# Netherlands at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics

Netherlands competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, from 22–30 August 2015.
At the third day Dafne Schippers won in a new Dutch national record her semi final heat of the 100 metres in a time of 10.83. With this achievement she became the first Dutch finalist in the women's 100 metres at a World Championships.In the final, later that day,she broke her national record again with a time of 10.81 and won the silver medal. Later, she won the gold medal in the 200 metres in a time of 21.63, a new European record.

## Medalists

| Medal | Athlete | Event | Date |
| Gold | Dafne Schippers | 200 metres | 28 August |
| Silver | Dafne Schippers | 100 metres | 24 August |
| Bronze | Sifan Hassan | 1500 metres | 25 August |

## Results

(q – qualified, NM – no mark, SB – season best)

### Men
#### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Churandy Martina | 100 metres | 10.06 SB | 15 Q | 10.09 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Churandy Martina | 200 metres | 20.22 SB | 8 Q | 20.20 SB | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Liemarvin Bonevacia | 400 metres | 44.72 NR | 16 q | 45.65 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Thijmen Kupers | 800 metres | 1:46.70 | 13 q | 1:47.74 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dennis Licht | 5000 metres | 13:57.61 | 28 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Solomon Bockarie Patrick van Luijk Liemarvin Bonevacia Hensley Paulina | 4 × 100 metres relay | 38.41 SB | 8 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Ignisious Gaisah | Long jump | 7.77 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Combined events – Decathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
| Pieter Braun | Result | 11.11 | 7.29 | 13.90 | 2.04 SB | 48.24 | 14.37 | 42.09 | 4.90 PB | 56.95 | 4:32.46 | 8114 | 12 |
| Pieter Braun | Points | 836 | 883 | 722 | 840 | 898 | 927 | 707 | 880 | 692 | 729 | 8114 | 12 |
| Eelco Sintnicolaas | Result | 10.62 PB | 7.50 | 14.65 | 1.92 | 47.93 SB | DNS | – | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Eelco Sintnicolaas | Points | 947 | 935 | 768 | 731 | 913 | – | – | – | – | – | DNF | – |

### Women
#### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Jamile Samuel | 100 metres | DQ | DQ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Naomi Sedney | 100 metres | 11.41 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dafne Schippers | 100 metres | 11.01 | 5 Q | 10.83 NR | 2 Q | 10.81 NR | |
| Dafne Schippers | 200 metres | 22.58 | 5 Q | 22.36 | 6 Q | 21.63 CR, ER, WL | |
| Sifan Hassan | 800 metres | 1:59.94 | 7 Q | 1:58.50 PB | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sifan Hassan | 1500 metres | 4:09.52 | 22 Q | 4:15.38 | 12 Q | 4:09.34 | |
| Maureen Koster | 1500 metres | 4:05.55 | 6 Q | 4:10.95 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Maureen Koster | 5000 metres | DNF | DNF | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Susan Kuijken | 5000 metres | 15:25.67 | 8 Q | — | — | 15:08.00 | 8 |
| Susan Kuijken | 10,000 metres | — | — | — | — | 31:54.32 | 10 |
| Jip Vastenburg | 10,000 metres | — | — | — | — | 32:03.03 | 11 |
| Jamile Samuel Dafne Schippers Nadine Visser Naomi Sedney | 4 × 100 metres relay | 42.32 NR | 4 Q | — | — | DQ | DQ |

#### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Femke Pluim | Pole vault | 4.30 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Combined events – Heptathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
| Nadine Broersen | Result | 13.55 | 1.86 SB | 14.59 | 25.41 | 6.20 | 53.52 | 2:16.58 | 6491 | 4 |
| Nadine Broersen | Points | 1043 | 1054 | 833 | 850 | 912 | 928 | 871 | 6491 | 4 |
| Anouk Vetter | Result | 13.61 | 1.77 SB | 14.24 | 24.53 | 6.11 | 51.78 | 2:23.71 | 6267 | 12 |
| Anouk Vetter | Points | 1034 | 941 | 810 | 930 | 883 | 895 | 774 | 6267 | 12 |
| Nadine Visser | Result | 12.81 PB | 1.80 PB | 13.16 | 23.78 | 6.14 | 40.07 | 2:13.72 PB | 6344 | 8 |
| Nadine Visser | Points | 1153 | 978 | 738 | 1002 | 893 | 669 | 911 | 6344 | 8 |