The individual show jumping event, part of the equestrian program at the 1996 Summer Olympics, was held from 29 July to 1 August 1996 at the Georgia International Horse Park, in Conyers, Georgia. Like all other equestrian events, the jumping competition was mixed gender, with both male and female athletes competing in the same division.[1] There were 82 competitors from 24 nations.[2] Each nation could have up to 4 riders. The event was won by Ulrich Kirchhoff of Germany, the nation's second consecutive victory in the individual jumping (and third overall, tying Italy for second-most all-time after France's four). It was the fourth consecutive Games at which Germany competed that the nation reached the podium in the event—gold in 1936 and bronze in 1952 (with no Games in 1940 or 1944, Germany disinvited in 1948, and either United Team of Germany or separate West Germany and East Germany teams competing from 1956 to 1988), before gold again in 1992 and 1996. The silver medal went to Wilhelm Melliger of Switzerland and the bronze to Alexandra Ledermann of France, the two of whom came out on top of a seven-way jump-off for second place.
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| Venue | Georgia International Horse Park | |||||||||
| Dates | 29 July – 4 August | |||||||||
| Competitors | 82 from 24 nations | |||||||||
| Winning total | 1.00 faults | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Background
editThis was the 20th 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]
Seven of the top 10 riders from the 1992 Games returned: gold medalist Ludger Beerbaum of Germany, fourth-place finisher Hervé Godignon of France, fifth-place finisher (and 1988 seventh-place finisher) Jan Tops of the Netherlands, sixth-place finisher Maria Gretzer of Sweden, seventh-place finisher Ludo Philippaerts of Belgium, ninth-place finisher Rodrigo Pessoa of Brazil, and tenth-place finisher Michael Matz of the United States. The reigning World Champion was Franke Sloothaak of Germany.[2]
Saudi Arabia made its debut in the event. France competed for the 18th time, most of any nation.
Competition format
editThe competition underwent a smaller format change than in the two previous Games. The three-run qualifying and two-run final continued, though the number of finalists was reduced to 25 (from half the field) and there was no cut during the qualifying round or during the final round (only between qualifying and the final). The qualifying round also returned to the traditional fault scoring, rather than the positive points system used in 1988 and 1992.
All riders competed in the three runs of the qualifying round. The three-run total counted as the qualifying score. The top 25 riders advanced to the final, with a maximum of three riders per nation. The final consisted of two runs. The total of the two runs was used for the final score. A jump-off would be used if necessary to break ties for medal positions; other ties would not be broken.[2]
Schedule
editAll times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, 29 July 1996 | 8:30 | Qualifying round 1 |
| Thursday, 1 August 1996 | 8:30 14:00 |
Qualifying round 2 Qualifying round 3 |
| Sunday, 4 August 1996 | 14:00 | Final round 1 Final round 2 |
Results
editTop 25 riders advanced to the final round, maximum of three riders per nation. Qualification round held 21 to 24 July. All scores were reset to zero after the third qualifying round. Final held 4 August 1996. 7 riders tied for second so an additional jump-off round was held.
The Argentine team was disqualified for animal cruelty during training.[2]
| Rank | Rider | Horse | Nation | Qualifying | Final | Jump-off | |||||
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| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Total | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total | |||||
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Ulrich Kirchhoff | Jus De Pommes |  Germany |
4.00 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 5.50 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | — |
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Wilhelm Melliger | Calvaro |  Switzerland |
4.00 | 12.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 |
