2004 Summer Olympics / Riding

At the 2004 Olympic Games in the Greek capital Athens , six horse riding competitions were held.

The venue was the Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Center .

dressage

singles

space	country	Rider and horse	percent
1	Netherlands	Anky van Grunsven Salinero	79.278
2	Germany	Ulla Salzgeber Rusty	78.833
3	Spain	Beatriz Ferrer Salad Beauvalais	76.667
4th	United States	Debbie McDonald Brentina	75.653
5	Germany	Hubertus Schmidt Wansuela Suerte	74.883
6th	United States	Robert Dover Kennedy	74.713
7th	Germany	Jan Brink Briar	73.727
8th	Spain	Rafael Soto Andrade Invader	73,606
9	Denmark	Andreas Helgstrand Cavan	72.864
10	Denmark	Per Sandgaard Zancor	72,426
11	Netherlands	Imke Schellekens-Bartels Lancet	72.107
12	Spain	Juan Antonio Jimenez Guizo	71.644
13	Great Britain	Carl Hester Escapado	71,561
14th	United States	Guenter Seidel Aragon	71,447
15th	Germany	Martin Schaudt Space	69.656
	...
17th	Netherlands	Sven Rothenberger Barclay	69.437
18th	Switzerland	Silvia Iklé Salieri	69.101
	...
20th	Austria	Victoria Max-Theurer Falcao	68.754
	...
25th	Austria	Nina Stadlinger Egalité	66.148

Note: Places 1 to 15: average from Grand Prix, Grand Prix Spécial and Grand Prix Freestyle; Places 16 to 25: Average of Grand Prix and Grand Prix Spécial.

team

space	country	Riders and horses	percent
1	Germany	Heike Kemmer on Bonaparte Ulla Salzgeber on Rusty Martin Schaudt on Weltall Hubertus Schmidt on Wansuela Suerte	74.653
2	Spain	Beatriz Ferrer salad on Beauvalais Juan Antonio Jimenez on Guizo Ignacio Rambla on Oleaje Rafael Soto Andrade on Invasor	72.917
3	United States	Robert Dover on Kennedy Debbie McDonald on Brentina Guenter Seidel on Aragon Lisa Wilcox on Relevant 5	71,500
4th	Netherlands	Imke Schellekens-Bartels on Lancet Marlies van Baalen on Idocus Anky van Grunsven on Salinero Sven Rothenberger on Barclay	71.264
5	Denmark	Lone Jörgensen on Ludewig Per Sandgaard on Zancor Jon Pedersen on Esprit de Valdemar Andreas Helgstrand on Cavan	69.333
	...
8th	Austria	Fritz Gaulhofer on Werther's Wels Nina Stadlinger on Egalite Victoria Max-Theurer on Falcao Peter Gmoser on Don Debussy	66,570
	...
10	Switzerland	Christian Pläge on Regent Daniel Ramseier on Palladio Silvia Iklé on Salieri	65.653

The German dressage team won the eleventh gold at the Olympic Games. Ulla Salzgeber on Rusty achieved the best mark ever achieved at the Olympic Games in the Grand Prix de Dressage with 78.208 percent. A total of ten teams took part in the team competition.

Show jumping

singles

space	country	Rider and horse	Failure points
1	Brazil	Rodrigo Pessoa Baloubet du Rouet	8th
2	United States	Chris Kappler Royal caliber	8th
3	Germany	Marco Kutscher Montender	9
4th	Sweden	Peder Fredricson Magic Bengtsson	12
	Belgium	Ludo Philippaerts Parco	12
	Ireland	Kevin Babington Carling King	12
	Sweden	Rolf-Göran Bengtsson Mac Kinley	12
	Great Britain	Robert Smith Mr. Springfield	12
	Belgium	Dirk Demeersman Clinton	12
10	Denmark	Thomas Velin Carnute	13
	Great Britain	Nick Skelton Arko	13
12	New Zealand	Daniel Meech Diagonal	14th
13	Switzerland	Christina Liebherr No Mercy	17th
14th	South Korea	Son Bong-gak Cim Christo	18th
15th	Italy	Juan Carlos García Albin	20th
	Japan	Taizo Sugitani Lamalushi	20th
17th	Germany	Otto Becker Cento	21st
	Ireland	Jessica Kürten Maike	21st
	...
34	Switzerland	Fabio Crotta Mme. Pompadour	16
	...
44	Switzerland	Markus Fuchs Tinka’s Boy	UP

