Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Individual dressage

The individual dressage event, part of the equestrian program at the 1996 Summer Olympics, was held from 26 July to 3 August 1996, at the Georgia International Horse Park, in Conyers, Georgia. Like all other equestrian events, the dressage competition was mixed gender, with both male and female athletes competing in the same division. 48 horse and rider pairs were entered, with round one scores from team event.

Medalists Gold Silver Bronze Isabell Werth Gigolo Anky van Grunsven Bonfire Sven Rothenberger Weyden

Results

Grand Prix Test Top 25 riders advanced to round two. Held 26 and 27 July. The first round was the Grand Prix Test. Each of the 48 pairs went through a series of movements in the sandy arena, with judges in five different positions observing the movements and giving percentage scores based on the execution of the movements. The total score for the round was the average of the five judges' scores. The top 25 pairs advanced to the second round.

Rank Rider Horse Nation Total Points % Score Qual 1 Isabell Werth Gigolo 1915 76.60 Q 2 Anky van Grunsven Bonfire 1893 75.72 Q 3 Michelle Gibson Peron 1880 75.20 Q 4 Sven Rothenberger Weyden 1854 74.16 Q 5 Monica Theodorescu Grunox 1845 73.80 Q 6 Klaus Balkenhol Goldstern 1793 71.72 Q 7 Margit Otto-Crepin Luck Lord 1783 71.32 Q 8 Martin Schaudt Durgo 1781 71.24 Q 9 Nicole Uphoff-Becker Rembrandt 1751 70.04 Q 10 Ignacio Rambla Evento 1744 69.67 Q 11 Guenter SeidelGraf George 1734 69.36 Q 12 Lars PetersenUffe Korshojgaard 1705 68.20 Q 13 Steffen Peters Udon 1695 67.80 Q 14 Tineke Bartles-de Vries Olympic Barbria 1690 67.60 Q 15T Gonnelien RothenbergerOlympic Dondolo 1673 66.92 Q 15T Annette Solmell Strauss 1673 66.92 Q 17 Richard DavisonAskariFoltaire 1668 66.72 Q 18 Ulla HakansonBobby 1666 66.64 Q 19 Christine StueckelbergerAquamarin 1662 66.48 Q 20 Arlette HolstersFaible 1658 66.32 Q 21 Louise NathhorstWalk on Top 1657 66.28 Q 22 Dominique Brieussel Akazie 1650 66.00 Q 23 Robert DoverMetallic 1649 65.96 Q 24 Mary HannaMosaic 1644 65.76 Q 25 Finn HansenBergerac 1636 65.44 Q 26 Heike HolsteinBallaseyr Devesereaux 1631 65.24 27 Hans StaubDukaat 1628 65.12 28 Kyra KyrklundAmiral 1620 64.8 29 Leonie Bramall Gilbonia 1613 64.52 30 Dominique d'EsmeArnoldo 1612 64.48 31 Caroline Hatlapa Merlin 1609 64.36 32 Beatriz Ferrer-Salat Brillant 1604 64.16 33 Eva Senn Renzo 1603 64.12 34 Pia Laus Liebenberg 1600 64.00 35 Paolo Giani MargiDestino 1595 63.80 36 Joanna JacksonMester Mouse 1577 63.08 37 Tinne VilhelmsonCaprice 1542 61.68 38 Rafael SotoInvasor 1527 61.08 39 Joaquin Orth Bellini 60.72 40T Vicky Thompson Enfant1516 60.64 40T Marie-Hélène Syre Marlon1516 60.64 42 Suzanne DunkleyElliot 150260.08 43 Daria FantoniSonny Boy 1496 69.84 44 Jane BredinCupido 1468 58.72 45 Evi StrasserLavina1462 58.48 46 Gina SmithFaust1434 57.36 47 Fausto PucciniFiffikus1418 56.72 48 Juan MatuteHermes1416 56.64 49 Barbara von Grebel-SchiendorferRamar1324 52.96 n/a Thomas DvorakWorld CupWD WD

Grand Prix Special 2nd Qualifier Held 31 July. The second round was the Grand Prix Special 2nd Qualifier. It was similar to the first, though the time allotted was shorter. The score from this round was added to the score from the Grand Prix Test. The top 14 pairs advanced to the final.

