1956 Olympic Equestrian Games

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Equestrian Games of the XVI. Olympics
Olympic Rings.svg
Venue: Stockholm ( Sweden )
Stadion: Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Opening ceremony: June 10, 1956
Closing ceremony: June 17, 1956
Opened by: King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden
Olympic oath : Henri St Cyr (athlete)
Disciplines: 3 (1 sport)
Competitions: 6th
Countries: 29
Athletes: 164
← Helsinki 1952
Melbourne 1956 →
Medal table
place country G S. B. Ges.
1 SwedenSweden Sweden 3 - - 3
2 Germany team all German 1956All-German team Germany 2 3 1 6th
3 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 1 - 2 3
4th ItalyItaly Italy - 2 1 3
5 DenmarkDenmark Denmark - 1 - 1
6th Canada 1921Canada Canada - - 1 1
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland - - 1 1

The equestrian games of the XVI. The Olympics took place in Stockholm, Sweden in 1956 . From June 10th to 17th, the six Olympic equestrian competitions were held in the Stockholm Olympic Stadium from 1912 .

background

Melbourne , Australia, won the bid for the 1956 Olympic Games at the 1949 IOC Congress . The question then arose as to how the equestrian competitions should be carried out. The Australian quarantine law provided for strict quarantine conditions, which would have meant a six-month quarantine for the horses.

While there were hopes in Europe that the quarantine regulations would be relaxed, another solution was devised in Australia: Australian horses should be prepared for the Olympic equestrian competitions and then drawn among the participants at the Olympic Games. It was not until 1953 that the decision was made not to change the quarantine regulations and the holding of the equestrian competitions was canceled.

In May 1954, the IOC finally re-awarded the equestrian competitions of 1956 separately from the other Olympic competitions, and Stockholm was awarded the contract. Other candidate cities were Paris ( France ), Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil ), Berlin ( Germany ), Los Angeles ( USA ) and Buenos Aires ( Argentina ).

Attendees

164 athletes from 29 countries took part in the equestrian games. 5 countries - Egypt, Cambodia, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Spain - boycotted the five months later games in Melbourne and did not take part in any other competitions.

→ Participants in the games of the XVI. Melbourne Olympics

Europe (127 riders from 20 nations)
America (25 riders from 5 nations)
Asia (5 riders from 2 nations)
Africa (3 riders from 1 nation)
  • Egypt 1922Egypt Egypt + (3)
Oceania (4 riders from 1 nation)
(Number of riders)
* first participation in summer games
+ no participation in Melbourne

Competition program

At the 1956 Equestrian Games in Stockholm there were 6 competitions in one sport. In show jumping , the two competitions (individual and team) were converted into open competitions - at the previous Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 only men were allowed to compete.

Olympic sports / disciplines

Number of competitions in brackets

Time schedule

Time schedule
discipline Sun
10.		 Mon
11.		 Tuesday
12		 Wed.
13.		 Thursday
14.		 Fri.
15.		 Sat
16.		 Sun.
17.		 Decision-
disk-
applications		 spectator
June
Olympic rings.svg Opening ceremony
Equestrian sport Equestrian Dressage pictogram.svg dressage 2 2
Equestrian Jumping pictogram.svg Leap 2 2
Equestrian Eventing pictogram.svg versatility 2 2
Olympic rings.svg Closing ceremony
decisions 2 2 2 6th
Sun
10.		 Mon
11.		 Tuesday
12		 Wed.
13.		 Thursday
14.		 Fri.
15.		 Sat
16.		 Sun.
17.
June

Color legend

  • Opening ceremony
  • Competition day (no decisions)
  • Competition day (x decisions)
  • Closing ceremony

    • dressage

    The dressage program consisted exclusively of the Grand Prix de Dressage , which was held over June 15 and 16. There were 34 riders from 17 nations at the start.