After Pessoa had submitted 4 fault points in the jump-off for the silver medal, Kappler had to give up after about half of the course, as his stallion Royal Kaliber had represented himself. Marco Kutscher missed the jump-off for the silver medal only with a time error of a few hundredths of a second.

The Irish Cian O'Connor was deprived of the gold medal because of doping, whereby Marco Kutscher moved up into the medal ranks. The retrospectively awarded medal was presented on October 21.

Note: Places 1 to 27: result from both rounds of the individual final; Places 28 to 44: Result from the first round of the individual final.

team

space	country	Riders and horses	Failure points
1	United States	Chris Kappler on Royal Caliber Beezie Madden on Authentic McLain Ward on Sapphire Peter Wylde on Fein Cera	20th
2	Sweden	Malin Baryard-Johnsson on Butterfly Flip Rolf-Göran Bengtsson on MacKinley Peter Eriksson on Cardento Peder Fredericson on Magic Bengtsson	20th
3	Germany	Christian Ahlmann on Cöster Otto Becker on Cento Marco Kutscher on Montender	21st
4th	Netherlands	Wim Schröder on Montreal Leopold van Asten on Fleche Rouge Gert-Jan Bruggink on Joel Gerco Schröder on Monaco	24
5	Switzerland	Steve Guerdat on Olympic Christina Liebherr on No Mercy Fabio Crotta on Mme. Pompadour Markus Fuchs on Tinka's Boy	26th

The German team was able to win the competition with the third rider.
The decision for second place was only made in the jump-off, which the USA won because of the better time.

But then " Goldfever ", the horse of the German rider Ludger Beerbaum , was noticed during the doping test. Even the international sports court CAS believed that Beerbaum had only used the proven substance betamethasone to treat skin irritation in horses. The FEI Judicial Committee also accepted that the substance was used for a medical indication and not to improve performance. Nevertheless, "Goldfever" "did indeed have a prohibited substance in its body and was to be disqualified according to the rules. Beerbaum waived an appeal.

The gold medal went to the US team. Sweden moved up to the silver rank. Germany's remaining three riders remained after all, still the bronze medal, as the actual match results (1st round five, 2.DL 8 points) now came to the vote.

versatility

singles

space	country	Rider and horse	Minus points
1	Great Britain	Leslie Law Shear L'Eau	44.40
2	United States	Kimberly Severson Winsome Adante	45.20
3	Great Britain	Philippa Funnell Primmore’s Pride	46.60
4th	France	Jean Teulère Espoir de la Mare	50.40
5	Germany	Hinrich Romeike Marius	51.20
6th	United States	Amy Tryon Poggio	51.80
7th	New Zealand	Heelan Tompkins Glengarrick	52.00
8th	France	Nicolas Touzaint Galan de Sauvagère	52.40
9	Germany	Bettina Hoy Ringwood Cockatoo	55.60 (= 41.60 + 14.00)
10	Belgium	Constantin van Rijckevorsel Withcote Nellie	58.40
11	Australia	Rebel Morrow Oaklea Groover	60.20
12	United States	Darren Chiacchia Windfall	60.60
13	Australia	Phillip Dutton Nova Top	62.80
14th	Germany	Andreas Dibowski Little Lemon	63.00
15th	New Zealand	Matthew Grayling Revo	63.20
	...
19th	Austria	Harald Ambros Miss Ferrari	73.20
	...
26th	Germany	Frank Ostholt Air Jordan	54.00
	...
45	Austria	Harald Siegl giant	95.80
	...
58	Austria	Harald Riedl Foxy	141.40
	...
63	Croatia	Pepo Puch Banville d'Ivoy	158.20

Bettina Hoy was stripped of the gold medal (see below). She received 12 penalty points and dropped back to ninth place with 53.60 points. Hinrich Romeike on "Marius" came fifth with 51.20 points, Andreas Dibowski on "Little Lemon" came in 14th with 63.00 points.

