Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Team eventing explained

Event:	Team eventing
Games:	2012 Summer
Venue:	Greenwich Park
Date:	28–31 July
Competitors:	62
Nations:	13
Gold:	Peter Thomsen Dirk Schrade Ingrid Klimke Sandra Auffarth Michael Jung
Goldnoc:	GER
Silver:	Nicola Wilson Mary King Zara Phillips Kristina Cook William Fox-Pitt
Silvernoc:	GBR
Bronze:	Jonelle Richards Jonathan Paget Caroline Powell Andrew Nicholson Mark Todd
Bronzenoc:	NZL
Prev:	2008
Next:	2016

The team eventing in equestrian at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held at Greenwich Park from 28 to 31 July.^[1]

The German team of Peter Thomsen, Dirk Schrade, Ingrid Klimke, Sandra Auffarth and Michael Jung won the gold medal. Great Britain won the silver medal and New Zealand took bronze.

Competition format

The team and individual eventing competitions used the same scores. Eventing consisted of a dressage test, a cross-country test, and a jumping test. The jumping test had two rounds, with only the first used for the team competition. Team eventing final scores were the sum of the three best overall individual scores (adding the three components) from the five-pair teams.^[2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Saturday, 28 July 2012 Sunday, 29 July 2012	10:00	Dressage
Monday, 30 July 2012	12:30	Cross-country
Tuesday, 31 July 2012	10:30	Jumping

Results

Standings after dressage

Nation	Individual results			Team penalties	Team rank
	Rider	Horse	Penalties
	Peter Thomsen	Barny	58.50	align=center rowspan="5"	119.10	align=center rowspan="5"	1
	Dirk Schrade	King Artus	39.80
	Ingrid Klimke	Butts Abraxxas	39.30
	Sandra Auffarth	Opgun Luovo	40.00
	Michael Jung	Sam	40.60
	Christopher Burton	HP Leilani	46.10	align=center rowspan="5"	122.10	align=center rowspan="5"	2
	Sam Griffiths	Happy Times	45.40
	Andrew Hoy	Rutherglen	41.70
	Lucinda Fredericks	Flying Fish	40.00
	Clayton Fredericks	Bendigo	40.40
	Nicola Wilson	Opposition Buzz	51.70	align=center rowspan="5"	127.00	align=center rowspan="5"	3
	Mary King	Imperial Cavalier	40.90
	Zara Phillips	High Kingdom	46.10
	Kristina Cook	Miners Frolic	42.00
	William Fox-Pitt	Lionheart	44.10