    The evaluations of two judges were highly controversial: Both the Swedish judge and the one from the Federal Republic of Germany put the riders from their home country on the first three places. The responsible international federations drew conclusions from this: The World Equestrian Federation FEI banned both judges. The IOC even considered removing dressage riders entirely from the future Olympic program. Ultimately, the sport remained Olympic, but as a consequence several measures were taken at the 1960 Games. So there were only two riders from each nation at the start, there was no team competition.

    singles

    place country Rider and horse Points
    1 SwedenSweden SWE Henri Saint Cyr
    on "July"     		860.0
    2 DenmarkDenmark THE Lis Hartel
    on "Jubilee"     		850.0
    3 Germany team all German 1956All-German team EUA Liselott Linsenhoff
    on "Adular"     		832.0
    4th SwedenSweden SWE Gehnäll Persson
    on "Knaust"     		821.0
    5 FranceFrance FRA André Jousseaume
    on "Harpagon"     		814.0
    6th SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI Gottfried Trachsel
    on "course"     		807.0
    7th SwedenSweden SWE Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern Jr.
    on "Krest"     		794.0
    8th SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI Henri Chammartin
    on "Wöhler"     		789.0
    9 Germany team all German 1956All-German team EUA Hannelore Weygand
    on "Perkunos"     		785.0
    10 SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI Gustav Fischer
    on "Vasello"     		750.0
    ...
    14th Germany team all German 1956All-German team EUA Anneliese Küppers
    on "Africa"     		729.0
    ...
    25th AustriaAustria AUT Robert Lattermann
    on "Danubia"     		616.0
    ...
    34 AustriaAustria AUT Alexander Sagadin
    on "Cyprius"     		513.0

    team

    place country Riders and horses Points
    1 SwedenSweden Sweden Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern Jr.
    on "Krest"
    Gehnäll Persson
    on "Knaust"
    Henri Saint Cyr
    on "July"     		2475.0
    2 Germany team all German 1956All-German team Germany Liselott Linsenhoff
    on "Adular"
    Anneliese Küppers
    on "Afrika"
    Hannelore Weygand
    on "Perkunos"     		2346.0
    3 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland Henri Chammartin
    on "Woehler"
    Gustav Fischer
    on "Vasello"
    Gottfried Trachsel
    on "Course"     		2346.0
    4th Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union Sergei Filatow
    on "Ingas"
    Alexander Wtorow
    on "Repertoir"
    Nikolai Sitko
    on "Skatshek"     		2170.0
    5 DenmarkDenmark Denmark Lis Hartel
    on "Jubilee"
    Hermann Zobel
    on "Monty"
    Inger Lemvigh-Müller
    on "Bel Ami"     		2167.0

    Show jumping

    The show jumpers only had to compete in one test with two rounds in Stockholm, the result of which then counted for both the individual and the team decision. The course designer was Greger Lewenhaupt , who himself competed for Sweden at the Olympic Games in 1948. The jumping course comprised 14 obstacles with 17 jumps with a height of up to 1.60 meters. The obstacles also included many natural obstacles such as a reed fence and a park wall. In addition, a wall with a moat in front of it and two other moat obstacles had to be overcome.

    The Italian and German riders dominated. At the penultimate obstacle of the first lap, Hans Günter Winkler pulled a muscle tear. In order not to let the German team burst, he also competed in the second round and did the famous ride on his “wonder mare” Halla . He rode to the gold medal under strong medication, supposedly without control over the horse that carried him flawlessly across the course of its own accord. Winkler himself later cleared up this rumor; he always had control over his horse, albeit with great pain.

