The individual show jumping was one of five equestrianism events on the

Equestrian at the 1924 Summer Olympics The equestrian events at the 1924 Summer Olympics, 1924 Paris Olympics included eventing (individual and team medals), show jumping (individual and team medals) and dressage (individual medals). Vaulting was not included this year. The competiti ...

programme. The competition was held on Saturday 27 July 1924. 43 riders from 11 nations competed. Nations were limited to four riders each; the team jumping event used the same results as this competition, with the top three individual scores counting for each national team. The individual event was won by Alphonse Gemuseus of Switzerland, with the nation winning its first victory in its debut in the individual jumping event.

Tommaso Lequio di Assaba Tommaso Lequio di Assaba (October 21, 1893 – December 17, 1965) was an Italian horse rider who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics, 1924 Summer Olympics, and 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1 ...

of Italy became the first person to win multiple medals in the event, taking silver to add to his 1920 gold.

Adam Królikiewicz Adam Łukasz Królikiewicz (9 December 1894 – 4 May 1966, aged 71) was a Polish horse rider, major of Polish Army, who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born in Lviv. He died in Konstancin-Jeziorna. He was a member of Polish Legio ...

earned Poland's first individual jumping medal with his bronze.

Background

This was the fourth appearance of the event, which had first been held at the 1900 Summer Olympics and has been held at every Summer Olympics at which equestrian sports have been featured (that is, excluding 1896, 1904, and 1908). It is the oldest event on the current programme, the only one that was held in 1900. Three riders from the 1920 competition returned: gold medalist

of Italy, fourteenth-place finisher

Åge Lundström Major General John Åge Lundström (8 June 1890 – 26 September 1975) was a Swedish Air Force officer and horse rider who competed in the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics. Early life Lundström was born on 8 June 1890 in Stockholm, Sweden, the s ...

of Sweden, and twenty-fifth-place finisher

Jacques Misonne Jacques Pierre Joseph Marie Misonne (11 December 1892 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium – 25 September 1968 in Haut-Ittre, Walloon Brabant, Belgium) was a Belgian horse rider who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics, in the 1924 Summer Olymp ...

of Belgium. Czechoslovakia, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland each made their debut in the event. Belgium and France both competed for the fourth time, the only nations to have competed at each appearance of the event to that point.

Competition format

The 1060 metre course consisted of 15 obstacles, which were up to 1.4 meters high. The water was a maximum of 4 meters in width. The pair with the fewest faults was the winner. The time limit for the course was 2:39 (400 metres per minute), with a penalty of 0.25 faults for every second or fraction thereof above the limit.Official Report, p. 249. The faults possible were: 3 points for a first refusal, 6 for a second, elimination for a third; 5 points for a horse falling; 10 points for the rider being unseated; 4 points for knocking an obstacle down with the horse's fore legs, 2 point for knocking it down with the hind legs; and 2 points for going off-course.

Schedule

Results

The course turned out to be rather difficult; the best pair finished with 6 faults.

References

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