2012 Summer Olympics / Riding

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venue	London United Kingdom
Competition venue	Greenwich Park
Nations	41
date	July 28 to August 9, 2012
decisions	6th
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Interior view of the equestrian stadium in Greenwich Park

The equestrian stadium under construction, early June 2012

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in the British capital, London , from July 28th to August 9th, six equestrian competitions were held in Greenwich Park , one individual and one team decision in dressage , show jumping and eventing .

Women and men have traditionally measured each other together. The competition program in show jumping and eventing was identical to that of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing / Hong Kong , but the procedure for dressage was changed.

Changes in the program

In show jumping and eventing there was no change from the last Olympic Games. In dressage, however, the program was changed significantly: The individual evaluation was decided exclusively in the Grand Prix Freestyle . The team ranking was decided on the basis of the arithmetic mean of the results of the Grand Prix de Dressage and Grand Prix Spécial .

Due to the tight schedule in London, a shortened Grand Prix Spécial was ridden out, which will be used at international tournaments from October 1, 2011 until the end of 2012. Since this shortened test could not convince the riders, the old Grand Prix Spécial will be reintroduced after the Olympic Games.

"It was good to have ridden the new special in a test and I can already say - I'm not looking forward to the next time."

- Ulla Salzgeber on the shortened Grand Prix Spécial

Competitions and schedule

Equestrian competitions and schedule
	July August
Competitions	28.	29	30th	31.	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.	9.
Dressage singles
Dressage team
Jump single
Jump team
Versatility single
Versatility team

Results versatility

Nicola Wilson and opposition Buzz on the course of the 2012 Olympics

The eventing rider's program began on the first official day of competition (Saturday, July 28, 2012) with the discipline of dressage. This continued on July 29th. On both days the rides took place between 10:00 a.m. and around 4:30 p.m. local time.

One day later, on July 30th, the field test was held between 12:30 p.m. and 5:45 p.m. local time. Participating athletes and coaches described this in advance as a relatively short route with very steep ascents and descents, and the time allowed was very tight. Another special feature were often low-hanging branches, as the trees, as part of the Greenwich Park World Heritage Site, were only allowed to be pruned to a very limited extent.

The team competition took place on July 31st between 10:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Up to this point, individual and team competitions have been held in the same competition. While the team competition was decided after the team competition, an individual competition followed. This was carried out from 2:30 p.m. local time and is due to the Olympic rule that no two medals should be awarded for the same performance.

Intermediate results

Partial dressage test

After the first day of dressage Ingrid Klimke and Butts Abraxxas were in the lead in the individual ranking. With a value of 39.30 minus points, however, she clearly missed her record of the last European championships of 30.00 minus points. Dirk Schrade came in second with King Artus (39.80 minus points) ahead of Mary King with 40.90 minus points.

After the first day of the tournament was accompanied by bright sunshine, the weather worsened significantly the following day. The test had to be temporarily interrupted due to heavy rain and an approaching thunderstorm.

After the end of the second dressage day, before the cross-country course, the Japanese rider Yoshiaki Ōiwa, trained by Dirk Schrade , led with 38.10 minus points, Schrade himself was in sixth place. In second place was Stefano Brecciaroli , who was the best non-German individual rider last year at the European Championships in fifth place in the final ranking. Third place went to the experienced Mark Todd . The previous day's leader, Ingrid Klimke, shared fourth place with the Swede Sara Algotsson-Ostholt with Wega with 39.30 minus points.

In the team standings, the German team led by a narrow margin of three minus points.

Individual evaluation after the dressage:

rank	equestrian	horse	Minus points (percent)
1	Yoshiaki Oiwa	Noonday de Conde	38.10 (74.568%)
2	Stefano Brecciaroli	Apollo van de Wendi Kurt Hoeve	38.50 (74.321%)
3	Mark Todd	Campino	39.10 (73.951%)
4th	Ingrid Klimke	Butts Abraxxas	39.30 (73.827%)
	Sara Algotsson-Ostholt	Vega	39.30 (73.827%)
6th	Dirk Schrade	King Arthur	39.80 (73.457%)
7th	Sandra Auffarth	Opgun Louvo	40.00 (73.333%)
	...
11	Michael Jung	Sam	40.60 (72.963%)
	...
58	Peter Thomsen	Barny	58.50 (60.988%)
	...
71	Harald Ambros	O-Feltiz	69.50 (53.704%)

Team evaluation after dressage

space	country	Riders and horses	Minus points
1	Germany	Peter Thomsen Barny Dirk Schrade King Artus Ingrid Klimke Butts Abraxxas Sandra Auffarth Opgun Louvo Michael Jung Sam	119.10 (58.50) 39.80 39.30 40.00 (40.60)
2	Australia	Lucinda Fredericks Flying Finish Andrew Hoy Rutherglen Sam Griffiths Happy Times Christopher Burton Leilani Clayton Fredericks Bendigo	122.10 40.00 41.70 (45.40) (46.10) 40.40
3	Great Britain	Mary King Imperial Cavalier Nicola Wilson Opposition Buzz Zara Phillips High Kingdom Kristina Cook Miners Frolic William Fox-Pitt Cool Mountain	127.00 40.90 (51.70) (46.10) 42.00 44.10
4th	Sweden	Sara Algotsson-Ostholt Wega Ludwig Svennerstål Shamwari Niklas Lindback Mister Pooh Linda Algotsson La Fair Malin Petersen Sofarsogood	128.20 39.30 43.70 45.20 (59.80) (60.40)
	New Zealand	Jonelle Richards Flint Star Caroline Powell Lenamore Andrew Nicholson Nereo Jonathan Paget Clifton Promise Mark Todd Campino	128.20 (56.70) (52.20) 45.00 44.10 39.10
...

Zara Phillips with High Kingdom at the water jump, off-road course of the 2012 Olympic Games

Partial test terrain

Right at the beginning of the test, which was classified as difficult due to the mountainousness and the tight time, a faultless ride succeeded. The Australian rider Christopher Burton had a faultless cross-country ride with his horse Leilani without a minus point. Overall, nine out of 74 starters managed to finish the area without any further negative points.

Nevertheless, the off-road course clearly showed its difficulty. 15 riders were eliminated, such as the previous day leader Yoshiaki Oiwa. Clayton Fredericks, one of the favorites, also dropped out due to a fall, while his wife Lucinda Fredericks had a runaway when jumping in the water (20 minus points, an additional 18 minus points by exceeding the permitted time).

The teams of Japan and Canada each had to record three riders eliminated due to refusals or falls, so these teams could no longer provide a complete team result (for which three riders would have been required). This also applied to the Dutch team, which consisted of only three riders, one of whom did not finish the cross-country course.

Before the first jump, the German team had a lead of slightly over an obstacle release (5.50 minus points). The gaps between places two to four were very small.

