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

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.
RankRiderHorseNationTotal Points% ScoreQual
1Isabell WerthGigolo191576.60Q
2Anky van GrunsvenBonfire189375.72Q
3Michelle GibsonPeron188075.20Q
4Sven RothenbergerWeyden185474.16Q
5Monica TheodorescuGrunox184573.80Q
6Klaus BalkenholGoldstern179371.72Q
7Margit Otto-CrepinLuck Lord178371.32Q
8Martin SchaudtDurgo178171.24Q
9Nicole Uphoff-BeckerRembrandt175170.04Q
10Ignacio RamblaEvento174469.67Q
11Guenter SeidelGraf George173469.36Q
12Lars PetersenUffe Korshojgaard170568.20Q
13Steffen PetersUdon169567.80Q
14Tineke Bartles-de VriesOlympic Barbria169067.60Q
15TGonnelien RothenbergerOlympic Dondolo167366.92Q
15TAnnette SolmellStrauss167366.92Q
17Richard DavisonAskariFoltaire166866.72Q
18Ulla HakansonBobby166666.64Q
19Christine StueckelbergerAquamarin166266.48Q
20Arlette HolstersFaible165866.32Q
21Louise NathhorstWalk on Top165766.28Q
22Dominique BrieusselAkazie165066.00Q
23Robert DoverMetallic164965.96Q
24Mary HannaMosaic164465.76Q
25Finn HansenBergerac163665.44Q
26Heike HolsteinBallaseyr Devesereaux163165.24
27Hans StaubDukaat162865.12
28Kyra KyrklundAmiral162064.8
29Leonie BramallGilbonia161364.52
30Dominique d'EsmeArnoldo161264.48
31Caroline HatlapaMerlin160964.36
32Beatriz Ferrer-SalatBrillant160464.16
33Eva SennRenzo160364.12
34Pia LausLiebenberg160064.00
35Paolo Giani MargiDestino159563.80
36Joanna JacksonMester Mouse157763.08
37Tinne VilhelmsonCaprice154261.68
38Rafael SotoInvasor152761.08
39Joaquin OrthBellini60.72
40TVicky ThompsonEnfant151660.64
40TMarie-Hélène SyreMarlon151660.64
42Suzanne DunkleyElliot150260.08
43Daria FantoniSonny Boy149669.84
44Jane BredinCupido146858.72
45Evi StrasserLavina146258.48
46Gina SmithFaust143457.36
47Fausto PucciniFiffikus141856.72
48Juan MatuteHermes141656.64
49Barbara von Grebel-SchiendorferRamar132452.96
n/aThomas DvorakWorld CupWDWD

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.
RankRiderHorseNationRound 1Judge EJudge HJudge CJudge MJudge BTotal Points% ScoreTotal ScoreQual
1Anky van GrunsvenBonfire75.72346325330330340167177.72153.44Q
2Isabell WerthGigolo76.60323315323324338162375.49152.09Q
3Michelle GibsonPeron75.20320308324320325159774.28149.48Q
4Sven RothenbergerWeyden74.16318310321327315159174.00148.16Q
5Monica TheodorescuGrunox73.80322311314315327158973.91147.71Q
6Klaus BalkenholGoldstern71.72315311325315321158773.81144.25Q
7Margit Otto-CrepinLuck Lord71.32322309310316311156872.93146.26Q
8Nicole Uphoff-BeckerRembrandt70.04318312315300325157073.02143.06Q
9Martin SchaudtDurgo71.24296301312301316152670.98142.22Q
10Guenter SeidelGraf George69.36315301307313303154471.81141.17Q
11Ignacio RamblaEvento69.76303299304298305150970.19139.95Q
12Louise NathhorstWalk on Top66.28312300325316328158173.53139.81Q
13Lars PetersenUffe Korshojgaard68.20297297300292292147868.74136.94Q
14Tineke Bartles-de VriesOlympic Barbria67.60300291293294290146868.28135.88Q
15Steffen PetersUdon67.80301286291285291145467.63135.43
16Gonnelien RothenbergerOlympic Dondolo66.92300290307283291147168.42135.34
17Christine StueckelbergerAquamarin66.48301290292284297146468.09134.57
18Arlette HolstersFaible66.32290288298290299146568.14134.46
19Annette SolmellStrauss66.92281286293281288142966.47133.39
20Ulla HakansonBobby66.64281282290289288143065.51133.15
21Richard DavisonAskariFoltaire66.72287274278267291139764.98131.70
22Finn HansenBergerac65.44282280295275279141165.63131.07
23Dominique BrieusselAkazie66.00278276283270272137964.14130.14
24Mary HannaMosaic65.76283271276271282138364.33130.09
25Robert DoverMetallic65.96264248250252250126458.79124.75

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 and how well their performance matched the music. 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.
RankRiderHorseNationJudge EJudge HJudge CJudge MJudge BTotal Points% Score
1Isabell WerthGigolo16.6316.6016.8016.7316.2583.0083.00
2Anky van GrunsvenBonfire15.6816.6815.8215.7815.6379.5879.58
3Monica TheodorescuGrunox15.0715.3515.2515.7515.4376.8576.85
4Sven RothenbergerWeyden14.7315.5715.4815.8015.2076.7876.78
5Klaus BalkenholGoldstern15.3015.1015.0315.4315.4376.2876.28
6Margit Otto-CrepinLuck Lord15.4014.7015.1815.4014.8875.5575.55
7Guenter SeidelGraf George14.4814.6314.6815.2014.8873.8573.85
8Michelle GibsonPeron14.8014.3814.0515.2314.9073.3573.35
9Louise NathhorstWalk on Top13.6514.5314.7015.5514.3072.7372.73
10Ignacio RamblaEvento13.9014.3014.7314.8214.4372.1872.18
11Lars PetersenUffe Korshojgaard13.5514.3014.5314.5713.9370.8870.88
12Martin SchaudtDurgo13.6013.7513.8514.7814.5570.5370.53
13Tineke Bartles-de VriesOlympic Barbria13.4014.2314.0014.3013.7369.6669.66

Final Rankings