Netherlands Antilles at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Netherlands
IOC codeAHO
NOCNederlands Antilliaans Olympisch Comité
Websitewww.sports.an (in English)
in Helsinki
Competitors11 in 1 sport
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Independent Olympic Athletes (2012)
 Aruba (2016–)
 Netherlands (2016–)

The Netherlands Antilles competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The Caribbean nation, then a colonial territory of the Netherlands, was represented by their association football team.

Football

Main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics

The Netherlands Antilles national football team was one of 25 teams entered in the tournament. They lost their first round match to Turkey and were eliminated from the tournament.

Squad
  1. Ergilio Hato (gk)
  3. Pedro Matrona
  4. Wilfred de Lanoi
  6. Wilhelm Canword
  7. Guillermo Giribaldi
  8. Edmundo Vlinder
  10. Adriaan Brokke
  12. Jorge Brion
  13. Juan Briezen
  15. Willys Heyliger
  17. Guillermo Krips
Match results
Turkey 2–1Netherlands Netherlands Antilles
Muzaffer Tokac 9'
Tekin Bilge 76' (pen.)		 (Report) Jan Briezen 79'
Lahti
Attendance: 3696
Referee: Carl Jorgensen (Denmark)

References

  • (ed.) Kolkka, Sulo (1955). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952 (PDF). Helsinki: Organising Committee for the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952. Retrieved 2009-03-05. ((cite book)): |author= has generic name (help)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Netherlands Antilles at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
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