	Linda Algotsson	La Fair	59.80	align=center rowspan="5"	128.20	align=center rowspan="5"	4
	Ludvig Svennerstål	Shamwari	43.70
	Sara Algotsson Ostholt	Wega	39.30
	Niklas Lindbäck	Mister Pooh	45.20
	Malin Petersen	Sofarsogood	60.40
	Jonelle Richards	Flintstar	56.70	align=center rowspan="5"	128.20	align=center rowspan="5"	4
	Jonathan Paget	Clifton Promise	44.10
	Caroline Powell	Lenamore	52.20
	Andrew Nicholson	Nereo	45.00
	Mark Todd	Campino	39.10
	Toshiyuki Tanaka	Marquis de Plescop	55.00	align=center rowspan="5"	130.70	align=center rowspan="5"	6
	Takayuki Yumira	Latina	58.50
	Atsushi Negishi	Pretty Darling	50.40
	Kenki Sato	Chippieh	42.20
	Yoshiaki Oiwa	Noonday de Conde	38.10
	Boyd Martin	Otis Barbotiere	50.70	align=center rowspan="5"	138.80	align=center rowspan="5"	7
	Karen O'Connor	Mr. Medicott	48.20
	Tiana Coudray	Ringwood Magister	52.00
	William Coleman	Twizzel	46.30
	Phillip Dutton	Mystery Whisper	44.30
	Virginie Caulier	Nepal du Sudre	48.30	align=center rowspan="5"	139.00	align=center rowspan="5"	8
	Carl Bouckaert	Cyrano Z	53.00
	Marc Rigouts	Dunkas	50.70
	Joris Vanspringel	Lully des Aulnes	51.90
	Karin Donckers	Gazelle de la Brasserie	40.00
	Denis Mesples	Oregon de la Vigne	61.50	align=center rowspan="5"	142.90	align=center rowspan="5"	9
	Aurelien Kahn	Cadiz	55.90
	Lionel Guyon	Nemetis de Lalou	50.90
	Donatien Schauly	Ocarina du Chanois	44.40
	Nicolas Touzaint	Hildago de L'Ile	47.60
	Michael Ryan	Ballylynch Adventure	60.20	align=center rowspan="5"	152.10	align=center rowspan="5"	10
	Aoife Clark	Master Crusoe	48.90
	Joseph Murphy	Electric Cruise	55.60
	Camilla Speirs	Portersize Just a Jiff	47.60
	Mark Kyle	Coolio	58.70
	Michelle Mueller	Amistad	57.00	align=center rowspan="5"	154.10	align=center rowspan="5"	11
	Hawley Bennett-Awad	Gin & Juice	48.70
	Peter Barry	Kilrodan Abbott	61.70
	Jessica Phoenix	Exponential	54.80
	Rebecca Howard	Riddle Master	50.60
	Tim Lips	Oncarlos	51.70	align=center rowspan="3"	154.50	align=center rowspan="3"	12
	Andrew Heffernan	Millthyme Corolla	50.60
	Elaine Pen	Vira	52.20
	Marcio Carvalho	Josephine	58.50	align=center rowspan="4"	170.40	align=center rowspan="4"	13
	Serguei Fofanoff	Barbara	72.00
	Marcelo Tosi	Eleda All Black	58.00
	Ruy Fonseca	Tom Bombadill Too	53.90