Individual evaluation according to the terrain:

rank	equestrian	horse	Minus points
			dressage	terrain	Intermediate result
1	Ingrid Klimke	Butts Abraxxas	39.30	0.00	39.30
	Sara Algotsson-Ostholt	Vega	39.30	0.00	39.30
3	Mark Todd	Campino	39.10	0.40	39.50
4th	Michael Jung	Sam	40.60	0.00	40.60
5	Kristina Cook	Miners Frolic	42.00	0.00	42.00
	...
8th	Sandra Auffarth	Opgun Louvo	40.00	4.80	44.80
	...
17th	Dirk Schrade	King Arthur	39.80	10.80	50.60
	...
33	Peter Thomsen	Barny	58.50	5.20	63.70
	...
-	Harald Ambros	O-Feltiz	69.50	eliminated	eliminated

Team evaluation according to the terrain:

space	country	Riders and horses	Minus points
			dressage	terrain	Intermediate result
1	Germany	Peter Thomsen Barny Dirk Schrade King Artus Ingrid Klimke Butts Abraxxas Sandra Auffarth Opgun Louvo Michael Jung Sam	58.50 39.80 39.30 40.00 40.60	5.20 10.80 0.00 4.80 0.00	124.70 (63.70) (50.60) 39.30 44.80 40.60
2	Great Britain	Mary King Imperial Cavalier Nicola Wilson Opposition Buzz Zara Phillips High Kingdom Kristina Cook Miners Frolic William Fox-Pitt Cool Mountain	40.90 51.70 46.10 42.00 44.10	1.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 9.20	130.20 42.10 (51.70) 46.10 42.00 (53.30)
3	Sweden	Sara Algotsson-Ostholt Wega Ludwig Svennerstål Shamwari Niklas Lindback Mister Pooh Linda Algotsson La Fair Malin Petersen Sofarsogood	39.30 43.70 45.20 59.80 60.40	0.00 0.40 2.80 20.00 0.80	131.40 39.10 44.10 48.00 (79.80) (61.20)
4th	New Zealand	Jonelle Richards Flint Star Caroline Powell Lenamore Andrew Nicholson Nereo Jonathan Paget Clifton Promise Mark Todd Campino	56.70 52.20 45.00 44.10 39.10	6.00 1.60 0.00 4.80 0.40	133.40 (62.70) (53.80) 45.00 48.90 39.50
...

Sandra Auffarth and Opgun Louvo jumping through the last obstacle of the cross-country course of the 2012 Olympic Games

Final results

After the "vet check" (the veterinary control) on the morning of the final day of the eventing competitions, 59 horse-rider pairs started in team jumping. After Peter Thomsen had to record eight minus points, the following three German riders (Dirk Schrade, Sandra Auffarth and Michael Jung) each managed a faultless round. Since the competing teams had to score some minus points beforehand, Jungs Ritt already brought the no longer to be taken lead for the German team.

The penultimate starter, Kristina Cook, managed a faultless ride on the show jumping course with her gelding Miners Frolic and only had one minus point for exceeding the time. The silver medal went to the British team. Ingrid Klimke concluded the first jumping competition with her horse Butts Abraxxas , whose weakness is show jumping. Both finished the jumping competition with nine minus points for two obstacle drops and exceeding the time limit.

The team medals were presented by Princess Anne , including her daughter Zara Phillips as part of the British team.

After a break, the decision about the individual medals was made. For this purpose, another jumping competition with a different course was held for the best 25 riders. However, the regulations stipulated that only three starters per participating nation were allowed to compete in this round. As a result, Dirk Schrade (previously 10th place), William Fox-Pitt (16th place), Nicola Wilson (21st place) and Caroline Powell (25th place) were no longer allowed to compete and in the final ranking Places 26 to 29.

Due to the well-known weakness of Ingrid Klimke's horse Butts Abraxxas in the jumping competition , it was already considered before the Olympic Games to give up Klimke in the individual jumping in favor of another German rider. When this situation arose in London, Klimke withdrew in favor of Dirk Schrade, who was placed just behind her, to give him a start. However, since the regulations did not provide for such a possibility, the starting field in the final competition only comprised 24 riders.

Sandra Auffarth was the first German starter to start here. With a round without additional minus points, she was able to hold her fifth place and still hope for an improvement. The British riders Kristina Cook and Mary King started after her, each with eight minus points. Sandra Auffarth thus secured the bronze medal at her first Olympic Games.

As the penultimate starter Michael Jung started with Sam and again achieved a faultless lap. Sara Algotsson-Ostholt started after him, who now had the chance to become the first woman ever to become an individual Olympic champion in eventing. She stayed clear until the last obstacle, but had to record a throw there. Michael Jung, who celebrated his 30th birthday on this day, also won the individual gold medal. This makes him the first rider in the history of eventing to be the reigning Olympic champion, world and European champion in the individual standings.

Individual evaluation

rank	equestrian	horse	Minus points
			dressage	terrain	Team jumping	Single jump	total
1	Michael Jung	Sam	40.60	0.00	0.00	0.00	40.60
2	Sara Algotsson-Ostholt	Vega	39.30	0.00	0.00	4.00	43.30
3	Sandra Auffarth	Opgun Louvo	40.00	4.80	0.00	0.00	44.80
4th	Andrew Nicholson	Nereo	45.00	0.00	0.00	4.00	49.00
5	Mary King	Imperial Cavalier	40.90	1.20	0.00	8.00	50.10
	...
25th	Ingrid Klimke	Butts Abraxxas	39.30	0.00	9.00	not started	-
26th	Dirk Schrade	King Arthur	39.80	10.80	0.00		50.60
	...
31	Peter Thomsen	Barny	58.50	5.20	8.00		71.70
	...
-	Harald Ambros	O-Feltiz	69.50	eliminated			-

Team ranking

space	country	Riders and horses	Minus points
			dressage	terrain	Leap	total
1	Germany		119.90	4.80	9.00	133.70
		Peter Thomsen Barny	58.50	5.20	8.00	71.70
		Dirk Schrade King Arthur	39.80	10.80	0	50.60
		Ingrid Klimke Butts Abraxxas	39.30	0	9.00	48.30
		Sandra Auffarth Opgun Louvo	40.00	4.80	0	44.80
		Michael Jung Sam	40.60	0	0	40.60
2	Great Britain		129.00	1.20	8.00	138.20
		Mary King Imperial Cavalier	40.90	1.20	0	42.10
		Nicola Wilson opposition buzz	51.70	0	4.00	55.70
		Zara Phillips High Kingdom	46.10	0	7.00	53.10
		Kristina Cook Miners Frolic	42.00	0	1.00	43.00
		William Fox-Pitt Cool Mountain	44.10	9.20	0	53.30
3	New Zealand		128.20	5.20	11.00	144.40
		Jonelle Richards Flint Star	56.70	6.00	9.00	71.70
		Caroline Powell Lenamore	52.20	1.60	4.00	57.80
		Andrew Nicholson Nereo	45.00	0	0	45.00
		Jonathan Paget Clifton Promise	44.10	4.80	4.00	52.90
		Mark Todd Campino	39.10	0.40	7.00	46.50
4th	Sweden		128.20	3.20	17.00	148.40
		Sara Algotsson-Ostholt Wega	39.30	0	0	39.30
		Ludwig Svennerstål Shamwari	43.70	0.40	8.00	52.10
		Niklas Lindback Mister Pooh	45.20	2.80	9.00	57.00
		Linda Algotsson La Fair	59.80	20.00	0	79.80
		Malin Petersen Sofarsogood	60.40	0.80	6.00	67.20

Results dressage

In the team competition, the teams consisted of three riders with their horses, as they did four years earlier. In addition to their team riders , individual NOKs were also able to qualify an additional individual starter outside the team.

