Equestrian at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping explained

Event:Individual jumping
Games:1936 Summer
Venue:Olympiastadion
Date:16 August
Competitors:54
Nations:18
Longnames:yes
Win Value:4.00 faults
Win Label:Winning score
Gold:Kurt Hasse
Goldnoc:GER
Silver:Henri Rang
Silvernoc:ROU
Bronze:József von Platthy
Bronzenoc:HUN
Prev:1932
Next:1948

The individual show jumping in equestrian at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin was held at the Olympiastadion (jumping) on 16 August.[1] The competition was also referred to as the "Prix des Nations."[2] There were 54 competitors from 18 nations, with each nation having a team of three riders. The results of the individual event were used for the team jumping event as well. The individual event was won by Kurt Hasse of Germany, the nation's first victory in individual jumping and first medal in the event since 1912. Romania and Hungary each earned their first individual jumping medals, the former with Henri Rang's silver and the latter with József von Platthy's bronze.

Background

This was the seventh 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.[3]

Three of the 11 riders from the 1932 competition returned: gold medalist Takeichi Nishi of Japan, fourth-place finisher William Bradford of the United States, and non-finisher Arne Francke of Sweden.

Romania and Turkey each made their debut in the event. Belgium, France, and Sweden competed for the sixth time, tied for the most of any nation; Sweden had missed only the inaugural 1900 competition, while Belgium and France missed the individual jumping in 1932.

Competition format

The team and individual jumping competitions used the same scores. A single round of jumping was held.

The jumping test featured 20 obstacles and had a time limit of 160 seconds. Points were lost for faults (including elimination for the third refusal on the course) and for exceeding the time limit. The schedule of faults was:[4]

Ties for medals were determined by jump-off; other ties were not broken. In the jump-off, there was no time limit but instead the time was used as a tie-breaker if pairs had the same number of faults.[5]

Results

RankRiderHorseNationPenaltiesNotes
ObstaclesTimeTotal
1 Tora 4.00 0.00 4.00 Gold jump-off
Delfis 4.000.00 4.00 Gold jump-off
3 Ibrahim 8.00 0.00 8.00 Bronze jump-off
Sello 8.00 0.00 8.00 Bronze jump-off
Dakota 8.00 0.00 8.00 Bronze jump-off
6 Biscuit 12.00 0.00 12.00
Bagatelle 12.00 0.00 12.00
Ernica 12.00 0.00 12.00
Ecuyère 12.00 0.00 12.00
Sapkin 12.00 0.00 12.00
11 Trixie 15.00 0.00 15.00
Musaphiki 15.00 0.00 15.00
Durmitor 15.00 0.00 15.00
14 Falaise 12.00 3.25 15.25
15 Osoppo 16.00 2.75 18.75
16 Nordland 20.00 0.00 20.00
Alchimist 20.00 0.00 20.00
Saba 20.00 0.00 20.00
Merle Blanc 20.00 0.00 20.00
20 Uranus 19.00 1.75 20.75
21 Fausette 24.00 0.00 24.00
Gloriette 24.00 0.00 24.00
23 Santa Bell 24.00 0.50 24.50
24 Notatus 24.00 1.00 25.00
25 Don 17.00 10.00 27.00
25 Urfé 27.00 0.00 27.00
27 Chroust 28.00 0.00 28.00
Schakal 28.00 0.00 28.00
29 Dracustie 21.00 7.75 28.75
30 Corona 25.00 4.00 29.00
31 Exilé 29.00 1.50 30.50
32 Kornett 31.00 0.75 31.75 Note 1[6]
33 Pókai 35.00 0.00 35.00 Note 1
34 Ugly 33.00 4.50 37.50
35 Asafuji 39.00 0.00 39.00
36 Dunkan 45.00 2.25 47.25
37 Mimir 31.00 16.50 47.50
38 Adriano 41.00 10.25 51.25
Kopé
Aida
Magpie
Bovril
Chostra
Nasello
Güdük
Warszawianka
Schamyl
Radmila
Felicia
Zbieg II
Ramona
Kineton
Danubia
Hunter
Gold jump-off
RankRiderHorseNationPenaltiesTime
Tora 4.00 59.2
Delfis 4.00 data-sort-value=72.81:12.8
Bronze jump-off
RankRiderHorseNationPenaltiesTime
Sello 0.00 1:02.6
4 Ibrahim 0.00 1:09.0
5 Dakota 4.00 1:02.4

Notes and References

  1. Equestrianism at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's Jumping, Individual . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003242/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1936/EQU/mens-jumping-individual.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 16 April 2020.
  2. Official Report, p. 911
  3. Web site: Jumping, Individual, Men . Olympedia . 17 February 2021.
  4. Official Report, p. 916
  5. Official Report, p. 913
  6. The Official Report, p. 918, lists Örn and Szepesi as tied for 32nd place despite giving different total scores. Their rankings here are based on the scores.