Equestrian at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping

Individual jumping
at the Games of the V Olympiad
Jacques Cariou competing
VenueStockholm Olympic Stadium
Date16 July
Competitors31 from 8 nations
Winning score186
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jacques Cariou
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rabod von Kröcher
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Emmanuel de Blommaert
 Belgium
← 1900
1920 →

The individual show jumping was an equestrian event held as part of the Equestrian at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on 16 July 1912 as the Stockholm Olympic Stadium. There were 31 competitors from 8 nations.[1] Each nation was limited to a maximum of six riders.[2] The event was won by Jacques Cariou of France, the nation's first victory in the individual jumping. The victory came with a challenge prize presented by Count Gyula Andrássy the Younger of Hungary. Rabod von Kröcher earned Germany's first medal in the event with his silver. Emmanuel de Blommaert of Belgium took bronze.

Background

This was the second appearance of the event, which had first been held at the 1900 Summer Olympics and has been held at every Summer Olympics at which equestrian sports have been featured (that is, excluding 1896, 1904, and 1908). It is the oldest event on the current programme, the only one that was held in 1900.[1][3]

Chile, Germany, Great Britain, Norway, and Sweden each made their debut in the event. Belgium, France, and Russia all competed for the second time, having previously appeared at the first competition in 1900.

Competition format

The 1,533 metre course consisted of 19 jumps (15 physical obstacles, 4 of which were jumped twice). Each jump had a maximum of 10 points, so the total possible was 190 points. Long jump obstacles had a maximum distance of 4 metres. The maximum height of jumps was 1.4 metres.

The deductions possible were: 2 points for a first refusal, 4 for a second, 6 for a third; 4 points for a horse falling; 6 points for the rider being unseated; 1 point for touching the obstacle without knocking it down; 4 points for knocking an obstacle down with the horse's fore legs, 2 points for knocking it down with the hind legs; 1 point for landing with hind legs on the end line of a long jump, 2 points for the hind legs inside the end line (or touching the surface of the water) or the fore legs on the line, 4 points for the fore legs inside the end line (or touching the water); and 2 points for every 5 seconds over the time limit of 3:50.0 (400 metres per minute).

Only "gentlemen" were permitted. Thus, professionals, women, and non-commissioned officers were ineligible. Military school horses were excluded, but all other horses were allowed.[1][4]

Schedule

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 16 July 1912 14:00 Final

Results

3 minutes and 50 seconds were allotted. 190 points was the maximum score.

The jump-off for the gold medal used a shortened course of only 6 obstacles. Cariou had 5 faults throughout the jump-off, while von Kröcher had 7.

Rank Rider Horse Nation Time Penalty Faults Score Jump-off
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jacques Cariou Mignon  France 0 4 186 55
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rabod von Kröcher Dohna  Germany 0 4 186 53
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Emmanuel de Blommaert Clomore  Belgium 0 5 185
4 Herbert Scott Shamrock  Great Britain 0 6 184
5 Sigismund Freyer Ultimus  Germany 0 7 183
6 Nils Adlercreutz Ilex  Sweden 0 9 181
Ernst Casparsson Kiriki  Sweden 0 9 181
Wilhelm Graf von Hohenau Pretty Girl  Germany 0 9 181
9 Ernst Deloch Hubertus  Germany 0 10 180
Gustaf Lewenhaupt Medusa  Sweden 0 10 180
Charles Lewenhaupt Arno  Sweden 0 10 180
Dmitri Pavlovich Unité  Russia 0 10 180
13 Pierre Dufour d'Astafort Amazone  France 0 11 179
Carl-Axel Torén Falken  Sweden 0 11 179
15 Karol Rómmel Siablik  Russia 0 12 178
16 Enrique Deichler Chile  Chile 0 14 176
Aleksandr Rodzyanko Eros  Russia 0 14 176
18 Friedrich von Grote Polyphem  Germany --- 0 16 174
Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia Gibson Boy  Germany 0 16 174
Sergey Zagorsky Bandoura  Russia 0 16 174
21 Mikhail Pleshkov Yvette  Russia 0 17 173
22 Åke Hök Mona  Sweden 0 20 170
Aleksey Selikhov Tugela  Russia 0 20 170
24 Karl Kildal Garcia  Norway 0 22 168
25 Elías Yáñez Patria  Chile 0 24 166
26 Jørgen Jensen Jossy  Norway 0 25 165
27 Paul Kenna Harmony  Great Britain 0:22.0 10 18 162
28 Jens Falkenberg Florida  Norway 0 29 161
29 Edward Radcliffe-Nash The Flea  Great Britain 0:40.2 18 19 153
30 Guy Reyntiens Beau Soleil  Belgium 0:33.0 14 29 147
Ernest Meyer Ursule  France DNF

References

  1. ^ a b c "Jumping, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 1034.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Equestrianism at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Jumping, Individual". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  4. ^ Official Report, p. 1040.

Sources

  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2007.