The first dressage test at the Games in London was the Grand Prix de Dressage . This formed the first partial test of the team classification and also served as a qualification test for the individual starters. It was held on August 2nd and 3rd between 11:00 am and 3:30 pm local time.

The second test was the Grand Prix Spécial . It was played on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. local time. The riders of the best seven teams and eleven other individual starters qualified for this. The results of the Grand Prix Spécial also counted exclusively for the team evaluation, for the individual evaluation they were only relevant as qualification for the next test, the Grand Prix Freestyle . The team result was determined from the average of the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix Spécial.

The individual decision was made in the Grand Prix Freestyle. Only the 18 best participants from the Grand Prix Spécial were allowed to start here.

The international judging panel consisted of the three dressage tests of Maribel Alonso de Quinzanos (Mexico), Stephen Clarke (United Kingdom), Evi Eisenhardt (Germany), Wim Ernes (Netherlands), Gary Rockwell (United States), Jean-Michel Roudier (France) and Leif Törnblad (Denmark). The chief judges at track marking C were Rockwell in the Grand Prix de Dressage, Törnblad in the Grand Prix Special and Clarke in the Grand Prix Freestyle.

Team ranking

In the team standings, the British team took the lead after the Grand Prix de Dressage, but initially this was only around 0.5 percent of the team average. In the Grand Prix Spécial, however, Charlotte Dujardin (who already achieved a result of over 83 percent in the Grand Prix de Dressage) also achieved her team mate Carl Hester with Uthopia a result of over 80 percent. In contrast, the young German team could not quite repeat their very strong result from the Grand Prix de Dressage, all three riders stayed below 79 percent with their horses. This enabled the British team to expand their lead on average to over 1.7 percent and thus clearly won the gold medal.

Medal handover, team evaluation of dressage riders

This was the first ever victory for a British dressage team at the Olympics. Still, this victory was not unexpected. Already in 2011 a strengthening of new British couples could be observed, which culminated in the team gold medal European Championships in Dressage 2011 . The end of the German winning streak (with the exception of the Olympic boycott in 1980 , with the exception of the Olympic boycott in 1980, the teams in the Federal Republic of Germany had won Olympic team gold without interruption) was nevertheless not considered a defeat in the specialist press, by players and officials. The German dressage committee chairman, Klaus Roeser, summed up: "That's why we won silver and not lost gold."

The Dutch team also made it into the top group, about one percent behind Germany on average. What was remarkable about the Dutch team was the ownership structure of the horses: two thirds of the horses, Gaston Glock ( Undercover ) and Herbert Jerich ( Parzival ), are Austrian owners or co-owners. Austria itself was only able to qualify two individual riders and therefore did not take part in the team classification.

The other four teams in the Grand Prix Spécial were largely the same in the final result, the average of all rides from the Grand Prix de Dressage and Grand Prix Spécial. These were the teams from Spain, the United States, Sweden and Denmark who averaged between 72.287 and 73.846 percent.

The teams from Poland and Australia did not qualify for the Grand Prix Spécial, each remaining under 69 percent in the Grand Prix de Dressage. The Olympic Games were already over for the Canadian team at the Grand Prix de Dressage: Capital , David Marcus's horse, was very impressed by the atmosphere of the riding arena and panicked, so that the rider was rang and disqualified.

Intermediate result (Grand Prix de Dressage)

space	country	Riders and horses	percent
1	Great Britain	Carl Hester Uthopia Charlotte Dujardin Valegro Laura Bechtolsheimer Mistral Hojris	ø 79.407% 77.720% 83.663% 76.839%
2	Germany	Dorothee Schneider Diva Royal Kristina Sprehe Desperados Helen Langehanenberg Damon Hill NRW	ø 78.845% 76.277% 79.119% 81.140%
3	Netherlands	Anky van Grunsven Salinero Edward Gal Undercover Adelinde Cornelissen Parzival	ø 76.809% 73.343% 75.395% 81.687%

Bottom line

space	country	Riders and horses	percent
			Grand Prix	GP Special	average
1	Great Britain		79,407	80.550	79.979
		Carl Hester Uthopia	77.720	80.571	79.146
		Charlotte Dujardin Valegro	83.663	83.286	83.475
		Laura Bechtolsheimer Mistral Hojris	76.839	77.794	77.317
2	Germany		78.845	77,587	78.216
		Dorothee Schneider Diva Royal	76.277	77.571	76,924
		Kristina Sprehe Desperados	79.119	76.254	77.687
		Helen Langehanenberg Damon Hill NRW	81.140	78.937	80.039
3	Netherlands		76,809	77.444	77.124
		Anky van Grunsven Salinero	73,343	74.794	74.069
		Edward Gal undercover	75.395	75.556	75.476
		Adelinde Cornelissen Parzival	81.687	81.984	81.836
4th	Denmark		73.845	73.847	73.846
		Anne van Olst Clearwater	71,322	72.016	71.669
		Anna Kasprzak Donnperignon	75.289	73.794	74,542
		Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Digby	74.924	75.730	75.327

Individual evaluation

The decision of the individual valuation in the dressage was made in the Grand Prix Freestyle between the 18 best participants from the Grand Prix Spécial. For this only the result of the Grand Prix Freestyle counted.

In the freestyle, the German dressage riders had little luck and got three starting places in a row in the middle of the starting field. The situation was even more unfavorable for Victoria Max-Theurer, who was drawn to fifth out of 18 starting places. Max-Theurer and her self- bred stallion Augustin achieved 79.053 percent, which meant 13th place and thus her best Olympic result so far. The German Olympic debutants achieved fourth, seventh and eighth places in the final with results of over 80 percent. A total of nine starter pairs managed to achieve a result of over 80 percent in the freestyle.

Laura Bechtolsheimer was the penultimate starter and managed to sit in front of the first leader, Helen Langehanenberg. She owed this to the artistic B grade of her freestyle, in the technical A grade the better grades were given to Langehanenberg. In the Grand Prix Freestyle, Carl Hester was unable to match his top result in the Grand Prix Spécial and got 82.857 percent with Uthopia , but only 77.716 percent in the A grade.

