Equestrian
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue
Dates29 July – 12 August 1984
No. of events6
Competitors157 from 30 nations

The equestrian events at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics included show jumping, dressage and eventing.[1]

The equestrian sports were held primarily at Santa Anita Racetrack, which offered stabling for up to 2100 horses, a grandstand with almost 16000 seats, and was managed by experienced horsemen. Fairbanks Ranch Country Club in San Diego County hosted the endurance portions of the three-day event.

Horses were required to be at least six years old. Up to 14 riders and 22 horses were permitted per country. In total 157 entries from thirty nations (Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), Great Britain, Guatemala, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States, the Virgin Islands, and Yugoslavia) competed.

Due to the boycott, the Soviet Union and its satellite nations were absent.

Medal summary

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Individual dressage
  Reiner Klimke
and Ahlerich (FRG)		  Anne Grethe Jensen
and Marzog (DEN)		  Otto Hofer
and Limandus (SUI)
Team dressage
  West Germany (FRG)
Reiner Klimke
and Ahlerich
Uwe Sauer
and Montevideo
Herbert Krug
and Muscadeur		  Switzerland (SUI)
Otto Hofer
and Limandus
Christine Stückelberger
and Tansanit
Amy-Cathérine de Bary
and Aintree		  Sweden (SWE)
Ulla Håkansson
and Flamingo
Louise Nathhorst
and Inferno
Ingamay Bylund
and Aleks
Individual eventing
  Mark Todd
and Charisma (NZL)		  Karen Stives
and Ben Arthur (USA)		  Virginia Holgate
and Priceless (GBR)
Team eventing
  United States (USA)
Michael Plumb
and Blue Stone
Karen Stives
and Ben Arthur
Torrance Fleischmann
and Finvarra
Bruce Davidson
and JJ Babu		  Great Britain (GBR)
Virginia Leng
and Priceless
Ian Stark
and Oxford Blue
Diana Clapham
and Windjammer
Lucinda Green
and Regal Realm		  West Germany (FRG)
Bettina Overesch
and Peacetime
Burkhard Tesdorpf
and Freedom
Claus Erhorn
and Fair Lady
Dietmar Hogrefe
and Foliant
Individual jumping
  Joseph Fargis
and Touch of Class (USA)		  Conrad Homfeld
and Abdullah (USA)		  Heidi Robbiani
and Jessica V (SUI)
Team jumping
  United States (USA)
Joseph Fargis
and Touch of Class
Conrad Homfeld
and Abdullah
Leslie Howard
and Albany
Melanie Smith
and Calypso		  Great Britain (GBR)
Michael Whitaker
and Overton Amanda
John Whitaker
and Ryan's Son
Steven Smith
and Shining Example
Timothy Grubb
and Linky		  West Germany (FRG)
Paul Schockemöhle
and Deister
Peter Luther
and Livius
Franke Sloothaak
and Farmer
Fritz Ligges
and Ramzes

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)3205
2 West Germany (FRG)2024
3 New Zealand (NZL)1001
4 Great Britain (GBR)0213
5 Switzerland (SUI)0123
6 Denmark (DEN)0101
7 Sweden (SWE)0011
Totals (7 entries)66618

Officials

Appointment of officials was as follows:[2]

Dressage
  • United States Donald Thackeray (Ground Jury President)
  • United Kingdom Johanna Hall (Ground Jury Member)
  • Switzerland Wolfgang Niggli (Ground Jury Member)
  • Soviet Union Elena Kondratieva (Ground Jury Member)
  • West Germany Heinz Schütte (Ground Jury Member)
Jumping
  • Denmark Knud Larsen (Ground Jury President)
  • Poland Eryk Brabec (Ground Jury Member)
  • Netherlands Jaap Rijks (Ground Jury Member)
  • United States John Ammermann (Ground Jury Member)
  • United States Bertalan de Nemethy (Course Designer)
  • West Germany Arno Gego (Technical Delegate)
Eventing
  • Switzerland Anton Bühler (Ground Jury President)
  • United States Jonathan Burton (Ground Jury Member)
  • France François Lucas (Ground Jury Member)
  • United States Neil Ayer (Course Designer)
  • Canada Ewen B. Graham (Technical Delegate)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Equestrianism at the 1984 Los Angeles Equestrian Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Olympic Games 1984 | FEI.org".
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