title: Netherlands at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics
text: # Netherlands at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics
  
  Netherlands will compete at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London, Great Britain, from 4–13 August 2017.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Medal | Name | Event | Date |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold | Dafne Schippers | Women's 200 metres | August 11 |
  | Bronze | Anouk Vetter | Women's heptathlon | August 6 |
  | Bronze | Dafne Schippers | Women's 100 metres | August 6 |
  | Bronze | Sifan Hassan | Women's 5000 metres | August 13 |
  
  ## Results
  
  (q – qualified, NM – no mark, SB – season best)
  
  ### Men
  
  **Track and road events**
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
  | Thijmen Kupers | 800 metres | 1:45.53 | 1 Q | DNS | – | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Richard Douma | 1500 metres | 3:55.36 | 41 q | 3:47.74 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Giovanni Codrington Hensley Paulina Liemarvin Bonevacia Taymir Burnet | 4 × 100 metres relay | 38.66 SB | 10 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  **Field events**
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
  | Menno Vloon | Pole vault | DNS | – | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Erik Cadée | Discus throw | 58.90 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  **Combined events – Decathlon**
  
  | Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Pieter Braun | Result | 11.22 | 6.87 | 15.23 | 1.96 | 48.54 SB | 14.67 | 42.59 | 4.70 | 59.26 | 4:38.40 | 7890 | 16 |
  | Pieter Braun | Points | 812 | 854 | 758 | 740 | 883 | 890 | 717 | 819 | 727 | 690 | 7890 | 16 |
  | Eelco Sintnicolaas | Result | 10.96 | 7.31 | 14.32 | 1.90 | 48.73 | 14.32 | 40.25 | DNS | – | – | DNF | – |
  | Eelco Sintnicolaas | Points | 870 | 888 | 748 | 714 | 874 | 934 | 670 | 0 | | | DNF | – |
  
  ### Women
  
  **Track and road events**
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
  | Jamile Samuel | 100 metres | 11.52 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Naomi Sedney | 100 metres | 11.43 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Dafne Schippers | 100 metres | 11.08 | 7 Q | 10.98 | 5 Q | 10.96 | |
  | Dafne Schippers | 200 metres | 22.64 | 1 Q | 22.49 | 1 Q | 22.05 SB | |
  | Lisanne de Witte | 400 metres | 52.48 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Sanne Verstegen | 800 metres | 2:01.50 | 17 q | 2:00.92 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Sifan Hassan | 1500 metres | 4:08.89 | 23 Q | 4:03.77 | 3 Q | 4:03.34 | 5 |
  | Sifan Hassan | 5000 metres | 14:59.85 | 9 Q | — | — | 14:42.73 | |
  | Susan Krumins | 5000 metres | 14:57.33 | 4 Q | — | — | 14:58.33 | 8 |
  | Susan Krumins | 10,000 metres | — | — | — | — | 31:20.24 | 5 |
  | Sharona Bakker | 100 metres hurdles | 13.12 | 23 q | 13.29 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Eefje Boons | 100 metres hurdles | 13.34 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Nadine Visser | 100 metres hurdles | 12.96 | 13 Q | 12.83 | 6 q | 12.83 | 7 |
  | Tessa van Schagen Dafne Schippers Naomi Sedney Jamile Samuel Madiea Ghafoor* | 4 × 100 metres relay | 42.64 | 6 q | — | — | 43.07 | 8 |
  | Madiea Ghafoor Lisanne de Witte Laura de Witte Eva Hovenkamp | 4 × 400 metres relay | DQ | – | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  * – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final
  
  **Field events**
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
  | Melissa Boekelman | Shot put | 17.88 | 9 q | 17.73 | 11 |
  
  **Combined events – Heptathlon**
  
  | Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Nadine Broersen | Result | 13.79 | 1.83 | 14.09 | 24.98 SB | 5.95 | DNS | – | DNF | – |
  | Nadine Broersen | Points | 1008 | 1016 | 800 | 889 | 834 | 0 | | DNF | – |
  | Anouk Vetter | Result | 13.31 SB | 1.77 SB | 15.09 | 24.36 | 6.32 SB | 58.41 CHB | 2:19.43 SB | 6636 NR | |
  | Anouk Vetter | Points | 1078 | 941 | 867 | 946 | 949 | 1024 | 831 | 6636 NR | |
  | Nadine Visser | Result | 12.85 | 1.77 SB | 12.96 | 23.73 | 6.30 SB | 42.26 | 2:14.74 PB | 6370 SB | 7 |
  | Nadine Visser | Points | 1147 | 941 | 725 | 1007 | 943 | 711 | 896 | 6370 SB | 7 |
  