Adelinde Cornelissen, who started with Parzival as the penultimate couple, stood out for the judges clearly from the performances shown so far and received a rating of 88.196 percent, which meant a lead of almost four percent. Charlotte Dujardin started as the final rider. With Valegro, she had a clear mistake in her ride shortly before the end, but at this point she had already built up a clear lead over Cornelissen. Even the mistake could not change anything in their lead, they won with almost two percent advantage.

The chief judge of the test, Stephen Clarke from the United Kingdom, justified Dujardin's victory: “With Adelinde Cornelissen's horse we missed the lightness and the self-holding. Today it was a decision for the harmony of Charlotte and Valegro. ”This justified the victory, although many observers had considered Cornelissen's ride to be more athletic and expressive.

According to Evi Eisenhardt (dressage judge at the Grand Prix Freestyle), Helen Langehanenberg narrowly missed a medal due to a mistake in a piaffe. The evaluation of the Danish dressage judge Leif Törnblad, the judge at the track marking K , caused a bland aftertaste . This judged all starters consistently about one to two percent lower than his fellow judges, but with Helen Langehanenberg it was 4.125 percent below the lowest rating of his fellow judges. At Kristina Sprehe, too, this gap was three percent.

rank	equestrian	horse	percent
			Grand Prix	GP Special	Grand Prix Freestyle
					A grade	B grade	Result
1	Charlotte Dujardin	Valegro	(83,663)	(83,286)	86.750	93.429	90,089
2	Adelinde Cornelissen	Parzival	(81,687)	(81,984)	84.107	92.286	88.196
3	Laura Bechtolsheimer	Mistral Hojris	(76,839)	(77,794)	80.679	88,000	84,339
4th	Helen Langehanenberg	Damon Hill	(81,140)	(78,936)	81.036	87.571	84,303
5	Carl Hester	Uthopia	(77,720)	(80,572)	77.714	88,000	82.857
6th	Anky van Grunsven	Salinero	(73,343)	(74,794)	77.714	86.286	82,000
7th	Dorothee Schneider	Diva Royal	(76,276)	(77,571)	77.893	85.429	81.661
8th	Kristina Sprehe	Desperados	(79,118)	(76,254)	78.893	83.857	81.375
9	Edward Gal	Undercover	(75,395)	(75,555)	76.964	83,571	80.267
10	Juan Manuel Munoz Diaz	Fuego	(75,608)	(75,476)	74.786	83.857	79,321
	...
13	Victoria Max-Theurer	Augustine	(73,267)	(73,619)	76.393	81.714	79.053
	...
19th	Anabel Balkenhol	Dablino	(70.973)	73.032
	...
34	Renate Voglsang	Fabriano	69.635

Annotation:

• The results in brackets do not count towards the result of the individual evaluation and are only listed for the sake of completeness.

Results jumping

In contrast to many championships, the Olympic show jumping competitions did not start with a time jumping test , but with a jumping test based on mistakes . This first exam took place on August 4, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. local time. The result of this test was initially included in the individual ranking, but was only relevant for the team ranking for the starting order.

One day and two days later, the second and third partial exams started. This was the Nations Cup, which consisted of two jumping competitions after mistakes. Different courses had to be contested on both days. On the first day of the Nations Cup, the best 60 individual riders and all team riders who were not among the best 60 from the first test were allowed to start. On the second day of the Nations Cup, the eight best teams from the previous day as well as all riders up to 45th place in the previous individual evaluation results were allowed to start. The team ranking was decided on the basis of the results of the two Nations Cup rounds.

Obstacles in the Olympic show jumping course

On August 8th the decision about the individual evaluation followed. Before this day, for which the best 35 individual riders qualified, all penalty points from the previous rounds were deleted (all riders started again with zero penalty points). However, only three riders were allowed per nation. On this day the riders had to contest a jumping competition with two rounds with their horses . The 20 best riders of the first round qualified for the second round of the test.

The course designer in London was the Briton Bob Ellis. The obstacles on the course were based on London motifs such as the neighboring National Maritime Museum and Trafalgar Square, but also motifs from British history such as Stonehenge or the Magna Carta .

Team ranking

After the first round of the team competition, the Saudi Arabia team was in the lead with one penalty point. Together with four penalty points, the teams from Switzerland, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Sweden found themselves in second place. The teams from Canada (sixth place) and Brazil (seventh place) as well as the US team (also seventh) were also qualified for the second round.

Without a faultless round one of their riders, the gold and silver medal winners of the last European championships in the team classification, Germany (tenth place) and France (twelfth place) were eliminated.

The second round of the Nations Cup turned out to be even more difficult than the first round. Many riders had to book two or more obstacle drops (and thus eight or more penalty points) on their point account. Accordingly, the gap between the remaining teams was also greater than was the case on the first Nations Cup day.

The Brazilian team rider José Roberto Reynoso Fernandez Filho had to cope with a disgraceful round . With his gelding Maestro St. Lois , he had already collected a number of penalty points through drops shortly before the end of the course. When he approached a plank jump, the upper part fell out of the support without contact. The ride was interrupted and the plank put back on. Reynoso Fernandez finished the test with 46 penalty points. Since the Brazilian team was already reduced to three riders, this result counted for the team, which only came in eighth.

After the British final result had already been determined with eight penalty points, of the remaining teams only the Dutch team had a chance of winning the gold medal. Gerco Schröder had a goalkeeper throw as the final rider, so that the Netherlands also got eight penalty points. A lancing became necessary.

The specialty of this jump-off was its regulations. Unlike in normal Nations Cups, all riders of the two teams had to start, there was no cancellation result. After it became clear after the four British rides in the jump-off that the British team could no longer be overtaken, Gerco Schröder decided not to start in the jump-off.

Bottom line

space	country	Riders and horses	Penalty points
			1st round	2nd round	total	Sting
1	Great Britain		4th	4th	8th	4th
		Nick Skelton Big Star	0	0	0	0
		Ben Maher Triple X	0	4th	4th	0
		Scott Brash Hello Sanctos	4th	0	4th	4th
		Peter Charles Vindicat	8th	5	13	0
2	Netherlands		4th	4th	8th	12
		Jur Vrieling Bubalu	8th	8th	16	0
		Maikel van der Vleuten Verdi	0	0	0	8th
		Marc Houtzager Tamino	0	0	0	4th
		Gerco Schröder London	4th	4th	8th	DNS
3	Saudi Arabia		1	13	14th
		Abdullah Al Saud Davos	0	4th	4th
		Kamal Bahamdan Noblesse des Tess	1	5	6th
		Ramzy al Duhami Bayard van de Villa Theresia	0	4th	4th
		Abdullah al-Sharbatly Sultan	4th	6th	10
4th	Switzerland		4th	12	16
		Steve Guerdat Nino des Buissonnets	4th	4th	8th
		Paul Estermann Castlefield Eclipse	0	8th	8th
		Werner Muff Kiamon	4th	12	16
		Pius Schwizer Carlina IV	0	0	0
...
10	Germany		12
		Marcus Ehning Plot Blue	4th
		Janne Friederike Meyer Lambrasco	4th
		Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum Bella Donna	8th
		Christian Ahlmann Codex One	4th

Individual evaluation

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Qualification exams

For the second day of the Nations Cup, all Swiss riders were not only qualified via the team classification, they were also among the best 45 riders at that time. The German riders Janne Friederike Meyer, Marcus Ehning and Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum were also among the best 45 riders, who were allowed to start as individual riders on the second day of the Nations Cup.

