ no ranking) Nico Verhoeven — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial
Jos Alberts
Erik Breukink
Maarten Ducrot
Gert Jakobs
Individual pursuit
Jelle Nijdam
Team pursuit
Ralf Elshof
Rik Moorman
Jelle Nijdam
Marco van der Hulst
Points race
Derk van Egmond
Women's individual road race
Leontine van der Lienden — +10:49 (→ 28th place) Hennie Top — +18:12 (→ 37th place) Thea van Rijnsoever — +18:12 (→ 39th place)
Diving
Women's 3m Springboard
Daphne Jongejans — 437.40 points (→ 10th place)
Equestrianism
Mixed Dressage Individual
Annemarie Sanders
Tineke Bartels
Jo Rutten
Mixed Dressage Team
Annemarie Sanders
Tineke Bartels
Jo Rutten
Field hockey
Men's team competition
Preliminary round (group B) Defeated Canada (4-1) Defeated New Zealand (3-1) Drew with Pakistan (3-3) Lost to Great Britain (3-4) Defeated Kenya (3-0) Classification Matches 5th/8th place: Defeated Spain (0-0) after penalty strokes (10-4) 5th/6th place: Lost to India (2-5) → 6th place
Team roster
Peter van Asbeck
Ewout van Asbeck
Lex Bos (gk) Roderik Bouwman Cees Jan Diepeveen Theo Doyer Maarten van Grimbergen Arno den Hartog Tom van 't Hek Pierre Hermans (gk) René Klaassen Hans Kruize Hidde Kruize Ties Kruize Eric Pierik Ron Steens Head coach: Wim van Heumen
Women's Team Competition
Round robin
Defeated New Zealand (2-1) Defeated United States (2-1) Defeated West Germany (6-2) Drew with Canada (2-2) Defeated Australia (2-0) → Gold Medal