The Netherlands competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 136 competitors, 82 men and 54 women, took part in 74 events in 15 sports. Medalists Archery Both of the Dutch archers from the 1980 competition returned in 1984. Both shot much higher scores than they had four years earlier, but the field was more competitive with the return of many nations that had boycotted, and both dropped out of the top eight. Women's Individual Competition: Catherina Floris – 2422 points (→ 23rd place) Men's Individual Competition: Martinus Reniers – 2486 points (→ 13th place) Athletics Men's 5,000 metres Stijn Jaspers Heat — 13:58.51 (→ did not advance) Men's 3,000m Steeplechase Hans Koeleman Men's Marathon Cor Vriend Final — 2:21:08 (→ 39th place) Gerard Nijboer Final — did not finish (→ no ranking) Cor Lambregts Final — did not finish (→ no ranking) Men's Shot Put Erik de Bruin Qualifying Round — 19.28 m Final — 19.65 m (→ 8th place) Women's 100 metres Els Vader Heat 1 — 11.43s Heat 2 — 11.56s (→ did not advance) Women's 1,500 metres Elly van Hulst Heat — 4:10.69 Final — 4:11.58 (→ 12th place) Women's Marathon Carla Beurskens Final — 2:37:51 (→ 22nd place) Women's 400m Hurdles Olga Commandeur Heat — 56.67 Semifinal — 57.01 (→ did not advance) Women's Discus Throw Ria Stalman Qualifying Heat — 58.28m Final — 65.36m (→ Gold Medal) Women's Long Jump Tineke Hidding Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance, no ranking) Women's High Jump Marjon Wijnsma Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance) Women's Heptathlon Tineke Hidding Final Result — 6147 points (→ 7th place) Marjon Wijnsma Final Result — 6015 points (→ 11th place) Boxing Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) Pedro van Raamsdonk First Round – Defeated Augustus Oga (Kenya), on points (4:1) Second Round – Defeated Noe Cruciani (Italy), on points (5:0) Quarterfinals – Lost to Arístides González (Puerto Rico), on points (1:4) Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg) Arnold Vanderlyde → Bronze Medal First Round – Bye Second Round – Defeated Egerton Forster (SLE), on points (4:1) Quarterfinals – Defeated Georgios Stefanopoulos (GRE), on points (5:0) Semifinals – Lost to Willie DeWit (CAN), on points (3:2) Canoeing Men's K-2 (500 metres) Gert Jan Lebbink Ron Stevens Men's K-2 (1,000 metres) Gert Jan Lebbink Ron Stevens Women's K-1 (500 metres) Annemiek Derckx Cycling Sixteen cyclists, thirteen