Christian Ahlmann was no longer eligible to compete in the individual competition; he was already eliminated from the individual competition in the first jumping competition with 15 penalty points (69th place).

Unlucky on the first day of the Nations Cup was Simon Delestre , whose reins broke before the last obstacle. So he was denied a clear lap, but he managed to overcome the final obstacle with his horse Napoli du Ry in the second attempt, despite broken reins . The reason for the decimation of the Canadian team was the disqualification of Tiffany Foster's horse Victor . Before the first part of the team test, a thermographic examination revealed hypersensitivity on the left forehand. Therefore the horse was excluded from the competition as not fit to compete . It was a small wound at the site of the finding, there was no evidence of manipulation.

Singles final and final result

Even before the start of the individual final, the test for a favorite was over: Casall , Rolf-Göran Bengtsson's Olympic horse , was paralyzed at the vet check. Thereupon Bengtsson, world number leader and reigning individual European champion, withdrew his horse from the test.

In the first round of the individual jumping, the German team rider Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum with Bella Donna and the 2008 Olympic champion, Eric Lamaze with Derly Chin de Muze, each had eight penalty points. With this result, it was the last ride at the 2012 Olympic Games for these starter pairs, only the riders with results of five or less penalty points made it to the second round.

The second round of the individual final turned out to be very difficult, only four out of 21 starters managed to stay clear here. Three riders each from Switzerland and Great Britain qualified for this round. Ian Millar achieved ninth place with a total of eight penalty points at his tenth Olympic Games - an Olympic record .

A total of four riders started the second round with only one penalty point. Among them was Pius Schwizer, who had to score eight penalty points with Carlina and thus fell back. Gerco Schröder, who made a mistake with London and thus initially took the lead, also started with a penalty point . The first of six riders who started this round without penalty points was Cian O'Connor, who had only received a starting place for London shortly before the games. He stayed clear over the obstacles with Blue Loyd , but had to score a time penalty as he exceeded the time limit by two hundredths of a second. Marcus Ehning, Oliver Guillon , Scott Brash and Nick Skelton , who is often considered a potential Olympic champion, were also unable to maintain their faultless result. Not so Steve Guerdat, who with Nino des Buissonnets was the only one to make the double clear in the individual finals. The individual Olympic victory for Guerdat was already certain.

However, it was not decided who would win silver and bronze, Gerco Schröder and Cian O'Connor had to compete for the other medal ranks. Schröder, who went into the jump-off first, showed a smoothly ridden lap and crossed the finish line with London in 49.79 seconds. O'Connor rode much faster with Blue Loyd and got ahead of the last jump, but tore the obstacle and therefore had to be satisfied with the bronze medal.

rank	equestrian	horse	Penalty points
			1. Qualification	Nations Cup		Singles final			Sting
				1st round	2nd round	1st round	2nd round	total
1	Steve Guerdat	Nino des Buissonnets	(0)	(4)	(4)	0	0	0
2	Gerco Schröder	London	(0)	(4)	(4)	0	1	1	0 in 49.79 seconds
3	Cian O'Connor	Blue Loyd	(0)	(8th)	(12)	0	1	1	4 in 46.64 seconds
4th	Kamal Bahamdan	Noblesse des Tess	(1)	(1)	(5)	1	1	2
5	Alberto Michán	Rosalia	(0)	(0)	(9)	4th	0	4th
	Scott Brash	Hello Sanctos	(4)	(4)	(0)	0	4th	4th
	Nick Skelton	Big star	(0)	(0)	(0)	0	4th	4th
8th	Rich Fellers	Flexible	(0)	(0)	(8th)	5	0	5
9	Ian Millar	Star power	(4)	(0)	(4)	4th	4th	8th
	Ben Maher	Triple X	(0)	(0)	(4)	4th	4th	8th
	Marc Houtzager	Tamino	(0)	(0)	(0)	4th	4th	8th
12	Marcus Ehning	Plot Blue	(1)	(4)	(0)	0	9	9
	Pius Schwizer	Carlina	(8th)	(8th)	(0)	1	8th	9
	Cassio Rivetti	Temple Road	(0)	(5)	(12)	5	4th	9
	Álvaro de Miranda Neto	Bogeno	(0)	(0)	(8th)	4th	5	9
	Olivier Guillon	Lord de Theize	(4)	(4)	(8th)	0	9	9
	...
17th	Paul Estermann	Castlefield Eclipse	(0)	(0)	(8th)	5	5	10
	...
23	Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum	Bella Donna	(0)	(8th)	(1)	8th	eliminated
	...
36	Werner Muff	Kiamon	0	4th	12	eliminated
	...
41	Janne Friederike Meyer	Lambrasco	0	4th	17th	eliminated
	...
69	Christian Ahlmann	Codex One	15th	eliminated

Remarks:

• The results in brackets do not count towards the result of the individual evaluation and are only listed for the sake of completeness.

1. ↑ Werner Muff would have qualified for the individual final on rank 33 after the team competition. However, three Swiss riders have already been placed in front of him, only three riders per NOK are allowed in the individual finals.

Medal table

Medal table
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	Great Britain	3	1	1	5
2	Germany	2	1	1	4th
3	Switzerland	1	-	-	1
4th	Netherlands	-	3	1	4th
5	Sweden	-	1	-	1
6th	Ireland	-	-	1	1
	New Zealand	-	-	1	1
	Saudi Arabia	-	-	1	1
Total		6th	6th	6th	18th

qualification

dressage

Overview of qualification competitions with the number of quota places to be allocated
competition	venue	date	singles	team	equestrian
host			3	1	3
World Equestrian Games 2010	Lexington	September 25 - October 10, 2010	9	3	9
European championships	Rotterdam	August 17-21, 2011	9	3	9
Pan American Games 2011	Guadalajara	October 16-19, 2011	6th	2	6th
Qualification Africa / Middle East / Southeast Asia / Oceania	Sydney	October 27-30, 2011	3	1	3
Qualification Africa / Middle East / Southeast Asia / Oceania	Ermelo	November 2, 2011	3	1	3
FEI Olympic ranking		March 1, 2012	17th		17th
total			50	11	50

50 riders were allowed to take part in the dressage competitions, including at least eleven teams with three riders each, all of whom also compete individually. The number of teams could have increased if a NOK had won three individual quota places. A team from Great Britain was automatically qualified to host.

