Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping

Individual jumping
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Kyrgyzstan stamp commemorating 1996 Olympic equestrianism
VenueGeorgia International Horse Park
Dates29 July – 4 August
Competitors82 from 24 nations
Winning total1.00 faults
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ulrich Kirchhoff
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wilhelm Melliger
 Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alexandra Ledermann
 France
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Equestrian events at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Dressageindividualteam
Eventingindividualteam
Jumpingindividualteam

The individual show jumping event, part of the equestrian program at the 1996 Summer Olympics, was held from 29 July to 1 August 1996 at the Georgia International Horse Park, in Conyers, Georgia. Like all other equestrian events, the jumping competition was mixed gender, with both male and female athletes competing in the same division.[1] There were 82 competitors from 24 nations.[2] Each nation could have up to 4 riders. The event was won by Ulrich Kirchhoff of Germany, the nation's second consecutive victory in the individual jumping (and third overall, tying Italy for second-most all-time after France's four). It was the fourth consecutive Games at which Germany competed that the nation reached the podium in the event—gold in 1936 and bronze in 1952 (with no Games in 1940 or 1944, Germany disinvited in 1948, and either United Team of Germany or separate West Germany and East Germany teams competing from 1956 to 1988), before gold again in 1992 and 1996. The silver medal went to Wilhelm Melliger of Switzerland and the bronze to Alexandra Ledermann of France, the two of whom came out on top of a seven-way jump-off for second place.

Background

This was the 20th 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.[2]

Seven of the top 10 riders from the 1992 Games returned: gold medalist Ludger Beerbaum of Germany, fourth-place finisher Hervé Godignon of France, fifth-place finisher (and 1988 seventh-place finisher) Jan Tops of the Netherlands, sixth-place finisher Maria Gretzer of Sweden, seventh-place finisher Ludo Philippaerts of Belgium, ninth-place finisher Rodrigo Pessoa of Brazil, and tenth-place finisher Michael Matz of the United States. The reigning World Champion was Franke Sloothaak of Germany.[2]

Saudi Arabia made its debut in the event. France competed for the 18th time, most of any nation.

Competition format

The competition underwent a smaller format change than in the two previous Games. The three-run qualifying and two-run final continued, though the number of finalists was reduced to 25 (from half the field) and there was no cut during the qualifying round or during the final round (only between qualifying and the final). The qualifying round also returned to the traditional fault scoring, rather than the positive points system used in 1988 and 1992.

All riders competed in the three runs of the qualifying round. The three-run total counted as the qualifying score. The top 25 riders advanced to the final, with a maximum of three riders per nation. The final consisted of two runs. The total of the two runs was used for the final score. A jump-off would be used if necessary to break ties for medal positions; other ties would not be broken.[2]

Schedule

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Date Time Round
Monday, 29 July 1996 8:30 Qualifying round 1
Thursday, 1 August 1996 8:30
14:00		 Qualifying round 2
Qualifying round 3
Sunday, 4 August 1996 14:00 Final round 1
Final round 2

Results

Top 25 riders advanced to the final round, maximum of three riders per nation. Qualification round held 21 to 24 July. All scores were reset to zero after the third qualifying round. Final held 4 August 1996. 7 riders tied for second so an additional jump-off round was held.

The Argentine team was disqualified for animal cruelty during training.[2]