Note: The team penalties given above are for the top three in each team at this stage and may not tally with the final total scores. The final results are determined by adding the total scores of the top three team members at the end of the competition.

Standings after cross-country

Nation	Individual results				Total team Penalties	Team rank
	Rider	Horse	Cross Country Penalties	Total Penalties
	Peter Thomsen	Barny	5.20	63.70	align=center rowspan="5"	124.70	align=center rowspan="5"	1
	Dirk Schrade	King Artus	10.80	50.60
	Ingrid Klimke	Butts Abraxxas	0.00	39.30
	Sandra Auffarth	Opgun Luovo	4.80	44.80
	Michael Jung	Sam	0.00	40.60
	Nicola Wilson	Opposition Buzz	0.00	51.70	align=center rowspan="5"	130.20	align=center rowspan="5"	2
	Mary King	Imperial Cavalier	1.20	42.10
	Zara Phillips	High Kingdom	0.00	46.10
	Kristina Cook	Miners Frolic	0.00	42.00
	William Fox-Pitt	Lionheart	9.20	53.30
	Linda Algotsson	La Fair	20.00	79.80	align=center rowspan="5"	131.40	align=center rowspan="5"	3
	Ludwig Svennerstål	Shamwari	0.40	44.10
	Sara Algotsson Ostholt	Wega	0.00	39.30
	Niklas Lindbäck	Mister Pooh	2.80	48.00
	Malin Petersen	Sofarsogood	0.80	61.20
	Jonelle Richards	Flintstar	6.00	62.70	align=center rowspan="5"	133.40	align=center rowspan="5"	4
	Jonathan Paget	Clifton Promise	4.80	48.90
	Caroline Powell	Lenamore	1.60	53.80
	Andrew Nicholson	Nereo	0.00	45.00
	Mark Todd	Campino	0.40	39.50
	Boyd Martin	Otis Barbotiere	3.60	54.30	align=center rowspan="5"	155.20	align=center rowspan="5"	5
	Karen O'Connor	Mr. Medicott	5.60	53.80
	Tiana Coudray	Ringwood Magister	25.60	77.60
	William Coleman	Twizzel	36.40	82.70
	Phillip Dutton	Mystery Whisper	2.80	47.10
	Christopher Burton	HP Leilani	0.00	46.10	align=center rowspan="5"	173.40	align=center rowspan="5"	6
	Sam Griffiths	Happy Times	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Eliminated	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00
	Andrew Hoy	Rutherglen	7.60	49.30
	Lucinda Fredericks	Flying Fish	38.00	78.00
	Clayton Fredericks	Bendigo	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Eliminated	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00
	Denis Mesples	Oregon de la Vigne	46.00	107.50	align=center rowspan="5"	177.70	align=center rowspan="5"	7
	Aurelien Kahn	Cadiz	39.60	95.50
	Lionel Guyon	Nemetis de Lalou	20.00	70.90
	Donatien Schauly	Ocarina du Chanois	7.20	51.60
	Nicolas Touzaint	Hildago de L'Ile	7.60	55.20
	Michael Ryan	Ballylynch Adventure	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Eliminated	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00	align=center rowspan="5"	178.80	align=center rowspan="5"	8
	Aoife Clark	Master Crusoe	3.60	52.50
	Joseph Murphy	Electric Cruise	4.80	60.40
	Camilla Speirs	Portersize Just a Jiff	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Eliminated	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00
	Mark Kyle	Coolio	7.20	65.90
	Virginie Caulier	Nepal du Sudre	21.20	69.50	align=center rowspan="5"	185.80	align=center rowspan="5"	9
	Carl Bouckaert	Cyrano Z	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Eliminated	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00
	Marc Rigouts	Dunkas	56.80	107.50
	Joris Vanspringel	Lully des Aulnes	12.80	64.70
	Karin Donckers	Gazelle de la Brasserie	11.60	51.60
	Marcio Carvalho	Josephine	42.80	101.30	align=center rowspan="4"	269.20	align=center rowspan="4"	10
	Serguei Fofanoff	Barbara	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Eliminated	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00
	Marcelo Tosi	Eleda All Black	29.60	87.60
	Ruy Fonseca	Tom Bombadill Too	46.40	80.30
	Tim Lips	Oncarlos	22.00	73.70	align=center rowspan="3"	1136.70	align=center rowspan="3"	11
	Andrew Heffernan	Millthyme Corolla	12.40	63.00
	Elaine Pen	Vira	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Eliminated	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00
	Michelle Mueller	Amistad	63.20	120.20	align=center rowspan="5"	1177.40	align=center rowspan="5"	12
	Hawley Bennett-Awad	Gin & Juice	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Eliminated	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00
	Peter Barry	Kilrodan Abbott	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Eliminated	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00
	Jessica Phoenix	Exponential	2.40	57.20
	Rebecca Howard	Riddle Master	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Eliminated	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00
	Toshiyuki Tanaka	Marquis de Plescop	60.00	115.00	align=center rowspan="5"	1191.00	align=center rowspan="5"	13
	Takayuki Yumira	Latina	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Eliminated	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00
	Atsushi Negishi	Pretty Darling	25.60	76.00
	Kenki Sato	Chippieh	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Eliminated	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00
	Yoshiaki Oiwa	Noonday de Conde	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Eliminated	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00

Note: The team penalties given above are for the top three in each team at this stage and may not tally with the final total scores. The final results are determined by adding the total scores of the top three team members at the end of the competition.

Standings after jumping (Final Standings)

Final results below, determined by combining the three best overall scores for each team.

