# Netherlands at the 2016 Summer Olympics

The Netherlands competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in 1900, Dutch athletes had competed at every edition of the Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, with the exception of the sparsely attended 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis and 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne (except the equestrian events in Stockholm), which the Netherlands boycotted because of the Soviet invasion of Hungary.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Anna van der Breggen | Cycling | Women's road race | 7 August |
| Gold | Maaike Head Ilse Paulis | Rowing | Women's lightweight double sculls | 12 August |
| Gold | Elis Ligtlee | Cycling | Women's keirin | 13 August |
| Gold | Dorian van Rijsselberghe | Sailing | Men's RS:X | 14 August |
| Gold | Sharon van Rouwendaal | Swimming | Women's 10 km open water | 15 August |
| Gold | Sanne Wevers | Gymnastics | Women's balance beam | 15 August |
| Gold | Ferry Weertman | Swimming | Men's 10 km open water | 16 August |
| Gold | Marit Bouwmeester | Sailing | Women's Laser Radial | 16 August |
| Silver | Tom Dumoulin | Cycling | Men's road time trial | 10 August |
| Silver | Chantal Achterberg Nicole Beukers Inge Janssen Carline Bouw | Rowing | Women's quadruple sculls | 11 August |
| Silver | Matthijs Büchli | Cycling | Men's keirin | 16 August |
| Silver | Dafne Schippers | Athletics | Women's 200 m | 17 August |
| Silver | Jelle van Gorkom | Cycling | Men's BMX | 19 August |
| Silver | Netherlands women's national field hockey team Naomi van AsWillemijn BosCarlien Dirkse van den HeuvelMargot van GeffenEva de GoedeEllen HoogKelly JonkerMarloes KeetelsLaurien LeurinkCaia van MaasakkerKitty van MaleMaartje PaumenJoyce SombroekMaria VerschoorXan de WaardLidewij Welten | Field hockey | Women's tournament | 19 August |
| Silver | Nouchka Fontijn | Boxing | Women's middleweight | 21 August |
| Bronze | Anicka van Emden | Judo | Women's 63 kg | 9 August |
| Bronze | Anna van der Breggen | Cycling | Women's road time trial | 10 August |
| Bronze | Dirk Uittenbogaard Boaz Meylink Kaj Hendriks Boudewijn Röell Olivier Siegelaar Tone Wieten Mechiel Versluis Robert Lücken Peter Wiersum (cox) | Rowing | Men's eight | 13 August |
| Bronze | Alexander Brouwer Robert Meeuwsen | Volleyball | Men's beach volleyball | 18 August |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Cycling | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Sailing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Swimming | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rowing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Athletics | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Boxing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Field hockey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Judo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Volleyball | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
Medals by date :
| Day | Date | | | | Total |
| Day 1 | 6 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 2 | 7 August | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 3 | 8 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 4 | 9 August | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Day 5 | 10 August | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Day 6 | 11 August | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 7 | 12 August | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 8 | 13 August | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Day 9 | 14 August | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 10 | 15 August | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Day 11 | 16 August | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Day 12 | 17 August | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 13 | 18 August | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Day 14 | 19 August | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Day 15 | 20 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 16 | 21 August | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 8 | 7 | 4 | 19 |

## Competitors

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Athletics | 11 | 21 | 32 |
| Badminton | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Boxing | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Cycling | 16 | 10 | 26 |
| Diving | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Equestrian | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| Fencing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Field hockey | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| Golf | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Handball | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Judo | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Rowing | 19 | 17 | 36 |
| Sailing | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Swimming | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| Table tennis | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Tennis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Triathlon | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Volleyball | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 107 | 135 | 242 |

## Archery

The Netherlands qualified three archers into the men's individual and team events after having secured a top eight finish in the team recurve event at the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Sjef van den Berg | Men's individual | 684 | 4 | Jensen (TGA) W 7–3 | Gazoz (TUR) W 7–3 | Soto (CHI) W 6*–5 | Lee S-y (KOR) W 6–4 | Valladont (FRA) L 3–7 | Ellison (USA) L 2–6 | 4 |
| Mitch Dielemans | Men's individual | 634 | 58 | Furukawa (JPN) L 1–7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rick van der Ven | Men's individual | 663 | 27 | Huston (GBR) L 4–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sjef van den Berg Mitch Dielemans Rick van der Ven | Men's team | 1981 | 9 | — | — | Spain (ESP) W 5–1 | South Korea (KOR) L 0–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Athletics

The Netherlands has qualified 32 athletes (11 men and 21 women) into the following athletics events.

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
* NM = No mark

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Solomon Bockarie | 100 m | Bye | Bye | 10.36 | =5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Churandy Martina | 100 m | Bye | Bye | 10.22 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Solomon Bockarie | 200 m | 20.42 | 3 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Churandy Martina | 200 m | 20.29 | 2 Q | — | — | 20.10 | 2 Q | 20.13 | 5 |
| Liemarvin Bonevacia | 400 m | 45.49 | 3 Q | — | — | 45.03 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Solomon Bockarie Giovanni Codrington Dimitri Juliet* Churandy Martina Hensley Paulina Joren Tromp* | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.53 | 8 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abdi Nageeye | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:13:01 | 11 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Dafne Schippers | 100 m | Bye | Bye | 11.16 | 1 Q | 10.90 | 2 Q | 10.90 | 5 |
| Jamile Samuel | 200 m | 23.04 | 3 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tessa van Schagen | 200 m | 23.41 | 4 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dafne Schippers | 200 m | 22.51 | 1 Q | — | — | 21.96 | 1 Q | 21.88 SB | |
| Sifan Hassan | 800 m | 2:00.27 | 5 | — | — | Did not avance | Did not avance | Did not avance | Did not avance |
| Sifan Hassan | 1500 m | 4:06.64 | 1 Q | — | — | 4:03.62 | 2 Q | 4:11.23 | 5 |
| Maureen Koster | 1500 m | 4:13.15 | 8 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Maureen Koster | 5000 m | DNS | DNS | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Susan Kuijken | 5000 m | 15:19.96 | 5 Q | — | — | — | — | 15:00.69 | 8 |
| Susan Kuijken | 10000 m | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31:32.43 | 14 |
| Jip Vastenburg | 10000 m | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32:08.92 | 28 |
| Nadine Visser | 100 m hurdles | 13.07 | 4 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marije van Hunenstijn* Tasa Jiya* Jamile Samuel Tessa van Schagen Dafne Schippers Naomi Sedney | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.88 | 6 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Madiea Ghafoor* Eva Hovenkamp Nicky van Leuveren Laura de Witte Lisanne de Witte | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:26.98 | 6 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andrea Deelstra | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:40:49 | 60 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Fabian Florant | Men's triple jump | 16.51 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Femke Pluim | Women's pole vault | 4.15 | =29 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Melissa Boekelman | Women's shot put | 17.69 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Combined events – Men's decathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
| Pieter Braun | Result | 11.03 | 7.55 | 13.90 | 1.95 | DNS | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Pieter Braun | Points | 854 | 947 | 722 | 758 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Eelco Sintnicolaas | Result | 10.87 | DNS | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Eelco Sintnicolaas | Points | 890 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |

### Combined events – Women's heptathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
| Nadine Broersen | Result | 13.56 | 1.77 | 14.04 | 24.94 | 6.15 | 50.80 | 2:17.55 | 6300 | 13 |
| Nadine Broersen | Points | 1041 | 941 | 797 | 892 | 896 | 876 | 857 | 6300 | 13 |
| Anouk Vetter | Result | 13.47 | 1.77 | 14.78 | 23.93 | 6.10 | 48.42 | 2:17.71 | 6394 | 10 |
| Anouk Vetter | Points | 1055 | 941 | 846 | 987 | 880 | 830 | 855 | 6394 | 10 |
| Nadine Visser | Result | 13.02 | 1.68 | 12.84 | 24.34 | 6.35 | 42.48 | 2:14.47 | 6190 | 19 |
| Nadine Visser | Points | 1121 | 830 | 717 | 948 | 959 | 715 | 900 | 6190 | 19 |

## Badminton

The Netherlands qualified three badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament. Selena Piek, along with her partners Eefje Muskens and Jacco Arends, had claimed their Olympic spots each in the women's and mixed doubles, respectively, by virtue of their top 16 national finish in the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Eefje Muskens Selena Piek | Women's doubles | Supajirakul / Taerattanachai (THA) W (21–13, 22–20) | Gutta / Ponnappa (IND) W (21–16, 16–21, 21–17) | Matsutomo / Takahashi (JPN) L (9–21, 11–21) | 2 Q | Jung K-e / Shin S-c (KOR) L (13–21, 22–20, 14–21) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jacco Arends Selena Piek | Mixed doubles | Kazuno / Kurihara (JPN) L (14–21, 19–21) | Ko S-h / Kim H-n (KOR) L (10–21, 10–21) | Chew / Subandhi (USA) W (21–15, 21–19) | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing

The Netherlands entered three boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament for the first time since 1992. Peter Müllenberg was the first Dutch boxer being selected to the Olympic team with a semifinal victory at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Samsun, Turkey. Meanwhile, Nouchka Fontijn had claimed her Olympic spot with a quarterfinal victory in the women's middleweight division at the World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Enrico Lacruz secured an additional Olympic place on the Dutch roster with his quarterfinal triumph at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Enrico Lacruz | Men's lightweight | Lai C-e (TPE) W 2–1 | Otgondalai (MGL) L 1–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Peter Müllenberg | Men's light heavyweight | Rouzbahani (IRI) W 3–0 | Mammadov (AZE) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nouchka Fontijn | Women's middleweight | — | Bye | Marshall (GBR) W 2–0 | Li Q (CHN) W 2–1 | Shields (USA) L 0–3 | |

## Cycling
### Road

Dutch riders qualified for the following quota places in the men's and women's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI World Tour (for men) and top 22 in the UCI World Ranking (for women). The Dutch women's road cycling squad was named to the Olympic roster on May 17, 2016, and was preceded by the men's squad two weeks later.

#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Tom Dumoulin | Road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Tom Dumoulin | Time trial | 1:13:02.83 | |
| Steven Kruijswijk | Road race | 6:22:23 | 39 |
| Bauke Mollema | Road race | 6:13:36 | 17 |
| Wout Poels | Road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Wout Poels | Time trial | Did not start | Did not start |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Anna van der Breggen | Road race | 3:51:27 | |
| Anna van der Breggen | Time trial | 44:37.80 | |
| Ellen van Dijk | Road race | 3:56:34 | 21 |
| Ellen van Dijk | Time trial | 44:48.74 | 4 |
| Annemiek van Vleuten | Road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Marianne Vos | Road race | 3:52:41 | 9 |

### Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Dutch riders have accumulated spots in both men's and women's team sprint, as well as both the men's and women's omnium. As a result of their place in the men's and women's team sprint, Netherlands has assured its right to enter two riders in both men's and women's sprint and men's and women's keirin.

#### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Theo Bos | Men's sprint | 10.140 71.005 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jeffrey Hoogland | Men's sprint | 9.837 73.193 | 8 Q | Pervis (FRA) W 10.181 70.719 | Bye | Baugé (FRA) L | Constable (AUS) Levy (GER) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9th place final Levy (GER) Webster (NZL) Puerta (COL) L | 11 |
| Elis Ligtlee | Women's sprint | 10.803 66.648 | 4 Q | Gong (CHN) W 11.425 63.019 | Bye | Krupeckaitė (LTU) W 11.360 63.380 | Bye | Voynova (RUS) W 11.405, W 11.391 | James (GBR) L, L | Marchant (GBR) L, L | 4 |
| Laurine van Riessen | Women's sprint | 11.023 65.317 | 13 Q | Vogel (GER) L | Meares (AUS) Ismayilova (AZE) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Team sprint

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank |
| Theo Bos Matthijs Büchli* Jeffrey Hoogland Nils van 't Hoenderdaal | Men's team sprint | 43.688 61.801 | 6 Q | Australia (AUS) L 43.552 61.994 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Elis Ligtlee Laurine van Riessen | Women's team sprint | 33.189 54.234 | 5 Q | Australia (AUS) L 32.792 54.891 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
* Shanne Braspennincx is the first reserve for the women's team sprint. She lives outside the Olympic Village during the Games, while she is not a member of the Dutch Olympic Team. ** Nils van 't Hoenderdaal is the first reserve for the men's team sprint.

