Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Individual eventing explained

The individual eventing event, part of the equestrian program at the 1996 Summer Olympics, was held from 23 to 26 July 1996 in the Georgia International Horse Park, in Conyers, Georgia. Like all other equestrian events, the eventing competition was mixed gender, with both male and female athletes competing in the same division.^[1]

For the 1996 and 2000 Olympic competitions, the individual and team contests were separate events. A rider could compete in both competitions as long as it was on different horses. An example of this is the 2000 individual winner David O'Connor who won his gold medal riding Custom Made, while he earned his team bronze medal with the U.S riding Giltedge.

Medalists

Gold		Silver		Bronze

	Ready Teddy		Squirrel Hill		Out And About

Results

The total score for each horse and rider was the sum of the total penalty points earned in the various phases of competitions. The pair with the lowest number of penalty points was victorious.

Dressage

For the dressage portion of the competition, horse and rider pairs performed series of movements that were evaluated by judges. Judges gave marks of 0 to 10 for each movement, subtracting points for errors. The score for each judge was represented the total marks gained. For every point less than a total of 240, 0.2 Penalty Points were assessed.

Rank	Rider	Horse	Nation	Judge H	Judge C	Judge M	Score	Penalty Points
1				191	189	182	562	31.6
2				176	178	178	532	37.6
3				169	173	178	520	40.0
4				163	182	174	519	40.2
5				163	173	178	514	41.2
6				169	167	172	508	42.4
7				170	167	170	507	42.6
8				169	166	156	491	45.8
9				167	156	159	482	47.6
10				162	156	163	481	47.8
11				158	162	158	478	48.4
12				158	157	158	473	49.4
13				166	161	144	471	49.8
14					164	150	160	474 +2	51.2
15T				162	147	153	462	51.6
15T				153	153	156	462	51.6
17				154	153	152	459	50.0
18				158	153	141	452	53.6
19				154	151	142	447	54.6
20				158	141	147	446	54.8
21				158	141	145	444	55.2
22				156	136	149	441	55.8
23		Amadeus 188		156	128	155	439	56.2
24				141	139	143	423	59.4
25				143	138	140	421	59.8
26		Hoochi Koochi		140	139	139	418	60.4
27				141	128	145	414	61.2
28				147	130	129	406	62.8
29				138	138	137	413 +2	63.4
30				136	128	129	393	65.4
31				130	118	127	375	69.0
32		Rebaby		132	117	120	369	70.2
33				132	120	124	376 +2	70.8
34				123	117	124	364	71.2
35				108	100	115	323	79.4
								WD

Cross country

In the cross country phase, each pair had to traverse 14.3 kilometers of road and track, 3.1 kilometers of steeplechase, and an obstacle course spread over a track of approximately 7.4 kilometers. Pairs received .4 penalty points for every second beyond the optimal time, up to a limit. Any pair that had not finished in that time was eliminated.

Penalty points were also assessed for disobedience faults at obstacles and for falls. Disobedience faults incurred 20 penalty points, rider falls incurred 65, and horse falls eliminated the pair. The total penalty points from cross country were added to those incurred in phase 1, dressage, for a two-round total.

Rank	Rider	Horse	Nation	SJF	STP	CCJF	CCTP	Total Points
1				0.00	0.00	0.00	5.20	5.20
2					0.00	0.00	0.00	9.20	9.20
3				0.00	0.00	0.00	19.60	19.60
4				0.00	0.00	0.00	21.60	21.60
5T				0.00	0.00	0.00	26.00	26.00
5T		Amadeus 188		0.00	0.00	0.00	26.00	26.00
7				0.00	0.00	0.00	28.80	28.80
8				0.00	0.00	0.00	30.80	30.80
9				0.00	0.00	0.00	32.00	32.00
10				0.00	0.00	0.00	39.60	39.60
11				0.00	0.00	0.00	41.60	41.60
12				0.00	0.00	20.00	24.80	44.80
13				0.00	0.00	20.00	26.40	46.4
14				0.00	0.00	20.00	29.20	49.2
15				0.00	0.00	20.00	30.80	50.80
16				0.00	0.00	0.00	72.00	72.00
17				0.00	0.00	20.00	59.20	79.20
18				0.00	0.00	40.00	61.60	101.60
19				0.00	0.00	40.00	71.20	111.20
20				0.00	0.00	60.00	79.20	139.20
								DNF
								DNF
								DNF
								DNF
								DNF
		Hoochi Koochi						DNF
								DQ
								DQ
								DQ
								DQ
		Rebaby						DQ
					6.40			DQ
					24.00			DQ
								WD
								WD
								WD

