1952 Summer Olympics / Riding

At the 1952 Olympic Games in the Finnish capital Helsinki , six horse riding competitions were held.

Competitions

dressage

For the first time in Olympic history women were admitted to dressage competitions.

singles

space	country	Rider and horse	Points
1	SWE	Henri Saint Cyr on "Master Rufus"	561
2	THE	Lis Hartel on "Jubilee"	541.5
3	FRA	André Jousseaume on "Harpagon"	541

Results of the participants from the German-speaking area:

Heinz Pollay on "Adular" (7th), Ida von Nagel on "Afrika" (10th) and Fritz Thiedemann on "Chronicler XX" (12th)

Gottfried Trachsel on "Kursus" (4th), Henri Chammartin on "Wöhler" (6th) and Gustav Fischer on "Soliman" (8th)

team

space	country	Riders and horses	Points
1	Sweden	Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern jr. on "Krest" Gehnäll Persson on "Knaust" Henri Saint Cyr on "Master Rufus"	1597.5
2	Switzerland	Henri Chammartin on "Woehler" Gustav Fischer on "Soliman" Gottfried Trachsel on "Course"	1579
3	Germany	Heinz Pollay on "Adular" Fritz Thiedemann on "Chronicler XX" Ida von Nagel on "Africa"	1501

Show jumping

singles

space	country	Rider and horse	Penalty points
1	FRA	Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola "Ali Baba"	8/0 in the jump-off
2	CHI	Óscar Cristi on "Bambi"	8/4 in the jump-off
3	GER	Fritz Thiedemann on " Meteor "	8/8 in the jump-off

Results of other participants from German-speaking countries:

Georg Höltig on "Fink" (16.) and Hans Hermann Evers on "Baden" (34.)

Alexander Stoffel on "Vol au Vent" (42.)

team

space	country	Riders and horses	Penalty points
1	Great Britain	Harry Llewellyn on "Foxhunter" Douglas Stewart "Aherlow" Wilfred White on "Nizefela"	40.75
2	Chile	Óscar Cristi on "Bambi" Ricardo Echeverria on "Lindo Peal" César Mendoza on "Pillán"	45.75
3	United States	Arthur McCashin on "Miss Budweiser" John Russell on "Democrat" William Steinkraus on "Hollandia"	52.25
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6th	Germany	Hans Hermann Evers on "Baden" Georg Höltig on "Fink" Fritz Thiedemann on " Meteor "	60.0

versatility

singles

space	country	Rider and horse	Penalty points
1	SWE	Hans von Blixen-Finecke jr. on "Jubal"	28.33
2	FRA	Guy Lefrant on "Verdun"	54.5
3	GER	Wilhelm Büsing on "Hubertus"	55.5

Results of other participants from German-speaking countries:

Klaus Wagner on "Dachs" (5th) and Otto Rothe on "Trux von Kamax" (11th)

Jürgen Ziegler on "Vanna" (16th), Hans Schwarzenbach on "Vae vicits" (17th) and Werner Kilcher on "Voilette" (no E.)

team

space	country	Riders and horses	Penalty points
1	Sweden	Hans von Blixen-Finecke jr. on "Jubal" Folke Frölén on "Fair" Olof Stahre on "Komet"	221.94
2	Germany	Wilhelm Büsing on "Hubertus" Otto Rothe on "Trux von Kamax" Klaus Wagner on "Dachs"	235.49
3	United States	Charles Hough on "Cassivellannus" Walter Staley on "Craigwood Park" John Wolford on "Benny Grimes"	587.16

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Sweden	4th	0	0	4th
2	France	1	1	1	3
3	United Kingdom	1	0	0	1
4th	Chile	0	2	0	2
5	BR Germany	0	1	3	4th
6th	Denmark	0	1	0	1
6th	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
8th	United States	0	0	2	2

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