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Alexandra Ledermann | Rochet M |  France |
8.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 16.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 |
| 4 | Hugo Simon | ET |  Austria |
4.00 | 4.00 | 8.00 | 16.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| 5 | Urs Fah | Jeremia | Switzerland |
4.00 | 4.00 | 8.00 | 16.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| 6 | Geoff Billington | It's Otto |  Great Britain |
0.25 | 12.00 | 0.00 | 12.25 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| 7 | Jan Tops | Top Gun |  Netherlands |
0.00 | 0.00 | 4.25 | 4.25 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 8.00 |
| 8 | Álvaro de Miranda Neto | Aspen |  Brazil |
8.00 | 0.25 | 8.00 | 16.25 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 16.00 |
| 9 | Rodrigo de Paula Pessoa | Tomboy | Brazil |
1.25 | 0.00 | 0.75 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 0.25 | 4.25 | — |
| John Whitaker | Welham | Great Britain |
4.00 | 4.00 | 14.50 | 22.50 | 4.00 | 0.25 | 4.25 | ||
| 11 | Anton-Martin Bauer | Vesuve Paluelle | Austria |
4.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 | 12.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | |
| Leslie Burr-Howard | Extreme |  United States |
0.00 | 14.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 8.00 | ||
| Peter Charles | Beneton |  Ireland |
13.75 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 17.75 | 0.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | ||
| Jozef Lansink | Carthago | Netherlands |
4.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 20.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 8.00 | ||
| Beat Maendli | City Banking | Switzerland |
4.00 | 8.00 | 4.00 | 16.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 8.00 | ||
| Fernando Sarasola | Ennio |  Spain |
10.00 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 10.25 | 0.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | ||
| 17 | Herve Godignon | Viking Du Tillard | France |
4.25 | 4.25 | 0.00 | 8.50 | 0.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | |
| 18 | Andre Bier Johannpeter | Calei | Brazil |
8.25 | 4.25 | 8.00 | 20.50 | 4.00 | 8.00 | 12.00 | |
| 19 | Jerry Smit | Constantijn |  Italy |
8.25 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 16.25 | 4.00 | 8.25 | 12.25 | |
| 20 | Anne Kursinski | Feliciano | United States |
0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 4.00 | 12.00 | 16.00 | |
| Ludo Philippaerts | King Darko |  Belgium |
0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 12.00 | 16.00 | ||
| Lars Nieberg | For Pleasure | Germany |
8.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 | 20.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 | 16.00 | ||
| 23 | Nick Skelton | Show Time | Great Britain |
12.00 | 8.00 | 4.00 | 24.00 | 4.00 | 12.25 | 16.25 | |
| 24 | Rutherford Latham | Sourire d'Aze | Spain |
5.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 21.00 | 4.00 | 12.50 | 16.50 | |
| 25 | Helmut Morbitzer | Racal | Austria |
0.00 | 16.00 | 4.00 | 20.00 | 4.00 | 25.00 | 29.00 | |
| 26 | Ludger Beerbaum | Ratina | Germany |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.25 | Did not advance | |||
| 27 | Michael Matz | Rhum | United States |
4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 12.00 | ||||
| Valerio Sozzi | Gaston M | Italy |
0.00 | 12.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 | |||||
| 28 | Roger-Yves Bost | Souviens Toi | France |
4.75 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 12.75 | ||||
| 29 | Takeshi Shirai | Vicomte Du Mesnil |  Japan |
2.00 | 8.25 | 4.50 | 14.75 | ||||
| 30 | Peter Eriksson | Robin |  Sweden |
4.00 | 8.00 | 4.00 | 16.00 | ||||
| Peter Leone | Legato | United States |
12.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 | |||||
| 32 | Patrice Delaveau | Roxane De Gruchy | France |
0.50 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 16.50 | ||||
| 33 | Jaime Guerra | Risueno |  Mexico |
4.00 | 9.50 | 4.00 | 17.50 | ||||
| 35 | Alejandro Jordá | Hernando Du Sablon | Spain |
5.00 | 5.00 | 8.50 | 18.50 | ||||
