Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Individual eventing

The individual eventing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 9 and 12 2008 at the Hong Kong Sports Institute.[1][2]

Individual eventing
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Medal ceremony
VenueHong Kong Sports Institute
Date9–12 August
Competitors74
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hinrich Romeike  Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gina Miles  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kristina Cook  Great Britain
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Individual eventing consisted of four phases: dressage, cross-country, and two phases of show-jumping. Scores from each phase were converted into penalty points, which were summed to give a score.

In the dressage portion, the pair performed in front of three judges. The judges gave marks of between 0 and 10 for each of ten required elements; the scores for the judges were averaged to give a score between 0 and 100. That score was then subtracted from 100 and multiplied by 1.5 to give the number of penalty points.

The cross-county portion consisted of a 4.56 kilometer course with 29 obstacles. The target time was eight minutes; pairs received .4 penalty points for every second above that time. They also received 20 penalty points for every obstacle not cleanly jumped.

The final phases were show-jumping; pairs had to negotiate a course of obstacles. The pair received 4 penalty points for each obstacle at which there was a refusal or a knockdown of the obstacle. One penalty point was also assessed for each second taken above the maximum time for the course.[3]

The top 25 pairs after the first jumping portion (limited to three pairs per nation) took part in a second phase of jumping; the scores from this jumping final were added to the scores of the first three phases to give a grand final.[4]

The results of the individual phase were also used in the team eventing event, though that event did not use the second jumping phase.[5]

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
  Germany (GER)   United States (USA)   Great Britain (GBR)
Hinrich Romeike Marius Gina Miles McKinlaigh Kristina Cook Miners Frolic

Results edit

The total score for each horse and rider was the sum of the total penalty points earned in the various phases of competitions. The pair with the lowest number of penalty points was victorious.

