Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping

The individual show jumping in equestrian at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics was held from 14–19 August.[1] Like all other equestrian events, the jumping competition was mixed gender, with both male and female athletes competing in the same division. There were 74 competitors from 27 nations.[2] The event was won by Nick Skelton of Great Britain, the nation's first victory in individual jumping and first medal of any color since making the podium four consecutive Games from 1960 to 1972. Silver went to Peder Fredricson of Sweden. Eric Lamaze of Canada took bronze, becoming the first person since 1968 and sixth overall to win multiple medals (adding to his 2008 gold).

Individual jumping
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
A competitor making a jump
VenueOlympic Equestrian Centre
Dates14–19 August 2016
Competitors74 from 27 nations
Winning total0 penalties, 42.82 s in the jump off
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nick Skelton
 Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Peder Fredricson
 Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eric Lamaze
 Canada
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The medals were presented by Gerardo Werthein, IOC member, Argentina and Luiz Roberto Giugni, Executive Board Member of the FEI.

Background edit

This was the 25th appearance of the event, which had first been held at the 1900 Summer Olympics and has been held at every Summer Olympics at which equestrian sports have been featured (that is, excluding 1896, 1904, and 1908). It is the oldest event on the current programme, the only one that was held in 1900.[2]

Three of the top 11 riders (including ties for 9th place) from the 2012 Games returned: gold medalist Steve Guerdat of Switzerland, fifth-place finisher Nick Skelton of Great Britain, and ninth-place finisher Ben Maher of Great Britain. Also returning was 2008 gold medalist Eric Lamaze of Canada, who reached the first round of the final in 2012. Ludger Beerbaum of Germany, the 1992 gold medalist, was back for his seventh Games after missing 2012. The reigning World Champion was Jeroen Dubbeldam of the Netherlands.[2]

Chinese Taipei, Morocco, Peru, and Qatar each made their debut in the event. France and the United States both competed for the 22nd time, tied for most of any nation.

Qualification edit

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) could qualify up to 4 horse and rider pairs; there were a total of 75 quota places. Each of the 15 nations qualified for the team jumping could enter 4 pairs in the individual event. The qualified teams were:

  • Host Brazil
  • 5 teams from the World Equestrian Games: the Netherlands, France, the United States, Germany, and Sweden
  • 3 teams from the European Jumping Championship: Switzerland, Great Britain, and Spain
  • 2 teams from the Pan American Games: Canada and Argentina
  • 1 team from the Group C qualification event: Ukraine
  • 1 team from the Group F qualification event: Qatar
  • 2 teams from the Group G qualification event: Japan and Australia

There were also 15 individual qualification places, with NOCs not earning team spots able to earn up to 2 individual spots. Most were assigned through regional groups, though some places were open to all competitors:

  • Group A had one spot, assigned through rankings
  • Group B had one spot, assigned through rankings
  • Group C had one spot, assigned through rankings
  • Groups D and E had six spots, assigned through the Pan American Games
  • Group F had one spot, assigned through rankings
  • Group G had one spot, assigned through a qualification event
  • The remaining four spots were assigned to the top four remaining ranked riders, regardless of regional group

Competition format edit

The competition used the five-round, two-stage format introduced in 1992. The first three rounds made up the qualifications, with cuts between each round. The top 60 advanced to the second round; the top 45 advanced to the third round. The second and third rounds were also used for the team jumping event. Following the qualifications, the top 35 pairs moved on to the final round. Only the top 20 pairs advanced to the second of the two final rounds. Final rankings were based on the sum of scores from both rounds of the final stage. A jump-off would be held to break a tie for any of the medal positions.[2]

Schedule edit

All times are UTC−03:00

Date Time Round
Sunday, 14 August 2016 10:00 Qualifying round 1
Tuesday, 16 August 2016 10:00 Qualifying round 2
Wednesday, 17 August 2016 10:00 Qualifying round 3
Friday, 19 August 2016 10:00
13:30
Final round A
Final round B

Results edit

Qualifying round edit

Round 1 edit

The first qualifying round was run on a course with an allowed time of 82 seconds.[3]

