Netherlands at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics

Netherlands competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, from 22–30 August 2015.

Netherlands at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics
IAAF code	NED
in Beijing
Competitors	21
Medals Ranked 12th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 3
World Championships in Athletics appearances
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At the third day Dafne Schippers won in a new Dutch national record her semi final heat of the 100 metres in a time of 10.83. With this achievement she became the first Dutch finalist in the women's 100 metres at a World Championships. In the final, later that day, she broke her national record again with a time of 10.81 and won the silver medal.[1] Later, she won the gold medal in the 200 metres in a time of 21.63, a new European record.

Medalists

Medal	Athlete	Event	Date
Gold	Dafne Schippers	200 metres	28 August
Silver	Dafne Schippers	100 metres	24 August
Bronze	Sifan Hassan	1500 metres	25 August

Results

(q – qualified, NM – no mark, SB – season best)

Men

Track and road events

Liemarvin Bonevacia in the 400m

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Churandy Martina	100 metres	10.06 SB	15 Q	10.09	16	Did not advance
	200 metres	20.22 SB	8 Q	20.20 SB	10	Did not advance
Liemarvin Bonevacia	400 metres	44.72 NR	16 q	45.65	24	Did not advance
Thijmen Kupers	800 metres	1:46.70	13 q	1:47.74	15	Did not advance
Dennis Licht	5000 metres	13:57.61	28	N/A		Did not advance
Solomon Bockarie Patrick van Luijk Liemarvin Bonevacia Hensley Paulina	4 × 100 metres relay	38.41 SB	8	N/A		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ignisious Gaisah	Long jump	7.77	22	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	11.11	7.29	13.90	2.04 SB	48.24	14.37	42.09	4.90 PB	56.95	4:32.46	8114	12
	Points	836	883	722	840	898	927	707	880	692	729
Eelco Sintnicolaas	Result	10.62 PB	7.50	14.65	1.92	47.93 SB	DNS	–	–	–	–	DNF	–
	Points	947	935	768	731	913	–	–	–	–	–

Women

Track and road events

Dafne Schippers after winning silver in the 100m

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jamile Samuel	100 metres	DQ		Did not advance
Naomi Sedney	100 metres	11.41	30	Did not advance
Dafne Schippers	100 metres	11.01	5 Q	10.83 NR	2 Q	10.81 NR
	200 metres	22.58	5 Q	22.36	6 Q	21.63 CR, ER, WL
Sifan Hassan	800 metres	1:59.94	7 Q	1:58.50 PB	5	Did not advance
	1500 metres	4:09.52	22 Q	4:15.38	12 Q	4:09.34
Maureen Koster	1500 metres	4:05.55	6 Q	4:10.95	9	Did not advance
	5000 metres	DNF		N/A		Did not advance
Susan Kuijken	5000 metres	15:25.67	8 Q	N/A		15:08.00	8
	10,000 metres	N/A				31:54.32	10
Jip Vastenburg	10,000 metres	N/A				32:03.03	11
Jamile Samuel Dafne Schippers Nadine Visser Naomi Sedney	4 × 100 metres relay	42.32 NR	4 Q	N/A		DQ

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Femke Pluim	Pole vault	4.30	21	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Nadine Broersen	Result	13.55	1.86 SB	14.59	25.41	6.20	53.52	2:16.58	6491	4
	Points	1043	1054	833	850	912	928	871
Anouk Vetter	Result	13.61	1.77 SB	14.24	24.53	6.11	51.78	2:23.71	6267	12
	Points	1034	941	810	930	883	895	774
Nadine Visser	Result	12.81 PB	1.80 PB	13.16	23.78	6.14	40.07	2:13.72 PB	6344	8
	Points	1153	978	738	1002	893	669	911

References

1. "Schippers sprint naar zilver op 100 meter bij WK atletiek" (in Dutch). 24 August 2015.

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