Schouten previously won the 3 and 5 kilometers in Beijing. The other five Dutch titles were won by skaters Ireen Wüst (1500 meters), Kjeld Nuis (1500 meters) and Thomas Krol (1000 meters), short track speedster Suzanne Schulting (1000 meters) and the women’s relay team at short track (Schulting, Yara van Kerkhof). , Selma Poutsma and Xandra Velzeboer).
The Netherlands ends the Games with three medals less than at the previous Games in Pyeongchang. Then there were more silver (six) and bronze (six) medals to celebrate, bringing the total to twenty. In South Korea, the eight gold medals went to skaters Sven Kramer (5000 meters), Nuis (1000 and 1500 meters), Esmee Visser (5000 meters), Carlijn Achtereekte (3000 meters), Wüst (1500 meters), Jorien ter Mors ( 1000 meters) and short track star Schulting (1000 meters).
The lower score in Beijing is due to the long track skaters. In Pyeongchang they won sixteen medals, now there are twelve. Just like in 2018, the short trackers came in at four places. Kimberley Bos provided a first with the first Dutch Olympic medal in the skeleton.
At the most successful Winter Games ever, in Sochi 2014, the Orange formation achieved 24 medals (eight gold, seven silver and nine bronze). Then skaters Jorrit Bergsma (10,000 meters), Ter Mors (1500 meters), Stefan Groothuis (1000 meters), Michel Mulder (500 meters), Wüst (3000 meters) and Kramer (5000 meters) and the pursuit teams for the women (Wüst , Ter Mors, Marrit Leenstra and Lotte van Beek) and the men (Kramer, Jan Blokhuijsen and Koen Verweij) Netherlands the gold medals.
In Vancouver (2010), TeamNL won only eight medals: four gold, one silver and three bronze. Kramer (5000 meters), Wüst (1500 meters), Mark Tuitert (1500 meters) and snowboard star Nicolien Sauerbreij (parallel giant slalom).