Rank Rider Nation Horse Penalties Notes
Jump Time Total
1 Christian Ahlmann   Germany Taloubet Z 0 0 0 Q
Kent Farrington   United States Voyeur 0 0 0 Q
Janika Sprunger   Switzerland Bonne Chance CW 0 0 0 Q
Philippe Rozier   France Rahotep de Toscane 0 0 0 Q
Stephan Barcha   Brazil Landpeter do Feroleto 0 0 0 Q
Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum   Germany Fibonacci 0 0 0 Q
Jérôme Guery   Belgium Gran Cru Van de Roz 0 0 0 Q
Maikel van der Vleuten   Netherlands Verdi 0 0 0 Q
Sheikh Ali Al-Thani   Qatar First Division 0 0 0 Q
Peder Fredricson   Sweden All In 0 0 0 Q
Álvaro de Miranda Neto   Brazil Cornetto K 0 0 0 Q
Daniel Deusser   Germany First Class 0 0 0 Q
Edwina Tops-Alexander   Australia Lintea Tequila 0 0 0 Q
Amy Millar   Canada Heros 0 0 0 Q
Roger-Yves Bost   France Sydney une Prince 0 0 0 Q
Henrik von Eckermann   Sweden Yajamila 0 0 0 Q
Pedro Veniss   Brazil Quabri de l'Isle 0 0 0 Q
Karim El-Zoghby   Egypt Amelia 0 0 0 Q
John Whitaker   Great Britain Ornellaia 0 0 0 Q
Harrie Smolders   Netherlands Emerald 0 0 0 Q
Eric Lamaze   Canada Fine Lady 5 0 0 0 Q
Sergio Álvarez Moya   Spain Carlo 273 0 0 0 Q
Steve Guerdat   Switzerland Nino des Buissonets 0 0 0 Q
Rene Tebbel   Ukraine Zipper 0 0 0 Q
25 Ali Al-Rumaihi   Qatar Gunder 0 1 1 Q
Nestor Nielsen van Hoff   Uruguay Prince Royal Z de la Luz 0 1 1 Q
27 Eduardo Menezes   Brazil Quintol 4 0 4 Q
Nick Skelton   Great Britain Big Star 4 0 4 Q
Jeroen Dubbeldam   Netherlands Zenith 4 0 4 Q
Yann Candele   Canada First Choice 15 4 0 4 Q
Pilar Lucrecia Cordón   Spain Gribouille du Lys 4 0 4 Q
Abdelkebir Ouaddar   Morocco Quickly de Kreisker 4 0 4 Q
Ben Maher   Great Britain Tic Tac 4 0 4 Q
Scott Keach   Australia Fedor 4 0 4 Q
Lucy Davis   United States Barron 4 0 4 Q
Tiffany Foster   Canada Tripple X III 4 0 4 Q
Manuel Fernández Saro   Spain U Watch 4 0 4 Q
Romain Duguet   Switzerland Quorida de Treho 4 0 4 Q
Reiko Takeda   Japan Bardolino 4 0 4 Q
Ulrich Kirchhoff   Ukraine Prince de la Mare 4 0 4 Q
Kevin Staut   France Reveur de Hurtebise 4 0 4 Q
Matias Albarracin   Argentina Cannavaro 9 4 0 4 Q
Michael Whitaker   Great Britain Cassionato 4 0 4 Q
Eduardo Álvarez Aznar   Spain Rockfeller de Pleville 4 0 4 Q
Martin Fuchs   Switzerland Clooney 4 0 4 Q
José Maria Larocca   Argentina Cornet du Lys 4 0 4 Q
Ludger Beerbaum   Germany Casello 4 0 4 Q
Elizabeth Madden   United States Cortes'c' 4 0 4 Q
Bassem Hassan Mohammed   Qatar Dejavu 4 0 4 Q
50 Alonso Valdéz   Peru Chief 4 2 6 Q
51 Ramiro Quintana   Argentina Appy Cara 4 3 7 Q
53 Matt Williams   Australia Valinski S 8 0 8 Q
Luciana Diniz   Portugal Fit for Fun 13 8 0 8 Q
Hamad Al-Attiyah   Qatar Appagino 2 8 0 8 Q
Malin Baryard-Johnsson   Sweden Cue Channa 8 0 8 Q
René Lopez   Colombia Con Dios III 8 0 8 Q
Greg Broderick   Ireland Going Gloabal 8 0 8 Q
Pablo Barrios   Venezuela Antares 8 0 8 Q
James Paterson-Robinson   Australia Amarillo 8 0 8 Q
61 Ömer Karaevli   Turkey Roso au Crosnier 12 1 13
Emanuel Andrade   Venezuela Hardrock Z 12 1 13
63 Daniel Bluman   Colombia Apardi 12 3 15
64 Toshiki Masui   Japan Taloubetdarco K Z 16 0 16
Taizo Sugitani   Japan Imothep 16 0 16
Rolf-Göran Bengtsson   Sweden Unita 16 0 16
67 Emanuele Gaudiano   Italy Caspar 232 24 3 27
68 Cassio Rivetti   Ukraine Fine Fleur du Marais Elim. 47
Bruno Passaro   Argentina Chicago Z Elim. 47
Daisuke Fukushima   Japan Cornet 36 Elim. 47
Ferenc Szentirmai   Ukraine Chadino Elim. 47
Isheau Wong   Chinese Taipei Zadarijke V Elim. 47
Pénélope Leprevost   France Flora de Mariposa Elim. 47
Nicola Philippaerts   Belgium Zilverstar T DSQ Overuse of spurs
Jur Vrieling   Netherlands Zirocco Blue DSQ Overuse of whip

