First-round leader Jimenez shot a bogey-free 67 to stay in the joint lead of a tournament he won in 1994.
Both players had 9-under totals of 131.
Three-time champion Simon Dyson of England matched the course record at the Kennemer Golf & Country Club with a 63 to join fellow Englishman Oliver Fisher and Julien Quesne of France a shot behind the leaders.
Another Spaniard, Jorge Campillo, also shot a 63 with six birdies on the front nine to be at 6 under in a tie for seventh.
Scores from the European Tour Dutch Open at the par-70 course on Friday in Zandvoort (cut was set at 139):131 - Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 64 67 Pablo Larrazabal (Spain) 65 66 1
32 Simon Dyson (Britain) 69 63 Julien Quesne (France) 67 65 Oliver Fisher (Britain) 67 65
133 - David Drysdale (Britain) 69 64
134 Anthony Snobeck (France) 68 66 Matthew Nixon (Britain) 69 65 Joost Luiten (Netherlands) 69 65 Jorge Campillo (Spain) 71 63
135 - Michael Jonzon (Sweden) 70 65 Gary Orr (Britain) 65 70 Espen Kofstad (Norway) 69 66 Hennie Otto (South Africa) 68 67 Soren Kjeldsen (Denmark) 68 67 Paul McGinley (Ireland) 68 67 Damien McGrane (Ireland) 65 70 David Howell (Britain) 65 70 Simon Wakefield (Britain) 68 67
136 - Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spain) 69 67 Alvaro Quiros (Spain) 72 64 Thomas Aiken (South Africa) 72 64 Robert Allenby (Australia) 65 71 Andrew Marshall (Britain) 69 67 Brooks Koepka (U.S.) 70 66 Richard Green (Australia) 70 66 Chris Paisley (Britain) 68 68
137 - Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain) 69 68 Magnus Carlsson (Sweden) 68 69 Rikard Karlberg (Sweden) 70 67 Wu Ashun (China) 69 68 Felipe Aguilar (Chile) 69 68 Alejandro Canizares (Spain) 69 68 Gregory Havret (France) 67 70 Scott Jamieson (Britain) 69 68 Mikko Ilonen (Finland) 71 66 Ross Fisher (Britain) 69 68 Prom Meesawat (Thailand) 67 70 Shane Lowry (Ireland) 69 68 David Horsey (Britain) 71 66 Peter Hedblom (Sweden) 71 66
138 - Mikko Korhonen (Finland) 71 67 Bjoern Akesson (Sweden) 71 67 Marcus Fraser (Australia) 67 71 Lasse Jensen (Denmark) 72 66 Emiliano Grillo (Argentina) 72 66 Jeong Jin (South Korea) 67 71 Rowin Caron (Netherlands) 73 65 Alexander Levy (France) 73 65 Robert Rock (Britain) 69 69 Chris Lloyd (Britain) 69 69 Mark Foster (Britain) 68 70 Richie Ramsay (Britain) 70 68 Wil Besseling (Netherlands) 67 71 Richard Bland (Britain) 67 71 Simon Thornton (Ireland) 70 68 Matteo Manassero (Italy) 70 68 Tommy Fleetwood (Britain) 70 68 Darren Fichardt (South Africa) 70 68 Richard Finch (Britain) 69 69 Fabrizio Zanotti (Paraguay) 65 73 Thomas Pieters (Belgium) 68 70 Scott Henry (Britain) 69 69 Joakim Lagergren (Sweden) 73 65 Paul Waring (Britain) 70 68
