Netherlands at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Netherlands at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Flag of the Netherlands
IOC code	NED
NOC	Dutch Olympic Committee* Dutch Sports Federation
Website	www.nocnsf.nl (in Dutch)
in Nagano
Competitors	22 (10 men, 12 women) in 3 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Carla Zijlstra (Speed skating)
Flag bearer (closing)	Gianni Romme (Speed skating)
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 5 Silver 4 Bronze 2 Total 11
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Ids Postma	Speed skating	Men's 1000 metres
Gold	Gianni Romme	Speed skating	Men's 5000 metres
Gold	Gianni Romme	Speed skating	Men's 10000 metres
Gold	Marianne Timmer	Speed skating	Women's 1000 metres
Gold	Marianne Timmer	Speed skating	Women's 1500 metres
Silver	Jan Bos	Speed skating	Men's 1000 metres
Silver	Ids Postma	Speed skating	Men's 1500 metres
Silver	Rintje Ritsma	Speed skating	Men's 5000 metres
Silver	Bob de Jong	Speed skating	Men's 10000 metres
Bronze	Rintje Ritsma	Speed skating	Men's 1500 metres
Bronze	Rintje Ritsma	Speed skating	Men's 10000 metres

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Short track speed skating	1	4	5
Snowboarding	1	0	1
Speed skating	8	8	16
Total	10	12	22

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
500 m	Dave Versteeg	44.358	1 Q	43.377	1 Q	43.850	3 QB	42.933	6
1000 m	Dave Versteeg	1:32.748	3	Did not advance

Women

Event	Athlete	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
500 m	Anke Jannie Landman	47.090	4	Did not advance
	Melanie de Lange	48.598	3	Did not advance
	Ellen Wiegers	56.250	3	Did not advance
1000 m	Anke Jannie Landman	2:08.819	3 ADV	1:32.939	3	Did not advance
	Ellen Wiegers	1:37.775	2 Q	1:36.343	3	Did not advance
3000 m relay	Anke Jannie Landman Melanie de Lange Ellen Wiegers Maureen de Lange					4:28.018	3 QB	4:26.592	6

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Round 1		Round 2		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Giant slalom	Thedo Remmelink	1:02.01	15	1:05.24	8	2:07.25	10

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race 1		Race 2		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
500 m	Jan Bos	36.66	20	36.11	6	1:12.77	12
	Jakko Jan Leeuwangh	36.69	23	36.54	21	1:13.23	21
	Ids Postma	1:18.68	41	37.81	37	1:56.49	38
	Erben Wennemars	35.96	5	DNF	–	DNF	–
1000 m	Jan Bos					1:10.71
	Martin Hersman					1:12.00	12
	Jakko Jan Leeuwangh					1:11.26	4
	Ids Postma					1:10.64 OR
1500 m	Jan Bos					1:49.75	4
	Martin Hersman					1:50.31	6
	Ids Postma					1:48.13
	Rintje Ritsma					1:48.52
5000 m	Bob de Jong					6:31.37	4
	Rintje Ritsma					6:28.24
	Gianni Romme					6:22.20 WR
10,000 m	Bob de Jong					13:25.76
	Rintje Ritsma					13:28.19
	Gianni Romme					13:15.33 WR

Women

Event	Athlete	Race 1		Race 2		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
500 m	Andrea Nuyt	39.62	15	1:18.32	37	1:57.94	37
	Marianne Timmer	39.12	9	39.03	7	1:18.15	6
	Marieke Wijsman	40.22	26	40.57	28	1:20.79	24
	Sandra Zwolle	39.98	20	39.88	19	1:19.86	17
1000 m	Annamarie Thomas					1:17.95	5
	Marianne Timmer					1:16.51 OR
	Marieke Wijsman					1:20.02	20
	Sandra Zwolle					1:19.25	15
1500 m	Tonny de Jong					2:03.19	18
	Barbara de Loor					2:04.05	22
	Annamarie Thomas					1:59.29	6
	Marianne Timmer					1:57.58 WR
3000 m	Tonny de Jong					4:19.54	16
	Annamarie Thomas					4:14.38	8
	Carla Zijlstra					4:16.43	9
5000 m	Tonny de Jong					7:12.77	5
	Barbara de Loor					7:11.81	4
	Carla Zijlstra					7:12.89	6

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com