The Netherlands competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 130 competitors, 129 men and 1 woman, took part in 58 events in 15 sports.
Medalists
Gold
Piet de Brouwer, Joep Packbiers, Janus Theeuwes, Driekske van Bussel, Jo van Gastel, Tiest van Gestel, Janus van Merrienboer, and Theo Willems — Archery, Men's Team Competition Maurice Peeters — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch) Cornelis Hin, Frans Hin, and Johan Hin — Sailing, Men's Dinghy Berend Carp, Joop Carp, and Petrus Wernink — Sailing, Men's 6½ Meter Class
Silver
Wilhelmus Bekkers, Johannes Hengeveld, Sytse Jansma, Henk Janssen, Antonius van Loon, Willem van Loon, Marinus van Rekum, and Willem van Rekum — Tug of War, Men's Team Competition Petrus Beukers and Arnoud van der Biesen — Sailing, Men's Dinghy
Bronze
Piet Ikelaar — Cycling, Men's 50 km Track Race
Frans de Vreng and Piet Ikelaar — Cycling, Men's 2.000m Tandem
Arie de Jong — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
Arie de Jong, Louis Delaunoij, Jetze Doorman, Willem van Blijenburgh, Jan van der Wiel, Henri Wijnoldij-Daniëls, and Salomon Zeldenrust — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Arie Bieshaar, Leo Bosschart, Evert Jan Bulder, Jaap Bulder, Jan de Natris, Harry Dénis, Ber Groosjohan, Frits Kuipers, Dick MacNeill, Henk Steeman, Jan van Dort, Oscar van Rappard, Ben Verweij, and Felix von Heijden — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition
Aquatics
Swimming
Four swimmers, including one woman, represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. None of the swimmers advanced to an event final.
Ranks given are within the heat.
Men
Women
Water polo
The Netherlands competed in the Olympic water polo tournament for the second time in 1920. A modified version of the Bergvall System was in use at the time. The Netherlands lost 2–1 to Belgium in the quarterfinals. Because Belgium eventually finished with the silver medal, the Dutch had a chance to play for the bronze. In the bronze medal quarterfinals, they defeated Czechoslovakia. They fell to Sweden in the bronze semifinals, however. Squad
Quarterfinals
Bronze medal quarterfinals
Bronze medal semifinals
Final rank 5th
Archery
The Netherlands sent eight archers in its second Olympic archery appearance. The Dutch archers competed in a single event, the team moving bird at 28 metres. Facing off against a Belgian team and a French team, the Netherlands squad took the gold medal.
Athletics
11 athletes represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in athletics. Paulen's seventh-place finish in the 800 metres was the country's best result in the sport to date.
Ranks given are within the heat.
Boxing
Eight boxers represented Netherlands at the 1920 Games. It was the nation's debut in boxing. None of the boxers made it past the quarterfinals.
Cycling
Ten cyclists represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. Peeters won the sprint event. Ikelaar took the bronze in the 50 kilometres, and added another bronze along with de Vreng in the tandem. The three medals were the first Olympic cycling medals for the Netherlands, and put the country in third place in the cycling leaderboard for the Games.
Road cycling
Track cycling
Ranks given are within the heat.
Equestrian
A single equestrian represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Sirtema competed in the individual eventing competition, finishing in 20th place.
Fencing
Ten fencers represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport. The country's best results were in the sabre competitions. De Jong won the bronze medal in the individual event and two others reached the final; it was the only individual event in which the team had any finalists. The sabre team also captured a bronze medal.
Ranks given are within the group.
Football
The Netherlands competed in the Olympic football tournament for the third time, winning its third straight bronze medal. The team had a fairly easy win over Luxembourg in the first round before requiring extra time to defeat Sweden in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, the Netherlands lost to eventual gold-medalist Belgium. This relegated the Dutch team to the consolation tournament for silver; they received a bye into the consolation final when France turned out to have left the Olympics. In the match for silver and bronze, the Netherlands were defeated by Spain to finish in third place.