The top three teams qualified at the 2010 World Equestrian Games. At the European Championships 2011, the three best teams were added again. The two best teams of the Pan American Games 2011 were also qualified. Two teams from the continental zones Africa, Middle East, Southeast Asia and Oceania qualified in two qualifying tournaments. These took place in October and November 2011 in Australia and the Netherlands. The last 17 quota places were then awarded by means of the FEI Olympic ranking. The best placed riders qualified, including at least one from each of the seven continental zones (South-West Europe, North-West Europe, East Europe / Central Asia, Africa / Middle East, South East Asia / Oceania, North America, Central / South America). The eight best results at official tournaments between March 1, 2011 and March 1, 2012 were included in this ranking. If a NOK, which had already won quota places for a team or three individual starters, again achieved a placement that guaranteed quota places, this was awarded to the next NOK without a quota place.

Since New Zealand, which had qualified a team, only sent two riders to London, another individual starter moved up according to the FEI Olympic ranking. This was the Polish rider Michał Rapcewicz , which meant that Poland (who had already qualified two riders) was able to provide a dressage team.

No rider from Colombia, which qualified in the Prix ​​St. Georges level dressage competitions of the Pan American Games, took part in the Games in London. The reason for this was that no Colombian rider met the qualification standard. For this, three more individual starters moved up.

Teams that will compete in the Olympic dressage competitions (three riders each):

•  Netherlands (World Champion 2010)
•  Great Britain (host and vice world champion 2010)
•  Germany (Third World Championships 2010)
•  USA (Fourth World Championships 2010)
•  Sweden (European Championships)
•  Spain (European Championships)
•  Denmark (European Championships)
•  Canada (Pan American Games)
•  Australia (qualification Africa / Middle East / Southeast Asia / Oceania)
•  Poland (successor due to three individual starters)

Qualified teams that do not send a team:

•  New Zealand (qualification Africa / Middle East / Southeast Asia / Oceania) - only sends two riders
•  Colombia (Pan American Games) - no participation in the Olympic dressage competitions

Additionally qualified individual starters:
One starting place per continental zone:

•  Norway (qualification rank by Siril Helljesen ), continental zone A North-West Europe
•  Austria (qualification rank by Victoria Max-Theurer ), continental zone B South-West Europe
•  Ukraine (qualification rank by Switlana Kysseljowa ), continental zone C Eastern Europe / Central Asia
•  Brazil (qualification rank by Luíza Tavares de Almeida ), continental zone E Central / South America
•  Morocco (qualification rank by Yassine Rahmouni ), continental zone F Africa / Middle East
•  Japan (qualification rank by Hiroshi Hoketsu ), continental zone G Southeast Asia / Oceania

Another sixteen individual starters according to the FEI Olympic ranking:

•  Germany ( additional rider outside the team )
•  Italy (qualification rank by Valentina Truppa )
•  Great Britain ( additional rider outside the team )
•  Portugal (qualifying rank by Gonçalo Carvalho )
•  Belgium (qualification rank by Jeroen Devroe )
•  Poland (qualification rank by Beata Stremler ) (not applicable, as Poland is replacing a team)
•  Poland (qualification rank by Katarzyna Milczarek ) (not applicable, as Poland is replacing a team)
•  France (qualification rank by Jessica Michel )
•  Netherlands ( additional rider outside the team )
•  Finland (qualification rank by Mikaela Lindh )
•  Poland (qualification rank by Michał Rapcewicz ) (not applicable, as Poland is replacing a team)
•  Ireland (qualification rank by Anna Merveldt )
•  United States ( additional rider outside the team )
•  Austria (qualification rank by Renate Voglsang )
•  Denmark (qualification rank by Sidsel Johansen )
•  Finland (qualification rank by Emma Kanerva )

Additionally qualified individual starters who will not start at the Olympic Games:

•  Antigua and Barbuda (qualifying rank by Emily Ward Hansen ), continental zone D North America

Note: A lawsuit had been filed with respect to Continental Zone E. Therefore, the Brazilian launch site has been announced pending the outcome of these litigation. The equestrian federation of the Dominican Republic who brought the action was defeated by the International Sports Court, which confirmed the Brazilian starting place.

Leap

Overview of qualification competitions with the number of quota places to be allocated
competition	venue	date	singles	team	equestrian
host			4th	1	4th
World Equestrian Games 2010	Lexington	September 25 - October 10, 2010	27	6th	27
Qualification Eastern Europe / Asia / Oceania	Aachen	July 10, 2011	5	1	5
European championships	Madrid	September 13-18, 2011	12	3	12
Pan American Games 2011	Guadalajara	October 26-29, 2011	17th	3	17th
Africa / Middle East qualification	Doha	December 27-30, 2011	5	1	5
FEI Olympic ranking		March 1, 2012	5		5
total			75	15th	75

75 riders took part in the show jumping competitions, including 15 teams with four riders each and 15 individual starters. All qualified teams were thus able to start with four riders in the individual competition. NOKs without a qualified team could start a maximum of two individual starters. A team from Great Britain was automatically qualified to host.

At the 2010 World Equestrian Games, the five best placed teams qualified as well as the best team from Eastern Europe / Asia / Oceania and the two best riders from Africa / Middle East and the best rider from Southeast Asia / Oceania. The three best teams qualified at the 2011 European Championships. Also qualified were the three best teams of the Pan American Games 2011 as well as the best rider from North America and the four best riders from Central and South America. As part of the CHIO in Aachen, another qualified team from Eastern Europe / Asia / Oceania was identified as well as a single starter from Southeast Asia / Oceania. The last team was determined at a qualifying competition in Abu Dhabi, the best team from Africa / Middle East and another individual starter qualified. In the FEI Olympic ranking, the last five individual starting positions were then awarded, three positions for Europe (excluding Eastern Europe) and two positions for Eastern Europe / Central Asia. The eight best results at official tournaments between March 1, 2011 and March 1, 2012 were included in this ranking. If a NOK, which had already won quota places for a team or two individual starters, again achieved a placement that guaranteed quota places, this was awarded to the next NOK without a quota place.

