Netherlands at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The Netherlands competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Archery. The Dutch archery team included former Soviet Union archer Lyudmila Arzhannikova. She placed 15th for the Netherlands in Atlanta. Baseball. The Netherlands made its first Olympic baseball appearance in 1996. They defeated Australia and Italy but lost their other five games in the preliminary round. When this result put the Dutch team in a three-way tie for fifth through seventh place with Australia and Italy, the head-to-head victories gave the Netherlands fifth place. Netherlands at the 1996 Summer