#### Pursuit

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank |
| Joost van der Burg Nils van 't Hoenderdaal* Jan-Willem van Schip Wim Stroetinga Tim Veldt | Men's team pursuit | DNF | DNF | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Keirin

| Athlete | Event | 1st round | Repechage | 2nd round | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank |
| Theo Bos | Men's keirin | 3 R | 3 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Matthijs Büchli | Men's keirin | 2 Q | Bye | 2 Q | |
| Elis Ligtlee | Women's keirin | 1 Q | Bye | 2 Q | |
| Laurine van Riessen | Women's keirin | 4 R | 1 Q | 4 | 9 |

#### Omnium

| Athlete | Event | Scratch race | Scratch race | Individual pursuit | Individual pursuit | Individual pursuit | Elimination race | Elimination race | Time trial | Time trial | Time trial | Flying lap | Flying lap | Flying lap | Points race | Points race | Total points | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Points | Time | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Time | Rank | Points | Time | Rank | Points | Points | Rank | Total points | Rank |
| Tim Veldt | Men's omnium | 16 | 10 | 4:22.856 | 7 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 1:03.464 | 7 | 28 | 13.170 | 7 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 111 | 9 |
| Kirsten Wild | Women's omnium | 9 | 24 | 3:31.941 | 5 | 32 | 4 | 34 | 36.562 | 13 | 16 | 14.023 | 4 | 34 | 43 | 5 | 183 | 6 |

### Mountain biking

Dutch mountain bikers qualified for two men's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's sixth-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 25, 2016. Rudi van Houts was the first mountain biker, who met the criteria set by the NOC*NSF being selected to the Dutch cycling squad by virtue of his top ten finish at the 2015 European Mountain Bike Championships in Chies d'Alpago, Italy
The Dutch NOC*NSF decided to refuse the second quota place, as they didn't have a second mountain biker who met the national criteria. As a result of this, Van Houts was the only Dutch mountain biker to compete at the Games.
Originally, Anne Terpstra finished in eleventh place at the 2016 European Mountain Bike Championships, which was not enough to qualify for Rio 2016, while she did not manage to have a top 10 finish at a European Championships or a World Championships during the qualification period. However, the UCI decided to disqualify the Russian mountain biker Ekateryna Anoshina, who finished in eighth place. After the disqualification, Terpstra finished in tenth place and was qualified for Rio 2016.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Rudi van Houts | Men's cross-country | DNF | DNF |
| Anne Terpstra | Women's cross-country | 1:36:33 | 15 |

### BMX

The Netherlands has received three men's and two women's quota spots for BMX at the Olympics as a result of the nation's second-place finish for men and third for women in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 30, 2016. The BMX cycling team was announced on 1 June 2016.
| Athlete | Event | Seeding | Seeding | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Twan van Gendt | Men's BMX | 34.93 | 6 | 10 | 3 Q | 15 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jelle van Gorkom | Men's BMX | 35.41 | 17 | 6 | 1 Q | 11 | 2 Q | 35.31 | |
| Niek Kimmann | Men's BMX | 35.07 | 8 | 14 | 4 Q | 12 | 3 Q | 36.57 | 7 |
| Merle van Benthem | Women's BMX | 35.64 | 9 | — | — | 21 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Laura Smulders | Women's BMX | 35.11 | 3 | — | — | 4 | 1 Q | 1:52.23 | 7 |

## Diving

Dutch divers qualified for one individual spot at the Olympics through the 2015 FINA World Championships, signifying the nation's Olympic return to the sport for the first time since 1992.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Uschi Freitag | Women's 3 m springboard | 317.10 | 11 Q | 298.95 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Equestrian

The Netherlands became one of the first three nations to earn places at the Games, qualifying a complete team in dressage by winning the bronze medal in the team event at the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games. The Dutch eventing team also qualified for Rio by winning the bronze medal at the same World Games.

### Dressage

The Dutch dressage team was named on noon of 17 July 2016, after two selection events: CDIO Rotterdam (23-26 June) and Dutch Championships (15-17 July).
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix | Grand Prix | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Freestyle | Grand Prix Freestyle | Overall | Overall |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Adelinde Cornelissen | Parzival | Individual | Retired | Retired | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | DNF | DNF |
| Edward Gal | Voice | Individual | 75.271 | 16 Q | 73.655 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance | 73.655 | 20 |
| Hans Peter Minderhoud | Johnson | Individual | 76.957 | 9 Q | 75.224 | 13 Q | 80.571 | 9 | 80.571 | 9 |
| Diederik van Silfhout | Arlando | Individual | 75.900 | 13 Q | 76.092 | 11 Q | 79.535 | 11 | 79.535 | 11 |
| Adelinde Cornelissen Edward Gal Hans Peter Minderhoud Diederik van Silfhout | See above | Team | 76.043 | 4 Q | 74.991 | 4 | — | — | 74.991 | 4 |

### Eventing

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Qualifier | Qualifier | Qualifier | Final | Final | Final | | | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Merel Blom | Rumour Has It | Individual | 54.40 | 53 | 12.00 | 66.40 | 20 | 2.00 | 68.40 | 19 Q | 8.00 | 76.40 | 19 | 76.40 | 19 |
| Tim Lips | Bayro | Individual | 46.00 | 20 | 28.00 | 74.00 | 25 | 8.00 | 82.00 | 23 Q | 0.00 | 82.00 | 21 | 82.00 | 21 |
| Alice Naber-Lozeman | Peter Parker | Individual | 46.20 | 21 | 52.00 | 98.20 | 32 | 4.00 | 102.20 | 32 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 102.20 | 32 |
| Theo van de Vendel | Zindane | Individual | 65.70 # | 64 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Merel Blom Tim Lips Alice Naber-Lozeman Theo van de Vendel | See above | Team | 146.60 | 11 | 92.00 | 238.60 | 5 | 14.00 | 252.60 | 6 | — | — | — | 252.60 | 6 |
"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

### Jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round A | Round A | Round B | Round B | Round B | | | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Jeroen Dubbeldam | Zenith | Individual | 4 | =27 Q | 0 | 4 | =15 Q | 5 | 9 | =23 Q | 0 | =1 Q | 1 | 1 | =10 | 1 | =10 |
| Harrie Smolders | Emerald | Individual | 0 | =1 Q | 0 | 0 | =1 Q | 12 | 12 | =31 Q | 4 | =16 Q | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNF | 27 |
| Maikel van der Vleuten | Verdi | Individual | 0 | =1 Q | 0 | 0 | =1 Q | 1 | 1 | =2 Q | 4 | =16 Q | 5 | 9 | =18 | 9 | =18 |
| Jur Vrieling | Zirocco Blue | Individual | DSQ # | TO | DSQ # | TO | TO | DNS # | TO | TO | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jeroen Dubbeldam Harrie Smolders Maikel van der Vleuten Jur Vrieling | See above | Team | 4 | =3 Q | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | =1 Q | 18 | 18 | =7 | 18 | =7 |
"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.
"TO" indicates that Vrieling was disqualified from competing for a place in the individual final rounds. He was allowed to start in the second and third qualification round, however, to be able to set a score for the team competition. After another disqualification in the second qualification round, Vrieling withdrew.
(*) Gerco Schröder and his horse London is the first reserve for the Dutch jumping squad. He resided outside the Olympic Village during the Games, as he was not a member of the Dutch Olympic Team.