Teams that will compete in the Olympic show jumping competitions:

•  Great Britain (hosts)
•  Germany (World Champion 2010)
•  France (Vice World Champion 2010)
•  Belgium (Third World Championships 2010)
•  Brazil (Fourth World Championships 2010)
•  Canada (Fifth World Championships 2010)
•  Australia (Best Team Eastern Europe / Asia / Oceania World Championships 2010)
•  Ukraine (winner qualification tournament Eastern Europe / Asia / Oceania)
•  Netherlands (European Championships)
•  Sweden (European Championships)
•  Switzerland (European Championships)
•  USA (Pan American Games)
•  Mexico (Pan American Games)
•  Chile (Pan American Games)
•  Saudi Arabia (Winner Qualification Africa / Middle East)

Additionally qualified single starters:
Three single starting places from the continental zones A and B (North-West Europe and South-West Europe):

•  Ireland (qualifying rank by Denis Lynch )
•  Ireland (qualifying rank by Billy Twomey )
•  Portugal (qualification rank by Luciana Diniz )

Two single starting places from the continental zone C (Eastern Europe / Central Asia):

•  Azerbaijan (qualification rank by Jamal Rahimov )
•  Russia (qualification rank by Vladimir Tuganov )

Further:

•  Bermuda (qualifying rank through 8th place for Jillian Terceira at the Pan American Games 2011), continental zone D.
•  Colombia (qualifying rank through 7th place for Daniel Bluman at the Pan American Games 2011), continental zone E.
•  Argentina (qualifying rank through Matias Albarracin's 16th place at the 2011 Pan American Games), continental zone E.
•  Colombia (qualifying rank through 17th place for John Perez at the 2011 Pan American Games), continental zone E.
•  Argentina (qualification rank through 18th place of José Maria Larocca at the Pan American Games 2011), continental zone E
•  Egypt (qualification rank through 56th place of Karim El Zoghby at the World Equestrian Games 2010), continental zone F.
•  Syria (qualification rank through 69th place for Ahmad Saber Hamcho at the 2010 World Equestrian Games), continental zone F.
•  Jordan (qualification rank through 2nd place of Ibrahim Hani Bisharat in the qualification test Africa / Middle East), continental zone F
•  Japan (qualification rank through 10th place of Taizo Sugitani at the World Equestrian Games 2010), continental zone G
•  Japan (qualification rank through 10th place of Taizo Sugitani in the qualification test Eastern Europe / Asia / Oceania), continental zone G

versatility

Overview of qualification competitions with the number of quota places to be allocated
competition	venue	date	singles	team	equestrian
host			5	1	5
World Equestrian Games 2010	Lexington	September 25–10. October 2010	25th	5	25th
European championships	Luhmühlen	25.-28. August 2011	10	2	10
Qualification Africa / Middle East / Southeast Asia / Oceania	Blenheim	8-11 September 2011	5	1	5
Pan American Games 2011	Guadalajara	21-23 October 2011	10	2	10
FEI Olympic ranking		March 1, 2012	20th		20th
total			75	11	75

75 riders were able to take part in the eventing competitions, including at least eleven teams with five riders each, all of whom competed individually at the same time. In each of the three sub-disciplines, the results of three of the five riders were included in the team ranking. The number of participating teams increased with the completion of the qualification, after three NOKs were able to qualify at least three individual starters and thus a start in the team competition was possible. A team from Great Britain was automatically qualified to host.

The top five teams qualified at the 2010 World Equestrian Games. At the European Championships 2011, the two best teams were added again. The two best teams of the Pan American Games 2011 were also qualified. The last team (Africa, Middle East, Southeast Asia, Oceania) was determined in a qualifying competition in September 2011.

The last 20 quota places were then awarded by means of the FEI Olympic ranking. The best placed riders qualified, but at least one from each of the seven continental zones (South-West Europe, North-West Europe, East Europe / Central Asia, Africa / Middle East, South East Asia / Oceania, North America, Central / South America). The eight best results at official tournaments between March 1, 2011 and March 1, 2012 were included in this ranking. If a NOK, which had already won quota places for a team or two individual starters, again achieved a placement that guaranteed quota places, this was awarded to the next NOK without a quota place.

Teams that will compete in the Olympic eventing competitions:

•  Great Britain (host and world champion 2010)
•  Canada (Vice World Champion 2010)
•  New Zealand (Third World Championships 2010)
•  USA (Fourth World Championships 2010)
•  Germany (Fifth World Championships 2010)
•  Belgium (Sixth World Championships 2010)
•  France (European Championships)
•  Sweden (European Championships)
•  Japan (Winner qualifying tournament Africa / Middle East / Southeast Asia / Oceania)
•  Brazil (Pan American Games)
•  Australia (5 qualified single starters, see also below)
•  Ireland (5 qualified individual starters, see also below)
•  Netherlands (3 qualified individual starters, see also below)

Qualified teams that do not send a team:

•  Argentina (Pan American Games)

Additionally qualified individual starters:
One starting place per continental zone:

•  Netherlands (qualification rank by Raf Kooremans ), continental zone A North-West Europe
•  Italy (qualification rank by Vittoria Panizzon ), continental zone B South-West Europe
•  Belarus (qualification rank by Alena Zeljapuschkina ), continental zone C Eastern Europe / Central Asia
•  Jamaica (qualifying rank by Samantha Albert ), continental zone D North America
•  Ecuador (qualification rank by Ronald Zabala-Goetschel ), continental zone E Central / South America
•  South Africa (Qualified Rank by Mandy Mason ), Continental Zone F Africa / Middle East
•  Australia (qualification rank by Clayton Fredericks ), continental zone G Southeast Asia / Oceania

Another 13 individual starters according to the FEI Olympic ranking:

•  Australia (Qualifying Rank by Stuart Tinney )
•  Australia (qualifying rank by Emma Scott )
•  Australia (qualifying rank by Shane Rose )
•  Australia (qualification rank by Natalie Blundell )
•  Netherlands (qualifying rank by Elaine Pen )
•  Netherlands (qualification rank by Merel Blom )
•  Thailand (qualification rank by Nina Ligon )
•  Italy (qualification rank by Stefano Brecciaroli )
•  Ireland (qualification rank by Camilla Speirs )
•  Austria (qualification rank by Harald Ambros )
•  Ireland (Qualifying Rank by Mark Kyle )
•  Russia (qualification rank by Mykhailo Nastenko )
•  Ireland (Qualifying Rank by Michael Ryan )

Another five individual starters according to the FEI Olympic ranking due to the Argentine team not starting:

•  Ireland (Qualified Rank by Jayne Doherty )
•  Poland (qualification rank by Paweł Spisak )
•  Ireland (Qualified Rank by Geoff Curran )
•  Belarus (qualification rank by Aljaksandr Faminou )
•  Russia (qualification rank by Andrei Korschunow )

Quota places won

Won quota places according to NOKs
	dressage		Leap		versatility
competition	singles	team	singles	team	singles	team	equestrian
Egypt			1				1
Antigua and Barbuda	1						1
Argentina			2				2
Azerbaijan			1				1
Australia	3	1	4th	1	5	1	12
Belgium	1		4th	1	5	1	10
Bermuda			1				1
Brazil	1		4th	1	5	1	10
Chile			4th	1			4th
Denmark	3	1					3
Germany	4th	1	4th	1	5	1	13
Ecuador					1		1
Finland	1						1
France	1		4th	1	5	1	10
Great Britain	4th	1	4th	1	5	1	13
Ireland			2		5	1	7th
Italy	1				2		3
Jamaica					1		1
Japan	1		2		5	1	8th
Jordan			1				1
Canada	3	1	4th	1	5	1	12
Colombia	3	1	2				5
Morocco	1						1
Mexico			4th	1			4th
New Zealand	2				5	1	7th
Netherlands	4th	1	4th	1	3	1	11
Norway	1						1
Austria	1				1		2
Poland	3	1			1		4th
Portugal	1		1				2
Russia			1		2		3
Saudi Arabia			4th	1			4th
Sweden	3	1	4th	1	5	1	12
Switzerland			4th	1			4th
Spain	3	1					3
South Africa					1		1
Syria			1				1
Thailand					1		1
Ukraine	1		4th	1			5
United States	3	1	4th	1	5	1	12
Belarus					2		2
Total quota places	50	11	75	15th	75	14th	200

Test event

From July 4 to 6, 2011, a test event (Greenwich Park Eventing Invitational) was held in Greenwich Park as part of the “London Prepares series”. It was a short eventing test (CIC 2 *), the victory went to Piggy French with Topper W ahead of Michael Jung with River of Joy . The course of the cross-country course and the ground in the stadium were criticized at the event. But there was also a need for improvement with regard to the spectator guidance and the structure of the site.

