Netherlands at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Netherlands competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.

Netherlands at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of Netherlands
FINA code	NED
National federation	Koninklijke Nederlandse Zwembond
Website	www.knzb.nl
in Kazan, Russia
Competitors	28 in 4 sports
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 0 Silver 8 Bronze 0 Total 8
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Ferry Weertman	Open water swimming	Men's 10 km	July 27
Silver	Sharon van Rouwendaal	Open water swimming	Women's 10 km	July 28
Silver	Marcel Schouten Sharon van Rouwendaal Ferry Weertman	Open water swimming	Mixed team	July 30
Silver	Sharon van Rouwendaal	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle	August 2
Silver	Femke Heemskerk Ranomi Kromowidjojo Marrit Steenbergen Maud van der Meer	Swimming	Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay	August 2
Silver	Netherlands women's national water polo team Laura Aarts Amarens Genee Dagmar Genee Lieke Klaassen Maud Megens Marloes Nijhuis Vivian Sevenich Yasemin Smit Nomi Stomphorst Leonie van der Molen Sabrina van der Sloot Isabella van Toorn Debby Willemsz	Water polo	Women's tournament	August 7
Silver	Femke Heemskerk Ranomi Kromowidjojo Joost Reijns Marrit Steenbergen* Kyle Stolk* Sebastiaan Verschuren	Swimming	Mixed 4×100 m freestyle relay	August 8
Silver	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle	August 9

Diving

Dutch divers qualified for the individual spots and the synchronized teams at the World Championships.[1][2]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Uschi Freitag	1 m springboard	215.75	26	N/A		Did not advance
	3 m springboard	300.40	10 Q	303.55	9 Q	305.10	9
Inge Jansen	1 m springboard	248.50	9 Q	N/A		244.10	10
	3 m springboard	284.40	16 Q	270.60	16	Did not advance
Celine van Duijn	10 m platform	287.25	28	Did not advance
Uschi Freitag Inge Jansen	3 m synchronized springboard	273.60	11 Q	N/A		276.90	12

Open water swimming

Netherlands fielded a full team of three swimmers to compete in the open water marathon.[1]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Marcel Schouten	Men's 10 km	1:50:52.4	24
	Men's 25 km	Did not finish
Ferry Weertman	Men's 10 km	1:50:00.3
Sharon van Rouwendaal	Women's 5 km	58:55.5	4
	Women's 10 km	1:58:06.7
Marcel Schouten Sharon van Rouwendaal Ferry Weertman	Mixed team	55:31.2

Swimming

Dutch swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard):[3] Swimmers must qualify at the 2015 KNZB Challenge Cup in Alkmaar (for pool events) to confirm their places for the Worlds.

The Dutch team nominated fifteen swimmers (six men and nine women) to compete at the Worlds, including two-time Olympic champion Ranomi Kromowidjojo in the sprint freestyle events (50 and 100 m).[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maarten Brzoskowski	800 m freestyle	7:54.31	16	N/A		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:10.91	15	N/A		Did not advance
Kyle Stolk	200 m freestyle	1:48.96	31	Did not advance
Sebastiaan Verschuren	100 m freestyle	48.61	=7 Q	48.59	12	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:46.88	8 Q	1:46.43	7 Q	1:45.91	5
Ferry Weertman	400 m freestyle	3:52.18	37	N/A		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:32.01	30	N/A		Did not advance
Dion Dreesens Kyle Stolk Joost Reijns Sebastiaan Verschuren	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:10.83	6 Q	N/A		7:09.75	7

