Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Team dressage

The team dressage event, part of the equestrian program at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held on 27 July 1996 at the Georgia International Horse Park, in Conyers, Georgia. The results of the first round of the individual dressage were used to award rankings. Like all other equestrian events, the dressage competition was mixed gender, with both male and female athletes competing in the same division. Nine teams, each consisting of four horse and rider pairs, entered the contest.

Medalists

Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
Germany		Netherlands		United States
Isabell Werth	Gigolo	Tineke Bartles-de Vries	Olympic Barbria	Robert Dover	Metallic
Klaus Balkenhol	Goldstern	Sven Rothenberger	Weyden	Michelle Gibson	Peron
Monica Theodorescu	Grunox	Anky van Grunsven	Bonfire	Steffen Peters	Udon
Martin Schaudt	Durgo	Gonnelien Rothenberger	Olympic Dondolo	Guenter Seidel	Graf George

Results

Rank	NOC	Rider	Horse	Judge E	Judge H	Judge C	Judge M	Judge B	Scored	Points	Team Points
1	Germany	Isabell Werth	Gigolo	386	390	387	378	374	#	1915	5553
		Klaus Balkenhol	Goldstern	358	363	366	359	347	#	1793
		Monica Theodorescu	Grunox	365	370	376	368	366	#	1845
		Martin Schaudt	Durgo	365	347	360	355	354		1781
2	Netherlands	Tineke Bartles-de Vries	Olympic Barbria	330	340	335	346	339	#	1690	5437
		Sven Rothenberger	Weyden	380	367	373	377	357	#	1854
		Anky van Grunsven	Bonfire	382	382	383	378	368	#	1893
		Gonnelien Rothenberger	Olympic Dondolo	339	340	332	341	321		1673
3	United States	Robert Dover	Metallic	315	336	326	339	333		1649	5309
		Michelle Gibson	Peron	393	378	377	370	362	#	1880
		Steffen Peters	Udon	351	342	342	332	328	#	1695
		Guenter Seidel	Graf George	355	354	341	355	329	#	1734
4	France	Dominique d'Esme	Arnoldo	313	325	326	320	328	#	1612	5045
		Margit Otto-Crepin	Luck Lord	351	365	355	353	359	#	1783
		Dominique Brieussel	Akazie	324	335	328	328	335	#	1650
		Marie-Helene Syre	Marlon	305	307	295	308	301	#	1516
5	Sweden	Tinne Vilhelmson	Caprice	312	329	318	308	275		1542	4996
		Annette Solmell	Strauss	330	335	346	336	326	#	1673
		Ulla Hakanson	Bobby	338	336	337	329	326	#	1666
		Louise Nathhorst	Walk on Top	328	344	320	328	337	#	1657
6	Switzerland	Eva Senn	Renzo	321	325	320	322	315	#	1603	4893
		Hans Staub	Dukaat	324	321	338	322	323	#	1628
		Christine Stueckelberger	Aquamarin	328	330	337	325	342	#	1662
		Barbara von Grebel-Schiendorfer	Ramar	273	262	257	263	269		1324
7	Spain	Rafael Soto	Invasor	311	309	296	299	312	#	1527	4875
		Beatriz Ferrer-Salat	Brillant	323	318	326	323	314	#	1604
		Juan Matute	Hermes	292	300	286	280	258		1416
		Ignacio Rambla	Evento	347	344	355	349	349	#	1744
8	Great Britain	Joanna Jackson	Mester Mouse	320	319	316	321	301	#	1577	4761
		Jane Bredin	Cupido	286	304	306	288	284		1468
		Vicky Thompson	Enfant	301	310	300	301	304	#	1516
		Richard Davison	Askari	325	341	330	332	330	#	1668
9	Italy	Paolo Giani Margi	Destino	304	334	320	320	317	#	1595	4691
		Fausto Puccini	Fiffikus	272	289	290	282	285		1418
		Daria Fantoni	Sonny Boy	313	295	297	301	290	#	1496
		Pia Laus	Liebenberg	321	325	320	329	305	#	1600
10	Canada	Thomas Dvorak	World Cup							"WD"	4691
		Evi Strasser	Lavina	294	301	290	291	286	#	1462
		Leonie Bramall	Gilbonia	320	322	328	332	311	#	1643
		Gina Smith	Faust	295	297	288	280	274	#	1434

References

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