The individual
dressage in
equestrian
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at the
1948 Olympic Games in
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was held in
Aldershot
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from 9 to 10 August.
Swiss rider
Hans Moser won the gold medal. The silver was won by
André Jousseaume of
France
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and the bronze by
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rider
Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern, Jr. The sixth place finisher,
Gehnäll Persson, was disqualified when it was discovered that he was only a noncommissioned officer and thus ineligible to compete.
Competition format
The team and individual dressage competitions used the same results. A test was to be carried out from memory by each rider within 13 minutes, losing half a point for every second over the time limit.
Results
References
External links
*Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948)
The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad ''
LA84 Foundation
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''. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
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Equestrian events at the 1948 Summer Olympics