## Fencing

Following the completion of the Grand Prix finals, Netherlands has entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. 2012 Olympian Bas Verwijlen had claimed a spot in the men's épée, as one of the top two individual fencers from Europe outside the world's top eight qualified teams in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Bas Verwijlen | Men's épée | Bye | Avdeev (RUS) L 9–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Field hockey
### Summary

Key:
* FT – After full time.
* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Netherlands men's | Men's tournament | Argentina D 3–3 | Ireland W 5–0 | Canada W 7–0 | India W 2–1 | Germany L 1–2 | 2 Q | Australia W 4–0 | Belgium L 1–3 | Germany L 3–4$^P$ FT: 1–1 | 4 |
| Netherlands women's | Women's tournament | Spain W 5–0 | South Korea W 4–0 | China W 1–0 | New Zealand D 1–1 | Germany W 2–0 | 1 Q | Argentina W 3–2 | Germany W 4–3$^P$ FT: 1–1 | Great Britain L 0–2$^P$ FT: 3–3 | |

### Men's tournament

The Netherlands men's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved a top three finish at the 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals.

#### Team roster

The following is the Netherlands roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Head coach: Max Caldas
* Jaap Stockmann (GK)
* Glenn Schuurman
* Billy Bakker
* Seve van Ass
* Valentin Verga
* Jeroen Hertzberger
* Sander de Wijn
* Sander Baart
* Robbert Kemperman
* Mirco Pruyser
* Bob de Voogd
* Jorrit Croon
* Rogier Hofman
* Robert van der Horst (C)
* Hidde Turkstra
* Mink van der Weerden
Reserves:
* Pirmin Blaak (GK)
* Constantijn Jonker

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 13 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Argentina | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | India | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Ireland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 3 | |
| 6 | Canada | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 22 | −15 | 1 | |
* 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 10:00
| Argentina | 3–3 | Netherlands |
| Vila 29', 49' Paredes 54' | Report | Hertzberger 18' Van der Weerden 36' Van Ass 43' |
* Umpires: Martin Madden (GBR) Adam Kearns (AUS)
* 7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 18:00
| Netherlands | 5–0 | Ireland |
| van der Weerden 7', 40' Croon 8' Pruijser 42' Hertzberger 60' | Report | |
* Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GBR) Tim Pullman (AUS)
* 9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 13:30
| Netherlands | 7–0 | Canada |
| Van Ass 9' Van der Weerden 25', 52', 60' Hertzberger 29', 36' Kemperman 58' | Report | |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Nathan Stagno (GBR)
* 11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 10:00
| Netherlands | 2–1 | India |
| Hofman 35' Van der Weerden 54' | Report | Raghunath 38' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Martin Madden (GBR)
* 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 13:30
| Germany | 2–1 | Netherlands |
| Fuchs 7' Grambusch 33' | Report | Van As 44' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Marcelo Servetto (ESP)

#### Quarterfinal

* 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 18:00
| Netherlands | 4–0 | Australia |
| Bakker 1' De Voogd 28' Verga 33' Van der Weerden 49' | Report | |
* Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Paco Vázquez (ESP)

#### Semifinal

* 16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 17:00
| Belgium | 3–1 | Netherlands |
| Truyens 25' Dohmen 29' van Aubel 46' | Report | van der Weerden 29' |
* Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Murray Grime (AUS)

#### Bronze medal match

* 18 August 2016 (2016-08-18) 12:00
| Netherlands | 1–1 | Germany |
| Croon 35' | Report | M. Grambusch 42' |
| Penalties |||
| Bakker Kemperman Hertzberger Van Ass De Wijn | 3–4 | Hauke M. Grambusch Herzbruch Butt |
* Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Martin Madden (GBR)

### Women's tournament

The Netherlands women's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved a top three finish at the second stop of the 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals.

#### Team roster

The following is the Netherlands roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Head coach: Alyson Annan
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) |
| 1 | GK | Joyce Sombroek | (1990-09-10)10 September 1990 (aged 25) |
| 3 | FW | Xan de Waard | (1995-11-08)8 November 1995 (aged 20) |
| 4 | FW | Kitty van Male | (1988-06-05)5 June 1988 (aged 28) |
| 6 | MF | Laurien Leurink | (1994-11-13)13 November 1994 (aged 21) |
| 7 | DF | Willemijn Bos | (1988-05-02)2 May 1988 (aged 28) |
| 8 | MF | Marloes Keetels | (1993-05-04)4 May 1993 (aged 23) |
| 9 | MF | Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel | (1987-04-16)16 April 1987 (aged 29) |
| 10 | FW | Kelly Jonker | (1990-05-23)23 May 1990 (aged 26) |
| 11 | MF | Maria Verschoor | (1994-04-22)22 April 1994 (aged 22) |
| 12 | MF | Lidewij Welten | (1990-07-16)16 July 1990 (aged 26) |
| 13 | DF | Caia van Maasakker | (1989-04-05)5 April 1989 (aged 27) |
| 17 | DF | Maartje Paumen | (1985-09-19)19 September 1985 (aged 30) |
| 18 | MF | Naomi van As | (1983-07-26)26 July 1983 (aged 33) |
| 19 | FW | Ellen Hoog | (1986-03-26)26 March 1986 (aged 30) |
| 23 | DF | Margot van Geffen | (1989-11-23)23 November 1989 (aged 26) |
| 24 | MF | Eva de Goede | (1989-03-23)23 March 1989 (aged 27) |

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 13 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Germany | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Spain | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | China | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 5 | |
| 6 | South Korea | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 1 | |
* 7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 12:30
| Netherlands | 5–0 | Spain |
| Welten 12' Leurink 16' Keetels 19' Paumen 23', 49' | Report | |
* Umpires: Amy Baxter (USA) Amber Church (NZL)
* 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 17:00
| Netherlands | 4–0 | South Korea |
| Jonker 9', 30', 42' Dirkse van den Heuvel 46' | Report | |
* Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Sarah Wilson (GBR)
* 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 18:00
| China | 0–1 | Netherlands |
| | Report | Van Male 59' |
* Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
* 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 11:00
| New Zealand | 1–1 | Netherlands |
| Whitelock 59' | Report | Paumen 28' |
* Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Michelle Joubert (RSA)
* 13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 12:30
| Netherlands | 2–0 | Germany |
| De Waard 5' Van Male 44' | Report | |
* Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Melissa Trivic (AUS)