Round 2 edit

The second qualifying round took place on 16 August and had an allowed time of 81 seconds.[4]

Rank Rider Nation Horse Penalties Notes
Jump Time Round 1 Total
1 Kent Farrington   United States Voyeur 0 0 0 0 Q
Christian Ahlmann   Germany Taloubet Z 0 0 0 0 Q
Peder Fredricson   Sweden All In 0 0 0 0 Q
Maikel van der Vleuten   Netherlands Verdi 0 0 0 0 Q
Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum   Germany Fibonacci 0 0 0 0 Q
Harrie Smolders   Netherlands Emerald 0 0 0 0 Q
Álvaro de Miranda Neto   Brazil Cornetto K 0 0 0 0 Q
Daniel Deusser   Germany First Class 0 0 0 0 Q
Sergio Alvarez Moya   Spain Carlo 273 0 0 0 0 Q
Eric Lamaze   Canada Fine Lady 5 0 0 0 0 Q
Pedro Veniss   Brazil Quabri de l'Isle 0 0 0 0 Q
12 Rene Tebbel   Ukraine Zipper 0 1 0 1 Q
Roger-Yves Bost   France Sydney une Prince 0 1 0 1 Q
14 Ali Al-Rumaihi   Qatar Gunder 0 1 1 2 Q
15 Jeroen Dubbeldam   Netherlands Zenith 0 0 4 4 Q
Yann Candele   Canada First Choice 15 0 0 4 4 Q
Philippe Rozier   France Rahotep de Toscane 4 0 0 4 Q
Eduardo Menezes   Brazil Quintol 0 0 4 4 Q
Lucy Davis   United States Barron 0 0 4 4 Q
Sheikh Ali Al-Thani   Qatar First Division 4 0 0 4 Q
Romain Duguet   Switzerland Quorida de Treho 0 0 4 4 Q
Kevin Staut   France Reveur de Hurtebise 0 0 4 4 Q
McLain Ward   United States Azur 0 0 4 4 Q
Henrik von Eckermann   Sweden Yajamila 4 0 0 4 Q
Martin Fuchs   Switzerland Clooney 0 0 4 4 Q
26 Reiko Takeda   Japan Bardolino 0 1 4 5 Q
Matias Albarracin   Argentina Cannavaro 9 0 1 4 5 Q
Edwina Tops-Alexander   Australia Lintea Tequila 4 1 0 5 Q
Amy Millar   Canada Heros 4 1 0 5 Q
30 Luciana Diniz   Portugal Fit for Fun 13 0 0 8 8 Q
Ramiro Quintana   Argentina Appy Cara 0 1 7 8 Q
Matt Williams   Australia Valinski S 0 0 8 8 Q
Ulrich Kirchhoff   Ukraine Prince de la Mare 4 0 4 8 Q
Nick Skelton   Great Britain Big Star 4 0 4 8 Q
Janika Sprunger   Switzerland Bonne Chance CW 8 0 0 8 Q
Ben Maher   Great Britain Tic Tac 4 0 4 8 Q
Manuel Fernandez Saro   Spain U Watch 4 0 4 8 Q
Tiffany Foster   Canada Tripple X III 4 0 4 8 Q
Bassem Hassan Mohammed   Qatar Dejavu 4 0 4 8 Q
Steve Guerdat   Switzerland Nino des Buissonets 8 0 0 8 Q
Ludger Beerbaum   Germany Casello 4 0 4 8 Q
42 Karim El-Zoghby   Egypt Amelia 8 1 0 9 Q
Michael Whitaker   Great Britain Cassionato 4 1 4 9 Q
44 Nestor Nielsen van Hoff   Uruguay Prince Royal Z de la Luz 8 1 1 10 Q
Jérôme Guery   Belgium Gran Cru Van de Roz 8 2 0 10 Q
46 José Maria Larocca   Argentina Cornet du Lys 8 0 4 12
Pilar Lucrecia Cordon   Spain Gribouille du Lys 8 0 4 12
Malin Baryard-Johnsson   Sweden Cue Channa 4 0 8 12
Elizabeth Madden   United States Cortes'c' 8 0 4 12
50 Greg Broderick   Ireland Going Gloabal 4 1 8 13
Abdelkebir Ouaddar   Morocco Quickly de Kreisker 8 1 4 13
Hamad Al-Attiyah   Qatar Appagino 2 4 1 8 13
53 James Paterson-Robinson   Australia Amarillo 8 1 8 17
54 Pablo Barrios   Venezuela Antares 12 0 8 20
55 René Lopez   Colombia Con Dios III 12 1 8 21
56 Alonso Valdéz   Peru Chief 16 0 6 22
57 John Whitaker   Great Britain Ornellaia 20 3 0 23
Scott Keach   Australia Fedor Elim. 4 47
Eduardo Alvarez Aznar   Spain Rockfeller de Pleville Elim. 4 47
Stephan Barcha   Brazil Landpeter do Feroleto DSQ 0 DSQ Overuse of spurs

Round 3 edit

The third qualifying round was run on 17 August on an allowed time of 82 seconds.[5]

A maximum of three riders from a single country could advance to the individual final. Therefore, Ludger Beerbaum did not advance as Germany had three riders with fewer penalty points. The four riders from Switzerland had 9 penalty points each. The Swiss team leader decided not to send Janika Sprunger to the final.[6]

