Equestrian at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Individual dressage

The individual dressage at the 1928 Summer Olympics took place at Hilversum. The test was the same as for the 1924 Olympics, but the 10-minute limit was now raised to 13 minutes, giving the riders much needed time to complete it without losing points for going over the time allowed. Judging created controversy, both due to nationalistic tendencies by judges and the fact that individual judges had differing opinions on what was correct. While there was discussion on how to make it more fair—including dropping the lowest and highest scores, only having one judge from a neutral county, and removing 20 points from each score given to a countryman of each judge—no changes were made until after the judging scandal at the 1956 Games.

Individual dressage
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueHilversum
Competitors29 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Carl Freiherr von Langen  Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Charles Marion  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ragnar Olson  Sweden
← 1924
1932 →

Scores from the individual competition were summed to give results in the team competition.[1]

Results

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Source: Official results;[2] De Wael[3]

Rank Rider Nation Horse Average Score
  Carl Freiherr von Langen   Germany Draufgänger 237.42
  Charles Marion   France Linon 231.00
  Ragnar Olson   Sweden Gunstling 229.78
4 Janne Lundblad   Sweden Blackmar 226.70
5 Emanuel Thiel   Czechoslovakia Loki 225.96
6 Hermann Linkenbach   Germany Gimpel 224.26
7 Robert Wallon   France Clough-banck 224.08
8 Jan van Reede   Netherlands Hans 220.70
9 Pierre Versteegh   Netherlands His Excellence II 216.44
10 Otto Schöninger   Czechoslovakia Ex 210.28
11 Eugen von Lotzbeck   Germany Caracalla 208.04
12 Gerard le Heux   Netherlands Valérine 205.82
13 Arthur von Pongracz   Austria Turridu 204.28
14 Wilhelm Jaich   Austria Graf 204.16
15 Adolphe Mercier   Switzerland Queen-Mary 203.34
16 Magnus Fog   Denmark Mistinguett 202.08
17 Jaroslav Hanf   Czechoslovakia Elegán 201.70
18 Vladimir Stoychev   Bulgaria Pan 200.76
19 Carl, Count Bonde   Sweden Ingo 194.38
20 Kozeki Okada   Japan Takushu 193.70
21 Gustav Grachegg   Austria Daniel 191.96
22 Oskar Frank   Switzerland Solon 190.62
23 Pierre Danloux   France Rempart 187.10
24 Oswald Lints   Belgium Rira-t-elle 185.86
25 Werner Stuber   Switzerland Ulhard 175.12
26 Paul Michelet   Norway Benue 170.78
27 Henri Laame   Belgium Belga 167.70
28 Kohei Yusa   Japan Sakigake 166.96
29 Roger Delrue   Belgium Dreypuss 146.14

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Equestrianism at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Dressage, Individual". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  2. ^ "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2008.
  3. ^ "Equestrianism 1928". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2012.