Equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Team dressage

The team dressage at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place between 28 and 29 July at the Ruskeasuo Equestrian Hall. The event was open to women for the first time; of the 24 riders, 2 were female—including one member of the bronze medalist German team, Ida von Nagel.[1]

Team dressage
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueRuskeasuo Equestrian Hall
Date28–29 July
Competitors24 (8 teams) from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern, Jr.
Gehnäll Persson
Henri Saint Cyr
 Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gustav Fischer
Gottfried Trachsel
Henri Chammartin
 Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Fritz Thiedemann
Ida von Nagel
Heinz Pollay
 Germany
← 1948
1956 →

Competition format

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The team and individual dressage competitions used the same results. Competitors were given 15 minutes to complete their corresponding tests. For each second over the 15-minute mark, contestants lost half a point. Each team was ranked according to the total scores from their three members.

Results

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Rank Nation Rider Horse Individual Score Team Score
    Sweden Henri Saint Cyr
Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern, Jr.
Gehnäll Persson
Master Rufus
Krest
Knaust
561.0
531.0
505.5
1597.5
    Switzerland Gottfried Trachsel
Henri Chammartin
Gustav Fischer
Kursus
Wöhler
Soliman
531.0
529.5
518.5
1579.0
    Germany Heinz Pollay
Ida von Nagel
Fritz Thiedemann
Adular
Afrika
Chronist
518.5
503.0
479.5
1501.0
4   France André Jousseaume
Jean Peitevin de Saint André
Jean Saint-Fort Paillard
Harpagon
Vol au Vent
Tapir
541.0
479.0
403.5
1423.5
5   Chile José Larraín
Héctor Clavel
Ernesto Silva
Rey de Oros
Frontalera
Viarregio
473.5
452.0
415.0
1340.5
6   United States Bob Borg
Marjorie Haines
Hartmann Pauly
Bill Biddle
The Flying Dutchman
Reno Overdo
492.0
446.0
315.5
1253.5
7   Soviet Union Vladimir Raspopov
Vasily Tikhonov
Nikolay Sitko
Imeninnik
Pevec
Cesar
433.5
395.0
377.0
1205.5
8   Portugal António Reymão Nogueira
Francisco Valadas Júnior
Fernando Paes
Napeiro
Feitico
Matamas
428.5
422.0
346.0
1196.5

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Equestrianism at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Mixed Dressage, Team". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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