Rank Rider Nation Horse Penalties Notes
Jump Time Round 1+2 Total
1 Eric Lamaze   Canada Fine Lady 5 0 0 0 0 Q
2 Kent Farrington   United States Voyeur 0 1 0 1 Q
Peder Fredricson   Sweden All In 0 1 0 1 Q
Maikel van der Vleuten   Netherlands Verdi 0 1 0 1 Q
5 Roger-Yves Bost   France Sydney une Prince 0 1 1 2 Q
6 Rene Tebbel   Ukraine Zipper 0 2 1 3 Q
7 Ali Al-Rumaihi   Qatar Gunder 0 2 2 4 Q
Christian Ahlmann   Germany Taloubet Z 4 0 0 4 Q
Kevin Staut   France Reveur de Hurtebise 0 0 4 4 Q
McLain Ward   United States Azur 0 0 4 4 Q
Álvaro de Miranda Neto   Brazil Cornetto K 4 0 0 4 Q
Daniel Deusser   Germany First Class 4 0 0 4 Q
13 Sheikh Ali Al-Thani   Qatar First Division 0 1 4 5 Q
Philippe Rozier   France Rahotep de Toscane 0 1 4 5 Q
Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum   Germany Fibonacci 4 1 0 5 Q
Pedro Veniss   Brazil Quabri de l'Isle 4 1 0 5 Q
17 Sergio Alvarez Moya   Spain Carlo 273 4 2 0 6 Q
18 Yann Candele   Canada First Choice 15 4 0 4 8 Q
Eduardo Menezes   Brazil Quintol 4 0 4 8 Q
Tiffany Foster   Canada Tripple X III 0 0 8 8 Q
Lucy Davis   United States Barron 4 0 4 8 Q
Ludger Beerbaum   Germany* Casello 0 0 8 8 3/NOC
23 Ben Maher   Great Britain Tic Tac 0 1 8 9 Q
Edwina Tops-Alexander   Australia Lintea Tequila 4 0 5 9 Q
Janika Sprunger   Switzerland* Bonne Chance CW 0 1 8 9 3/NOC
Jeroen Dubbeldam   Netherlands Zenith 4 1 4 9 Q
Romain Duguet   Switzerland Quorida de Treho 4 1 4 9 Q
Martin Fuchs   Switzerland Clooney 4 1 4 9 Q
Steve Guerdat   Switzerland Nino des Buissonets 0 1 8 9 Q
30 Matias Albarracin   Argentina Cannavaro 9 4 1 5 10 Q
31 Henrik von Eckermann   Sweden Yajamila 8 0 4 12 Q
Harrie Smolders   Netherlands Emerald 12 0 0 12 Q
33 Luciana Diniz   Portugal Fit for Fun 13 4 1 8 13 Q
Nick Skelton   Great Britain Big Star 4 1 8 13 Q
Bassem Hassan Mohammed   Qatar Dejavu 4 1 8 13 Q
36 Matt Williams   Australia Valinski S 4 2 8 14 Q
37 Jérôme Guery   Belgium Gran Cru Van de Roz 4 1 10 15 Q
38 Manuel Fernandez Saro   Spain U Watch 8 1 8 17
Amy Millar   Canada Heros 12 0 5 17
