The team
dressage
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in
equestrian at the
1948 Olympic Games in
London was held in the town of
Aldershot on 9 August. The
French
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team consisting of
André Jousseaume
André Jousseaume (27 July 1894 in Yvré-l'Évêque - 26 May 1960 in Chantilly) was a French equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in team dressage at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and another gold medal at the ...
,
Jean Saint-Fort Paillard
Jean Saint-Fort Paillard (4 August 1913 – 16 January 1990) was a French military officer, equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in team dressage at the 1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Game ...
and
Maurice Buret
Maurice Buret (21 May 1909 – 23 August 2003) was a French military officer, equestrian, and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in team dressage at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
Military awards
*Legion of Honour (Chevalier)
* ...
won the gold medal. The
United States won silver and
Portugal took bronze.
The Swedish dressage team, which had originally won gold at the 1948 Games, was subsequently disqualified on April 27, 1949 by the
Fédération Équestre Internationale
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The FEI headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland. An FEI code of conduct protects the welfare of the horses from physical abu ...
(FEI) and with the approval of the IOC.
Gehnäll Persson
Gehnäll Persson (21 August 1910 – 16 July 1976) was a Swedish Army ''fanjunkare'' and equestrian.
Career
Persson was born on 21 August 1910 in Steneby, Sweden, the son of Sven Persson and Bertha Andersson.
He competed in dressage at the 194 ...
had been promoted to
lieutenant three weeks before the competition. Just two and a half weeks after the competition, the
Swedish army
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History
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demoted him back to
sergeant
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. According to the regulations at the time, only officers and “gentlemen riders” were eligible to take part, but not non-commissioned officers. Since Persson had only been promoted for the period surrounding the games, this was considered a violation of the rules. The incident led to the FEI modernizing its entry conditions, which were perceived as outdated.
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.
[Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948)]
The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad
p. 340. '' LA84 Foundation''. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
Results
References
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Equestrian events at the 1948 Summer Olympics