Web links

Commons : Riding at the 2012 Summer Olympics  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Overview of the seven continental zones with the associated NOKs (PDF; 54 kB)
• Overview of dressage qualification competitions (FEI ranking) (PDF; 297 kB)
• Overview of the jumping qualification competitions (FEI ranking)
• Overview of eventing qualification competitions (FEI ranking) (English)
• Nominees (as of June 20, 2012, final entry deadline is July 9, 2012) (PDF; 209 kB)
• Qualified nations and nations of the individual starters (press release, English)
• Qualified nations and nations of the individual starters (tabular overview, PDF file; 174 kB)
• more about the legal challenge regarding the continental zone E dressage riding , article on eurodressage.com, March 28, 2012 (English)
• Portrait of the German dressage team , article on will-reiten.de, July 18, 2012

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FEI Regulations for Equestrian Events - London (GBR) 2012 Olympic Games ( Memento of the original dated August 2, 2012 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. (English; PDF; 472 kB). 
2. ↑ Dressage Tests ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Olympic Grand Prix Special: To be used 10/01/11 - 12/31/12 only, and mandatory for CDIs with a big tour during this time. 
3. ↑ "Simply overwhelmed" - Kristina Sprehe wins Meggle Champions Final  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , March 10, 2012.  
4. ↑ Dressage Schedule. Retrieved September 4, 2011 . 
5. ↑ Jumping Schedule. Retrieved September 4, 2011 . 
6. ^ Eventing Schedule. Retrieved September 4, 2011 . 
7. ↑ Olympic Games 2012 - Versatility on the website of the German Equestrian Association.
8. ↑ Schedule of the Olympic Games 2012, equestrian competitions ( Memento of the original from July 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
9. ↑ Individual evaluation of eventing after dressage .
10. ↑ Team classification eventing after dressage ( Memento of the original from July 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
11. ↑ Result of the individual evaluation after the day of the terrain  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .  
12. ↑ Result of the team evaluation after the field day ( memento of the original from July 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
13. ↑ Individual result eventing, first jumping competition .
14. ↑ Buschreiter-Olympia-Splitter: The Russians, Minigolf and whoever else would have deserved the gold medal ( Memento of the original from August 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , buschreiter.de 
15. ↑ Olympic Games 2012: Michi manages the hat trick: DOUBLE OLYMPIC WINNER! , Reiter Revue International , July 31, 2012.
16. ↑ Result of the individual evaluation of versatility ( memento of the original from December 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) 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. . 
17. ^ Dressage at the Olympic Games , German Equestrian Association.
18. ↑ Judges panel ( Memento of the original from August 15, 2012 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. , Team result dressage after the Grand Prix de Dressage. 
19. ↑ FEI personal database ( Memento of the original dated August 15, 2012 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. . 
20. ↑ Dressage team celebrates silver like gold: Only the British are stronger than the debutants , Die Welt , August 8th.
21. ↑ Olympic Games: Austria's Nightmare & Brain Fat Debate , stern , August 13, 2012.
22. ↑ Judging has become more difficult , In conversation with Dr. Evi Eisenhardt - at the judges' table in London, 3rd August 2012.
23. ↑ Result Grand Prix de Dressage: Team evaluation part 1 ( Memento of the original from December 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
24. ↑ ^{a b} London 2012: Helen and Damon Hill miss bronze by 0.036 percent , Susanne Hennig / Deutsche Reiterliche Vereinigung , August 9, 2012.
25. ↑ Evi Eisenhardt: The piaffe cost Helen Langehanenberg the medal .
26. ↑ Final result of the individual evaluation of dressage riding ( memento of the original from December 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the 2012 Olympic Games website. 
27. ↑ Jumping at the Olympic Games , German Equestrian Association.
28. ↑ The rules for the Olympic showjumping ( Memento of the original from October 5, 2012 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. , worldofshowjumping.com, August 3, 2012 (English). 
29. ↑ Team competition show jumping after the first round of the Nations Cup .
30. ↑ Final team result show jumping .
31. ↑ Individual competition jumping after the first day of the Nations Cup ( memento of the original from January 29, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
32. ↑ Canadian horse Victor disqualified from Olympic equestrian events ( Memento of the original from August 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , FEI press release August 5, 2012. 
33. ↑ Statements on the thermographic findings of the horse Victor , Reiter Revue International , August 5, 2012.
34. ↑ Casall not by the constitution , St. George, August 8, 2012.
35. ↑ Final result of the single jump ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the 2012 Olympic Games website. 
36. ↑ Final result of the individual jumping .
37. ^ Dressage Qualification System. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on May 31, 2012 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
38. ^ Polish dressage trio for London , Reiter Revue International , May 31, 2012.
39. ↑ ^{a b} FEI Olympic Ranking Dressage ( Memento of the original from August 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 504 kB). 
40. ↑ dressuraktuell.de .
41. ↑ Dominican Republic Loses Appeal with CAS over Olympic Individual Spot , eurodressage.com, July 7, 2012 (English).
42. ^ Jumping Qualification System. (PDF; 72 kB) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 2, 2012 ; accessed on April 23, 2012 (English). 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.  
43. ↑ FEI Olympic ranking show jumping ( memento of the original from August 2, 2012 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. (PDF; 680 kB). 
44. ↑ Final result, individual rating Panamerican Games 2011  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .  
45. ↑ Result of the qualification test Africa / Middle East, CSI 4 * -W Doha 2011  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .  
46. ↑ Result of the qualification test Eastern Europe / Asia / Oceania, CSI 2 * as part of the CHIO Aachen 2011 (PDF; 352 kB).
47. ^ Eventing Qualification System. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on March 3, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
48. ↑ FEI Olympic Ranking Versatility ( Memento of the original from July 31, 2012 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. (PDF; 118 kB). 
49. ↑ Result of the Greenwich Park Eventing Invitational 2011 ( Memento of the original from August 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
50. ↑ London: Silver for Michael Jung at the Olympic dress rehearsal , St. Georg , July 6, 2011.