Netherlands Antilles at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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.

Netherlands Antilles at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Netherlands
IOC code	AHO
NOC	Nederlands Antilliaans Olympisch Comité
in Helsinki
Competitors	11 in 1 sport
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008
Other related appearances
Independent Olympic Athletes (2012)  Aruba (2016–pres.)  Netherlands (2016–pres.)

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
12. Adriaan Brokke
14. Jorge Brion
15. Juan Briezen
17. Willys Heyliger
20. Guillermo Krips

Match results

21 July 1952
19:00

Turkey	2–1	Netherlands Antilles
Tokaç 9' Bilge 76' (pen.)	Report	Briezen 79'

Lahden kisapuisto, Lahti

Attendance: 3,696

Referee: Carl Jorgensen (DEN)

References

• Kolkka, Sulo, ed. (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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
• 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.