In their second appearance in Olympic baseball, The Netherlands repeated their fifth-place finish.

In game 4, however, the Dutch team served Cuba its first defeat in the history of Olympic baseball, breaking a 21-game winning streak (→ in its third Olympiad) by the Cubans.

* Arjen Teeuwissen was qualified to compete in the Grand Prix Freestyle, but due to a restriction on the number of nation quotas (maximum number is 3), he could not continue to the final round.

At the inaugural Olympic triathlon competition, the Netherlands was represented by three men and three women.

The nation's best result came from Wieke Hoogzaad at twenty-fifth place in the women's competition, while Dennis Looze was the last finisher in the men's race.