Total after Dressage and Cross Country

Rank	Rider	Horse	Nation	Dressage	Cross Country	Total Penalty Points
1				51.60	5.20	56.80
2					51.20	9.20	60.40
3				47.60	19.60	67.20
4				41.20	26.00	67.20
5				37.60	30.80	68.40
6				55.80	21.60	77.40
7				31.60	46.40	78.00
8				49.80	28.80	78.60
9				49.40	32.00	81.40
10		Amadeus 188		56.20	26.00	82.20
11				42.60	41.60	84.20
12				40.20	44.80	85.00
13				52.20	50.80	103.00
14				70.80	39.60	110.40
15				63.40	49.20	112.60
16				59.80	79.20	139.00
17				69.00	72.00	141.00
18				42.20	111.20	153.60
19				55.20	101.60	156.80
20				65.40	139.20	204.60
				40.00	EL	EL
				51.60	EL	EL
				79.40	EL	EL
				59.40	EL	EL
				71.20	EL	EL
				62.80	EL	EL
		Rebaby		70.20	EL	EL
				45.80	RT	RT
				54.60	RT	RT
				47.80	RT	RT
				54.80	RT	RT
				48.40	RT	RT
		Hoochi Koochi		60.40	RT	RT
				53.60	WD	WD
				WD		WD

Show jumping

In show jumping, pairs received 4 penalty points for each obstacle knocked down, 4 penalty points for the horse's first disobedience, and 8 penalty points for the rider's first fall. They also received 1 penalty point for each second over the optimum time.

They could be eliminated for a second disobedience, the rider's second fall, the horse's first fall, or taking more than twice the optimum time to finish the course.

Rank	Rider	Horse	Nation	Faults	Time	Penalty Points
1T				0	0	0
1T					0	0	0
1T				0	0	0
1T				0	0	0
5T				-5.00	5.00	0
5T		Amadeus 188		-5.00	5.00	0
7				-5.25	5.00	0.25
8T				-6.50	5.00	1.50
8T				-6.50	5.00	1.50
10				-7.75	5.00	2.75
11T				-10.00	10.00	0.00
11T				-10.00	10.00	0.00
13				-11.75	10.00	1.75
14				-15.00	15.00	0.00
15				-16.75	15.00	1.75
16				-23.75	20.00	3.75
17				-30.00	30.00	0.00
18				-35.00	35.00	10.0
19				-40.00	40.00	0.00
						WD
						EL
						EL
						EL
						EL
						EL
						EL
		Rebaby				EL
						RT
						RT
						RT
						RT
						RT
		Hoochi Koochi				RT
						WD
						WD

Final Total

Rank	Rider	Horse	Nation	Dressage	Cross Country	Jumping	Total Penalty Points
				51.60	5.20	0.00	56.80
					51.20	9.20	0.00	60.40
				47.60	19.60	6.50	73.20
4				41.20	26.00	10.00	77.20
5				37.60	30.80	11.75	80.15
6				40.20	44.80	0.00	85.00
7		Amadeus 188		56.20	26.00	5.00	87.20
8				55.80	21.60	10.00	87.40
9				42.60	41.60	5.00	89.20
10				49.60	32.00	30.00	111.40
11				63.40	49.20	0.00	112.60
12				31.60	46.40	40.00	118.00
13				70.80	39.60	16.75	127.15
14				52.20	50.80	35.00	138.00
15				59.80	79.20	7.75	146.75
16				42.40	111.20	6.50	160.10
17				69.00	72.00	23.75	164.75
18				55.20	101.60	15.00	171.80
19				45.0	72.8	0	117.8
				49.80	28.80	WD	WD
				40.00	EL		EL
				51.60	EL		EL
				79.40	EL		EL
				59.40	EL		EL
				71.20	EL		EL
		Rebaby		70.20	EL		EL
				45.80	RT		RT
				54.60	RT		RT
				47.80	RT		RT
				54.80	RT		RT
				48.40	RT		RT
				62.80	RT		RT
		Hoochi Koochi		60.40	RT		RT
				56.30			RT
				WD			WD

Sources

Official Report of the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics available at https://web.archive.org/web/20060622162855/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm

Notes and References

Equestrianism at the 1996 Atlanta Equestrian Games: Mixed Three-Day Event, Individual . 6 May 2020 . 11 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121111164410/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/EQU/mixed-three-day-event-individual.html . dead .