Nation	Individual results				Total team Penalties	Team rank
	Rider	Horse	Jumping Penalties	Total Penalties
	Peter Thomsen	Barny	8.00	71.70	align=center rowspan="5"	133.70	align=center rowspan="5"
	Dirk Schrade	King Artus	0.00	50.60
	Ingrid Klimke	Butts Abraxxas	9.00	48.30
	Sandra Auffarth	Opgun Luovo	0.00	44.80
	Michael Jung	Sam	0.00	40.60
	Nicola Wilson	Opposition Buzz	4.00	55.70	align=center rowspan="5"	138.20	align=center rowspan="5"
	Mary King	Imperial Cavalier	0.00	42.10
	Zara Phillips	High Kingdom	7.00	53.10
	Kristina Cook	Miners Frolic	1.00	43.00
	William Fox-Pitt	Lionheart	0.00	53.30
	Jonelle Richards	Flintstar	9.00	71.70	align=center rowspan="5"	144.40	align=center rowspan="5"
	Jonathan Paget	Clifton Promise	4.00	52.90
	Caroline Powell	Lenamore	4.00	57.80
	Andrew Nicholson	Nereo	0.00	45.00
	Mark Todd	Campino	7.00	46.50
	Linda Algotsson	La Fair	0.00	79.80	align=center rowspan="5"	148.40	align=center rowspan="5"	4
	Ludvig Svennerstål	Shamwari	8.00	52.10
	Sara Algotsson Ostholt	Wega	0.00	39.30
	Niklas Lindbäck	Mister Pooh	9.00	57.00
	Malin Petersen	Sofarsogood	6.00	67.00
	Michael Ryan	Ballylynch Adventure	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Eliminated	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00	align=center rowspan="5"	184.80	align=center rowspan="5"	5
	Aoife Clark	Master Crusoe	0.00	52.50
	Joseph Murphy	Electric Cruise	0.00	60.40
	Camilla Speirs	Portersize Just a Jiff	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Eliminated	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00
	Mark Kyle	Coolio	6.00	71.90
	Christopher Burton	HP Leilani	4.00	50.10	align=center rowspan="5"	186.40	align=center rowspan="5"	6
	Sam Griffiths	Happy Times	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Eliminated	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00
	Andrew Hoy	Rutherglen	8.00	57.30
	Lucinda Fredericks	Flying Fish	1.00	79.00
	Clayton Fredericks	Bendigo	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Eliminated	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00
	Boyd Martin	Otis Barbotiere	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Withdrew	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00	align=center rowspan="5"	208.60	align=center rowspan="5"	7
	Karen O'Connor	Mr. Medicott	0.00	53.80
	Tiana Coudray	Ringwood Magister	11.00	88.60
	William Coleman	Twizzel	2.00	84.70
	Phillip Dutton	Mystery Whisper	23.00	70.10
	Denis Mesples	Oregon de la Vigne	19.00	126.50	align=center rowspan="5"	230.60	align=center rowspan="5"	8
	Aurelien Kahn	Cadiz	7.00	102.50
	Lionel Guyon	Nemetis de Lalou	0.00	70.90
	Donatien Schauly	Ocarina du Chanois	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Withdrew	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00
	Nicolas Touzaint	Hildago de L'Ile	2.00	57.20
	Marcio Carvalho	Josephine	4.00	105.30	align=center rowspan="4"	295.20	align=center rowspan="4"	9
	Serguei Fofanoff	Barbara	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Eliminated	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00
	Marcelo Tosi	Eleda All Black	10.00	97.60
	Ruy Fonseca	Tom Bombadill Too	12.00	92.30
	Virginie Caulier	Nepal du Sudre	9.00	78.50	align=center rowspan="5"	1134.10	align=center rowspan="5"	10
	Carl Bouckaert	Cyrano Z	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Eliminated	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00
	Marc Rigouts	Dunkas	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Withdrew	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00
	Joris Vanspringel	Lully des Aulnes	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Withdrew	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00
	Karin Donckers	Gazelle de la Brasserie	4.00	55.60
	Tim Lips	Oncarlos	13.00	86.70	align=center rowspan="3"	1161.70	align=center rowspan="3"	11
	Andrew Heffernan	Millthyme Corolla	12.00	75.00
	Elaine Pen	Vira	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Eliminated	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00
	Toshiyuki Tanaka	Marquis de Plescop	4.00	119.00	align=center rowspan="5"	1207.00	align=center rowspan="5"	12
	Takayuki Yumira	Latina	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Eliminated	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00
	Atsushi Negishi	Pretty Darling	12.00	88.00
	Kenki Sato	Chippieh	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Eliminated	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00
	Yoshiaki Oiwa	Noonday de Conde	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Eliminated	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00
	Michelle Mueller	Amistad	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Withdrew	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00	align=center rowspan="5"	2071.20	align=center rowspan="5"	13
	Hawley Bennett-Awad	Gin & Juice	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Eliminated	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00
	Peter Barry	Kilrodan Abbott	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Eliminated	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00
	Jessica Phoenix	Exponential	14.00	71.20
	Rebecca Howard	Riddle Master	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	Eliminated	align=center bgcolor="wheat"	1000.00

Notes and References

1. Web site: Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics . 2012-05-10 . 2012-09-07 . https://archive.today/20120907130954/www.london2012.com/equestrian/about/ . dead .
2. Web site: Eventing competition format . 2012-06-19 . 2012-06-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120619052524/http://www.london2012.com/equestrian/event/eventing-team/competition-format/index.html . dead .