The International Show Jumping Contest of Gijón, commonly known as CSI Gijón or CSIO Gijón when it becomes official, is a show jumping event held in Gijón, Spain, at the Las Mestas Sports Complex.
It was a CSI 5* until 2022, and it is a CSI4* since then. One of the main characteristics of the event is the fact that betting is allowed and very popular among spectators.
History The event was established in 1941 to promote equestrianism in Gijón and to offer an important sporting event in the city during the summertime. The first competition took place during 20–24 August 1942, and was a complete success as crowds of around 10,000 people gathered for the event, a rather unusual amount for what was not considered a spectator sport at the time.
In 1987, the event has been the Spanish official show jumping horse show for the first time. In 1995, it recovered this condition until 2019 with the only exception of 2008.
In December 2019, the organizers resigned to the officiality of the event as they did not accept the conditions requested by the FEI about replacing the grass with sand and banning bets.
On 14 December 2020, the Principality of Asturias declared the Show Jumping Contest as a Festivity of Regional Touristic Interest.
Nations Cup When the event is chosen as Spain's official show jumping event, becoming a CSIO, it includes a Nations Cup competition. In 1999 was the Samsung Nations Cup Final event.
Nations Cup winners Year Team Riders 1987 Nick Skelton, Janet Hunter, Malcolm Pyrah and John Whitaker 1995 Edouard Couperie, Patrice Delaveau, Philippe Rozier and Michel Robert 1996 Thierry Pomel, Pierre Jarry, Jean Paul Casile and Michel Robert 1997 Nick Skelton, Robert Smith, James Fisher and Michel Whitaker 1998 Philippe Leoni, Michel Robert, Jean-Marc Nicolas and Xabier Caumont 1999 Michel Robert, Xabier Caumont, Thierry Pomel and Alexandra Lederman 2000 Peter Van Broekhoven, Joris Meulemans, Sven Laevers and Dirk Demmersman 2001 Ricardo Jurado, Fernando Fourcade, Cristino Torres and Fernando Sarasola 2002 Rutheford Latham, Luis Jesús Escobar, Fernando Sarasola and Ricardo Jurado 2003 Lt. Shane Carey, Harry Marshall, Capt. Gerry Flyn and Clement MacMahon 2004 Ludovic Leygue, Bernard Sainsardos, Philippe Leoni and Hervé Godignon 2005 Kristof Cleeren, Yves Simon, Niels Bruynseels and François Mathy Jr. 2006 Florian Angot, Laurente Goffinet, Hervé Godignon and Michel Robert 2007 Timothé Anciaume, Robert Breul, Jerome Debas-Montagner and Julien Épaillard 2009 Patrice Delaveau, Clemence Laborde, Simon Delestre and Jean Marc Nicolas 2010 Pieter Devos, Judy-Ann Melchior, Dirk Demmersman and Philippe Le Jeune 2011 Pilar Lucrecia Cordón, Eduardo Álvarez Aznar, Jesús Garmendia and Julio Arias 2012 Penélope Leprevost, Kevin Staut, Marie Hécart and Aymeric de Ponnat 2013 Gert Jan Bruggink, Jur Vrieling, Frank Schuttert and Harrie Smolders 2014 Ashlee Bond, Catherine Pasmore, Quentin Judge and Georgina Bloomberg 2015 Alexandre Fontanelle, Cyril Bouvard, Adeline Hécart and Aymeric de Ponnat 2016 Tim Stockdale, Joe Whitaker, Samuel Hutton and Robert Bevis 2017 Kevin Staut, Edward Levy, Grégory Cottard and Nicolas Delmotte 2018 Manuel Fernández Saro, Mikel Aizpurua, Laura Roquet and Eduardo Álvarez Aznar 2019 Filippo Marco Bologni, Antonio Maria Garofalo, Emanuele Camilli, Antonio Alfonso
Performance by country Country Winners Years winner 11 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2017 4 2001, 2002, 2011, 2018 3 2000, 2005, 2010 3 1987, 1997, 2016 1 2003 1 2013 1 2014 1 2019
Participation details Team 1987(8) 1995(9) 1996(7) 1997(9) 1998(11) 1999(8) 2000(9) 2001(8) 2002(9) 2003(10) 2004(10) 2005(11) 2006(8) 2007(9) 2009(10) 2010(11) 2011(10) 2012(13) 2013(10) 2014(11) 2015(12) 2016(12) 2017(9) 2018(10) 2019(12) 6th 11th • • 7th 1st 3rd 7th 1st 6th 5th 7th 1st 9th 9th 3rd 6th 4th 7th 8th 2nd 9th 7th 9th 5th 4th 5th 9th 9th 11th 3rd 1st 1st 5th 1st 1st 2nd 7th 2nd 9th 1st 10th 1st 1st 1st 2nd 5th 1st 8th 8th 1st 7th 1st 8th 3rd 5th 7th 2nd 5th 2nd 3rd 5th 5th 8th 5th 7th 8th 6th 2nd 9th 11th 6th 9th 7th 10th 4th 1st 4th 6th 1st 6th 6th 3rd 3rd 2nd 9th 5th 3rd 7th 4th 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st 5th 6th 2nd 4th 3rd 7th 1st 3rd 4th 4th 5th 6th 12th 5th 2nd 8th 3rd 4th 4th • 6th 8th 5th 5th 3rd 6th 7th 2nd 11th 8th 2nd 4th 5th 6th 2nd 1st 11th 4th 2nd 10th 6th 10th 4th 2nd 3rd 4th 2nd 8th 2nd 3rd 3rd 5th 2nd 9th 8th 10th 1st 4th 3rd 2nd 3rd 8th 8th 2nd 10th 4th 7th 12th 7th • • 5th 9th 10th 9th 8th 10th 6th 10th 9th 10th 13th 10th 11th 9th 12th 10th 5th 2nd 4th 2nd 8th 4th 6th 4th 1st 1st 7th 4th 2nd 2nd 8th 6th 7th 1st 6th 7th 4th 8th 2nd 8th 1st 7th 7th 9th 7th 3rd 4th 9th • 9th 3rd 7th 6th 10th 7th 8th 7th 2nd 4th 4th 7th 2nd 4th 2nd 6th 4th 7th 6th 4th 8th 8th 1st 10th
Grand Prix The second most important competition of the event is the Prince of Asturias Grand Prix, while the most important one is the Gijón Grand Prix.