Note: Places 1 to 25: result including individual jumping.

team

space	country	Riders and horses	Minus points
1	France	Arnaud Boiteau on Expo du Moulin Didier Courrèges on Débat d'Estruval Cédric Lyard on Fine Merveille Jean Teulère on Espoir de la Mière Nicolas Touzaint Galan de Sauvagère	140.40
2	Great Britain	Jeanette Brakewell on Over to You William Fox-Pitt on Tamarillo Philippa Funnell on Primmore's Pride Mary King on King Solomon III Leslie Law on Shear L'Eau	143.00
3	United States	Darren Chiacchia on Windfall II Julie Richards on Jacob Two Two Kimberly Severson on Winsome Adante Amy Tryon on Poggio II John Williams on Carrick	145.60
4th	Germany	Andreas Dibowski on Little Lemon Bettina Hoy Ringwood Cockatoo Ingrid Klimke on Sleep Late Frank Ostholt on Air Jordan Hinrich Romeike on Marius	147.80 (= 133.80 + 14.00)
5	New Zealand	Andrew Nicholson on Fenicio Daniel Jocelyn Silence Blyth Tait on Ready Teddy Matthew Grayling on Revo Heelan Tompkins on Glengarrick	176.20
	...
13	Austria	Harald Ambros on Miss Ferrari Harald Siegl Gigant Harald Riedl on Foxy Margit Appelt on Ice on Fire Andreas Zehrer on Rämmi Dämmi	306.40

After a protest by France, the German team was briefly stripped of the gold medal and a penalty of 14 points was awarded for exceeding the time limit, as the German final rider Bettina Hoy made a mistake at the beginning of the course. As a result, the team fell to fourth place in the overall standings. Hoy accidentally crossed the starting line during a short warm-up lap. The time measurement during Hoy's victory ride started incorrectly after crossing the start line a second time. As a rule, this should have happened after the first time it was exceeded.

Therefore, after Germany's own objection to this judgment, the gold medal was awarded again for reasons of sportiness. The jury should have indicated the beginning of the time measurement to the final German rider when she first crossed the start line. This would have given Hoy the chance to finish the short lap faster and could have stayed in the allowed time of 90 seconds.

After a renewed objection from the following nations France, Great Britain and the USA , the decision was referred to the International Court of Justice . The latter decided on August 21st that both medals should be revoked from Germany. The court justified the decision , which was heavily criticized from many sides, with the fact that the FEI arbitration tribunal, which awarded the German team and Bettina Hoy the medal again after the German objection, should not have overturned the decision of the ground jury of the world association because it was itself it was a factual decision.

On August 25, the World Equestrian Federation (FEI) submitted a petition to the IOC to award the gold medal twice, but not to officially evaluate the German medals. This pardon was rejected by the IOC on August 27th. The decision is then final.

Medal table riding

Medal table riding
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	United States	1	2	2	5
2	Germany	1	1	2	4th
3	Great Britain	1	1	1	3
4th	Brazil	1	-	-	1
	France	1	-	-	1
	Netherlands	1	-	-	1
7th	Spain	-	1	1	2
8th	Sweden	-	1	-	1

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Olympic Summer Games 2004, dressage results in the FEI History Hub
2. ↑ ^{a b} Olympic Summer Games 2004, Show jumping results in the FEI History Hub
3. ↑ ^{a b} Olympic Summer Games 2004, eventing results in the FEI History Hub
4. ↑ German Olympic Committee for Horse Riding (ed.): We ride for Germany: 100 years of equestrian sport in the German Olympic Committee for Horse Riding . FN publishers of the German Equestrian Association, Warendorf 2013, ISBN 978-3-88542-783-4 , p. 282 f .