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team of Peter Thomsen,

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, Ingrid Klimke,

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and Michael Jung won the gold medal.

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won the silver medal and

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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, with only the first used for the team competition. Team eventing final scores were the sum of the three best overall individual scores (adding the three components) from the five-pair teams.

Schedule

All times are

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Results

Standings after dressage

Note: The team penalties given above are for the top three in each team at this stage and may not tally with the final total scores. The final results are determined by adding the total scores of the top three team members at the end of the competition.

Standings after cross-country

Standings after jumping (Final Standings)

Final results below, determined by combining the three best overall scores for each team.

References

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