Equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Individual eventing explained

Event:	Individual eventing
Games:	1948 Summer
Venue:	Aldershot (Dressage, Jumping) Tweseldown Racecourse (Cross-country)
Date:	10–13 August
Competitors:	45
Nations:	16
Gold:	Bernard Chevallier
Goldnoc:	FRA
Silver:	Frank Henry
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Robert Selfelt
Bronzenoc:	SWE
Prev:	1936
Next:	1952

The individual eventing in equestrian at the 1948 Olympic Games in London was held in the town of Aldershot and at the Tweseldown Racecourse from 10 to 13 August. Bernard Chevallier of France won the gold medal. Frank Henry, from the United States, won silver and Robert Selfelt, from Sweden, took bronze. The team and individual eventing competitions used the same scores. Eventing consisted of a dressage test, a cross-country test, and a jumping test.^[1]

Results

Standings after dressage

Rank	Rider	Horse	Nation	Dressage
1		Gigolo		-78.00
2		Amour Amour		-80.00
3		Guerriero de Capestrano		-85.00
4		Mahmud		-93.00
5		Dust		-103.00
6		Aiglonne		-104.00
7		Reno Rhythm		-105.00
8		St. Hans		-108.00
9		Claque		-109.00
9		Sylveste		-109.00
9		Französin		-109.00
12		Mandinga		-110.00
13		Reno Palisade		-111.00
14		Esja		-113.00
14		Tourtourelle		-113.00
16		Guapo		-114.00
16		Rollo		-114.00
18		Dark Seal		-116.00
19		Swing Low		-117.00
20		Rosarino		-121.00
21		Ozbek		-122.00
22		Cherenda Cue		-124.00
23		Roa		-125.00
24		Epsom		-128.00
24		Tarahumara		-128.00
26		Springsteel		-129.00
26		Regate		-129.00
28		Parral		-134.00
29		Satari		-135.00
30		Abstrato		-137.00
31		Lilia		-141.00
32		Komet		-143.00
33		Unique de Genual		-144.00
33		Tic Tac		-144.00
33		Sobri		-144.00
36		Malinche		-149.00
37		Vivian		-153.00
38		Upea		-162.00
39		Fogoso		-163.00
40		Liberty		-167.00
41		Zuari		-169.00
42		Ruzgar		-172.00
43		Indio		-184.00
44		Carioca		-185.00
45		Cesur		-197.00

Standings after cross-country

Rank	Rider	Horse	Nation	Dressage	Cross-country						Total
					Points lost			Points gained
					Obstacles	Time	Total	Stage B	Stage D	Total
1		Aiglonne		-104.00	0	0	0	36	72	108	4.00
2		Reno Palisade		-111.00	0	0	0	36	60	96	-15.00
3		Swing Low		-117.00	0	0	0	36	60	96	-21.00
4		Claque		-109.00	0	0	0	24	60	84	-25.00
5		St. Hans		-108.00	0	0	0	24	54	78	-30.00
6		Guerriero de Capestrano		-85.00	20	0	20	33	39	72	-33.00
7		Mandinga		-110.00	0	0	0	30	42	72	-38.00
8		Mahmud		-93.00	0	0	0	18	36	54	-39.00
9		Epsom		-128.00	0	0	0	36	51	87	-41.00
10		Guapo		-114.00	0	0	0	27	45	72	-42.00
11		Esja		-113.00	0	0	0	18	51	69	-44.00
12		Satari		-135.00	0	0	0	33	57	90	-45.00
13		Abstrato		-137.00	0	0	0	30	57	87	-50.00
13		Komet		-143.00	0	0	0	33	60	93	-50.00
15		Springsteel		-129.00	0	0	0	18	60	78	-51.00
15		Rollo		-114.00	0	0	0	27	36	63	-51.00
17		Rosarino		-121.00	0	0	0	24	42	66	-55.00
18		Parral		-134.00	0	0	0	24	51	75	-59.00
19		Dust		-103.00	0	0	0	21	12	33	-70.00
20		Liberty		-167.00	0	0	0	36	51	87	-80.00
21		Upea		-162.00	0	0	0	27	54	81	-81.00
22		Cherenda Cue		-124.00	0	0	0	21	15	36	-88.00
23		Tarahumara		-128.00	0	0	0	15	24	39	-89.00
24		Reno Rhythm		-105.00	60	0	60	30	42	72	-93.00
25		Amour Amour		-80.00	60	0	60	15	30	45	-95.00
25		Tic Tac		-144.00	20	0	20	24	45	69	-95.00
27		Vivian		-153.00	20	0	20	27	48	75	-98.00
28		Lilia		-141.00	20	0	20	24	27	51	-110.00
29		Malinche		-149.00	0	0	0	24	12	36	-113.00
30		Unique de Genual		-144.00	40	0	0	33	36	69	-115.00
31		Cesur		-197.00	0	0	0	24	21	45	-152.00
32		Zuari		-169.00	0	30	30	33	0	33	-166.00
33		Roa		-125.00	80	0	80	18	9	27	-178.00
34		Sylveste		-109.00	120	0	120	30	18	48	-181.00
35		Fogoso		-163.00	0	50	50	21	0	21	-192.00
36		Regate		-129.00	0	70	70	6	0	6	-193.00
37		Indio		-184.00	80	0	80	18	36	54	-210.00
38		Carioca		-185.00	80	0	80	21	15	36	-229.00
39		Französin		-109.00	60	80	140	9	0	9	-240.00
40		Tourtourelle		-113.00	240	0	240	24	27	51	-302.00
41		Gigolo		-78.00	180	80	260	27	0	27	-311.00
		Ozbek		-122.00	align=center colspan=6	Disqualified
		Dark Seal		-116.00	align=center colspan=6	Retired
		Sobri		-144.00	align=center colspan=6	Retired
		Ruzgar		-172.00	align=center colspan=6	Retired

