The individual
eventing in
equestrian at the
1948 Olympic Games in
London was held in the town of
Aldershot and at the
Tweseldown Racecourse
Tweseldown Racecourse southeast of Fleet, Hampshire was originally a National Hunt steeplechasing venue and the home of the equestrian dressage and eventing competitions in the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Until 2012 the venue hosted Point to point ra ...
from 10 to 13 August.
Bernard Chevallier of
France won the gold medal.
Frank Henry
Frank Sherman Henry (December 15, 1909 – August 25, 1989) was an American equestrian. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in team eventing and silver medals in individual eventing and team dressage, becoming th ...
, from the
United States, won silver and
Robert Selfelt, from
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
, took bronze. The team and individual eventing competitions used the same scores. Eventing consisted of a dressage test, a cross-country test, and a jumping test.
Results
Standings after dressage
Standings after cross-country
Final results after jumping
References
Sources
*Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948)
The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad p. 342. ''
LA84 Foundation''. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
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Equestrian at the Summer Olympics