Summary edit

Rank Rider Horse Nation Dressage Cross Country Jumping Total after Jumping 1 Final Jumping Total
  Hinrich Romeike Marius   Germany 37.40 12.80 4 54.20 - 54.20
  Gina Miles McKinlaigh   United States 39.30 16.80 - 56.10 - 56.10
  Kristina Cook Miners Frolic   Great Britain 40.20 17.20 - 57.40 - 57.40
4 Megan Jones Irish Jester   Australia 35.40 15.60 4 55.00 4 59.00
5 Ingrid Klimke Abraxxas   Germany 33.50 17.20 4 54.70 5 59.70
6 Didier Dhennin Ismene du Temple   France 42.80 14.00 3 59.80 - 59.80
7 Clayton Fredericks Ben Along Time   Australia 37.00 16.40 4 57.40 4 61.40
8 Andreas Dibowski Butts Leon   Germany 39.60 17.60 - 57.20 8 65.20
9 Karin Donckers Gazelle de la Brasserie   Belgium 31.70 25.60 4 61.30 4 65.30
10 Sonja Johnson Ringwould Jaguar   Australia 45.20 13.60 - 58.80 8 66.80
11 Mary King Call Again Cavalier   Great Britain 38.10 18.00 8 64.10 4 68.10
12 William Fox-Pitt Parkmore Ed   Great Britain 50.20 10.00 4 64.20 4 68.20
13 Linda Algotsson Stand By Me   Sweden 41.50 22.80 - 68.30 4 68.30
14 Caroline Powell Lenamore   New Zealand 48.00 21.20 4 69.20 - 73.20
15 Tim Lips Oncarlos   Netherlands 52.60 22.40 - 75.00 - 75.00
16 Vittoria Panizzon Rock Model   Italy 50.60 18.40 - 69.00 8 77.00
17 Mark Todd Gandalf   New Zealand 49.40 27.20 1 77.60 - 77.60
18 Katrin Norling Pandora   Sweden 52.00 16.00 5 73.00 8 81.00
19 Pawel Spisak Weriusz   Poland 48.70 34.00 - 82.70 - 82.70
20 Eric Vigeanel Coronado Prior   France 53.00 26.00 - 79.00 4 83.00
21 Austin O'Connor Hobby du Mee   Ireland 52.80 34.40 - 87.20 - 87.20
22 Marcelo Tosi Super Rocky   Brazil 64.80 24.80 - 89.60 - 89.60
23 Susanna Bordone Ava   Italy 37.80 28.80 20 86.60 14 100.60
24 Joe Meyer Snip   New Zealand 43.90 21.20 25 90.10 12 102.10
25 Frank Ostholt Mr. Medicott   Germany 44.60 13.20 - 57.80
26 Lucinda Fredericks Headley Britannia   Australia 30.40 27.20 2 59.60
27 Shane Rose All Luck   Australia 53.30 9.20 8 70.50
28 Daisy Dick Spring Along   Great Britain 51.70 17.20 11 79.90
29 Roberto Rotatori Irham de Viages   Italy 40.00 22.80 28 90.80
30 Sandra Donnelly Buenos Aires   Canada 60.20 24.00 8 92.20
31 Dag Albert Tubber Rebel   Sweden 65.60 27.60 - 93.20
32 Geoffrey Curran Kilkishen   Ireland 61.70 30.40 2 94.10
33 Louise Lyons Watership Down   Ireland 57.40 28.40 9 94.80
34 Sharon Hunt Tankers Town   Great Britain 43.50 47.60 4 95.10
35 Kyle Carter Madison Park   Canada 63.50 18.40 14 95.90
36 Tiziana Realini Gamour   Switzerland 48.90 32.80 16 97.70
37 Peter Thomsen The Ghost of Hamish   Germany 53.30 45.60 4
38 Niall Griffin Lorgaine   Ireland 50.60 46.40 12 109.00
39 Jeferson Moreira Escudeiro   Brazil 55.90 50.80 4 110.70
