Equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Individual dressage

The individual dressage at the 1956 Summer Olympics took place between 15 and 16 June, at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium. The event was open to men and women. The team and individual dressage competitions used the same results. Five judges gave scores, with the result being the sum of the scores.[1]

Individual dressage
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueStockholm Olympic Stadium
Date15–16 June
Competitors36 from 17 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Henri Saint Cyr  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lis Hartel  Denmark
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Liselott Linsenhoff  United Team of Germany
← 1952
1960 →

Results edit

36 riders competed.[2]

Rank Rider Nation Horse Score
  Henri Saint Cyr   Sweden Juli 860.0
  Lis Hartel   Denmark Jubilee 850.0
  Liselott Linsenhoff   United Team of Germany Adular 832.0
4 Gehnäll Persson   Sweden Knaust 821.0
5 André Jousseaume   France Harpagon 814.0
6 Gottfried Trachsel   Switzerland Kursus 807.0
7 Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern Jr.   Sweden Krest 794.0
8 Henri Chammartin   Switzerland Woehler 789.0
9 Hannelore Weygand   United Team of Germany Perkunos 785.0
10 Gustav Fischer   Switzerland Vasello 750.0
11 Sergei Filatov   Soviet Union Ingas 744.0
12 António de Almeida   Portugal Feitiço 743.0
13 Else Christophersen   Norway Diva 739.0
14 Anneliese Küppers   United Team of Germany Afrika 729.0
15 Aleksandr Vtorov   Soviet Union Repertoir 726.0
16 Gheorghe Teodorescu   Romania Palatin 721.0
17 Bob Borg   United States Bill Biddle 720.0
18 Nikolay Sitko   Soviet Union Skatchek 700.0
19 Hermann Zobel   Denmark Monty 673.0
20 Leonard Lafond   Canada Rath Patrick 657.0
21 Lorna Johnstone   Great Britain Rosie Dream 655.0
22 Jean-Albert Brasu   France Vol d'Amour 648.0
23 Inger Lemvigh-Müller   Denmark Bel Ami 644.0
24 Nicolae Mihalcea   Romania Mihnea 625.0
25 Lilian Williams   Great Britain Pilgrim 616.0
25 Robert Lattermann   Austria Danubia 616.0
27 Ann-Lise Kielland   Norway Clary 601.5
28 Alexis Pantchoulidzew   Netherlands Lascar 586.5
29 Bodil Russ   Norway Corona 572.0
30 Elaine Watt   United States Connecticut Yankee 568.0
31 Mauno Roiha   Finland Laaos 562.0
32 Jean Salmon   France Kipling 554.0
33 Nicolae Marcoci   Romania Corvin 516.0
34 Alexander Sagadin   Austria Cyprius 513.0
35 Jorge Cavoti   Argentina Carnavalito 483.5
36 Krum Lekarski   Bulgaria Edgard 396.5

References edit

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Equestrianism at the 1956 Stockholm Equestrian Games: Mixed Dressage, Individual". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  2. ^ Official Report, pp. 200–01.