International equestrian festivals 1980

The International Festivals of the Olympic Equestrian Disciplines were three international equestrian events that took place in August 1980. The tournaments served as substitute competitions for the boycotting states for the 1980 Olympic Games and were therefore also referred to as the Olympic Substitute Games (or alternate Olympics in the English-speaking world ).

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During the ongoing Cold War , US President Jimmy Carter first publicly considered a boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics in January 1980 in response to the entry of Soviet troops into Afghanistan . As an ally of the United States of America, the British government also supported this stance. In April 1980 the US National Olympic Committee USOC voted for a boycott.

While only 42 National Olympic Committees joined this boycott, the majority of the Western European NOK decided to participate, contrary to the recommendations of their governments. A differentiated form of protest was agreed, such as not taking part in the Olympic ceremonies or running under the Olympic flag instead of one's own national flag.

The situation was complicated for the Duke of Edinburgh, Philip Mountbatten . Since 1964 he was President of the World Equestrian Federation FEI and in this capacity should have traveled to Moscow. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher , however, insisted on a boycott; As a member of the British royal family, Mountbatten was not allowed to undermine government decisions. The British Equestrian Federation declared its boycott of the Moscow Games early in 1980. As part of the CHIO Aachen 1980, dressage riders, judges and trainers met and, after a discussion, unanimously expressed the opinion that participation in Moscow would not be considered under the given circumstances. Of the NATO member states, only Italy sent riders to the Olympic Games, and riders from neutral Switzerland also joined the boycott.

While at least the Soviet Union was also able to celebrate successes in world and European championships in dressage and military at that time , the states of the Eastern Bloc were not of great importance in show jumping . The GDR had set the promotion of equestrian sport all the way to the Olympics 1972nd Thus in 1980 there was a non-participation of all nations of that time in the Olympic competitions of the discipline in show jumping . Only 16 show jumpers from seven nations competed in Moscow. Even in dressage and the military, the starting fields in Moscow remained small.

As a substitute, so-called international festivals were held in the three Olympic equestrian disciplines. In dressage, the competitions took place at the Goodwood International Dressage Festival, the show jumpers held their competitions in Rotterdam and the military riders started at the Festival international de concours complet de Fontainebleau. The festivals took place on three consecutive weekends.

Dressage: Goodwood International Dressage Festival

The prelude to the three festivals was that of the dressage rider : The Goodwood International Dressage Festival 1980 was held in front of the Duke of Richmond's estate , Goodwood House , in the south of England. The final day of the festival was August 10, 1980, when the Grand Prix Spécial was held.

In 1973 Goodwood House hosted an international dressage tournament for the first time, and in 1978 the world champions in dressage were determined here. The 1987 European Championships took place here later , before the dressage tradition ended with the handover of Goodwood House to the 11th Duke of Richmond, who was interested in motorsport, in 1993.

Dressage team ranking

In the first test, the Grand Prix de Dressage , 32 riders started with their horses. 18 of them belonged to the six teams that determined the winners of the team classification in this test. In addition to individual riders from other nations, there were also fourth riders from the high-performing nations at the start. They didn't count for the team.

Before 1980, the team of the Federal Republic of Germany had only been beaten once in the team decision at World and European Championships, in 1970 by the Soviet dressage team. In Goodwood, too, the German team lived up to their role as favorites and won. But the decision was closer than in previous years, the Swiss riders came close to that of the German riders with their results.

space	country	Riders and horses	Points (total)
1	BR Germany		4967
		Uwe Schulten-Baumer with Slivovitz
		Reiner Klimke with Ahlerich
		Uwe Sauer with a shepherd's dream
2	Switzerland		4838
		Christine Stückelberger with garnet
		Ulrich Lehmann with Widin
		Amy-Cathérine de Bary with Aintree
3	Denmark		4573
4th	France
5	Netherlands
		Francis Verbeek with Ivar
		Rien van der Schaft with Juroen
		Annemarie Sanders with Amon

Individual evaluation of dressage

The twelve best riders of the Grand Prix de Dressage qualified for the Grand Prix Spécial, which was used solely to determine the individual medalists. While last year's European champion, Elisabeth Theurer , was the only Austrian rider to compete in Moscow, Christine Stückelberger was the favorite in Goodwood. The 1978 World Champion and Vice-European Champion 1979 was the winner of the individual ranking at the Goodwood International Dressage Festival with her successful horse Granat .