Women

Victory Ceremony 400m freestyle

Victory Ceremony 4×100 metres freestyle relay

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maaike de Waard	50 m backstroke	28.86	25	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:03.81	43	Did not advance
Inge Dekker	50 m butterfly	25.66	3 Q	25.90	7 Q	24.64	4
	100 m butterfly	57.82	3 Q	58.05	=8	Did not advance
Femke Heemskerk	50 m freestyle	DNS		Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	53.89	5 Q	53.38	4 Q	53.58	5
	200 m freestyle	1:58.10	9 Q	1:56.91	7 Q	1:56.79	8
Ranomi Kromowidjojo	50 m freestyle	25.64	4 Q	24.23	2 Q	24.22
	100 m freestyle	53.85	4 Q	53.78	5 Q	53.17	4
Moniek Nijhuis	50 m breaststroke	30.81	9 Q	30.99	8 Q	Withdrew
	100 m breaststroke	1:08.27	=26	Did not advance
Sharon van Rouwendaal	400 m freestyle	4:05.02	3 Q	N/A		4:03.02 NR
	800 m freestyle	8:24.83	6 Q	N/A		8:24.12	8
	1500 m freestyle	16:09.12	7 Q	N/A		16:03.74	6
Femke Heemskerk Ranomi Kromowidjojo Marrit Steenbergen Maud van der Meer	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:35.91	3 Q	N/A		3:33.67
Sharon van Rouwendaal Moniek Nijhuis Inge Dekker Ranomi Kromowidjojo	4×100 m medley relay	DNS		N/A		Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sebastiaan Verschuren Joost Reijns Ranomi Kromowidjojo Femke Heemskerk Kyle Stolk* Marrit Steenbergen*	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:26.91	5 Q	3:23.10

Water polo

Women's tournament

Playoff between the Netherlands and Kazakhstan was held during a rainstorm

Team roster

• Laura Aarts
• Miloushka Smit
• Dagmar Genee
• Sabrina van der Sloot
• Amarens Genee
• Nomi Stomphorst
• Marloes Nijhuis
• Vivian Sevenich
• Maud Megens
• Isabella van Toorn
• Lieke Klaassen
• Leonie van der Molen
• Debby Willemsz

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	35	14	+21	6	Advanced to quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	38	18	+20	4	Advanced to playoffs
3	Greece	3	1	0	2	36	22	+14	2
4	South Africa	3	0	0	3	6	61	−55	0

Source: SportResult.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

26 July 2015 13:30	Report	South Africa	1–22	Netherlands	Kazan Attendance: 1,049 Referees: German Moller (ARG), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 0–5, 0–3, 0–8
		Versfeld 1	Goals	Klaassen 6

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28 July 2015 09:30	Report	Netherlands	10–9	Greece	Kazan Attendance: 280 Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 5–2, 1–2
		Van der Sloot 4	Goals	Plevritou, Roumpesi 2

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30 July 2015 20:10	Report	Australia	8–6	Netherlands	Kazan Attendance: 230 Referees: Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 2–2, 3–2, 1–2
		Southern, Zagame 2	Goals	Sevenich 2

Playoffs

1 August 2015 17:30	Report	Kazakhstan	1–21	Netherlands	Kazan Attendance: 2,150 Referees: Joseph Peila (AUS), Cory Williams (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–7, 0–6, 1–4
		Mirshina 1	Goals	Smit 5

Quarterfinals

3 August 2015 18:50	Report	Russia	9–10	Netherlands	Kazan Attendance: 2,319 Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 4–3, 2–1, 2–2
		Ivanova, Karimova 3	Goals	Megens, Klaassen 3

Semifinals

5 August 2015 22:00	Report	Italy	5–5	Netherlands	Kazan Attendance: 717 Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–3, 1–0, 3–0  PSO: 4–5
		Radicchi 2	Goals	Megens 4

Final

7 August 2015 22:00	Report	United States	5–4	Netherlands	Kazan Attendance: 2,305 Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 2–1, 3–1, 0–1
		Fattal 2	Goals	Megens 2

References

1. "Vijftien langebaanzwemmers naar WK in Kazan" [Fifteen pool swimmers qualified at the World Championships] (in Dutch). Dagblad van het Noorden. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
2. "WK Kazan 2015" [2015 World Championships in Kazan] (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Swimming Federation. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
3. "Kazan 2015 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2015.

External links

• Royal Dutch Swimming Federation (in Dutch)