Equestrian at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Individual dressage

The individual dressage at the 1960 Summer Olympics took place between 5 and 6 September, at the Villa Borghese gardens. The event was open to men and women.[1]

Individual dressage
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Sergei Filatov and Absent
VenueVilla Borghese gardens
Date5–6 September
Competitors17 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sergei Filatov  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gustav Fischer  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Josef Neckermann  United Team of Germany
← 1956
1964 →

Background

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The 1956 Olympics created some serious changes for the dressage competition at the 1960 Games. The previous Games had resulted in a serious judging scandal after the German and Swedish judges favored their own countrymen. These two judges were subsequently suspended by the FEI. Following this controversy, the IOC threatened to remove dressage from the Olympics, but the FEI managed to come to a compromise, removing the team competition from the 1960 Games and only allowing individual competitors (up to 2 per country). Additionally, 3 of the judges had to be from non-participating countries, and ride-offs were filmed and reviewed for a day before the final results were announced publicly.

The other major change was in the scoring scale, which moved from a scale of 0–6 to 0–10.

17 riders competed, from 10 nations. Despite the small number of riders, the competition still took a long time as the judges, conscious of not playing favoritism, conferred for up to 20 minutes following each ride. 5 riders total qualified for the ride-off (2 from the Soviet Union, and 1 each from Switzerland, Germany, and Sweden). The ride-off was filmed and reviewed, the judging panel decided not to change the original placings, and the results were announced to the public 3 days following the ride.

Competition format

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Three judges gave scores. Each judge gave a score between 0 and 10 for each test. The competition was held over two rounds; the top 5 horse and rider pairs in the first round advanced to the second round. The total score for both rounds determined final ranking.

Results

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17 riders competed.[2]

Rank Rider Nation Horse Round 1 Round 2 Total
Score Rank Score Rank
  Sergei Filatov   Soviet Union Absent 1074 1 1070 1 2144
  Gustav Fischer   Switzerland Wald 1052 3 1035 2 2087
  Josef Neckermann   United Team of Germany Asbach 1071 2 1011 4 2082
4 Henri Saint Cyr   Sweden L'Etoile 1036 4 1028 3 2064
5 Ivan Kalita   Soviet Union Korbey 1010 5 997 5 2007
6 Patricia Galvin   United States Rathpatrick 995 6 did not advance
7 Rosemarie Springer   United Team of Germany Doublette 985 7 did not advance
8 Henri Chammartin   Switzerland Wolfdietrich 978 8 did not advance
9 Yngve Viebke   Sweden Gaspari 975 9 did not advance
10 António, Viscount de Mozelos   Portugal Greek Warrior 948 10 did not advance
11 Lilian Williams   Great Britain Little Model 939 11 did not advance
12 Jessica Newberry-Ransehousen   United States Forstrat 927 12 did not advance
13 Johanna Hall   Great Britain Conversano Caprice 838 13 did not advance
14 František Šembera   Czechoslovakia Ivo 832 14 did not advance
15 Jorge Cavoti   Argentina Vidriero 828 15 did not advance
16 Krum Lekarski   Bulgaria Edgard 799 16 did not advance
17 Luís Silva   Portugal Adonis 775 17 did not advance

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Equestrianism at the 1960 Rome Equestrian Games: Mixed Dressage, Individual". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 901.