Final results after jumping

Rank	Rider	Horse	Nation	Dressage	Cross-country	Jumping			Total
						Points lost
						Obstacles	Time	Total
		Aiglonne		-104.00	108	0	0	0	4.00
		Swing Low		-117.00	96	0	0	0	-21.00
		Claque		-109.00	84	0	0	0	-25.00
		Reno Palisade		-111.00	96	10	1.50	11.50	-26.50
		Epsom		-128.00	87	0	0	0	-41.00
		Esja		-113.00	69	0	0	0	-44.00
		Guapo		-114.00	72	10	0	10	-52.00
		Satari		-135.00	90	10	0	0	-55.00
		Guerriero de Capestrano		-85.00	52	20	2	22	-55.00
10		Rosarino		-121.00	66	0	4	4	-59.00
11		Mahmud		-93.00	54	20	0.25	20.25	-59.25
12		Parral		-134.00	75	0	2.75	2.75	-61.75
13		Springsteel		-129.00	78	10	1	11	-62.00
14		Rollo		-114.00	63	10	4	14	-65.00
15		Komet		-143.00	93	20	0	20	-70.00
15		Dust		-103.00	33	0	0	0	-70.00
17		Liberty		-167.00	87	0	0.25	0.25	-80.25
18		Cherenda Cue		-124.00	36	0	4.50	4.50	-92.50
19		Amour Amour		-80.00	-15	0	0	0	-95.00
20		Lilia		-141.00	-31	0	0	0	-110.00
21		Reno Rhythm		-105.00	12	20	1	21	-114.00
22		Tarahumara		-128.00	39	30	1.50	31.50	-120.50
23		Malinche		-149.00	36	10	0	10	-123.00
24		Unique de Genual		-144.00	29	30	0.50	30.50	-145.50
25		Zuari		-169.00	3	0	1.50	1.50	-167.50
26		Vivian		-153.00	55	80	1.25	81.25	-179.25
27		Sylveste		-109.00	-72	0	1	1	-182.00
28		Roa		-125.00	-53	20	4	24	-202.00
29		Fogoso		-163.00	-29	10	0.25	10.25	-202.25
30		Regate		-129.00	-64	30	0	30	-223.00
31		Indio		-184.00	-27	40	0	40	-250.00
32		Französin		-109.00	-131	10	0.25	10.25	-250.25
33		Tourtourelle		-113.00	-189	0	1.25	1.25	-303.25
		Cesur		-197.00	45	align=center colspan=4	Eliminated
		St. Hans		-108.00	78	align=center colspan=4	Eliminated
		Carioca		-185.00	-44	align=center colspan=4	Eliminated
		Abstrato		-137.00	87	align=center colspan=4	Eliminated
		Tic Tac		-144.00	49	align=center colspan=4	Eliminated
		Mandinga		-110.00	72	align=center colspan=4	Eliminated
		Gigolo		-78.00	-233	align=center colspan=4	Eliminated
		Upea		-162.00	81	align=center colspan=4	Eliminated
		Ozbek		-122.00	align=center colspan=4	Disqualified
		Dark Seal		-116.00	align=center colspan=4	Retired
		Sobri		-144.00	align=center colspan=4	Retired
		Ruzgar		-172.00	align=center colspan=4	Retired

Sources

• Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, p. 342. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 4 September 2016.

Notes and References

1. Equestrianism at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Three-Day Event, Individual . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418012737/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/EQU/mens-three-day-event-individual.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 18 April 2020.