Netherlands at the 1960 Summer Olympics

The Netherlands competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 110 competitors, 80 men and 30 women, took part in 54 events in 13 sports.

Silver

 * Marianne Heemskerk – Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly

Bronze

 * Wieger Mensonides – Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke
 * Tineke Lagerberg – Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle

Cycling
Thirteen male cyclists represented the Netherlands in 1960.


 * Individual road race
 * Jan Hugens
 * Jan Janssen
 * René Lotz
 * Lex van Kreuningen


 * Team time trial
 * Jan Hugens
 * René Lotz
 * Ab Sluis
 * Lex van Kreuningen


 * Sprint
 * Piet van der Touw
 * Aad de Graaf


 * 1000m time trial
 * Piet van der Touw


 * Tandem
 * Rinus Paul
 * Mees Gerritsen


 * Team pursuit
 * Jaap Oudkerk
 * Theo Nikkessen
 * Henk Nijdam
 * Piet van der Lans

Fencing
Five fencers, one man and four women, represented the Netherlands in 1960.


 * Men's épée
 * Max Dwinger


 * Women's foil
 * Elly Botbijl
 * Nina Kleijweg
 * Daniëlle van Rossem


 * Women's team foil
 * Nina Kleijweg, Daniëlle van Rossem, Leni Kokkes-Hanepen, Elly Botbijl

Rowing
The Netherlands had 13 male rowers participate in five out of seven rowing events in 1960.


 * Men's single sculls
 * Lex Redelé


 * Men's double sculls – 5th place
 * Peter Bakker
 * Co Rentmeester


 * Men's coxless pair
 * Steven Blaisse
 * Ernst Veenemans


 * Men's coxed pair
 * Maarten van Dis
 * Arnold Wientjes
 * Jan Just Bos


 * Men's coxed four
 * Toon de Ruiter
 * Frank Moerman
 * Ype Stelma
 * Henk Wamsteker
 * Marius Klumperbeek

Sailing

 * Finn
 * Hans Sleeswijk 24th, 2265 points


 * Flying Dutchman
 * Ben Verhagen & Gerardus Lautenschutz 5th, 5452 points

Water polo

 * Men's Team Competition
 * Preliminary Round (Group C)
 * Lost to Yugoslavia (1–2)
 * Defeated Australia (5–3)
 * Tied with South Africa (3–3)


 * Semi Final Round (Group 2)
 * Lost to Hungary (1–3)
 * Lost to United States (6–7)


 * Classification Round (5th/8th)
 * Lost to Romania (4–5)
 * Lost to Germany (5–6) → 8th place


 * Team Roster
 * Fred van Dorp
 * Henk Hermsen
 * Ben Kniest
 * Harry Lamme
 * Bram Leenards
 * Hans Muller
 * Harro Ran
 * Harry Vriend
 * Fred van der Zwan