#### Quarterfinal

* 15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 20:30
| Netherlands | 3–2 | Argentina |
| Welten 5' Leurink 25' Jonker 47' | Report | F. Habif 41' Merino 53' |
* Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Laurine Delforge (BEL)

#### Semifinal

* 17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 12:00
| Netherlands | 1–1 | Germany |
| Paumen 16' | Report | Schütze 11' |
| Penalties |||
| Bos Hoog Keetels Van Geffen Jonker Bos Hoog | 4–3 | Müller-Wieland Mävers Hahn Teschke Hauke Müller-Wieland Mävers |
* Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Soledad Iparraguiree (ARG)

#### Gold medal match

* 19 August 2016 (2016-08-19) 17:00
| Netherlands | 3–3 | Great Britain |
| Van Male 16', 37' Paumen 25' | Report | Owsley 10' Cullen 26' White 52' |
| Penalties |||
| Bos Hoog Leurink Van Geffen | 0–2 | H. Richardson-Walsh Danson Bray Unsworth Webb |
* Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Laurine Delforge (BEL)

## Golf

Netherlands has entered one golfer into the Olympic tournament. Joost Luiten (world no. 65) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective individual events based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016. Christel Boeljon and Anne van Dam also managed to reach a top 60 finish in the same list, but they did not manage to reach a top 100 finish at the World Ranking, which was the criteria set by the NOC*NSF to be qualified.
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total | Par | Rank |
| Joost Luiten | Men's individual | 72 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 282 | −2 | =27 |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic

Netherlands fielded a full squad of ten gymnasts (five men and five women). Men's team and women's team have qualified for the first time since 1928 and 1976 Olympics, respectively. The women's team qualified through a top eight finish at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow. Meanwhile, the men's team had claimed one of the remaining four spots in the team all-around at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.

#### Team

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Bart Deurloo | Team | 14.000 | 14.200 | 14.266 | 14.858 | 14.566 | 15.100 | 86.990 | 14 Q | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yuri van Gelder | Team | — | — | 15.333 Q | — | — | — | — | — | | | | | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Frank Rijken | Team | 13.866 | 13.966 | 13.700 | 14.200 | 14.500 | 14.033 | 84.265 | 33 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jeffrey Wammes | Team | 14.533 | 11.933 | 12.941 | 14.900 | 14.333 | 14.066 | 82.706 | 40 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Epke Zonderland | Team | — | — | — | — | — | 15.366 Q | — | — | | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Total | Team | 42.399 | 40.099 | 43.299 | 43.958 | 43.399 | 44.532 | 257.686 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Individual finals

| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Bart Deurloo | All-around | 14.666 | 14.733 | 14.633 | 14.700 | 14.300 | 14.566 | 87.598 | 15 |
| Yuri van Gelder | Rings | Banned by NOC due to misbehaviour | Banned by NOC due to misbehaviour | Banned by NOC due to misbehaviour | Banned by NOC due to misbehaviour | Banned by NOC due to misbehaviour | Banned by NOC due to misbehaviour | Banned by NOC due to misbehaviour | Banned by NOC due to misbehaviour |
| Epke Zonderland | Horizontal bar | — | — | — | — | — | 14.033 | 14.033 | 7 |

#### Team

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank |
| Eythora Thorsdottir | Team | 14.900 | 14.733 | 14.300 | 13.633 | 57.566 | 7 Q | 15.000 | 14.733 | 14.566 | 13.900 | — | — |
| Céline van Gerner | Team | 13.766 | 14.533 | 13.800 | 13.716 | 55.815 | 25 | — | 14.400 | — | 13.933 | — | — |
| Vera van Pol | Team | 14.266 | — | — | 13.500 | — | — | 14.100 | — | — | — | | | — | — |
| Lieke Wevers | Team | 13.966 | 14.600 | 14.366 | 13.850 | 56.782 | 15 Q | 13.933 | — | 14.266 | 13.833 | — | — |
| Sanne Wevers | Team | — | 14.408 | 15.066 Q | — | — | — | — | 14.533 | 15.250 | — | — | — |
| Total | Team | 43.132 | 43.866 | 43.732 | 41.199 | 171.929 | 8 Q | 43.033 | 43.666 | 44.082 | 41.666 | 172.447 | 7 |

#### Individual finals

| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank |
| Eythora Thorsdottir | All-around | 14.833 | 14.200 | 14.066 | 14.533 | 57.632 | 9 |
| Lieke Wevers | All-around | 14.066 | 14.600 | 13.066 | 14.133 | 55.865 | 20 |
| Sanne Wevers | Balance beam | — | — | 15.466 | — | 15.466 | |

## Handball
### Summary

Key:
* ET – After extra time
* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Netherlands women's | Women's tournament | France L 14–18 | Argentina W 26–18 | South Korea D 32–32 | Sweden D 29–29 | Russia L 34–38 | 4 Q | Brazil W 32–23 | France L 23–24 | Norway L 26–36 | 4 |

### Women's tournament

The Netherlands women's handball team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top two finish at the first meet of the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Metz, France.

#### Team roster

The following is the Dutch roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Head coach: Henk Groener
* No.
* Pos.
* Name
* Date of birth (age)
* Height
* App.
* Goals
* Club
* 5
* LB
* Jessy Kramer
* (1990-02-16)16 February 1990 (aged 26)
* 1.77 m
* 97
* 83
* Toulon Handball
* 6
* RB
* Laura van der Heijden
* (1990-06-27)27 June 1990 (aged 26)
* 1.72 m
* 148
* 477
* Team Esbjerg
* 8
* LB
* Lois Abbingh
* (1992-08-13)13 August 1992 (aged 23)
* 1.77 m
* 92
* 405
* Issy-Paris
* 9
* RB
* Sanne van Olphen
* (1989-03-13)13 March 1989 (aged 27)
* 1.77 m
* 65
* 110
* Toulon Saint-Cyr Var Handball
* 10
* P
* Danick Snelder
* (1990-05-22)22 May 1990 (aged 26)
* 1.78 m
* 120
* 297
* Ferencváros
* 13
* P
* Yvette Broch
* (1990-12-23)23 December 1990 (aged 25)
* 1.85 m
* 84
* 198
* Győri ETO
* 17
* CB
* Cornelia Groot
* (1988-05-04)4 May 1988 (aged 28)
* 1.75 m
* 96
* 291
* Győri ETO
* 18
* LB
* Kelly Dulfer
* (1994-03-21)21 March 1994 (aged 22)
* 1.86 m
* 50
* 39
* VfL Oldenburg
* 21
* LW
* Michelle Goos
* (1989-12-27)27 December 1989 (aged 26)
* 1.78 m
* 58
* 102
* Buxtehuder SV
* 23
* GK
* Jasmina Janković
* (1986-12-06)6 December 1986 (aged 29)
* 1.68 m
* 56
* 0
* TuS Metzingen
* 24
* LW
* Martine Smeets
* (1990-05-05)5 May 1990 (aged 26)
* 1.72 m
* 58
* 105
* SG BBM Bietigheim
* 26
* RW
* Angela Malestein
* (1993-01-31)31 January 1993 (aged 23)
* 1.73 m
* 85
* 149
* SG BBM Bietigheim
* 30
* RW
* Jurswailly Luciano
* (1991-03-25)25 March 1991 (aged 25)
* 1.71 m
* 45
* 104
* Metz Handball
* 33
* GK
* Tess Wester
* (1993-05-19)19 May 1993 (aged 23)
* 1.78 m
* 43
* 2
* SG BBM Bietigheim
* 79
* CB
* Estavana Polman
* (1992-08-05)5 August 1992 (aged 24)
* 1.74 m
* 89
* 293
* Team Esbjerg

