Netherlands at the 2008 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	NED
Npcname:	Nederlands Olympisch Comité * Nederlandse Sport Federatie
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Year:	2008
Flagcaption:	Flag of the Netherlands
Website:
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	83
Sports:	13
Flagbearer:	Esther Vergeer (opening)^[1] Mirjam de Koning (closing)^[2]
Rank:	19
Gold:	5
Silver:	10
Bronze:	7
Appearances:	auto

The Netherlands competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.

A total of 83 Dutch competitors took part in 13 sports. The athletes that qualified for the 2008 Summer Paralympics are listed below.^[3]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Women's 100m backstroke S6
			Men's Javelin Throw F55/56
			Women's singles
			Women's doubles
			Women's 50m freestyle S6

			Women's 100m freestyle S6
			Women's Long Jump F42
			Women's Time Trial HC-A/HC-B/HC-C
			Men's Time Trial B&VI
			Women's Road Race HC-A/HC-B/HC-C
			Women's 100m T42
			Women's singles
			Women's 400m freestyle S6
			Women's doubles
			Men's singles

			Men's 100m butterfly S10
			Women's -70 kg B3
			Women's 100m backstroke S7
			Women's singles S6/7
			Men's singles S6/7
			Men's singles
	Netherlands women's sitting volleyball team		Women's team

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

1 competitor:

Women

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

8 competitors:

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Points	Rank
Jos van der Donk	F42/44 (F42)	Javelin throw	N/A				43.41	876	12
Pieter Gruijters	F55-56 (F56)	Shot put	N/A				11.33	976	7
Pieter Gruijters	F55-56 (F56)	Javelin throw	N/A				42.27 WR	1159
Ronald Hertog	F42/44 (F44)	Javelin throw	N/A				51.69	949	4
Willem Noorduin	F35-36 (F36)	Shot put	N/A				11.27	903	7
Willem Noorduin	F35-36 (F36)	Discus throw	N/A				32.60	934	7
Kenny van Weeghel	F54	100 m	14.36	1 Q	N/A		14.47	align="center"	-	5
		200 m	25.00	2 Q	N/A		25.28	align="center"	-	4
		400 m	48.69	3 Q	48.72	2 Q	48.52	align="center"	-	7

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Points	Rank
Marijke Mettes	T46	100 m	13.30	7	did not advance
Marijke Mettes	T46	200 m	27.17	5	did not advance
Marije Smits	T42	100 m	N/A				18.27	align="center"	-	5
Marije Smits	F42	Long jump	N/A				3.39	align="center"	-	6
Annette Roozen	T42	100 m	N/A				17.13	align="center"	-
Annette Roozen	F42	Long jump	N/A				3.63	align="center"	-

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

5 competitors (+ 1 pilot):

MenTime trials & Road races

Athlete	Class	Event	Time	Class Factor	Factorized Time	Rank
Mark Homan	CP1-2 (CP1)	Mixed road time trial	31:17.43	0.76768	24:01.26	4
Mark Homan	CP1-2 (CP1)	Mixed road race	1:03:27 (+ 18:22)	align="center"	-	align="center"	-	10
Don van der Linden	HC C	Road time trial	22:31.28 (+ 2:14.76)	align="center"	-	align="center"	-	8
Don van der Linden	HC C	Road race	1:31:48 (+ 10:08)	align="center"	-	align="center"	-	7
Alfred Stelleman Tandem pilot: Jacco Tettelaar	B&VI 1-3	Track time trial	1:09.077	align="center"	-	align="center"	-	12
		Road time trial	32:28.15 (+ 0:27.03)	align="center"	-	align="center"	-
		Road race	did not finish

Pursuits

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Time	Class Factor	Factorized Time	Rank
Laura de Vaan	HC A-C (HC C)	Road time trial	25:15.15	1.00000	25:15.15	7
Laura de Vaan	HC A-C (HC C)	Road race	1:17:12 (+ 4:12)	align="center"	-	align="center"	-	5
Monique van der Vorst	HC A-C (HC C)	Road time trial	23:40.64	1.00000	23:40.64
Monique van der Vorst	HC A-C (HC C)	Road race	1:13:00 (+ 0:00)	align="center"	-	align="center"	-

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

4 competitors:

Individual

Athlete	Class	Horse	Event	Result	Rank
Ineke de Groot	Grade IV	Indo	Championship Test	63.161	7
Ineke de Groot	Grade IV	Indo	Freestyle Test	58.955	13
Sabine Peters	Grade IV	Donna D.M.	Championship Test	62.516	8
Sabine Peters	Grade IV	Donna D.M.	Freestyle Test	65.863	9
Petra van der Sande	Grade II	Toscane	Championship Test	66.909	4
Petra van der Sande	Grade II	Toscane	Freestyle Test	Withdrawn
Sjerstin Vermeulen	Grade IV	Sultano	Championship Test	66.452	4
Sjerstin Vermeulen	Grade IV	Sultano	Freestyle Test	67.908	7

Team

' denotes scores that did not count toward the team total.

Football (7-a-side)

See main article: Football 7-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

12 competitors:

Bart Adelaars
Rudy van Breemen
Jeffrey Bruinier
Patrick van Kempen
Stephan Lokhoff
Joey Mense
Thieu van Son
Pawel Statema
Dennis Straatman
John Swinkels
Martijn van de Ven
Jeroen Voogd

Preliminary round - Group A--------

Group table

width=150	Team	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	G	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Score
	3	3	0	0	21	1	+20	9
	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
	3	1	0	2	9	14	-5	3
	3	0	0	3	1	22	-21	0

Classification round----

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

1 competitor:

Women

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

5 competitors (plus 1 cox):

Marleen Sanderse acted as a reserve for the coxed four.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

1 competitor:

CAN - Race cancelled

Sitting volleyball

See main article: Sitting Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

10 competitors:

Women

Preliminary round - Group A--------

Group table

width=150	Team	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	Sets	width=20	Points
	3	3	0	9:3	6
	3	2	1	8:5	4
	3	1	2	5:6	2
	3	0	3	1:9	0

Semifinal----

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

7 competitors:

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Michel Tielbeke	S13	50 m freestyle	26.52	15	did not advance
	S13	100 m butterfly	1:03.94	14	did not advance
	SB13	100 m breaststroke	1:14.48	10	did not advance
	SM13	200 m individual medley	2:24.47	8 Q	2:25.36	8
Mike van der Zanden	S10	100 m freestyle	56.20	9	did not advance
		400 m freestyle	4:28.40	9	did not advance
		100 m butterfly	59.97	4 Q	59.39
	SM10	200 m individual medley	2:24.56	11	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Chantal Boonacker	S7	50 m freestyle	34.98	3 Q	34.54	4
		100 m freestyle	N/A		1:14.59	4
		400 m freestyle	5:35.89	3 Q	5:35.31	4
		100 m backstroke	1:26.68	3 Q	1:26.30
Mirjam de Koning	S6	50 m freestyle	36.38	1 Q	35.60 WR
		100 m freestyle	1:18.56	1 Q	1:19.29
		400 m freestyle	5:57.72	2 Q	5:43.76
		100 m backstroke	1:32.65	2 Q	1:28.34
Bernadette Massar	S7	50 m butterfly	45.53	11	did not advance
Bernadette Massar	SB7	100 m breaststroke	N/A		1:49.29	6
Mendy Meenderink	S9	50 m freestyle	31.15	8 Q	31.20	8
		100 m freestyle	1:06.85	13	did not advance
		400 m freestyle	5:06.97	9	did not advance
Lisette Teunissen	S5	50 m freestyle	45.68	9	did not advance
		200 m freestyle	3:23.57	6 Q	3:22.89	5
		50 m backstroke	51.49	5 Q	50.87	4

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

4 competitors:

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Group Match 1	Group Match 2	Group Match 3	1/8 Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final/ Bronze medal match
Athlete	Class	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Nico Blok	TT6	Singles	W 3-2	W 3-2	W 3-0	N/A		L 1-3	W 3-1
Tonnie Heijnen	TT9-10	Singles	L 0-3	L 0-3	did not advance
Gerben Last	TT9-10	Singles	W 3-0	W 3-0	N/A	W 3-0	W 3-0	L 0-3	L 1-3
Tonnie Heijnen Gerben Last	TT9-10	Team	N/A			W 3-1	L 0-3	did not advance

Women

Wheelchair basketball

See main article: Wheelchair Basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