Gijón Grand Prix winners Year Rider Horse 1962 Federico Morugán Ávila Objetivo 1963 Bernard de Fombelle Milan D'or 1964 Manuel Malta da Costa Novelista 1965 Hugo Arrambide Chimbote 1966 Dasque Predestiné 1967 Eduardo Amorós Kif-Kif 1968 José Antonio García Benavides Carmín 1969 Enrique Martinez de Vallejo Lepanto 1970 Radul Uruapan 1971 Enrique Martinez de Vallejo Romántico 1972 Manuel Malta da Costa Eusebio 1973 Luis Jaime Carvajal y Salas Kurfust 1974 Jaime Rivera Conquistador 1975 Lobo Güedes Chopin1976 Luis Álvarez de Cervera Acorne/Thor1977 Manuel Malta da Costa Ecaussevillais 1978 Manuel Malta da Costa Et bien 1979 Luis Álvarez de Cervera Romeo 1980 Juan Antonio de Wit Olímpico 1981 Thomas Fuchs Willora Swiss1982 Jérôme Thomas Gargantua C 1983 Alberto Honrubia Kaoua 1984 Tony Newberry Ryans Mill 1985 Malcolm Pyrah T.Diamond Seeker 1986 Malcolm Pyrah Anglezarke 1987 Janet Hunter E. Lisnamarrow 1988 Juan Andrés Ruiz de Alda Lingere 1989 Luis Astolfi Pour Le Merite 1990 Alberto Honrubia Pelf D'or 1991 Alfredo Fernández Durán Naguese Picarde1992 Fernando Fourcade Avenir Di San Patrignano 1993 Jos Lansink Bollvorm`s Easy Jumper 1994 Lesley McNaught Pirol IV 1995 Alison Firestone Gustl P 1996 Nick Skelton Dollar Girl 1997 Thierry Pomel Thor des Chaines 1998 Nick Skelton Hopes Are High 1999 Michel Robert Auleto 2000 Molly Ashe Kroon Gravin 2001 Helena Weinberg A. Ramonus 2002 Lt. David O'Brien Boherdeal Clover 2003 Harry Marshall Splendido 2004 Beat Grandjean Riot Gun 2005 Pierre Kolly Galopin du Biolay 2006 Ricardo Kierkegaard Rey Z 2007 Conor Swail Rivaal 2008 John Whitaker Utah Van Erpekdm 2009 Patrice Delaveau Katchina Mail 2010 Khaled Al-Eid Presley Boy 2011 Patrice Delaveau Orient Express 2012 Trevor Coyle Jubilee D'Ouilly 2013 André Thieme Contanga 3 2014 Niklaus Rutschi Windsor XV 2015 Henk van de Pol Willink 2016 Dermott Lennon Loughview Lou Lou 2017 Gerardo Menéndez Cassino DC 2018 Richard Howley Dolores 2019 Greg Broderick Westbrook 2022 Kevin González de Zárate Frappant 2023 Harry Allen Calculatus 2024 Sanne Thijssen Con Quidam RB 2025 Oliver Lazarus Conbalthago PS 2026 Scott Brash Hello Folie
Attendances This is a list of attendances at CSI Gijón. Edition2014 43,016 9,962 4,986 7,1692015 44,490 9,842 4,746 7,4152016 52,206 10,105 5,940 8,7012017 43,362 9,210 2,263 7,2272018 46,312 10,897 7,197 9,2622019 41,712 9,084 6,784 8,3422024 44,932 11,253 7,4892025 53,823 12,073 6,224 8,970
References
External links Official website CSIO Gijón. Non-official website