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Russia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 147 | +18 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | France | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 118 | 93 | +25 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Sweden | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 150 | 141 | +9 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Netherlands | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 135 | 135 | 0 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | South Korea | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 130 | 136 | −6 | 3 | |
| 6 | Argentina | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 101 | 147 | −46 | 0 | |
| 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 11:30 | Netherlands | 14–18 | France | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR) |
| 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 11:30 | three players 3 | (6–10) | Lacrabère, Pineau 5 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR) |
| 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 11:30 | 3× 5× | Report | 3× 3× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR) |
| 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 19:50 | Argentina | 18–26 | Netherlands | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mousaviyan, Kolahdouzan (IRI) |
| 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 19:50 | Mendoza 3 | (9–13) | Polman 6 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mousaviyan, Kolahdouzan (IRI) |
| 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 19:50 | 3× 5× | Report | 3× 10× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mousaviyan, Kolahdouzan (IRI) |
| 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 19:50 | Netherlands | 32–32 | South Korea | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lopéz, Ramírez (ESP) |
| 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 19:50 | Broch, Groot 7 | (18–17) | Gwon 11 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lopéz, Ramírez (ESP) |
| 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 19:50 | 3× 5× | Report | 4× 3× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lopéz, Ramírez (ESP) |
| 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 11:30 | Sweden | 29–29 | Netherlands | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alpaidze, Berekzina (RUS) |
| 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 11:30 | Hagman 14 | (16–13) | Malestein 5 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alpaidze, Berekzina (RUS) |
| 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 11:30 | 3× 3× | Report | 2× 1× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alpaidze, Berekzina (RUS) |
| 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 14:40 | Netherlands | 34–38 | Russia | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 14:40 | Polman 12 | (16–17) | Ilina 8 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 14:40 | 3× 6× | Report | 2× 4× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |

#### Quarterfinal

| 16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 10:00 | Brazil | 23–32 | Netherlands | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR) |
| 16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 10:00 | Da Silva 7 | (11–12) | Polman 7 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR) |
| 16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 10:00 | 4× 6× | Report | 3× 2× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR) |

#### Semifinal

| 18 August 2016 (2016-08-18) 15:30 | Netherlands | 23–24 | France | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR) |
| 18 August 2016 (2016-08-18) 15:30 | van der Heijden 8 | (13–17) | Pineau 7 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR) |
| 18 August 2016 (2016-08-18) 15:30 | 3× 2× | Report | 2× 3× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR) |

#### Bronze medal match

| 20 August 2016 (2016-08-20) 11:30 | Netherlands | 26–36 | Norway | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 20 August 2016 (2016-08-20) 11:30 | Groot 6 | (13–19) | Mørk 7 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 20 August 2016 (2016-08-20) 11:30 | 3× | Report | 1× 1× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |

## Judo

The Netherlands has qualified a total of eleven judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Six men and four women, led by two-time Olympic bronze medalist Henk Grol, were selected by virtue of their top 22 (men) and top 14 (women) finish at the IJF World Ranking List as of 30 May 2016. Meanwhile, Sanne Verhagen at women's lightweight (57 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the European region, as the highest-ranked Dutch judoka outside of direct qualifying position.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Jeroen Mooren | −60 kg | Bye | Mudranov (RUS) L 000–002 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Dex Elmont | −73 kg | Bye | Sharipov (UZB) W 010–000 | Ungvári (HUN) L 000–100 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Frank de Wit | −81 kg | Bye | Ivanov (BUL) L 000–110 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Noël van 't End | −90 kg | Bye | Lkhagvasüren (MGL) L 000–100 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Henk Grol | −100 kg | Bye | Reyes (CAN) W 101–000 | Maret (FRA) L 000–001 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Roy Meyer | +100 kg | — | Ngokaba (CGO) W 100–000 | Kim S-m (KOR) W 101–000 | Sasson (ISR) L 000–010 | Did not advance | R Silva (BRA) L 000–000 S | Did not advance | 7 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Sanne Verhagen | −57 kg | Diédhiou (SEN) W 100−000 | Dorjsüren (MGL) L 000−000 S | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anicka van Emden | −63 kg | Valkova (RUS) W 000−000 S | Schlesinger (GBR) W 000−000 S | Agbegnenou (FRA) L 000−101 | Did not advance | Unterwurzacher (AUT) W 001−000 | M Silva (BRA) W 001−000 | |
| Kim Polling | −70 kg | Bye | Tachimoto (JPN) L 001−002 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Marhinde Verkerk | −78 kg | Bye | Castillo (CUB) L 000−000 S | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tessie Savelkouls | +78 kg | Bye | Iaromka (UKR) W 101–000 | Yamabe (JPN) L 000–101 | Did not advance | Kim M-j (KOR) L 000–102 | Did not advance | 7 |