While Uwe Schulten-Baumer was only 24 points behind Christine Stückelberger's result in the Grand Prix de Dressage, this gap increased to almost 80 points in the Special Grand Prix. Nevertheless it was enough for Schulten-Baumer and Slibowitz for the individual silver medal. One of the dominant horses of the next few years, the nine-year-old gelding Ahlerich , ridden by Reiner Klimke, found himself on the bronze rank. The German individual rider, Gabriela Grillo , also qualified for the Spécial and finished it in fifth place.

The youngest horse in the starting field was Marzog , with whom Anne Grethe Jensen finished second in the Olympics four years later. As the best Danish couple, they came eleventh in the Grand Prix Spécial.

rank	equestrian	horse	Points
1	Christine Stückelberger	garnet	1452
2	Uwe Schulten-Baumer	Slibovitz	1373
3	Reiner Klimke	Ahlerich	1345
4th	Uwe Sauer	Shepherd's dream
5	Gabriela Grillo	Ultimo
6th	Jennie Loriston-Clarke	Dutch courage
7th	Ulrich Lehmann	Vidin
8th	Francis Verbeek	Ivar
9	Dominique Flament	Vol au vent
10	Amy-Cathérine de Bary	Aintree
11	Anne Grethe Jensen	Marzog
12	Finn Saksø-Larsen	Coq d'Or

Show jumping: Internationaal Springruiterfestival Rotterdam

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Film about the Jumping Festival 1980 (in Dutch)

The Internationaal Spring Festival 1980 Ruiter (also: Jumping Festival , Rotterdam Show Jumping Festival ) was the festival of show jumping , it was from 13 to 17 August, 1980 in Rotterdam aligned. Today the FEI counts it as a world championship.

A horse show has been held in the Kralingse Bos, a forest east of the center of Rotterdam, since 1947. The CHIO Rotterdam has been the Netherlands' Nations Cup tournament since 1948 . In 1980 the annual CHIO was upgraded to the show jumping festival.

With Rotterdam, the choice fell on a venue with championship experience. The year before, the European Show Jumping Championships had taken place here. The show jumpers (men) also held their European championships here in 1957 and 1967, and the show jumpers in 1959.

Olympic amateurs competed almost exclusively at the Rotterdam Festival. The leading nations in the sport were oriented towards the amateur status at the Olympic Games, which was still required at the time . There were 57 riders from 18 nations at the start. 13 nations provided teams for the team competition. Two days before the start of the festival, the Polish team canceled their participation because the horses were not fit. The Soviet Union also withdrew its participants, this was justified with technical problems.

Team competition show jumping

Canada, whose team was not among the favorites, won the Nations Cup, the team decision of the show jumping festival. Even more unexpected was Austria's win of the bronze medal. Even gold would have been possible for the Austrians. But the later winning couple of the individual classification, Hugo Simon with Gladstone , made two obstacle errors.

space	country	Riders and horses	Penalty points (total)
1	Canada		16.50
		James Elder with volunteer
		Mark Laskin with Damuraz
		Ian Millar with Brother Sam
		Michel Vaillancourt with Chivaz
2	Great Britain		18.50
		John Whitaker with Mary Lou
		Nick Skelton with Maybe
		Graham Fletcher with Preachan
		Tim Grubb with Night Murmur
3	Austria		20.00
		Hugo Simon with Gladstone
		Georg Riedl with weekend
		Thomas Frühmann with the Danube
		Roland Fischer with Icarus
4th	BR Germany
		Paul Schockemöhle with Deister
		Peter Luther with Livy
		Gerd Wiltfang with a novel
		Ulrich Meyer zu Bexten with master's degree
5	Switzerland
		Walter Gabathuler with Harley
		Willi Melliger with Trumpf Buur
		Thomas Fuchs with Snow King
		Max Hauri with Beethoven
5	United States
		Melanie Smith with Calypso
		Terry Rudd with Semi Tough
		Norman Dello Joio with Allegro
		Katie Monahan with Silver Exchange
7th	France
		Gilles Bertrán de Balanda with Galoubet A
		Frédéric Cottier with Flambeau
		Jean-Marc Nicolas with Seaman
		Hervé Godignon with Fao de Biolay
8th	Australia
9	Netherlands
10	Belgium
11	Mexico
12	Sweden
13	Denmark

Individual competition show jumping

Individual winners: Hugo Simon and Gladstone

The individual evaluation was determined as part of the Rotterdam Grand Prix, which this year was named International Gold Cup. This was a jumping competition with two rounds and jump-off .