Rank Rider Horse Nation Qualifying Final Jump-off
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total Round 1 Round 2 Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ulrich Kirchhoff Jus De Pommes  Germany 4.00 0.75 0.75 5.50 0.00 1.00 1.00 —
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wilhelm Melliger Calvaro  Switzerland 4.00 12.00 0.00 16.00 0.00 4.00 4.00 0.00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alexandra Ledermann Rochet M  France 8.00 4.00 4.00 16.00 4.00 0.00 4.00 0.00
4 Hugo Simon ET  Austria 4.00 4.00 8.00 16.00 4.00 0.00 4.00 4.00
5 Urs Fah Jeremia  Switzerland 4.00 4.00 8.00 16.00 0.00 4.00 4.00 4.00
6 Geoff Billington It's Otto  Great Britain 0.25 12.00 0.00 12.25 4.00 0.00 4.00 4.00
7 Jan Tops Top Gun  Netherlands 0.00 0.00 4.25 4.25 0.00 4.00 4.00 8.00
8 Álvaro de Miranda Neto Aspen  Brazil 8.00 0.25 8.00 16.25 0.00 4.00 4.00 16.00
9 Rodrigo de Paula Pessoa Tomboy  Brazil 1.25 0.00 0.75 2.00 4.00 0.25 4.25 —
John Whitaker Welham  Great Britain 4.00 4.00 14.50 22.50 4.00 0.25 4.25
11 Anton-Martin Bauer Vesuve Paluelle  Austria 4.00 0.00 8.00 12.00 0.00 8.00 8.00
Leslie Burr-Howard Extreme  United States 0.00 14.00 0.00 14.00 4.00 4.00 8.00
Peter Charles Beneton  Ireland 13.75 0.00 4.00 17.75 0.00 8.00 8.00
Jozef Lansink Carthago  Netherlands 4.00 8.00 8.00 20.00 4.00 4.00 8.00
Beat Maendli City Banking  Switzerland 4.00 8.00 4.00 16.00 4.00 4.00 8.00
Fernando Sarasola Ennio  Spain 10.00 0.00 0.25 10.25 0.00 8.00 8.00
17 Herve Godignon Viking Du Tillard  France 4.25 4.25 0.00 8.50 0.00 9.00 9.00
18 Andre Bier Johannpeter Calei  Brazil 8.25 4.25 8.00 20.50 4.00 8.00 12.00
19 Jerry Smit Constantijn  Italy 8.25 4.00 4.00 16.25 4.00 8.25 12.25
20 Anne Kursinski Feliciano  United States 0.00 0.00 8.00 8.00 4.00 12.00 16.00
Ludo Philippaerts King Darko  Belgium 0.00 4.00 0.00 4.00 4.00 12.00 16.00
Lars Nieberg For Pleasure  Germany 8.00 0.00 12.00 20.00 0.00 16.00 16.00
23 Nick Skelton Show Time  Great Britain 12.00 8.00 4.00 24.00 4.00 12.25 16.25
24 Rutherford Latham Sourire d'Aze  Spain 5.00 8.00 8.00 21.00 4.00 12.50 16.50
25 Helmut Morbitzer Racal  Austria 0.00 16.00 4.00 20.00 4.00 25.00 29.00
26 Ludger Beerbaum Ratina  Germany 0.00 0.00 0.25 0.25 Did not advance
27 Michael Matz Rhum  United States 4.00 4.00 4.00 12.00
Valerio Sozzi Gaston M  Italy 0.00 12.00 0.00 12.00
28 Roger-Yves Bost Souviens Toi  France 4.75 8.00 0.00 12.75
29 Takeshi Shirai Vicomte Du Mesnil  Japan 2.00 8.25 4.50 14.75
30 Peter Eriksson Robin  Sweden 4.00 8.00 4.00 16.00
Peter Leone Legato  United States 12.00 4.00 0.00 16.00
32 Patrice Delaveau Roxane De Gruchy  France 0.50 8.00 8.00 16.50
33 Jaime Guerra Risueno  Mexico 4.00 9.50 4.00 17.50
35 Alejandro Jordá Hernando Du Sablon  Spain 5.00 5.00 8.50 18.50
36 Natale Chiaudani Rheingold De Luyne  Italy 4.00 12.00 4.00 20.00
Emile Hendrix Finesse  Netherlands 4.00 12.00 4.00 20.00
38 Jessica Chesney-Kürten Diamond Exchange  Ireland 8.00 8.50 4.00 20.50
