netherlands antilles summer olympics delegation netherlands antilles competed summer olympics beijing china fifteenth final appearance netherlands antilles olympic games territory dissolved summer olympic games london decided dutch athletes participate independently olympic flag delegation composed athletes participating different sports swimming shooting track field continued past qualification rounds reached finals scored fourth place dash second place dash disqualified controversial american led protest background appearance netherlands antilles beijing olympics marked thirteenth final appearance netherlands antilles consistently appeared summer olympics summer olympics finland excluding olympic games soviet incursions countries netherlands antilles closing opening ceremonies olympics issues debt revenue sharing netherlands antilles eventually led dissolution territory division constituent islands claimed status autonomy similar islands absorbed directly netherlands summer olympics served final olympics games netherlands antilles participated territory future dutch athletes participate summer olympics london cast doubt result residents netherlands antilles hold dutch secretary remarked dutch athletes immediately eligible represent netherlands netherlands antilles ultimately decided session items dutch athletes compete independently olympic flag recognition netherlands antilles olympic committee withdrawn temporary administrative structure serve dutch place london games directly supervised supported athletics dutch participate track field beijing olympics participated events dash dash dash august completed round qualifications dash seconds placed heat heat ranked seventh round tying united_states barbados round august ran dash seconds tying second trinidad falling bolt jamaica seconds advanced score heat august running seconds advanced semifinals ran dash seconds scoring heat thompson jamaica fourth overall bolt ranked fourth finals falling seconds short bronze medalist time consequently medal event dash ranked heat august qualifications dash finishing event seconds falling nigeria overall ranked fourth place advanced round qualifications august ran dash seconds second place heat antigua round ranked tenth place tying ran seconds semifinals ranking heat second overall advanced finals round participation finals round controversial came second place completing event seconds world record breaking performance seconds american bronze medalist disqualified running outside lane american coaches reviewed video records race found united_states filed protest netherlands antilles dutch olympic committee argued challenge invalid having filed minute post race deadline disqualified receiving silver medal united_states originally finished race fourth place given silver medal given bronze medal place shortly olympics competed meet switzerland hotel course meet left silver medal believing deserved medal key note ranks given track events athlete heat qualified round qualified round fastest loser field events position achieving qualifying target national record round applicable event bye athlete required compete round men shooting dutch participate shooting events summer olympics participated air pistol august air pistol event held beijing competitors scored ranking fifth scored turkey overall score fell short china won gold medal event men swimming dutch athlete participate swimming summer olympics participated freestyle recipient olympic scholarship provided training facilities specialized coach insurance additionally scholarship covered costs lodging entry participation qualification competitions olympics august swam freestyle seconds ranked second heat falling nigeria seconds overall ranked seventh ninety seven swimmers time seconds slower french swimmer performance august ranked set olympic record preliminary session advance past august men
Netherlands Antilles at the 2008 Summer Olympics