40 Stefano Brecciaroli Cappa Hill   Italy 50.00 62.00 4 116.00
41 Fabio Magni Southern King V   Italy 49.60 70.00 -
42 Rebecca Holder Courageous Comet   United States 35.70 82.00 8
43 Patricia Ryan Fernhill Clover Mist   Ireland 78.70 34.80 13
44 Karen O'Connor Mandiba   United States 41.90 84.80 5
45 Selena O'Hanlon Colombo   Canada 44.10 76.80 12
46 Joris Vanspringel Bold Action   Belgium 52.00 66.40 15
47 Andre Paro Land Heir   Brazil 59.60 39.20 35
48 Valery Martyshev Kinzhal   Russia 64.40 60.40 12
49 Yoshiaki Oiwa Gorgeous George   Japan 52.40 76.40 8
50 Heelan Tompkins Sugoi   New Zealand 55.60 75.20 8
51 Mike Winter King Pin   Canada 48.90 76.80 20
52 Artur Spolowicz Wag   Poland 57.00 74.40 23
53 Vyacheslav Poyto Energiya   Belarus 59.10 75.60 31
54 Alena Tseliapushkina Passat   Belarus 77.40 59.60 30
55 Samantha Taylor Livewire   Canada 70.70 109.60 8
Samantha Albert Before I Do It   Jamaica 56.30 41.60 EL
Peter Flarup Silver Ray   Denmark 53.10 13.20 WD
Viktoria Carlerback Bally's Geronimo   Sweden 46.50 26.40 WD
Magnus Gallerdal Keymaster   Sweden 54.60 13.60 WD
Amy Tryon Poggio II   United States 46.50 EL
Igor Atrokhov Elkasar   Russia 65.20 EL
Jaroslav Hatla Karla   Czech Republic 52.80 EL
Sergio Iturriaga Lago Rupanco   Chile 63.00 EL
Alex Hua Tian Chico   China 49.60 EL
Andrew Nicholson Lord Killinghurst   New Zealand 44.60 EL
Saulo Tristao Totsie   Brazil 79.60 EL
Jean Renaud Adde Haston d'Elpegere   France 56.90 EL
Harald Ambros Quick   Austria 55.70 WD
Nicolas Touzaint Galan de Sauvagere   France WD
Phillip Dutton Connaught   United States DSQ
  • Phillip Dutton qualified for the final show jumping event round on 68.2 faults (sixteenth place) and jumped a clear round to move up to twelfth place, but was disqualified because weighted boots worn by his horse exceeded the maximum limit.
  • Four riders did not qualify for the final jumping round as three others from their nation had already qualified, The positions of these riders after the first jumping round (and after Dutton's disqualification) were: Frank Osholt (8th), Lucinda fredericks (10th), Shane Rose (17th) and Daisy Dick (23rd).

Dressage edit

For the dressage portion of the competition, horse and rider pairs performed series of movements that were evaluated by judges. Judges gave marks of 0 to 10 for each movement, subtracting points for errors. The score for each judge was represented by a percentage of marks possible that were gained. Scores from the three judges were averaged for an overall percentage. This was then subtracted from 100 and multiplied by 1.5 to determine the number of penalty points awarded for the round.

