| Event: | Individual dressage |
| Games: | 1972 Summer |
| Venue: | Dressage Facility Nymphenburg |
| Date: | 7–9 September |
| Competitors: | 33 |
| Gold: | Liselott Linsenhoff |
| Goldnoc: | FRG |
| Silver: | Yelena Petushkova |
| Silvernoc: | URS |
| Bronze: | Josef Neckermann |
| Bronzenoc: | FRG |
| Prev: | 1968 |
| Next: | 1976 |
The individual dressage in equestrian at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich was held at Dressage Facility Nymphenburg with the Grand-Prix on 7 September and the ride-off on 9 September.[1]
The individual medals were only awarded based on the results of the ride-off, with the Grand Prix serving as a qualifying round for the ride-off. The top twelve in the Grand Prix qualified for the ride-off only the top 12 qualifiers were eligible to medal. This was a first for this event as in years past the combined Grand Prix and ride-off score would determine the medalists.
| Rider | Nation | Horse | Grand Prix | Rank | Ride-off | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liselott Linsenhoff | Piaff | 1763 | 1 Q | 1229 | ||
| Yelena Petushkova | Pepel | 1747 | 2 Q | 1185 | ||
| Josef Neckermann | Venetia | 1706 | 3 Q | 1177 | ||
| Ivan Kizimov | Ikhor | 1701 | 4 Q | 1159 | 4 | |
| Ivan Kalita | Tarif | 1647 | 6 Q | 1130 | 5 | |
| Ulla Håkansson | Ajax | 1649 | 5 Q | 1126 | 6 | |
| Karin Schlüter | Liostro | 1614 | 9 Q | 1113 | 7 | |
| Maud von Rosen | Lucky Boy | 1578 | 11 Q | 1088 | 8 | |
| Christilot Hanson-Boylen | Armagnac | 1615 | 8 Q | 1081 | 9 | |
| Ninna Swaab | Casanova | 1622 | 7 Q | 1067 | 10 | |
| Aksel Malling Mikkelsen | Talisman | 1597 | 10 Q | 1060 | 11 | |
| Lorna Johnstone | El Farruco | 1576 | 12 Q | 1036 | 12 | |
| Gerhard Brockmüller | Marios | 1545 | 13 | |||
| Ulla Petersen | Chigwell | 1534 | 14 | |||
| Christine Stückelberger | Granat | 1528 | 15 | |||
| Wolfgang Müller | Semafor | 1521 | 16 | |||
| Horst Köhler | Imanuel | 1486 | 17 | |||
| Anny van Doorne | Pericles | 1480 | T18 | |||
| Edith Master | Dahlwitz | 1480 | T18 | |||
| Charlotte Ingemann | Souliman | 1475 | 20 | |||
| Hermann Dür | Sod | 1466 | 21 | |||
| John Winnett | Reinald | 1458 | 22 | |||
| Patrick le Rolland | Cramique | 1451 | 23 | |||
| Jennie Loriston-Clarke | Kadett | 1450 | 24 | |||
| Sylvio de Rezende | Othelo | 1431 | 25 | |||
| Cindy Neale-Ishoy | Bonne Année | 1424 | 26 | |||
| Cees Benedictus-Lieftinck | Turista | 1420 | 27 | |||
| John Swaab | Maharadscha | 1409 | 28 | |||
| Marita Aeschbacher | Charlamp | 1389 | 29 | |||
| Lorraine Stubbs | Venezuela | 1379 | 30 | |||
| Lois Stephens | Fasching | 1345 | 31 | |||
| Kikuko Inoue | Don Carlos | 1313 | 32 | |||
| Margaret Lawrence | San Fernando | 1242 | 33 | |||
| Francisco d'Alessandri | Comalero | DNS | ||||
| Juan José Vargas | Pincen | DNS |