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.

Team dressage at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Ruskeasuo Equestrian Hall
Date	28–29 July
Competitors	24 (8 teams) from 8 nations
Medalists
Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern, Jr. Gehnäll Persson Henri Saint Cyr  Sweden Gustav Fischer Gottfried Trachsel Henri Chammartin  Switzerland Fritz Thiedemann Ida von Nagel Heinz Pollay  Germany

Competition format

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

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

External links

• Official Olympic Report, la84.org.