139 - Ricardo Santos (Portugal) 70 69 Matthew Baldwin (Britain) 69 70 Matteo Delpodio (Italy) 68 71 Robert Coles (Britain) 69 70 Seve Benson (Britain) 69 70 Lorenzo Gagli (Italy) 70 69 David Higgins (Ireland) 72 67 Paul Casey (Britain) 68 71 Christian Cevaer (France) 70 69 Alessandro Tadini (Italy) 72 67 Eduardo De La Riva (Spain) 68 71 Oscar Floren (Sweden) 66 73 Kevin Phelan (Ireland) 71 68
140 - DNQ Richard Kind (Netherlands) 69 71 Maarten Lafeber (Netherlands) 70 70 Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 71 69 Robert-Jan Derksen (Netherlands) 70 70 Chris Wood (Britain) 72 68 Eddie Pepperell (Britain) 71 69 Tom Lewis (Britain) 67 73 Dominic Foos (Germany) 72 68 Peter Lawrie (Ireland) 71 69 S.S.P. Chowrasia (India) 71 69 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (France) 71 69 Jbe Kruger (South Africa) 69 71 Ricardo Gonzalez (Argentina) 69 71 Sam Little (Britain) 72 68
141 - DNQ Matthew Southgate (Britain) 73 68 Joachim Hansen (Denmark) 69 72 Jeev Milkha Singh (India) 71 70 Andreas Harto (Denmark) 71 70 Romain Wattel (France) 70 71 John Parry (Britain) 71 71 Lee Slattery (Britain) 75 66 James Morrison (Britain) 70 71 Craig Lee (Britain) 69 72 Alexandre Kaleka (France) 70 71 Justin Walters (South Africa) 70 71 Johan Edfors (Sweden) 71 70
142 - DNQ Tjaart Van der Walt (South Africa) 72 70 Thomas Levet (France) 71 71 Marc Warren (Britain) 73 69 Richard McEvoy (Britain) 72 70 Moritz Lampert (Germany) 73 69 Kristoffer Broberg (Sweden) 70 70 Mark Tullo (Chile) 71 71 Anders Hansen (Denmark) 71 71 Simon Khan (Britain) 67 75 Inder van Weerelt (Netherlands) 75 67 Floris de Haas (Netherlands) 72 70 Peter Whiteford (Britain) 74 68
143 - DNQ Phillip Price (Britain) 73 70 Niclas Fasth (Sweden) 72 71 Raphael Jacquelin (France) 74 69 James Kingston (South Africa) 70 73 Peter Erofejeff (Finland) 71 72 Mikael Lundberg (Sweden) 71 72 Liang Wenchong (China) 73 70 Gareth Maybin (Britain) 72 71 Ignacio Garrido (Spain) 70 73 Anthony Wall (Britain) 70 73
144 - DNQ Robin Kind (Netherlands) 69 75 Morten Madsen (Denmark) 73 71 Garth Mulroy (South Africa) 72 72 Robbie van West (Netherlands) 76 68 Soren Hansen (Denmark) 73 71 David van den Dungen (Netherlands) 72 72 Jurrian van der Vaart (Netherlands) 72 72 Jaco Van Zyl (South Africa) 71 73 Lars van Meijel (Netherlands) 73 71
145 - DNQ Keith Horne (South Africa) 72 73 Joel Sjoeholm (Sweden) 72 73 Martin Wiegele (Austria) 72 73 Gary Lockerbie (Britain) 73 72 146 - DNQ Gary Boyd (Britain) 74 72 Andrew Dodt (Australia) 72 74 Danny Willett (Britain) 69 77
147 - DNQ Sven Struever (Germany) 74 73 Thorbjorn Olesen (Denmark) 73 74 Maximilian Kieffer (Germany) 75 72 Graeme Storm (Britain) 73 74
148 - DNQ Estanislao Goya (Argentina) 77 71 Michael Kraaij (Netherlands) 75 73 Chris Doak (Britain) 76 72
150 - DNQ Callum Macaulay (Britain) 77 73
154 - DNQ Nicolas Nube (Netherlands) 82 72 156 DNQ Xavier Ruiz Fonhof (Netherlands) 79 77
158 - DNQ Kevin Berger (Germany) 83 75 RET Jose Manuel Lara (Spain) 70 WDW Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium) 73 WDW Michael Campbell (New Zealand) 73