Equestrian at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping

The individual show jumping at the 1960 Summer Olympics took place on 7 September, at the Stadio Olimpico. The event was open to men and women. It was the 11th appearance of the event. There were 60 competitors from 23 nations. Each nation could have up to three riders. The event was won by Raimondo D'Inzeo of Italy, with his elder brother Piero D'Inzeo taking silver. The brothers (silver and bronze medalists, respectively, in 1956) were the second and third riders to win multiple medals in individual jumping; all three were Italian (Tommaso Lequio di Assaba had done it in 1920 and 1924). It was the nation's first gold medal in the event since Lequio di Assaba's in 1920; Italy's two golds tied France for most all-time. David Broome earned Great Britain's first medal in the event with his bronze.

Individual jumping at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Raimondo and Piero D'Inzeo at the Games
Venue	Stadio Olimpico
Date	7 September
Competitors	60 from 23 nations
Winning total	12 faults
Medalists
Raimondo D'Inzeo  Italy Piero D'Inzeo  Italy David Broome  Great Britain

Background

This was the 11th 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. There were two separate jumping competitions for individual and team medals, the first time this had occurred since 1920.

Eight of the top 10 riders from the 1956 competition returned: gold medalist Hans Günter Winkler of the United Team of Germany, silver medalist Raimondo D'Inzeo of Italy, bronze medalist Piero D'Inzeo of Italy, fourth-place finisher Fritz Thiedemann of the United Team of Germany, sixth-place finisher (and 1952 gold medalist) Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola of France, eighth-place finisher Carlos César Delía of Argentina, ninth-place finisher Mohamed Selim Zaki of Egypt, and tenth-place finisher Pat Smythe of Great Britain.

All three of the World Champions to date were competing. Raimondo D'Inzeo had followed his Olympic silver with the 1956 World Championship, with Spain's Paco Goyoaga, the inaugural World Champion in 1953, had finished second and Thiedemann third. Winkler had two World Championships (1954 and 1955) along with his 1956 Olympic gold.

New Zealand, the United Arab Republic, and Uruguay each made their debut in the event. France and Sweden both competed for the 10th time, tied for the most of any nation; Sweden had missed only the inaugural 1900 competition, while France missed the individual jumping in 1932.

Summary

The individual medals were fought out between the two d'Inzeo brothers, Raimondo and Piero, David Broome, and Argentinean Naldo Dasso. The first round saw Raimondo d'Inzeo and Posillipo with the single clear, followed by Naldo Dasso with 4 penalties, and Piero d'Inzeo and his mount Max Fresson with eight. David Broome (7 penalties) had the best ride of the second round, while Piero d'Inzeo and Hans-Günter Winkler each had 8 faults, and the leader, Raimondo d'Inzeo had 3 rails down for 12 faults. Raimondo d'Inzeo's final score of 12 was still enough to win the gold, followed by his brother Piero and David Broome.

Competition format

The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1952. The course was 840 metres long with 14 obstacles, including one double jump and one triple jump for a total of 17 jumps. The time limit was 2 minutes and 5 seconds; every second over the limit incurred a 0.25 point penalty. There were also penalties for obstacle faults. Each horse and rider pair completed the course twice, with the two scores summed to give a final total for ranking.

The individual and team events were separate, with the individual scores not used for team competition.

Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday, 7 September 1960	7:00	Round 1 Round 2

Results

60 riders competed, with 1 additional rider (A. Capuzzo of Italy) entered but not starting.