## Rowing

The Netherlands has qualified a total of eight boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. Majority of rowing crews had confirmed Olympic places for their boats at the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France, while the rowers competing in the women's lightweight double sculls and women's eight were further added to the Dutch roster as a result of their top two finish at the 2016 European & Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.
The full Dutch rowing squad for the Games was named on July 6, 2016.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Roel Braas Mitchel Steenman | Pair | 7:22.93 | 4 R | 6:34.16 | 1 SA/B | 6:26.94 | 4 FB | 7:01.88 | 8 |
| Harold Langen Peter van Schie Vincent van der Want Govert Viergever | Four | 6:00.55 | 3 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 6:21.04 | 3 FA | 6:08.38 | 5 |
| Joris Pijs Tim Heijbrock Jort van Gennep Björn van den Ende | Lightweight four | 6:07.88 | 3 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 6:12.87 | 5 FB | 6:37.28 | 11 |
| Dirk Uittenbogaard Boaz Meylink Kaj Hendriks Boudewijn Röell Olivier Siegelaar Tone Wieten Mechiel Versluis Robert Lücken Peter Wiersum (cox) | Eight | 5:36.16 | 2 R | 5:52.95 | 2 FA | — | — | 5:31.59 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Aletta Jorritsma Karien Robbers | Pair | 7:23.10 | 5 R | 8:03.07 | 5 FC | — | — | 8:23.61 | 13 |
| Maaike Head Ilse Paulis | Lightweight double sculls | 6:57.28 | 1 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 7:13.93 | 1 FA | 7:04.73 | |
| Chantal Achterberg Nicole Beukers Carline Bouw Inge Janssen | Quadruple sculls | 6:38.58 | 3 R | 6:24.61 | 1 FA | — | — | 6:50.33 | |
| Wianka van Dorp Claudia Belderbos Lies Rustenburg José van Veen Ellen Hogerwerf Sophie Souwer Monica Lanz Olivia van Rooijen Ae-Ri Noort (cox) | Eight | 6:14.36 | 2 R | 6:35.96 | 4 FA | — | — | 6:08.37 | 6 |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

## Sailing

Dutch sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas. Following the completion of the Princess Sofia Trophy, a total of nine sailors, highlighted by London 2012 windsurfing champion Dorian van Rijsselberghe, had been selected to the Dutch team for the Olympics. Meanwhile, 49erFX duo Annemiek Bekkering and Annette Duetz rounded out the selection to the nation's Olympic sailing team at the ISAF World Cup meet (April 26 to May 1) in Hyères, France.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Dorian van Rijsselberghe | RS:X | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
| Rutger van Schaardenburg | Laser | 3 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 21 | 24 | — | — | 5 | 118 | 9 |
| Pieter-Jan Postma | Finn | 14 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 24 | — | — | 9 | 105 | 10 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Lilian de Geus | RS:X | 3 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 70 | 4 |
| Marit Bouwmeester | Laser Radial | 6 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 7 | 61 | |
| Afrodite Kyranakou Anneloes van Veen | 470 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 7 | — | — | 2 | 63 | 4 |
| Annemiek Bekkering Annette Duetz | 49erFX | 21 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 97 | 7 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Coen de Koning Mandy Mulder | Nacra 17 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 13 | EL | 112 | 14 |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

## Swimming

A total of 17 swimmers (7 men and 10 women) were named to the Dutch roster for the Games on July 12, 2016, with sprinter Ranomi Kromowidjojo looking to defend her Olympic titles in both the women's 50 and 100 m freestyle.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Sebastiaan Verschuren | 100 m freestyle | 48.51 | 12 Q | 48.28 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Dion Dreesens | 200 m freestyle | 1:47.76 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sebastiaan Verschuren | 200 m freestyle | 1:46.32 | 8 Q | 1:46.34 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Maarten Brzoskowski | 400 m freestyle | 3:48.00 | 18 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Joeri Verlinden | 100 m butterfly | 52.48 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Maarten Brzoskowski Dion Dreesens Ben Schwietert Kyle Stolk Sebastiaan Verschuren | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:09.16 | 8 Q | — | — | 7:09.10 | 7 |
| Ferry Weertman | 10 km open water | — | — | — | — | 1:52:59.8 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Inge Dekker | 50 m freestyle | 24.77 | =13 Q | 25.31 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ranomi Kromowidjojo | 50 m freestyle | 24.57 | =8 Q | 24.39 | 3 Q | 24.19 | 6 |
| Femke Heemskerk | 100 m freestyle | 54.63 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ranomi Kromowidjojo | 100 m freestyle | 53.43 | 4 Q | 53.42 | 7 Q | 53.08 | 5 |
| Femke Heemskerk | 200 m freestyle | 1:57.68 | 15 Q | 1:57.82 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Robin Neumann | 200 m freestyle | 1:59.23 | 26 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sharon van Rouwendaal | 400 m freestyle | 4:11.44 | 19 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sharon van Rouwendaal | 800 m freestyle | DNS | DNS | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kira Toussaint | 100 m backstroke | 1:01.17 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Marrit Steenbergen | 200 m individual medley | 2:16.59 | 34 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Inge Dekker Femke Heemskerk Ranomi Kromowidjojo Maud van der Meer Marrit Steenbergen | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:35.94 | 5 Q | — | — | 3:33.81 | 4 |
| Femke Heemskerk Andrea Kneppers Robin Neumann Marrit Steenbergen Esmee Vermeulen | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:58.74 | 14 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sharon van Rouwendaal | 10 km open water | — | — | — | — | 1:56:32.1 | |

## Table tennis

Netherlands has fielded a team of three athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. China-based player Li Jiao secured a spot in the women's singles after claiming her respective title at the 2015 European Games. Furthermore, Li Jie secured a spot in the women's singles by winning the repechage group final at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Halmstad, Sweden.
Britt Eerland was awarded the third spot to build the women's team for the Games by virtue of a top 10 national finish in the ITTF Olympic Rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Li Jiao | Women's singles | Bye | Bye | Sawettabut (THA) W 4–2 | Liu J (AUT) L 1–4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Li Jie | Women's singles | Bye | Bye | Bye | Li X (FRA) L 3–4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Britt Eerland Li Jiao Li Jie | Women's team | — | — | — | — | Austria (AUT) L 1–3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Taekwondo

Netherlands entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Reshmie Oogink secured a place in the women's heavyweight category (+67 kg) by virtue of her top two finish at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Reshmie Oogink | Women's +67 kg | Sorn (CAM) W 7–1 | Galloway (USA) L 1–1 SUP | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Tennis

The Netherlands has entered three tennis players into the Olympic tournament. After winning the Nürnberger Versicherungscup and reaching the semi-final of the French Open, Kiki Bertens (world no. 27) qualified directly for the women's singles as one of the top 56 eligible players in the WTA World Rankings, while Robin Haase did so for the men's singles based on the ATP World Rankings as of June 6, 2016.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Robin Haase | Men's singles | Sousa (POR) L 1–6, 5–7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Robin Haase Jean-Julien Rojer | Men's doubles | — | López / Nadal (ESP) L 4–6, 4–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kiki Bertens | Women's singles | Errani (ITA) L 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kiki Bertens Jean-Julien Rojer | Mixed doubles | — | — | V Williams / Ram (USA) L 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, [8–10] | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Triathlon

