| Olympic Games record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | |
 1908 |
Bronze medal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Squad | |
 1912 |
Bronze medal | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 8 | Squad | |
 1920 |
Bronze medal | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | Squad | |
 1924 |
Fourth place | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | Squad | |
 1928 |
Round of 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Squad | |
 1936
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Did not enter | ||||||||
| 1948 |
Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | Squad | |
 1952 |
Round of 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Squad | |
 1956
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Did not enter | ||||||||
 1960
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 1964
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 1968
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 1972
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 1976
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 1980
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 1984
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Did not qualify | ||||||||
 1988
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| Since 1992 | See Netherlands national under-21 football team | ||||||||
| Total | 7/17 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 46 | 41 | — | |
Since 1992, the Olympic Games has been an under-23 tournament (with three players of over 23 years of age allowed in the squad).