12 competitors:

Women

Barbara van Bergen
Patries Boekhoorn
Sandra Braam
Petra Garnier
Inge Huitzing
Chèr Korver
Roos Oosterbaan
Elsbeth van Oostrom
Fleur Pieterse
Brenda Ramaekers
Carina Versloot
Jitske Visser

Preliminary round - Group B------------

Group table

width=200	Team	width=40	Pts	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=30	Pts
	4	4	0	221	181	+40	8
	4	3	1	244	169	+75	7
	4	2	2	191	205	-14	6
	4	1	3	178	199	-21	5
	4	0	4	155	235	-80	4

Quarterfinal----

Wheelchair tennis

See main article: Wheelchair Tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

11 competitors:

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final/ Bronze medal match
Athlete	Class	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Robin Ammerlaan	Open	Singles	W 6-3, 6-0	W 6-0, 6-0	W 6-2, 6-3	W 6-4, 6-2	W 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(6)	L 3-6, 0-6
Bas van Erp	Open	Mixed Quad Singles	N/A		W 6-1, 6-1	L 6-1, 5-7, 6-7(1)	did not advance
Maikel Scheffers	Open	Singles	W 6-3, 6-4	W 6-2, 6-1	W 6-1, 6-1	W 6-3, 6-3	L 1-6, 1-6	W 6-3, 6-1
Eric Stuurman	Open	Singles	W 6-4, 6-4	L 2-6, 1-6	did not advance
Ronald Vink	Open	Singles	W 6-0, 6-1	W 6-1, 6-0	W 6-4, 6-3	W 6-2, 6-1	L 5-7, 6-4, 6-7(6)	L 3-6, 1-6
Robin Ammerlaan Eric Stuurman	Open	Doubles	N/A	Bye	W 6-2, 6-2	L 6-7(5), 4-6	did not advance
Maikel Scheffers Ronald Vink	Open	Doubles	N/A	Bye	W 6-3, 6-1	W 6-0, 6-1	L 3-6, 1-6	L 6-3, 0-6, 2-6

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final/ Bronze medal match
Athlete	Class	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Monique de Beer	Open	Mixed Quad Singles	N/A	L 1-6, 1-6	did not advance
Jiske Griffioen	Open	Singles	W 6-2, 6-4	W 6-1, 6-0	W 6-3, 6-0	L 0-6, 1-6	L 3-6, 4-6
Korie Homan	Open	Singles	W 6-1, 6-2	W 6-0, 6-1	W 6-1, 6-1	W 6-4, 6-2	L 2-6, 6-4, 6-7(5)
Dorrie Timmermans-Van Hall	Open	Mixed Quad Singles	N/A	W 6-1, 3-6, 6-3	L 3-6, 1-6	did not advance
Esther Vergeer	Open	Singles	W 6-2, 6-0	W 6-1, 6-0	W 6-2, 6-0	W 6-0, 6-1	W 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(5)
Sharon Walraven	Open	Singles	W 6-2, 6-1	W 6-1, 7-5	L 1-6, 4-6	did not advance
Jiske Griffioen Esther Vergeer	Open	Doubles	N/A	Bye	W 6-1, 6-2	W 6-2, 6-1	L 6-2, 6-7(4), 4-6
Korie Homan Sharon Walraven	Open	Doubles	N/A	Bye	W 6-0, 6-2	W 6-4, 6-3	W 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-4

Mixed Doubles

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Vergeer vlaggendrager bij opening . 2008-09-05 . NOC*NSF . 2008-09-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080918090316/http://www.sport.nl/psbeijing/nieuwsartikelen/5415714/?channel=psbeijing . September 18, 2008 .
http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/News/Press_Releases/Flag_Bearers_Beijing_2008.pdf Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers' List
Web site: De sporters. 2008-08-24. NOC*NSF. 2008-08-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080611085744/http://www.sport.nl/psbeijing/nederlandsparalympischteam/gekwalificeerdenps/ . 2008-06-11.

Netherlands at the 2008 Summer Paralympics explained

Medalists

Archery

Athletics

Cycling

Equestrian

Football (7-a-side)

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Sitting volleyball

Swimming

Table tennis

Wheelchair basketball

Wheelchair tennis

See also

External links

Notes and References