The Netherlands has entered one triathlete to compete at the Olympics. London 2012 Olympian Rachel Klamer was ranked among the top 40 eligible triathletes in the women's event based on the ITU Olympic Qualification List as of May 15, 2016.
| Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total Time | Rank |
| Rachel Klamer | Women's | 19:10 | 1:00 | 1:01:19 | 0:48 | 36:38 | 1:58:55 | 10 |

## Volleyball
### Beach

Three Dutch beach volleyball teams (two men's pairs and one women's pair) qualified directly for the Olympics by virtue of their nation's top 15 placement in the FIVB Olympic Rankings as of June 13, 2016. Among the beach volleyball players featured four-time Olympian and London 2012 fourth-place finalist Reinder Nummerdor, along with his rookie partner Christiaan Varenhorst.
Meanwhile, Sophie van Gestel and Jantine van der Vlist secured an additional women's beach volleyball place for the Games with their gold medal triumph over Ukraine at the 2016 CEV Continental Cup in Stavanger, Norway.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Standing | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Standing | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Alexander Brouwer Robert Meeuwsen | Men's | Pool B Barsouk – Liamin (RUS) W 2 – 0 (21–15, 21–14) Böckermann – Flüggen (GER) W 2 – 1 (21–19, 17–21, 16–14) Kantor – Łosiak (POL) W 2 – 0 (21–19, 21–19) | 1 Q | Saxton – Schalk (CAN) W 2 – 0 (21–12, 21–15) | Nummerdor – Varenhorst (NED) W 2 – 0 (25–23, 21–17) | Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA) L 1 – 2 (17–21, 23–21, 16–14) | Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS) W 2 – 0 (23–21, 22–20) | |
| Reinder Nummerdor Christiaan Varenhorst | Men's | Pool E E. Grimalt – M. Grimalt (CHI) W 2 – 0 (21–16, 21–13) Fijałek – Prudel (POL) W 2 – 1 (21–17, 19–21, 15–9) Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS) L 1 – 2 (15–21, 21–14, 9–15) | 2 Q | Ontiveros – Virgen (MEX) W 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–15) | Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED) 0L 0 – 2 (23–25, 17–21) | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Marleen van Iersel Madelein Meppelink | Women's | Pool F Agudo – Pérez (VEN) W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–11) Alfaro – Charles (CRC) W 2 – 0 (21–16, 21–16) Bawden – Clancy (AUS) L 1 – 2 (25–27, 21–18, 14–16) | 2 Q | Heidrich – Zumkehr (SUI) L 1 – 2 (21–19, 13–21, 10–15) | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sophie van Gestel Jantine van der Vlist | Women's | Pool E Bansley – Pavan (CAN) L 0 – 2 (15–21, 17–21) Borger – Büthe (GER) L 0 – 2 (19–21, 14–21) Heidrich – Zumkehr (SUI) L 1 – 2 (21–17, 11–21, 8–15) | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Indoor
#### Women's tournament

The Netherlands women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top three national finish at the first meet of the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Tokyo, Japan, signifying the team's Olympic comeback for the first time since 1996.
Summary
| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Netherlands women's | Women's tournament | China W 2–3 | United States L 3–2 | Italy W 0–3 | Puerto Rico W 3–0 | Serbia W 2–3 | 2 Q | South Korea W 1–3 | China L 3–1 | United States L 3–1 | 4 |

##### Team roster

The following is the Dutch roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Head coach: Giovanni Guidetti
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block | 2015–16 club |
| 2 | Femke Stoltenborg | 30 July 1991 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 81 kg (179 lb) | 303 cm (119 in) | 299 cm (118 in) | MTV Stuttgart |
| 3 | Yvon Beliën | 28 December 1993 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 73 kg (161 lb) | 307 cm (121 in) | 303 cm (119 in) | River Volley Piacenza |
| 4 | Celeste Plak | 26 October 1995 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 314 cm (124 in) | 302 cm (119 in) | Volley Bergamo |
| 5 | Robin de Kruijf | 5 May 1991 | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 81 kg (179 lb) | 313 cm (123 in) | 300 cm (120 in) | VakifBank Istanbul |
| 6 | Maret Balkestein-Grothues (C) | 16 September 1988 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 68 kg (150 lb) | 304 cm (120 in) | 285 cm (112 in) | Atom Trefl Sopot |
| 7 | Quinta Steenbergen | 2 April 1985 | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 75 kg (165 lb) | 309 cm (122 in) | 300 cm (120 in) | VK Prostějov |
| 8 | Judith Pietersen | 3 July 1989 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 73 kg (161 lb) | 306 cm (120 in) | 296 cm (117 in) | Pallavolo Scandicci |
| 9 | Myrthe Schoot (L) | 29 August 1988 | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 70 kg (150 lb) | 298 cm (117 in) | 286 cm (113 in) | Dresdner SC |
| 10 | Lonneke Slöetjes | 15 November 1990 | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | 76 kg (168 lb) | 322 cm (127 in) | 315 cm (124 in) | VakifBank Istanbul |
| 11 | Anne Buijs | 2 December 1991 | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 73 kg (161 lb) | 317 cm (125 in) | 299 cm (118 in) | VakifBank Istanbul |
| 14 | Laura Dijkema | 18 February 1990 | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 70 kg (150 lb) | 293 cm (115 in) | 279 cm (110 in) | Dresdner SC |
| 16 | Debby Stam | 24 July 1984 | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 69 kg (152 lb) | 303 cm (119 in) | 281 cm (111 in) | Rocheville Le Cannet |

##### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3.000 | 470 | 400 | 1.175 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2.000 | 455 | 425 | 1.071 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Serbia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2.000 | 410 | 394 | 1.041 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | China | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1.000 | 398 | 389 | 1.023 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Italy | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0.333 | 351 | 374 | 0.939 | |
| 6 | Puerto Rico | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.000 | 277 | 379 | 0.731 | |

##### Bronze medal match
## Wrestling

The Netherlands has qualified one wrestler for the women's freestyle 48 kg into the Olympic competition, as a result of her top six finish at the 2015 World Championships, signifying the nation's Olympic return to the sport for the first time since 2000.
Key:
* VT – Victory by Fall.
* PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
* PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
* ST – Decision by points – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

### Women's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Jessica Blaszka | −48 kg | Bye | Augello (USA) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 15 |