    singles

    place country Rider and horse Failure points
    1 Germany team all German 1956All-German team EUA Hans Günter Winkler
    on " Halla "     		4th
    2 ItalyItaly ITA Raimondo D'Inzeo
    on "Merano"     		8th
    3 ItalyItaly ITA Piero D'Inzeo
    on "Uruguay"     		11
    4th Germany team all German 1956All-German team EUA Fritz Thiedemann
    on " Meteor "     		12th
    United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR Wilfred White
    on "Nizefela"     		12th
    6th FranceFrance FRA Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola
    on "Voulette"     		15th
    7th PortugalPortugal POR Henrique Callado
    on "Martingil"     		16
    8th ArgentinaArgentina ARG Carlos Delia
    on "Discutido"     		19th
    9 Egypt 1922Egypt EGY Mohamed Selim Zaki
    on "Inch Allah"     		20th
    10 United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR Pat Smythe
    on "Flanagan"     		21
    11 Hungary 1949Hungary HUN Albert Szatola
    on "Aranyos"     		24
    Germany team all German 1956All-German team EUA Alfons Lütke-Westhues
    on "Ala"     		24
    United StatesUnited States United States Hugh Wiley
    on "Trail Guide"     		24
    ...
    19th SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI William de Rham
    on "Va-Vite"     		36
    ...
    34 SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI Alexander Stoffel
    on "Bricole"     		59
    ...
    37 SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI Marc Büchler
    on "Duroc"     		64.50
    ...
    - AustriaAustria AUT Adolf Lauda
    on "Schönbrunn"     		eliminated
    AustriaAustria AUT Peter Lichtner-Hoyer
    on "Rienzi"     		eliminated
    AustriaAustria AUT Romuald Halm
    on "Bianka"     		eliminated

    team

    place country Riders and horses Failure points
    1 Germany team all German 1956All-German team Germany Alfons Lütke-Westhues
    on "Ala"
    Fritz Thiedemann
    on " Meteor "
    Hans Günter Winkler
    on " Halla "     		40
    2 ItalyItaly Italy Piero D'Inzeo
    on "Uruguay"
    Raimondo D'Inzeo
    on "Merano"
    Salvatore Oppes
    on "Pagoro"     		66
    3 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain Peter Robeson
    on "Scorchin"
    Pat Smythe
    on "Flanagan"
    Wilfred White
    on "Nizefela"     		69
    4th ArgentinaArgentina Argentina Naldo Dasso
    on "Ramito"
    Pedro Oscar Mayorga Equioiz
    on "Coriolano"
    Carlos Delia
    on "Discutido"     		99.50
    5 United StatesUnited States United States Frank Chapot
    on "Belair"
    William Steinkraus
    on "Night Owl"
    Hugh Wiley
    on "Trail Guide"     		104.25
    ...
    9 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland Marc Büchler
    on "Duroc"
    Alexander Stoffel
    on "Bricole"
    William de Rham
    on "Va-Vite"     		159.50
    ...
    - AustriaAustria Austria Adolf Lauda
    on "Schönbrunn"
    Peter Lichtner-Hoyer
    on "Rienzi"
    Romuald Halm
    on "Bianka"     		eliminated

    Military (versatility)

    56 riders from 19 nations took part in the Stockholm Military, 36 of them finished the test. The test consisted of four days: The dress judgment test on June 11th and 12th, the cross-country ride on the following day and the jumping as the last partial test on June 14th.

    The military cross-country ride covers a distance of 34.850 kilometers, divided into five phases. In race track phase B, 3.6 kilometers with 12 obstacles had to be mastered in six minutes. Phases A, C and E were routes to be mastered.

    50,000 spectators came to Cross Country (Phase D). It covered 7.650 kilometers, on which 33 obstacles had to be overcome within 17 minutes. Difficulties here were short approach distances and poor ground conditions after heavy rain. A Trakehner ditch proved to be a particularly problematic obstacle: Obstacle number 22 consisted of a 2.50 meter deep ditch with a one meter high rick (an obstacle made of solid tree trunks). Due to the boggy ground, the horses could not find a hold when jumping in and out. The horse of the Swedish rider Johan Asker, Iller , fell here and slipped under the obstacle, it was shot on the spot. A removal during the ongoing test was not possible, the following starters had to jump over the dead horse. In total there were 12 falls and 28 refusals only at this obstacle.