Rank	Rider	Horse	Nation	Round 1			Round 2			Total
				Faults	Time	Total	Faults	Time	Total
	Raimondo D'Inzeo	Posillipo	Italy	0	0	0	12	0	12	12
	Piero D'Inzeo	The Rock	Italy	8	0	8	8	0	8	16
	David Broome	Sunslave	Great Britain	16	0	16	7	0	7	23
4	George H. Morris	Sinjon	United States	12	0	12	12	0	12	24
5	Hans Günter Winkler	Halla	United Team of Germany	13	4	17	8	0	8	25
6	Fritz Thiedemann	Meteor	United Team of Germany	12	1.50	13.50	12	0	12	25.50
7	Hugh Wiley	Master William	United States	12	0	12	16	0	16	28
	Bernard de Fombelle	Buffalo B	France	12	0	12	16	0	16	28
	Naldo Dasso	Final	Argentina	4	0	4	24	0	24	28
10	István Suti	Szepleany	Hungary	12	0	12	16	0.50	16.50	28.50
11	Pat Smythe	Flanagan	Great Britain	20	0	20	12	0	12	32
	Henrique Callado	Martingil	Portugal	16	0	16	16	0	16	32
13	Carlos César Delía	Stromboli	Argentina	16	0	16	20	0	20	36
14	Max Fresson	Grand Veneur	France	8	0	8	27	2.25	29.25	37.25
15	William Steinkraus	Riviera Wonder	United States	21	3	24	11	2.50	13.50	37.50
	Cevdet Sümer	Zambak	Turkey	20	0	20	16	1.50	17.50	37.50
17	Paco Goyoaga	Desirée	Spain	19	1.50	20.50	20	0.75	20.75	41.25
18	Pierre Jonquéres d'Oriola	Eclair au Chocolat	France	16	0	16	23	2.50	25.50	41.50
19	Ernesto Hartkopf	Blatasar	Argentina	19	0.25	19.25	23	1.25	24.25	43.50
20	Dawn Wofford	Hollandia	Great Britain	16	0	16	28	0	28	44
	Germán Mailhos	Julian	Uruguay	24	0	24	20	0	20	44
22	Hans Möhr	Lausbub III	Switzerland	23	0	23	19	2.75	21.75	44.75
23	Adrian White	Telebrae	New Zealand	27	6.25	33.25	12	0	12	45.25
24	Juan Martínez	Charmeuse	Spain	23	0	23	24	0	24	47
	Rafael Paullier	Arapey	Uruguay	32	0	32	15	0	15	47
26	Mohamed Selim Zaki	Artos	United Arab Republic	16	0	16	32	0	32	48
	Alwin Schockemöhle	Ferdle	United Team of Germany	32	3.75	35.75	12	0.25	12.25	48
28	Gamal Haress	Nefertiti II	United Arab Republic	20	0	20	32	0	32	52
29	Kunihiro Ohta	Facey	Japan	28	0	28	28	0	28	56
30	Carlos Colombino	Guanaco	Uruguay	16	0	16	37	6.50	43.50	59.50
31	Nail Gonenli	Inka	Turkey	32	0.50	32.50	28	2.75	30.75	63.25
32	Vasile Pinciu	Birsan	Romania	35	2	37	28	0	28	65
33	Virgil Barbuceanu	Robot	Romania	35	8.75	43.75	23	4.50	27.50	71.25
34	Georges Hernalsteens	Hipparque	Belgium	60	6	66	36	0	36	102
—	Éamon O'Donohoe	Cluain Meala	Ireland	20	0	20	Eliminated			DNF
	Elwi Gazi	Mabrouk	United Arab Republic	23	0.75	23.75	Eliminated			DNF
	Anders Gernandt	Valor	Sweden	24	0	24	Did not start			DNF
	Andrey Favorsky	Manevr	Soviet Union	28	0	28	Did not start			DNF
	Mario Leite Neto	Sultão	Brazil	27	2.75	29.75	Did not start			DNF
	Oscar da Silva	Cerrito	Brazil	31	3	34	Did not start			DNF
	João Lopes	Rovuma II	Portugal	40	0	40	Did not start			DNF
	Sean Daly	Loch Garman	Ireland	39	1.25	40.25	Did not start			DNF
	Billy Ringrose	Loch an Easpaig	Ireland	24	17	41	Did not start			DNF
	Paul Weier	Centurion	Switzerland	45	1.25	46.25	Did not start			DNF
	Renyldo Ferreira	Marengo	Brazil	45	5	50	Did not start			DNF
	António de Almeida	Palpite	Portugal	33	18.50	51.50	Did not start			DNF
	Eduard Budil	Feldherr	Austria	Eliminated			Did not start			DNF
	Hernán Espinosa	Frantillack	Spain	Eliminated			Did not start			DNF
	Per Fresk	Kaskad	Sweden	Eliminated			Did not start			DNF
	Yuzo Kageyama	Eforegiot	Japan	Eliminated			Did not start			DNF
	Imre Karcsú	Aranyos	Hungary	Eliminated			Did not start			DNF
	Kim Dong-gyu	Gracia	South Korea	Eliminated			Did not start			DNF
	Salih Koc	Rolat	Turkey	Eliminated			Did not start			DNF
	Gheorghe Langa	Rubin	Romania	Eliminated			Did not start			DNF
	Fyodor Metelkov	Kover	Soviet Union	Eliminated			Did not start			DNF
	Min Gwan-gi	Domfee	South Korea	Eliminated			Did not start			DNF
	Dag Nätterqvist	Good Luck XX	Sweden	Eliminated			Did not start			DNF
	Brigitte Schockaert	Muscadin	Belgium	Eliminated			Did not start			DNF
	Ernest Shabaylo	Boston	Soviet Union	Eliminated			Did not start			DNF
	Lajos Somlay	Okulj	Hungary	Eliminated			Did not start			DNF