Rank Rider Horse Nation Judge E Judge C Judge M Score Penalty Points
1 Lucinda Fredericks Headley Britannia   Australia 82.22 78.52 78.52 78.52 30.4
2 Karin Donckers Gazelle de la Brasserie   Belgium 80.00 80.37 76.30 78.34 31.7
3 Ingrid Klimke Abraxxas   Germany 78.52 78.89 75.56 33.5
4 Megan Jones Irish Jester   Australia 76.30 78.15 74.81 76.48 35.4
5 Rebecca Holder Courageous Comet   United States 75.56 75.93 77.04 76.49 35.7
6 Clayton Fredericks Ben Along Time   Australia 78.15 72.22 75.56 73.89 37.0
7 Hinrich Romeike Marius   Germany 75.19 74.44 75.56 75.00 37.4
8 Susanna Bordone Ava   Italy 74.81 74.81 74.81 74.81 37.8
9 Mary King Call Again Cavalier   Great Britain 74.44 74.07 75.19 38.1
10 Gina Miles McKinlaigh   United States 74.81 74.44 72.22 73.33 39.3
11 Andreas Dibowski Butts Leon   Germany 73.33 72.59 74.81 39.6
12 Roberto Rotatori Irham de Viages   Italy 74.81 75.56 69.63 40.0
13 Kristina Cook Miners Frolic   Great Britain 74.81 73.33 71.48 72.41 40.2
14 Phillip Dutton Connaught   United States 72.22 70.74 75.93 40.6
15 Linda Algotsson Stand By Me   Sweden 75.19 71.48 70.37 70.93 41.5
16 Karen O'Connor Mandiba   United States 71.11 70.74 74.44 41.9
17 Didier Dhennin Ismene du Temple   France 71.85 71.48 71.11 71.30 42.8
18 Sharon Hunt Tankers Town   Great Britain 71.11 69.63 72.22 43.5
19 Joe Meyer Snip   New Zealand 68.89 71.11 72.22 43.9
20 Selena O'Hanlon Colombo   Canada 68.89 73.33 69.63 71.48 44.1
21 Frank Ostholt Mr. Medicott   Germany 70.00 69.63 71.11 70.37 44.6
21 Andrew Nicholson Lord Killinghurst   New Zealand 71.11 70.00 69.63 69.82 44.6
23 Sonja Johnson Ringwould Jaguar   Australia 70.00 70.00 69.63 45.2
24 Amy Tryon Poggio II   United States 69.63 70.74 66.67 68.71 46.5
24 Viktoria Carlerback Bally's Geronimo   Sweden 69.63 68.15 69.26 68.71 46.5
26 Caroline Powell Lenamore   New Zealand 68.52 65.93 69.63 48.0
27 Pawel Spisak Weriusz   Poland 68.89 68.15 65.56 66.86 48.7
28 Tiziana Realini Gamour   Switzerland 66.30 68.15 67.78 48.9
28 Mike Winter King Pin   Canada 66.30 66.67 69.26 48.9
30 Mark Todd Gandalf   New Zealand 65.56 67.78 67.78 67.78 49.4
31 Alex Hua Tian Chico   China 69.63 68.52 62.59 65.56 49.6
31 Fabio Magni Southern King V   Italy 65.56 65.93 69.26 67.60 49.6
33 Stefano Brecciaroli Cappa Hill   Italy 67.04 65.56 67.41 66.49 50.0
34 William Fox-Pitt Parkmore Ed   Great Britain 65.56 68.15 65.93 67.04 50.2
35 Vittoria Panizzon Rock Model   Italy 66.30 67.41 65.19 66.30 50.6
35 Niall Griffin Lorgaine   Ireland 65.93 66.67 66.30 50.6
37 Daisy Dick Spring Along   Great Britain 66.30 65.56 64.81 65.19 51.7
38 Katrin Norling Pandora   Sweden 65.56 63.33 67.04 65.19 52.0
38 Joris Vanspringel Bold Action   Belgium 66.30 63.33 66.30 52.0
40 Oiwa Yoshiaki Gorgeous George   Japan 65.93 63.70 65.56 64.63 52.4
41 Tim Lips Oncarlos   Netherlands 66.67 65.56 62.59 52.6
42 Austin O'Connor Hobby du Mee   Ireland 65.93 64.44 64.07 64.26 52.8
42 Jaroslav Hatla Karla   Czech Republic 66.67 62.59 65.19 63.89 52.8
44 Eric Vigeanel Coronado Prior   France 64.44 65.19 64.44 53.0
45 Peter Flarup Silver Ray   Denmark 62.96 65.56 65.19 65.38 53.1
46 Peter Thomsen The Ghost of Hamish   Germany 63.70 64.44 65.19 64.82 53.3
46 Shane Rose All Luck   Australia 65.19 62.59 65.56 53.3
48 Magnus Gallerdal Keymaster   Sweden 65.56 64.81 60.37 54.6
49 Heelan Tompkins Sugoi   New Zealand 64.07 60.74 64.07 62.41 55.6
50 Harald Ambros Quick   Austria 61.85 63.33 63.33 63.33 55.7
51 Jeferson Moreira Escudeiro   Brazil 59.63 62.59 65.93 64.26 55.9
52 Samantha Albert Before I Do It   Jamaica 62.22 63.33 61.85 62.59 56.3
53 Jean Renaud Adde Haston d'Elpegere   France 60.37 62.96 62.96 56.9
54 Artur Spolowicz Wag   Poland 60.00 64.07 61.85 62.96 57.0
55 Louise Lyons Watership Down   Ireland 61.11 60.00 64.07 62.04 57.4
56 Viachaslau Poita Energiya   Belarus 58.89 60.74 62.22 61.48 59.1
57 Andre Paro Land Heir   Brazil 58.52 59.63 62.59 59.6
58 Sandra Donnelly Buenos Aires   Canada 59.63 59.63 60.37 60.00 60.2
59 Geoffrey Curran Kilkishen   Ireland 58.52 57.04 61.11 59.08 61.7
60 Sergio Iturriaga Lago Rupanco   Chile 58.52 57.78 57.78 57.78 63.0
61 Kyle Carter Madison Park   Canada 58.15 56.67 58.15 57.41 63.5
62 Valery Martyshev Kinzhal   Russia 55.93 57.04 58.15 57.60 64.4
63 Marcelo Tosi Super Rocky   Brazil 55.93 55.19 59.26 57.23 64.8
64 Igor Atrohov Elkasar   Russia 55.56 54.07 60.00 57.04 65.2
65 Dag Albert Tubber Rebel   Sweden 55.56 56.67 56.67 65.6
66 Samantha Taylor Livewire   Canada 51.85 52.96 53.70 70.7
67 Alena Tseliapushkina Passat   Belarus 48.52 45.93 50.74 77.4
68 Patricia Ryan Fernhill Clover Mist   Ireland 47.78 47.04 47.78 78.7
69 Saulo Tristao Totsie   Brazil 46.30 45.56 48.89 47.23 79.6
Nicolas Touzaint Galan de Sauvagere   France Withdrew 1000.00