The course of the first round was 700 meters long and comprised 14 obstacles with 17 jumps. The most difficult point was the triple combination of oxer, steep jump and a triple bar as the jump. The first round was strongly criticized by the riders, Francois Mathy described it as life-threatening.

"What was built here was inconsiderate towards horse and rider."

- Hermann Schridde , former German national show jumping coach

In the second round, the 25 best riders from the first round were allowed to start. After two laps none of the participants was left without penalty points. Three riders with four penalty points qualified for the jump-off. Paul Schockemöhle narrowly missed the qualification for this, who had been a little too slow with Deister in the first lap and in addition to four penalty points received a quarter penalty point. In ninth place came the Mexican couple Joaquín Pérez de la Heras and Alymony , who had won the individual Olympic bronze medal in Moscow a few weeks earlier .

In the shortened jump-off course, John Whitaker and Melanie Smith each received four penalty points for an obstacle error. Hugo Simon, as the last starter, was therefore able to approach the course more easily with Gladstone . He had no jumping faults, so that his time overrun (0.75 time penalty points) did not prevent his victory.

rank	equestrian	horse	Penalty points 1st round	Penalty points 2nd round	Overall result	Sting
						Penalty points	time
1	Hugo Simon	Gladstone	4.00	0.00	4.00	0.75
2	John Whitaker	Ryan's Son	4.00	0.00	4.00	4.00	40.0  s
3	Melanie Smith	Calypso	4.00	0.00	4.00	4.00	42.4 s
4th	Paul Schockemoehle	Deister	4.25	0.00	4.25
5	Jeff McVean	Autograph	2.25	4.25	6.50
6th	Walter Gabathuler	Harley	4.00	4.00	8.00
7th	Willi Melliger	Trump Buur	8.00	0.00	8.00
8th	Gilles Bertrán de Balanda	Galoubet A	1.00	8.00	9.00
9	Joaquín Pérez	Alymony	8.00	4.00	12.00
10	Terry Rudd	Semi tough	8.50	4.00	12.50
11	James Elder	Volunteer	5.00	8.00	13.00
12	Peter Luther	Livy	9.50	4.00	13.50
13	Henk Nooren	Opstalan Shoreline	12.50	4.00	16.50
14th	Mariane Gilchrist	Goldray	9.00	8.00	17.00
15th	Kristian Maunula	Kingsize	9.00	8.00	17.00
16	Juan Antonio De Wit Guzmán	Olimpico	13.00	4.25	17.25
17th	Eric Wauters	Winnetou	4.00	16.25	20.25
18th	Royne Zetterman	Young Diamond	12.00	12.00	24.00
19th	José Oswaldo Méndez Herbruger	Pampas	14.00	10.25	24.25
20th	Alfonso Segovia	Agamenon	12.50	16.00	28.50
21st	Jan-Olof Wannius	Tredje Mannen	15.50	16.75	32.25
	...
28	Georg Riedl	Weekend
	...
32	Thomas Fuchs	Snow King

Military: Festival international de concours complet de Fontainebleau

As the last of the three festivals, the Festival international de concours complet de Fontainebleau 1980 was held from August 21 to 24, 1980. The venue was the Grand Parquet de Fontainebleau , a riding facility in the Fontainebleau forest , which is a good three kilometers southwest of the center of Fontainebleau .

For Fontainebleau, the Festival of Military Riders was the first international championship. 29 years later the next major event in eventing took place here with the European Championships . In addition, international versatility riding tournaments are held here on a regular basis, for example the French Nations Cup tournament from 2009 to 2016 .