39 Eddie Macken Schalkhaar  Ireland 4.00 4.00 14.00 22.00
40 Ramzy Al-Duhami Let's Talk About  Saudi Arabia 1.50 5.00 16.75 23.25
41 Bert Romp Samantha  Netherlands 4.00 8.00 12.00 24.00
Pedro Sanchez Riccarda  Spain 4.00 8.00 12.00 24.00
Manuel Torres Cartagena  Colombia 12.00 12.00 0.00 24.00
44 Khaled el-Eid Eastern Knight  Saudi Arabia 8.25 8.50 8.00 24.75
45 Maria Gretzer Marcoville  Sweden 9.00 4.00 12.50 25.50
46 Rolf-Goran Bengtsson Paradiso  Sweden 4.00 4.00 20.00 28.00
Ian Millar Play It Again  Canada 8.00 12.00 8.00 28.00
48 Luiz Felipe de Azevedo Cassiana  Brazil 17.00 8.00 4.00 29.00
Malin Baryard Corrmint  Sweden 12.50 12.25 4.25 29.00
50 Antonio Chedraui Elastique  Mexico 4.00 20.00 8.00 32.00
Stanny Van Paesschen Mulga Bill  Belgium 12.00 12.00 8.00 32.00
52 Malcolm Cone Elute  Canada 8.25 12.00 12.00 32.25
53 Michel Blaton Revoulino  Belgium 9.00 17.75 8.50 35.25
54 José Madariaga Genius  Mexico 0.50 20.00 16.25 36.75
55 Vicki Roycroft Coalminer  Australia 8.00 16.00 16.00 40.00
56 Arnaldo Bologni Eileen  Italy 8.00 12.00 24.00 44.00
57 Yoshihiro Nakano Sisal De Jalesnes  Japan 16.50 8.00 20.00 44.50
58 Miguel Leal Surcouf De Revel  Portugal 12.00 21.00 12.50 45.50
Linda Southern-Heathcott Advantage  Canada 12.75 12.00 20.75 45.50
60 Alfonso Romo Flash  Mexico 27.75 12.00 8.00 47.75
61 Russell Johnstone Southern Contrast  Australia 12.00 24.00 12.00 48.00
62 Taizo Sugitani Countryman  Japan 16.75 16.00 16.00 48.75
63 Michael Whitaker Two Step  Great Britain 22.25 16.00 12.00 50.25
64 Damian Gardiner Arthos  Ireland 8.00 28.50 16.00 52.50
65 Markus Fuchs Adelfos  Switzerland 31.25 8.00 16.00 55.25
66 Christopher Delia Silent Sam  Canada 8.00 16.00 32.00 56.00
67 Eric Wauters Bon Ami  Belgium 4.00 16.00 37.50 57.50
68 Antonio Vozone Mr. Cer  Portugal 13.75 17.25 28.25 59.25
69 Daniel Meech Future Vision  New Zealand 40.25 12.00 8.00 60.25
70 Denise Cojuangco Chouman  Philippines 9.75 27.25 26.00 63.00
71 David Cooper Red Sails  Australia 24.00 40.25 24.00 88.25
— Alexander Earle Same Old Song  Puerto Rico 16.50 Elim. 34.75 Elim.
Jennifer Parlevliet Another Flood  Australia 5.75 37.00 — DNF
Kenji Morimoto Alcazar  Japan 5.00 Elim. — DNF
Kamal Bahamdan Missouri  Saudi Arabia 8.00 24.25 — DNF
Alejandro Davila Ejmplo  Colombia 16.00 36.25 — DNF
Franke Sloothaak Joly  Germany 4.00 Elim. — DNF
Thomas Metzger Royal Flash  Austria Elim. — — DNF
Justo Albarracin Dinastia Pampero  Argentina 12.00 8.00 4.00 24.00 DSQ
Ricardo Kierkegaard Renomme  Argentina 4.50 20.00 5.25 29.75 DSQ
Federico Castaing Landlord  Argentina 28.00 16.00 24.00 68.00 DSQ
Oscar Fuentes Henry J. Speed  Argentina 12.75 Elim. — DNF DSQ

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Equestrianism at the 1996 Atlanta Equestrian Games: Mixed Jumping, Individual". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 March 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Jumping, Individual, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 March 2021.