40 Karim El-Zoghby   Egypt Amelia 8 1 9 18
Ramiro Quintana   Argentina Appy Cara 8 2 8 18
42 Nestor Nielsen van Hoff   Uruguay Prince Royal Z de la Luz 12 1 10 23
43 Ulrich Kirchhoff   Ukraine Prince de la Mare 16 1 8 25
Reiko Takeda   Japan Bardolino DNF 5 DNF
Michael Whitaker   Great Britain Cassionato DNS 5 DNF

Final edit

Round A edit

Rank Rider Nation Horse Penalties Notes
Jump Time Total
1 Nick Skelton   Great Britain Big Star 0 0 0 Q
Edwina Tops-Alexander   Australia Linea Tequila 0 0 0 Q
Jeroen Dubbeldam   Netherlands Zenith 0 0 0 Q
Martin Fuchs   Switzerland Clooney 0 0 0 Q
Steve Guerdat   Switzerland Nino des Buissonets 0 0 0 Q
Sergio Alvarez Moya   Spain Carlo 273 0 0 0 Q
Sheikh Ali Al-Thani   Qatar First Division 0 0 0 Q
Christian Ahlmann   Germany Taloubet Z 0 0 0 Q
Daniel Deusser   Germany First Class 0 0 0 Q
Roger-Yves Bost   France Sydney une Prince 0 0 0 Q
Kent Farrington   United States Voyeur 0 0 0 Q
Peder Fredricson   Sweden All In 0 0 0 Q
Eric Lamaze   Canada Fine Lady 5 0 0 0 Q
14 Matias Albarracin   Argentina Cannavaro 9 0 1 1 Q
Rene Tebbel   Ukraine Zipper 0 1 1 Q
16 Luciana Diniz   Portugal Fit for Fun 13 4 0 4 Q
Henrik von Eckermann   Sweden Yajamila 4 0 4 Q
Harrie Smolders   Netherlands Emerald 4 0 4 Q
Ben Maher   Great Britain Tic Tac 4 0 4 Q
Tiffany Foster   Canada Tripple X III 4 0 4 Q
Philippe Rozier   France Rahotep de Toscane 4 0 4 Q
Pedro Veniss   Brazil Quabri de l'Isle 4 0 4 Q
Ali Al-Rumaihi   Qatar Gunder 4 0 4 Q
Kevin Staut   France Reveur de Hurtebise 4 0 4 Q
McLain Ward   United States Azur 4 0 4 Q
Álvaro de Miranda Neto   Brazil Cornetto K 4 0 4 Q
Maikel van der Vleuten   Netherlands Verdi 4 0 4 Q
28 Jérôme Guéry   Belgium Gran Cru Van de Roz 8 0 8
Matt Williams   Australia Valinski S 8 0 8
Bassem Hassan Mohammed   Qatar Dejavu 8 0 8
Eduardo Menezes   Brazil Quintol 8 0 8
32 Romain Duguet   Switzerland Quorida de Treho 12 0 12
Yann Candele   Canada First Choice 15 12 0 12
Lucy Davis   United States Barron 12 0 12
Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum   Germany Fibonacci DNF