On the day of the event, the festival had 25,000 visitors. The riders and horses had to cover a distance of 27.350 kilometers that day. The cross-country ride was divided into routes, the racetrack phase and the cross country phase. The participants expressed their appreciation for the off-road course, which would have been appropriate for an Olympic military.

"... Actually we had never seen or ridden a track of international level into which the builder had incorporated so many distinctive ideas, so many real and thought-provoking alternatives."

- Max Habel, then German national coach event riding

There were 69 riders at the start at the Fontainebleau Festival, eleven nations provided a team.

After the dressage phase, the team from the Federal Republic of Germany was in the lead, followed by the US team in second place. For the off-road day, the aim of the German riders was to arrive safely at the finish and to save energy for the final quarter of the route. After three couples were able to implement this requirement, the last German starting couple fell. However, according to the rules of the time, Karl Schultz and Madrigal were able to continue the course after the fall and ended the course at a reduced pace. 30 percent of the participants dropped out on the off-road course or remained error-free on the off-road course.

The United States team brought only two riders to the finish. However, since at least three of the four riders had to reach the goal for a team result, the US team was eliminated. The same was true for the Canadians (world champions 1978) and the British who dominated the military. The host French took the lead before jumping. In the final competition, the last phase of the military, France was able to secure the team gold medal, and Germany was also able to hold second place after the terrain until the end. In the individual ranking, three riders who had already been assessed as having good opportunities were able to win the medals: gold went safely to the European championship pair from 1979, Nils Haagensen and Monaco , silver and bronze to the Americans Wofford and Watkins.

Military team ranking

space	country	Riders and horses	Minus points (total)
1	France		298.70
		Armand Bigot with Gamin du Bois
		Joël Pons with Ensorceleuse II
		Jean-Yves Touzaint with pinball
		Thierry Touzaint with Gribouille
2	BR Germany		337.15
		Otto Ammermann with Volturno
		Rüdiger Schwarz with Power Game
		Harry Klugmann with Veberod
		Karl Schultz with madrigal
3	Australia		384.40
		Mervyn Bennett with Regal Realm
		Wayne Roycroft with Clouseau
		Philippa Glennan with rangefinder
		Andrew Hoy with Davey
4th	Ireland
5	Netherlands
		Martin Lips with Baby Face
		Simon de Jonge with Upper Church
		Eddy Stibbe with Autumn Haze
		Gerrit Lozeman with Herman Kroton

Individual ranking military

rank	equestrian	horse	Minus points
1	Nils Haagensen	Monaco	59.50
2	James C. Wofford	Carawich	71.85
3	Torrance Watkins	Poltroon	75.00
4th	Joël Pons	Ensorceleuse II
	...
7th	Lucinda Prior-Palmer	Village Gossip	99.00
	...
9	Helmut Rethemeier	Santiago
10	Otto Ammermann	Volturno
11	Rüdiger Schwarz	Power game
	...
21st	Harry Klugmann	Veberod
	...
27	Herbert Blocker	Contrast
28	Karl Schultz	madrigal

Web links

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Individual evidence

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2. ↑ put an end , Der Spiegel, March 24, 1980
3. ↑ An Affair to Remember: the 1980 Olympic Games - Three Perspectives: Christine Stückelberger's point of view , eurodressage.com, February 17, 2015, accessed on March 17, 2018
4. ↑ Missed Olympic Games , Max E. Ammann / Horse Week, June 14, 2016
5. ↑ Horst Köhler: A legend turns 70 ( Memento of the original from June 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Cavallo , accessed March 17, 2018 
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15. ↑ Olympic Games (dressage): 1980 Alternative Olympic Games Goodwood (GBR) - individual , hippomundo.com, accessed on March 18, 2018
16. ↑ CH-MS Rotterdam 1980 in the FEI tournament calendar
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22. ^ CH-MS - Rotterdam - OG Replacement: Final Classification, Team Result in the FEI results database
23. ↑ The riders spoke of a scandal . In: Hamburger Abendblatt . August 18, 1980, p. 14 .
24. ↑ International Gold Cup Rotterdam: Report and result in Schweizer Kavallerist 12/1980, reproduced on Walter Gabathuler's website , accessed on March 12, 2018
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