Dutch East Indies at the
1934 Far Eastern Championship Games
IOC codeIHO
in Manilla
6-8 September

Dutch East Indies competed for the first and only time at the Far Eastern Championship Games in 1934. The 1934 Far Eastern Championship Games in Manilla took place from 12-20 May 1934.[1]

Travel and stay change

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Athletics change

The expectations of the athletes, as they didn’t train for a long time in the heptathlon and decathlon. There were some good results while some members of the athletics team had injuries. Effendi had a muscle tear and Ali Bachtar had to deal with severe toothache. [1] Heptathlete Van Pelt had after five of the ten events a good score of 3300 points. However, he could not compete in the last five events. Due to bad weather the Games were postponed with a day, and the team already moved back home (Manila and Java did only have a two-weeks shipping connection).[1]

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Diving change

The diving competitions were 'open' events, the medals did not count in the final ranking of the Games. In the 3 metres event they competed against two Americans and a Philippian. Later was the competition in the 10 metres platform.[5]

The team of the Dutch East Indies dominated the diving events. Hans Leopold Haasmann won gold in the 3-metres and 10-metres platform. Van der Groen won silver in both events and Portier won the bronze medal in the 3 metres.[1]

During the stay in Manilla, Portier bruised on his arm after slipping on the pool floor. He was not able to train properly for a few days and couldn’t compete in the 10-metres platform event.

Before arriving in Manilla, the divers had never jumped from a height above 5 metres. However, according to the Indische Courant newspaper, Haasmann was much better than the rest. And even because there were no main international athletes, he might have beaten good level divers.[1] Also due to his result, Haasmann was selected to represent the Netherlands at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1]

Athlete Event Rank
Hans Leopold Haasmann 3 metres platform  
Van der Groen  
Portier  
Hans Leopold Haasmann 10 metres platform  
Van der Groen  
Portier DNS

Football change

Team change

Head coach: Dionisio "Chito" Calvo

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Antonio Villanueva   Santo Tomas
1GK Santos Bacsal   San Beda
2DF Cirilo De Guzmán   San Beda
2DF Walter Short Toehl   De la Salle AC
2DF Jesús Suárez   University of the Philippines
3MF Joaquín "Quinito" Ortigas   De la Salle AC
3MF Arsenio H. Lacson   Santo Tomas
3MF Ramón Alegre   De la Salle AC
3MF Carlos Gradinzky   San Beda
3MF José Marie Hernánde   Ateneo
3MF Antonio Pacheco   Letran
3MF Emilio Heredia   Santo Tomas
4FW Francisco Gutierrez   Santo Tomas
4FW José Miranda   San Beda
4FW Sebastian Ugarte   De la Salle AC
4FW Luis Sotelo   Santo Tomas
4FW Manuel Azaola   San Beda
Antonio Sobral   De la Salle AC

Tournament change

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Team Pld W D L GF GA Avg Pts
  China 3 3 0 0 8 3 2.67 6
  Dutch East Indies 3 1 0 2 9 6 1.50 2
  Philippines 3 1 0 2 6 8 0.75 2
  Japan 3 1 0 2 8 14 0.71 2


Japan  1–7  Dutch East Indies
Kawamoto   52' Report
Report
Jahn   16'50'65'
Hong Djien   27'
Hian Goan   37'56'58'

China  2–0  Dutch East Indies
Tso Kwai Shing   45'
Fung King Cheong   ?'
Report
Attendance: 12,000

Philippines  3–2  Dutch East Indies
Gutierrez   ?'
Heredia   ?'
Azaola  
Suwu Lontoh   ?'?'

Swimming change

The trainers of the swimming team were Veltkamp and Hermann.

The swimmers were the same athletes who competed in the diving competition: Hans Leopold Haasmann, Van der Groen and Portier. In the beginning, Portier fell on his arm and wasn’t able to train properly for a few days.[7]

Haasmann was placed in the 50 metres freestyle final. Portier was probably also placed in the 100 metres freestyle, however the final was a day after they moved back home. In all other results the swimmers were eliminated in the series.[1]

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Tennis change

First round change

The tennis players lost in the first round against the Phillipnes with 4-1.

Dutch East Indies vs. Philippines

 
Dutch East Indies
1
Manilla

 
Philippines
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Samboedjo Hoerip
Gavia
6
4
3
6
4
6
5
7
   
2  
 
Dirk Jan Sonneville
Arragen
0
6
4
6
2
6
     
3  
 
Samboedjo Hoerip / Soemadi Hoerip
Dias / Zamorra
0
6
6
8
8
6
9
7
3
6
 
4  
 
Samboedjo Hoerip
Dias
4
6
0
6
5
7
     
5  
 
Dirk Jan Sonneville
Arragen
6
4
6
8
6
4
5
3
   

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References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Zondag, Jelle. "Een vonk die een heilig vuur moest doen oplaaien. Nederlands-Indië op de Far Eastern Championship Games van 1934" (in Dutch). De Sportwereld. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  2. "De Manilla-Olympiade". De Indische courant (in Dutch). 9 May 1934. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.
  3. "Onze ploeg te Manilla". Bataviaasch nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 22 May 1934. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.
  4. "Manilla-team weer thuis". De koerier (in Dutch). 28 May 1934. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.
  5. "De Spelen Geëindigd". De locomotief (in Dutch). 22 May 1934. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.
  6. "Olympische Spelen Manilla". De Indische courant (in Dutch). 15 May 1934. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.
  7. "Oostersche Olympische Spelen". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 24 May 1934. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.
  8. "De Far Eastern Championships Games". De Sumatra Post (in Dutch). 15 May 1934. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.
  9. "De wedstrijden te Manilla". Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië (in Dutch). 31 May 1934. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.