| 36 | Natale Chiaudani | Rheingold De Luyne | Italy |
4.00 | 12.00 | 4.00 | 20.00 | ||||
| Emile Hendrix | Finesse | Netherlands |
4.00 | 12.00 | 4.00 | 20.00 | |||||
| 38 | Jessica Chesney-Kürten | Diamond Exchange | Ireland |
8.00 | 8.50 | 4.00 | 20.50 | ||||
| 39 | Eddie Macken | Schalkhaar | Ireland |
4.00 | 4.00 | 14.00 | 22.00 | ||||
| 40 | Ramzy Al-Duhami | Let's Talk About |  Saudi Arabia |
1.50 | 5.00 | 16.75 | 23.25 | ||||
| 41 | Bert Romp | Samantha | Netherlands |
4.00 | 8.00 | 12.00 | 24.00 | ||||
| Pedro Sanchez | Riccarda | Spain |
4.00 | 8.00 | 12.00 | 24.00 | |||||
| Manuel Torres | Cartagena |  Colombia |
12.00 | 12.00 | 0.00 | 24.00 | |||||
| 44 | Khaled el-Eid | Eastern Knight | Saudi Arabia |
8.25 | 8.50 | 8.00 | 24.75 | ||||
| 45 | Maria Gretzer | Marcoville | Sweden |
9.00 | 4.00 | 12.50 | 25.50 | ||||
| 46 | Rolf-Goran Bengtsson | Paradiso | Sweden |
4.00 | 4.00 | 20.00 | 28.00 | ||||
| Ian Millar | Play It Again |  Canada |
8.00 | 12.00 | 8.00 | 28.00 | |||||
| 48 | Luiz Felipe de Azevedo | Cassiana | Brazil |
17.00 | 8.00 | 4.00 | 29.00 | ||||
| Malin Baryard | Corrmint | Sweden |
12.50 | 12.25 | 4.25 | 29.00 | |||||
| 50 | Antonio Chedraui | Elastique | Mexico |
4.00 | 20.00 | 8.00 | 32.00 | ||||
| Stanny Van Paesschen | Mulga Bill | Belgium |
12.00 | 12.00 | 8.00 | 32.00 | |||||
| 52 | Malcolm Cone | Elute | Canada |
8.25 | 12.00 | 12.00 | 32.25 | ||||
| 53 | Michel Blaton | Revoulino | Belgium |
9.00 | 17.75 | 8.50 | 35.25 | ||||
| 54 | José Madariaga | Genius | Mexico |
0.50 | 20.00 | 16.25 | 36.75 | ||||
| 55 | Vicki Roycroft | Coalminer |  Australia |
8.00 | 16.00 | 16.00 | 40.00 | ||||
| 56 | Arnaldo Bologni | Eileen | Italy |
8.00 | 12.00 | 24.00 | 44.00 | ||||
| 57 | Yoshihiro Nakano | Sisal De Jalesnes | Japan |
16.50 | 8.00 | 20.00 | 44.50 | ||||
| 58 | Miguel Leal | Surcouf De Revel |  Portugal |
12.00 | 21.00 | 12.50 | 45.50 | ||||
| Linda Southern-Heathcott | Advantage | Canada |
12.75 | 12.00 | 20.75 | 45.50 | |||||
| 60 | Alfonso Romo | Flash | Mexico |
27.75 | 12.00 | 8.00 | 47.75 | ||||
| 61 | Russell Johnstone | Southern Contrast | Australia |
12.00 | 24.00 | 12.00 | 48.00 | ||||
| 62 | Taizo Sugitani | Countryman | Japan |
16.75 | 16.00 | 16.00 | 48.75 | ||||
| 63 | Michael Whitaker | Two Step | Great Britain |
22.25 | 16.00 | 12.00 | 50.25 | ||||
| 64 | Damian Gardiner | Arthos | Ireland |
8.00 | 28.50 | 16.00 | 52.50 | ||||
| 65 | Markus Fuchs | Adelfos | Switzerland |
31.25 | 8.00 | 16.00 | 55.25 | ||||
| 66 | Christopher Delia | Silent Sam | Canada |
8.00 | 16.00 | 32.00 | 56.00 | ||||
| 67 | Eric Wauters | Bon Ami | Belgium |
4.00 | 16.00 | 37.50 | 57.50 | ||||
| 68 | Antonio Vozone | Mr. Cer | Portugal |
13.75 | 17.25 | 28.25 | 59.25 | ||||
| 69 | Daniel Meech | Future Vision |  New Zealand |
40.25 | 12.00 | 8.00 | 60.25 | ||||
| 70 | Denise Cojuangco | Chouman |  Philippines |
9.75 | 27.25 | 26.00 | 63.00 | ||||
| 71 | David Cooper | Red Sails | Australia |
24.00 | 40.25 | 24.00 | 88.25 | ||||
| — | Alexander Earle | Same Old Song |  Puerto Rico |
16.50 | Elim. | 34.75 | Elim. | ||||
| Jennifer Parlevliet | Another Flood | Australia |
5.75 | 37.00 | — | DNF | |||||
| Kenji Morimoto | Alcazar | Japan |
5.00 | Elim. | — | DNF | |||||
| Kamal Bahamdan | Missouri | Saudi Arabia |
8.00 | 24.25 | — | DNF | |||||
| Alejandro Davila | Ejmplo | Colombia |
16.00 | 36.25 | — | DNF | |||||
| Franke Sloothaak | Joly | Germany |
4.00 | Elim. | — | DNF | |||||
| Thomas Metzger | Royal Flash | Austria |
Elim. | — | — | DNF | |||||
| Justo Albarracin | Dinastia Pampero |  Argentina |
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| Ricardo Kierkegaard | Renomme | Argentina |
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| Federico Castaing | Landlord | Argentina |
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| Oscar Fuentes | Henry J. Speed | Argentina |
Elim. | — | DNF DSQ | ||||||
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Equestrianism at the 1996 Atlanta Equestrian Games: Mixed Jumping, Individual". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 March 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Jumping, Individual, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 March 2021.