The individual
eventing
Eventing (also known as three day eventing or horse trials) is an equestrian event where a single horse and rider combine and compete against other competitors across the three disciplines of dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. Thi ...
in
equestrian
The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse".
Horseback riding (or Riding in British English)
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at the
2012 Olympic Games
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
in
London
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was held at
Greenwich Park
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from 28 to 31 July.
Michael Jung of
Germany
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won the gold medal.
Sweden
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's
Sara Algotsson Ostholt
Sara Anneli Algotsson Ostholt (born 8 December 1974 in Rockneby, Sweden) is a Swedish equestrian. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed in both the Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Team eventing, team and the Equestrian at the 2012 S ...
won silver and
Sandra Auffarth, also of Germany, took bronze.
Competition format
The team and individual eventing competitions used the same scores. Eventing consisted of a dressage test, a cross-country test, and a jumping test. The jumping test had two rounds. After the first jumping round, the teams results were determined. Both jumping rounds counted towards the individual results. Only the top 25 horse and rider pairs (including ties for 25th) after the first jumping round (adding the three components) competed in the second jumping round. However, each nation was limited to a maximum of three pairs qualifying for the second (final) jumping round.
The format used in London, was the same as the one used in both Athens and Beijing.
The cross-country course was 5,728 meters long, with 28 obstacles and 40 efforts. The allowed time was set at 10:03 for an average speed of 570m/min. The jumping course was 515m with an allowed time of 1:23.
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time
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(UTC+1)
Results
Standings after Dressage
Standings after Cross-country
Standings after Jumping (Round 1)
Top 25 qualify for the final with a maximum of 3 riders per Nation (NOC).
Final Results after Jumping (Round 2)
*Note:The four pairs who did not advance to the final jumping round because three pairs from their nation had already qualified, were
Dirk Schrade
Dirk Schrade (born 29 June 1978 in Münsingen) is a German equestrian. At the 2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event h ...
,
William Fox-Pitt
William Speed Lane Fox-Pitt (born 2 January 1969) is an English equestrian who competes in eventing. His career highlights include winning three Olympic medals in the team event, with silver in 2004 and 2012, and bronze in 2008. At the World ...
,
Nicola Wilson and
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* Caroline Powell (athlete), British masters athlete
* Caroline Powell (skier), British skier
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.
References
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Individual eventing