Round B edit

Rank Rider Nation Horse Penalties Notes
Jump Time Round A Total
1 Nick Skelton   Great Britain Big Star 0 0 0 0 Q
Steve Guerdat   Switzerland Nino des Buissonets 0 0 0 0 Q
Sheikh Ali Al-Thani   Qatar First Division 0 0 0 0 Q
Kent Farrington   United States Voyeur 0 0 0 0 Q
Peder Fredricson   Sweden All In 0 0 0 0 Q
Eric Lamaze   Canada Fine Lady 5 0 0 0 0 Q
7 Jeroen Dubbeldam   Netherlands Zenith 0 1 0 1
8 Matias Albarracin   Argentina Cannavaro 9 0 1 1 2
9 Luciana Diniz   Portugal Fit for Fun 13 0 0 4 4
McLain Ward   United States Azur 0 0 4 4
Álvaro de Miranda Neto   Brazil Cornetto K 0 0 4 4
Edwina Tops-Alexander   Australia Linea Tequila 4 0 0 4
Martin Fuchs   Switzerland Clooney 4 0 0 4
Christian Ahlmann   Germany Taloubet Z 4 0 0 4
Daniel Deusser   Germany First Class 4 0 0 4
16 Pedro Veniss   Brazil Quabri de l'Isle 0 1 4 5
Ali Al-Rumaihi   Qatar Gunder 0 1 4 5
Roger-Yves Bost   France Sydney une Prince 4 1 0 5
19 Rene Tebbel   Ukraine Zipper 4 1 1 6
20 Maikel van der Vleuten   Netherlands Verdi 4 1 4 9
Sergio Alvarez Moya   Spain Carlo 273 8 1 0 9
22 Kevin Staut   France Reveur de Hurtebise 8 0 4 12
23 Philippe Rozier   France Rahotep de Toscane 8 1 4 13
24 Henrik von Eckermann   Sweden Yajamila 12 0 4 16
25 Ben Maher   Great Britain Tic Tac 12 1 4 17
26 Tiffany Foster   Canada Tripple X III 16 1 4 21
Harrie Smolders   Netherlands Emerald DNS 4 DNF

Jump-off edit

Rank Rider Nation Horse Penalties Time (s)
  Nick Skelton   Great Britain Big Star 0 42.82
  Peder Fredricson   Sweden All In 0 43.35
  Eric Lamaze   Canada Fine Lady 5 4 42.09
4 Steve Guerdat   Switzerland Nino des Buissonets 4 43.08
5 Kent Farrington   United States Voyeur 8 42.23
6 Sheikh Ali Al-Thani   Qatar First Division 8 45.03

References edit

  1. ^ Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics Archived 2016-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b c d "Jumping, Individual, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  3. ^ Official results Round 1 - Rio 2016 Archived 2016-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Official results Round 2 - Rio 2016 Archived 2016-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Official results Round 3 - Rio 2016 Archived 2016-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Hippisme: Janika Sprunger sacrifiée" (in French). Tribune de Genève. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.