Career
This record would not be broken by a Dutchman until shooter Eric Swinkels made his sixth Olympic appearance in 1996. In 1924, he held titles in all three weapons simultaneously. During the individual sabre event at the 1924 Olympics, he reached the semi-finals against Hungarian Sándor Pósta and was leading by three hits when an audience member fell through his chairman
This distracted the jury, who failed to see De Jong"s decisive hit.
Disrupted, De Jong lost the bout. After retiring from the army, De Jong became the manager of the Tampat Senang, an Indonesian restaurant in The Hague.
He died in 1966. He has a street named after him in The Hague, the Arie de Jongstraat.