Netherlands at the 1960 Summer Olympics

The Netherlands competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 110 competitors, 80 men and 30 women, took part in 54 events in 13 sports.

Medalists

Silver

Marianne Heemskerk – Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
Bronze
Wieger Mensonides – Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke
Tineke Lagerberg – Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle
Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Thirteen male cyclists represented the Netherlands in 1960.
;Individual road race

;Team time trial

Jan Hugens
René Lotz
Ab Sluis
Lex van Kreuningen

;Sprint

;1000m time trial

Piet van der Touw

;Tandem

;Team pursuit

Fencing

Five fencers, one man and four women, represented the Netherlands in 1960.
;Men's épée

Max Dwinger

;Women's foil

;Women's team foil

Nina Kleijweg, Daniëlle van Rossem, Leni Kokkes-Hanepen, Elly Botbijl
Gymnastics

Hockey

Rowing

The Netherlands had 13 male rowers participate in five out of seven rowing events in 1960.
; Men's single sculls

Lex Redelé

; Men's double sculls – 5th place

; Men's coxless pair

; Men's coxed pair

; Men's coxed four

;Finn

Hans Sleeswijk 24th, 2265 points

;Flying Dutchman

Ben Verhagen & Gerardus Lautenschutz 5th, 5452 points
Swimming

Water polo

;Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round
Semi Final Round
Classification Round
Team Roster
Wrestling

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Netherlands at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Silver

Bronze

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Diving

Fencing

Gymnastics

Hockey

Rowing

Sailing

Swimming

Water polo

Wrestling