    After the dressage, Otto Rothe and Sissi were in the lead with 98.40 minus points, and on the racetrack his result of 23.33 plus points was one of the better. In the cross country he got 72.97 minus points. Supplemented by 10 minus points from jumping, he came in 15th place. Frank Weldon was able to keep his third place out of dressage, but a cross country result of 5.34 plus points was not good enough for silver or gold. Petrus Kastenmann and August Lütke-Westhues owed their gold and silver medals to very good racing track and cross-country results. Of the 18 participating teams, eight brought a team result to the finish line, out of three teams not a single rider finished the test.

    singles

    place country Rider and horse Minus points
    1 SwedenSweden SWE Petrus Kastenman
    on "Iluster"     		66.53
    2 Germany team all German 1956All-German team EUA August Lütke-Westhues
    "Trux von Kamax"     		84.87
    3 United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR Francis Weldon
    on "Kilbarry"     		85.48
    4th Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union URS Lev Baklyschkin
    on "Guimnast"     		96.65
    5 Bulgaria 1967People's Republic of Bulgaria BUL Guenko Kroumov Rachkov
    on "Euphoria"     		111.23
    6th United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR Arthur Laurence Rook
    on "Wild Venture"     		119.64
    7th ItalyItaly ITA Gian-Carlo Gutierrez
    on "Winston"     		136.43
    8th ArgentinaArgentina ARG Juan Merbilha
    on "Gitana"     		136.46
    9 ItalyItaly ITA Adriano Capuzzo
    on "Tuft of Heather"     		139.41
    10 IrelandIreland IRL William Mullins
    on "Charleville"     		145.48
    ...
    15th Germany team all German 1956All-German team EUA Otto Rothe
    on "Sissi"     		158.04
    ...
    21 Germany team all German 1956All-German team EUA Klaus Wagner
    on "Prinzes"     		233.00
    ...
    30th SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI Emil-Otto Gmür
    on "Romeo"     		378.51
    31 SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI Roland Perret
    on "Erlfried"     		405.18
    ...
    33 SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI Samuel Koechlin
    on "Goya"     		577.21

    team

    place country Riders and horses Minus points
    1 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain Albert Hill
    on "Countryman III"
    Arthur Rook
    on "Wild Venture"
    Francis Weldon
    on "Kilbarry"     		355.48
    2 Germany team all German 1956All-German team Germany August Lütke-Westhues
    on "Trux von Mamax"
    Otto Rothe
    on "Sissi"
    Klaus Wagner
    on "Prinzes"     		475.91
    3 CanadaCanada Canada Jim Elder
    on "Colleen"
    Brian Herbinson
    on "Tara"
    John Rumble
    on "Cilroy"     		572.72
    4th AustraliaAustralia Australia Ern Barker
    on "Dandy"
    Wyatt Thompson
    on "Brown Sugar"
    Brian Crago
    on "Radar"     		619.98
    5 ItalyItaly Italy Giuseppe Molinari
    on "Uccello"
    Adriano Capuzzo
    on "Tuft of Heather"
    Gian-Carlo Gutierrez
    on "Winston"     		572.72
    ...
    8th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland Samuel Koechlin
    on "Goya"
    Roland Perret
    on "Erlfried"
    Emil-Otto Gmür
    on "Romeo"     		1360.90

    literature

    Web links

    Commons : 1956 Olympic Equestrian Games  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

    Individual evidence

    1. ^ A b c Max E. Ammann: History of equestrian sport: jumping, military, dressage, driving . Special edition, Prisma-Verlag, Gütersloh 1983, ISBN 3-570-09074-4 , p. 130-132 .
    2. ^ Games of the XVI Olympiad , history.fei.org, accessed March 10, 2018
    3. ↑ Official IOC Report 1956 Riding (PDF; 52.7 MB) p. 23
    4. ↑ 1956 The Sport , history.fei.org, accessed March 10, 2018
    5. ↑ a b Results dressage, Olympic Equestrian Games 1956 , history.fei.org, accessed on March 10, 2018
    6. ↑ a b c Results show jumping, Olympic Equestrian Games 1956 , history.fei.org, accessed on March 10, 2018
    7. ↑ HGW and Linsenhoff - The 50s: Greatest Triumphs followed by the Greatest Crisis , main article of issue 339, equivox.de, accessed on March 11, 2018
    8. ↑ a b c Results Military, Olympic Equestrian Games 1956 , history.fei.org, accessed on March 11, 2018
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