Rank Rider Horse Nation Round 1Judge E Judge H Judge C Judge M Judge B Total points % Score Total Score Qual 1 Anky van GrunsvenBonfire 75.72 346 325 330 330 340 1671 77.72 153.44 Q 2 Isabell Werth Gigolo 76.60 323 315 323 324 338 1623 75.49 152.09 Q 3 Michelle Gibson Peron 75.20 320 308 324 320 325 1597 74.28 149.48 Q 4 Sven Rothenberger Weyden 74.16 318 310 321 327 315 1591 74.00 148.16 Q 5 Monica Theodorescu Grunox 73.80 322 311 314 315 327 1589 73.91 147.71 Q 6 Klaus Balkenhol Goldstern 71.72 315 311 325 315 321 1587 73.81 144.25 Q 7 Margit Otto-Crepin Luck Lord 71.32 322 309 310 316 311 1568 72.93 146.26 Q 8 Nicole Uphoff-Becker Rembrandt 70.04 318 312 315 300 325 1570 73.02 143.06 Q 9 Martin Schaudt Durgo 71.24 296 301 312 301 316 1526 70.98 142.22 Q 10 Guenter SeidelGraf George 69.36 315 301 307 313 303 1544 71.81 141.17 Q 11 Ignacio Rambla Evento 69.76 303 299 304 298 305 1509 70.19 139.95 Q 12 Louise NathhorstWalk on Top 66.28 312 300 325 316 328 1581 73.53 139.81 Q 13 Lars PetersenUffe Korshojgaard 68.20 297 297 300 292 292 1478 68.74 136.94 Q 14 Tineke Bartles-de Vries Olympic Barbria 67.60 300 291 293 294 290 1468 68.28 135.88 Q 15 Steffen Peters Udon 67.80 301 286 291 285 291 1454 67.63 135.43 16 Gonnelien RothenbergerOlympic Dondolo 66.92 300 290 307 283 291 1471 68.42 135.34 17 Christine StueckelbergerAquamarin 66.48 301 290 292 284 297 1464 68.09 134.57 18 Arlette HolstersFaible 66.32 290 288 298 290 299 1465 68.14 134.46 19 Annette Solmell Strauss 66.92 281 286 293 281 288 1429 66.47 133.39 20 Ulla HakansonBobby 66.64 281 282 290 289 288 1430 65.51 133.15 21 Richard DavisonAskariFoltaire 66.72 287 274 278 267 291 1397 64.98 131.70 22 Finn HansenBergerac 65.44 282 280 295 275 279 1411 65.63 131.07 23 Dominique Brieussel Akazie 66.00 278 276 283 270 272 1379 64.14 130.14 24 Mary HannaMosaic 65.76 283 271 276 271 282 1383 64.33 130.09 25 Robert DoverMetallic 65.96 264 248 250 252 250 1264 58.79 124.75

Grand Prix Freestyle Held 3 August. The final round of dressage competition was the Grand Prix Freestyle Test. Fifteen pairs competed in this round, in which they designed their own program of movements set to music. They were judged on both execution of the movements (technical) and how well their performance matched the music (artistic). Each of the five judges gave a score from 0 to 10 in both categories, with the final score for the round being the sum of those ten scores. This score was then added to the scores from the other two rounds to determine final ranking.

Rank Rider Horse Nation Judge E Judge H Judge C Judge M Judge B Total points % Score 1 Isabell Werth Gigolo 16.63 16.60 16.80 16.73 16.25 83.00 83.00 2 Anky van GrunsvenBonfire 15.68 16.68 15.82 15.78 15.63 79.58 79.58 3 Monica Theodorescu Grunox 15.07 15.35 15.25 15.75 15.43 76.85 76.85 4 Sven Rothenberger Weyden 14.73 15.57 15.48 15.80 15.20 76.78 76.78 5 Klaus Balkenhol Goldstern 15.30 15.10 15.03 15.43 15.43 76.28 76.28 6 Margit Otto-Crepin Luck Lord 15.40 14.70 15.18 15.40 14.88 75.55 75.55 7 Guenter SeidelGraf George14.48 14.63 14.68 15.20 14.88 73.85 73.85 8 Michelle Gibson Peron 14.80 14.38 14.05 15.23 14.90 73.35 73.35 9 Louise NathhorstWalk on Top13.65 14.53 14.70 15.55 14.30 72.73 72.73 10 Ignacio Rambla Evento 13.90 14.30 14.73 14.82 14.43 72.18 72.18 11 Lars PetersenUffe Korshojgaard 13.55 14.30 14.53 14.57 13.93 70.88 70.88 12 Martin Schaudt Durgo 13.60 13.75 13.85 14.78 14.55 70.53 70.53 13 Tineke Bartles-de Vries Olympic Barbria 13.40 14.23 14.00 14.30 13.73 69.66 69.66

Final rankings Rank Rider Horse Nation Grand Prix Grand Prix Special Grand Prix Freestyle Total 1 Isabell Werth Gigolo 76.60 75.49 83.00 235.09 2 Anky van GrunsvenBonfire 75.72 77.72 79.58 233.02 3 Sven Rothenberger Weyden 74.16 74.00 76.78 224.94 4 Monica Theodorescu Grunox 73.80 73.91 76.85 224.56 5 Michelle Gibson Peron 75.20 74.28 73.35 222.83 6 Klaus Balkenhol Goldstern 71.72 73.81 76.28 221.81 7 Margit Otto-Crepin Luck Lord 71.32 72.93 76.65 219.80 8 Guenter SeidelGraf George69.36 71.81 73.85 215.02 9 Martin Schaudt Durgo 71.24 70.98 70.53 212.75 10 Louise NathhorstWalk on Top 66.28 73.53 72.73 212.54 11 Ignacio Rambla Evento 69.76 70.19 72.18 212.13 12 Lars PetersenUffe Korshojgaard 68.20 68.74 70.88 207.82 13 Tineke Bartles-de Vries Olympic Barbria 67.60 68.28 69.66 205.54

References

Sources Official Report of the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics available at https://web.archive.org/web/20060622162855/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm