| Event: | Individual dressage |
| Games: | 1952 Summer |
| Venue: | Ruskeasuo Equestrian Hall |
| Date: | 28–29 July |
| Competitors: | 27 |
| Nations: | 10 |
| Gold: | Henri Saint Cyr |
| Goldnoc: | SWE |
| Silver: | Lis Hartel |
| Silvernoc: | DEN |
| Bronze: | André Jousseaume |
| Bronzenoc: | FRA |
| Prev: | 1948 |
| Next: | 1956 |
The individual 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 27 riders, 4 were female—including silver medalist Lis Hartel.[1]
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.
| Rank | Rider | Nation | Horse | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henri Saint Cyr | Master Rufus | 561.0 | |||
| Lis Hartel | Jubilee | 541.5 | |||
| André Jousseaume | Harpagon | 541.0 | |||
| 4 | Gottfried Trachsel | Kursus | 531.0 | ||
| 5 | Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern, Jr. | Krest | 531.0 | ||
| 6 | Henri Chammartin | Wöhler | 529.5 | ||
| 7 | Heinz Pollay | Adular | 518.5 | ||
| 8 | Gustav Fischer | Soliman | 518.5 | ||
| 9 | Gehnäll Persson | Knaust | 505.5 | ||
| 10 | Ida von Nagel | Afrika | 503.0 | ||
| 11 | Bob Borg | Bill Biddle | 492.0 | ||
| 12 | Fritz Thiedemann | Chronist | 479.5 | ||
| 13 | Jean Peitevin de Saint André | Vol au Vent | 479.0 | ||
| 14 | José Larraín | Rey de Oros | 473.5 | ||
| 15 | Else Christophersen | Diva | 459.0 | ||
| 16 | Héctor Clavel | Frontalera | 452.0 | ||
| 17 | Marjorie Haines | The Flying Dutchman | 446.0 | ||
| 18 | Kristian Jensen | Odense | 439.0 | ||
| 19 | Vladimir Raspopov | Imeninnik | 433.5 | ||
| 20 | António Reymão Nogueira | Napeiro | 428.5 | ||
| 21 | Francisco Valadas Júnior | Feitico | 422.0 | ||
| 22 | Ernesto Silva | Viarregio | 415.0 | ||
| 23 | Jean Saint-Fort Paillard | Tapir | 403.5 | ||
| 24 | Vasily Tikhonov | Pevec | 395.0 | ||
| 25 | Nikolay Sitko | Cesar | 377.0 | ||
| 26 | Fernando Paes | Matamas | 346.0 | ||
| 27 | Hartmann Pauly | Reno Overdo | 315.5 |