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Sporting event delegation
Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki , Finland .
Medalists
Silver
Bertha Brouwer — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
Jules Ancion , André Boerstra , Harry Derckx , Han Drijver , Dick Esser , Roepie Kruize , Dick Loggere , Lau Mulder , Eddy Tiel , Wim van Heel , and Henk Wery — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition
Hannie Termeulen — Swimming, Women's 100m Freestyle
Geertje Wielema — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher , Hannie Termeulen , Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen and Koosje van Voorn — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Results by event
Men's Flyweight (–51 kg)
Men's Light Welterweight (–63,5 kg)
Men's Welterweight (–67 kg)
Men's Middleweight (–75 kg)
Leen Jansen
First Round — Bye
Second Round — Defeated Robert Malouf (Canada) on technical knock-out in first round
Quarterfinals — Lost to Floyd Patterson (United States) on knock-out in first round
Men's Light Heavyweight (–81 kg)
Road Competition
Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)
Track Competition
Men's 1.000m Time Trial
Final — 1:14.5 (→ 8th place)
Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race
Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
Eliminated in quarterfinals (→ 7th place)
Rowing
Netherlands had 12 male rowers participate in four out of seven rowing events in 1952.[ 1]
Men's single sculls
Men's coxless pair
Men's coxless four
Men's coxed four
Men's Team Competition
Defeated Soviet Union (3:2)
Preliminary Round (Group C)
Defeated Argentina (9:3)
Defeated Sweden (7:1)
Defeated Yugoslavia (3:2)
Last match was replayed after a protest by the Yugoslavs against one of the referees; The Netherlands lost the replay (1:2) on August 1, 1952.
Tied with Hungary (4:4)
Defeated Soviet Union (4:2)
Defeated Belgium (5:3)
Defeated Spain (7:1) → Fifth place
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