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. Medalists Silver Marianne Heemskerk – Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly Bronze Wieger Mensonides – Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke Tineke Lagerberg – Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle Athletics Boxing Canoeing 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 Diving 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 Gymnastics Hockey 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 Swimming 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 Wrestling References External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Nations at the 1960 Summer Olympics 1960 Olympics