Cross country edit

The cross-county portion consisted of a 4.56 kilometer course with 29 obstacles. The target time was eight minutes; pairs received .4 penalty points for every second above that time. They also received 20 penalty points for every obstacle not cleanly jumped.

Rank Rider Horse Nation Time Time Penalties Jump Penalties Dressage Score Total
1 Hinrich Romeike Marius   Germany 8:32 12.80 0.00 37.40 50.20
2 Ingrid Klimke Abraxxas   Germany 8:43 17.20 0.00 33.50 50.70
3 Megan Jones Irish Jester   Australia 8:39 15.60 0.00 35.40 51.00
4 Clayton Fredericks Ben Along Time   Australia 8:41 16.40 0.00 37.00 53.40
5 Gina Miles Mckinlaigh   United States 8:42 16.80 0.00 39.30 56.10
5 Mary King Call Again Cavalier   Great Britain 8:45 18.00 0.00 38.10 56.10
7 Didier Dhennin Ismene Du Temple   France 8:35 14.00 0.00 42.80 56.80
8 Andreas Dibowski Butts Leon   Germany 8:44 17.60 0.00 39.60 57.20
9 Karin Donckers Gazelle De La Brasserie   Belgium 9:04 25.60 0.00 31.70 57.30
10 Kristina Cook Miners Frolic   Great Britain 8:43 17.20 0.00 40.20 57.40
11 Lucina Fredericks Headley Britannia   Australia 9:08 27.20 0.00 30.40 57.60
12 Frank Ostholt Mr. Medicott   Germany 8:33 13.20 0.00 44.60 57.80
13 Sonja Johnson Ringwould Jaguar   Australia 8:34 13.60 0.00 45.20 58.80
14 William Fox-Pitt Parkmore Ed   Great Britain 8:25 10.00 0.00 50.20 60.20
14 Phillip Dutton Connaught   United States 8:49 19.60 0.00 40.60 60.20
16 Shane Rose All Luck   Australia 8:23 9.20 0.00 53.30 62.50
17 Roberto Rotatori Irham De Viages   Italy 8:57 22.80 0.00 40.00 62.80
18 Linda Algotsson Stand By Me   Sweden 8:57 22.80 0.00 41.50 64.30
19 Joe Meyer Snip   New Zealand 8:53 21.20 0.00 43.90 65.10
20 Peter Flarup Silver Ray   Denmark 8:33 13.20 0.00 53.10 66.30
21 Susanna Bordone Ava   Italy 9:12 28.80 0.00 37.80 66.60
22 Katrin Norling Pandora   Sweden 8:40 16.00 0.00 52.00 68.00
23 Magnus Gallerdal Keymaster   Sweden 8:34 13.60 0.00 54.60 68.20
24 Daisy Dick Spring Along   Great Britain 8:43 17.20 0.00 51.70 68.90
25 Vittoria Panizzon Rock Model   Italy 8:46 18.40 0.00 50.60 69.00
26 Caroline Powell Lenamore   New Zealand 8:53 21.20 0.00 48.00 69.20
27 Viktoria Carlerback Bally's Geronimo   Sweden 9:06 26.40 0.00 46.50 72.90
28 Tim Lips Oncarlos   Netherlands 8:56 22.40 0.00 52.60 75.00
29 Mark Todd Gandalf   New Zealand 9:08 27.20 0.00 49.40 76.60
30 Eric Vigeanel Coronado Prior   France 9:05 26.00 0.00 53.00 79.00
31 Tiziana Realini Gamour   Switzerland 9:22 32.80 0.00 48.90 81.70
32 Kyle Carter Madison Park   Canada 8:46 18.40 0.00 63.50 81.90
33 Pawel Spisak Weriusz   Poland 9:25 34.00 0.00 48.70 82.70
34 Sandra Donnelly Buenos Aires   Canada 9:00 24.00 0.00 60.20 84.20
35 Louise Lyons Watership Down   Ireland 9:11 28.40 0.00 57.40 85.80
36 Austin O'Connor Hobby Du Mee   Ireland 9:26 34.40 0.00 52.80 87.20
37 Marcelo Tosi Super Rocky   Brazil 9:02 24.80 0.00 64.80 89.60
38 Sharon Hunt Tankers Town   Great Britain 9:09 27.60 20.00 43.50 91.10
39 Geoffrey Curran Kilkishen   Ireland 9:16 30.40 0.00 61.70 92.10
40 Dag Albert Tubber Rebel   Sweden 9:09 27.60 0.00 65.60 93.20
41 Niall Griffin Lorgaine   Ireland 9:06 26.40 20.00 50.60 97.00
42 Samantha Albert Before I Do It   Jamaica 9:44 41.60 0.00 56.30 97.90
43 Andre Paro Land Heir   Brazil 9:38 39.20 0.00 98.80
44 Peter Thomsen The Ghost Of Hamish   Germany 9:04 25.60 20.00 98.90
45 Jeferson Moreira Escudeiro   Brazil 10:07 50.80 0.00 55.90 106.70
46 Stefano Brecciaroli Cappa Hill   Italy 9:45 42.00 20.00 50.00 112.00
47 Patricia Ryan Fernhill Clover Mist   Ireland 9:27 34.80 0.00 78.70 113.50
48 Rebecca Holder Courageous Comet   United States 8:55 22.00 60.00 35.70 117.70
49 Joris Vanspringel Bold Action   Belgium 9:56 46.40 20.00 52.00 118.40
50 Fabio Magni Southern King V   Italy 10:05 50.00 20.00 49.60 117.70
51 Selena O'Hanlon Colombo   Canada
52 Valery Martyshev Kinzhal   Russia
53 Mike Winter King Pin   Canada
54 Karen O'Connor Mandiba   United States
55 Yoshiaki Oiwa Gorgeous George   Japan
56 Heelan Tompkins Sugoi   New Zealand
57 Artur Spolowicz Wag   Poland
58 Viachaslau Poita Energiya   Belarus
59 Alena Tseliapushkina Passat   Belarus
60 Samantha Taylor Livewire   Canada
Amy Tryon Poggio II   United States Eliminated 1000.00
Igor Atrohov Elkasar   Russia Eliminated -
Jaroslav Hatla Karla   Czech Republic Eliminated -
Sergio Iturriaga Lago Rupanco   Chile Eliminated -
Alex Hua Tian Chico   China Eliminated -
Andrew Nicholson Lord Killinghurst   New Zealand Eliminated 1000.00
Saulo Tristao Totsie   Brazil Eliminated 1000.00
Jean Renaud Adde Haston D'Elpegere   France Eliminated 1000.00
Harald Ambros Quick   Austria Withdrew -
Nicolas Touzaint Galan de Sauvagere   France Withdrew 1000.00

Show jumping edit

Jumping final edit

References edit

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