Netherlands at the 2016 European Athletics Championships

Netherlands at the 2016 European Athletics Championships
WA code	NED
National federation	KNAU
Website	www.atletiekunie.nl
in Amsterdam
Competitors	53 (26 men and 27 women) in 31 events
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 4 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 7
European Athletics Championships appearances (overview)
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Netherlands competed at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands, between 6 and 10 July 2016.

Medals

Medal	Name	Event	Date
Gold	Churandy Martina	Men's 100 metres	7 July
Gold	Dafne Schippers	Women's 100 metres	8 July
Gold	Anouk Vetter	Heptathlon	9 July
Gold	Dutch team Jamile Samuel Dafne Schippers Naomi Sedney Tessa van Schagen	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay	10 July
Silver	Sifan Hassan	Women's 1500 metres	10 July
Bronze	Ignisious Gaisah	Men's long jump	8 July
Bronze	Liemarvin Bonevacia	Men's 400 metres	8 July

Results

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Solomon Bockarie	100 m	10.26	=5 Q	10.13 PB	5	10.25	7
Churandy Martina		Bye		10.16	8 Q	10.07 SB
Hensley Paulina		10.36	11 Q	10.33	18	Did not advance
Solomon Bockarie	200 m	20.55	=1 Q	20.39 PB	=2 Q	20.56	4
Churandy Martina		Bye		20.44	4 Q	DQ
Hensley Paulina		21.04	11 q	23.49	23	Did not advance
Liemarvin Bonevacia	400 m	Bye		45.68 SB	9 Q	45.41 SB
Thijmen Kupers	800 m	1:46.48	1 Q	1:46.61	3 Q	1:46.67	6
Richard Douma	1500 m	3:39.80	5 q	—		3:47.32	4
Dennis Licht	5000 m	—				13:54.21	12
Gregory Sedoc	110 m hurdles	13.92	16	Did not advance
Solomon Bockarie (only in final) Giovanni Codrington Dimitri Juliet (only in heats) Churandy Martina Patrick van Luijk	4 x 100 m relay	38.78	5 Q	—		38.57	4
Terrence Agard Bjorn Blauwhof Liemarvin Bonevacia Maarten Stuivenberg	4 x 400 m relay	3:04.04	7 q	—		3:04.52	7
Michel Butter	Half marathon	—				1:05:24 SB	27
Khalid Choukoud						DNF
Abdi Nageeye						1:03:43	6
Bart van Nunen						1:06:41	39
Tom Wiggers						1:06:29	36

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Menno Vloon	Pole vault	5.35	=17	Did not advance
Ignisious Gaisah	Long jump	7.97w	5 q	7.93
Fabian Florant	Triple jump	16.45	12 q	16.23	10
Erik Cadée	Discus throw	61.93	17	Did not advance
Rutger Smith		63.85 SB	11 q	59.99	11

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Pieter Braun	Result	11.15	7.40 =SB	13.82	2.01 SB	49.78	14.49	40.90	4.60	56.86 SB	4:25.12 PB	7945	7
	Points	827	910	717	813	825	912	683	790	691	777
Eelco Sintnicolaas	Result	11.11	7.03	14.47 SB	1.89	50.41	16.24	41.94 SB	5.30 SB	57.24	DNF	7025	16
	Points	836	821	757	705	796	706	704	1004	696	0

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Naomi Sedney	100 m	11.36 SB	=2 Q	11.44	=10	Did not advance
Dafne Schippers		Bye		10.96	1 Q	10.90
Jamile Samuel	200 m	23.04 =SB	3 Q	23.02 SB	6 Q	22.83 SB	4
Laura de Witte		23.23 PB	8	23.48	16	Did not advance
Tessa van Schagen		Bye		22.95	4 Q	23.03	7
Lisanne de Witte	400 m	52.84	4 Q	52.37	9	Did not advance
Nicky van Leuveren		52.45	1 Q	52.02 PB	6 q	52.76	8
Sanne Verstegen	800 m	2:04.69	21 Q	2:03.33	21	Did not advance
Sifan Hassan	1500 m	4:13.45	10 Q	—		4:33.76
Maureen Koster	5000 m	—				DNS
Susan Kuijken						15:23.87 SB	4
Jip Vastenburg	10000 m	—				32:04.00	8
Eefje Boons	100 m hurdles	13.07 PB	=6 Q	13.26	19	Did not advance
Nadine Visser		Bye		13.25	18	Did not advance
Bianca Baak	400 m hurdles	56.88	4 Q	56.34 PB	11	Did not advance
Jamile Samuel Dafne Schippers (only in final) Naomi Sedney Marije van Hunenstijn (only in heats) Tessa van Schagen	4 x 100 m relay	43.34 SB	7 Q	—		42.04 NR
Laura de Witte Lisanne de Witte Eva Hovenkamp Nicky van Leuveren	4 x 400 m relay	3:29.18 NR	7 q	—		3:29.23	7
Elizeba Cherono	Half marathon	—				1:13:27	26
Kim Dillen						1:16:11	49
Ruth van der Meijden						1:14:12	34
Jamie van Lieshout						1:17:36	62
National team						3:43:50	9

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Rianna Galiart	Pole vault	4.35 SB	=11 q	NM
Femke Pluim		4.45 =SB	=2 q	4.45 =SB	6
Melissa Boekelman	Shot put	17.50	5 Q	17.92	8
Corinne Nugter	Discus throw	55.52	18	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Nadine Broersen	Result	13.70	1.74	14.45	25.51	6.40	52.31 SB	DNS	DNF
	Points	1021	903	824	841	975	905	0
Anouk Vetter	Result	13.29 PB	1.74	15.69 PB	23.89	6.38	55.76 PB	2:21.50	6626 NR
	Points	1081	903	907	991	969	972	803