The Netherlands competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.

The Netherlands competed in the Olympic water polo tournament for the second time in 1920.

Because Belgium eventually finished with the silver medal, the Dutch had a chance to play for the bronze.

The Dutch archers competed in a single event, the team moving bird at 28 metres.

Paulen's seventh-place finish in the 800 metres was the country's best result in the sport to date.

Sirtema competed in the individual eventing competition, finishing in 20th place.

The Netherlands competed in the Olympic football tournament for the third time, winning its third straight bronze medal.

The team had a fairly easy win over Luxembourg in the first round before requiring extra time to defeat Sweden in the quarterfinals.

In the semifinals, the Netherlands lost to eventual gold-medalist Belgium.

In the match for silver and bronze, the Netherlands were defeated by Spain to finish in third place.

The Dutch beat Italy in the semifinals to advance to the final against Great Britain.

The format turned out to be particularly unfortunate for Jan Sint, who advanced to the final in the light heavyweight but finished without a medal after being defeated by Johansson in the final and losing again in the silver medal semifinal.

Jaap Sjouwerman advanced to the heavyweight semifinals, but did not get a chance to compete for silver or bronze after his semifinal loss to an opponent who did not win gold or silver.