The individual show jumping in equestrian at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics was held from 14–19 August.Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics Like all other equestrian events, the jumping competition was mixed gender, with both male and female athletes competing in the same division. There were 74 competitors from 27 nations. The event was won by Nick Skelton of Great Britain, the nation's first victory in individual jumping and first medal of any color since making the podium four consecutive Games from 1960 to 1972. Silver went to Peder Fredricson of Sweden. Eric Lamaze of Canada took bronze, becoming the first person since 1968 and sixth overall to win multiple medals (adding to his 2008 gold).

The medals were presented by Gerardo Werthein, IOC member, Argentina and Luiz Roberto Giugni, Executive Board Member of the FEI.

Background

This was the 25th appearance of the event, which had first been held at the 1900 Summer Olympics and has been held at every Summer Olympics at which equestrian sports have been featured (that is, excluding 1896, 1904, and 1908). It is the oldest event on the current programme, the only one that was held in 1900.

Three of the top 11 riders (including ties for 9th place) from the 2012 Games returned: gold medalist Steve Guerdat of Switzerland, fifth-place finisher Nick Skelton of Great Britain, and ninth-place finisher Ben Maher of Great Britain. Also returning was 2008 gold medalist Eric Lamaze of Canada, who reached the first round of the final in 2012. Ludger Beerbaum of Germany, the 1992 gold medalist, was back for his seventh Games after missing 2012. The reigning World Champion was Jeroen Dubbeldam of the Netherlands.

Chinese Taipei, Morocco, Peru, and Qatar each made their debut in the event. France and the United States both competed for the 22nd time, tied for most of any nation.

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) could qualify up to 4 horse and rider pairs; there were a total of 75 quota places. Each of the 15 nations qualified for the team jumping could enter 4 pairs in the individual event. The qualified teams were:

Host Brazil 5 teams from the World Equestrian Games: the Netherlands, France, the United States, Germany, and Sweden 3 teams from the European Jumping Championship: Switzerland, Great Britain, and Spain 2 teams from the Pan American Games: Canada and Argentina 1 team from the Group C qualification event: Ukraine 1 team from the Group F qualification event: Qatar 2 teams from the Group G qualification event: Japan and Australia

There were also 15 individual qualification places, with NOCs not earning team spots able to earn up to 2 individual spots. Most were assigned through regional groups, though some places were open to all competitors: Group A had one spot, assigned through rankings Group B had one spot, assigned through rankings Group C had one spot, assigned through rankings Groups D and E had six spots, assigned through the Pan American Games Group F had one spot, assigned through rankings Group G had one spot, assigned through a qualification event The remaining four spots were assigned to the top four remaining ranked riders, regardless of regional group

Competition format

The competition used the five-round, two-stage format introduced in 1992. The first three rounds made up the qualifications, with cuts between each round. The top 60 advanced to the second round; the top 45 advanced to the third round. The second and third rounds were also used for the team jumping event. Following the qualifications, the top 35 pairs moved on to the final round. Only the top 20 pairs advanced to the second of the two final rounds. Final rankings were based on the sum of scores from both rounds of the final stage. A jump-off would be held to break a tie for any of the medal positions.

Schedule All times are UTC−03:00 Date Time Round Sunday, 14 August 2016 10:00 Qualifying round 1 Tuesday, 16 August 2016 10:00 Qualifying round 2 Wednesday, 17 August 2016 10:00 Qualifying round 3 Friday, 19 August 2016 10:0013:30 Final round AFinal round B

Results

Qualifying round

Round 1

The first qualifying round was run on a course with an allowed time of 82 seconds.Official results Round 1 - Rio 2016

RankRider NationHorse Penalties NotesJumpTime Total1 Christian Ahlmann Taloubet Z 0 0 0 Kent Farrington Voyeur 0 0 0 Janika Sprunger Bonne Chance CW 0 0 0 Philippe Rozier Rahotep de Toscane 0 0 0 Stephan Barcha Landpeter do Feroleto 0 0 0 Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum Fibonacci 0 0 0 Jérôme Guery Gran Cru Van de Roz 0 0 0 Maikel van der Vleuten Verdi 0 0 0 Sheikh Ali Al-Thani First Division 0 0 0 Peder Fredricson All In 0 0 0 Álvaro de Miranda Neto Cornetto K 0 0 0 Daniel Deusser First Class 0 0 0 Edwina Tops-Alexander Lintea Tequila 0 0 0 Amy Millar Heros 0 0 0 Roger-Yves Bost Sydney une Prince 0 0 0 Henrik von Eckermann Yajamila 0 0 0 Pedro Veniss Quabri de l'Isle 0 0 0 Karim El-Zoghby Amelia 0 0 0 John Whitaker Ornellaia 0 0 0 Harrie Smolders Emerald 0 0 0 Eric Lamaze Fine Lady 5 0 0 0 Sergio Álvarez Moya Carlo 273 0 0 0 Steve Guerdat Nino des Buissonets 0 0 0 Rene Tebbel Zipper 0 0 0 25 Ali Al-Rumaihi Gunder 0 1 1 Nestor Nielsen van Hoff Prince Royal Z de la Luz 0 1 1 27 Eduardo Menezes Quintol 4 0 4 Nick Skelton Big Star 4 0 4 Jeroen Dubbeldam Zenith 4 0 4 Yann Candele First Choice 15 4 0 4 Pilar Lucrecia Cordón Gribouille du Lys 4 0 4 Abdelkebir Ouaddar Quickly de Kreisker 4 0 4 Ben Maher Tic Tac 4 0 4 Scott Keach Fedor 4 0 4 Lucy Davis Barron 4 0 4 Tiffany Foster Tripple X III 4 0 4 Manuel Fernández Saro U Watch 4 0 4 Romain Duguet Quorida de Treho 4 0 4 Reiko Takeda Bardolino 4 0 4 Ulrich Kirchhoff Prince de la Mare 4 0 4 Kevin Staut Reveur de Hurtebise 4 0 4 Matias Albarracin Cannavaro 9 4 0 4 Michael Whitaker Cassionato 4 0 4 Eduardo Álvarez Aznar Rockfeller de Pleville 4 0 4 Martin Fuchs Clooney 4 0 4 José Maria Larocca Cornet du Lys 4 0 4 Ludger Beerbaum Casello 4 0 4 Elizabeth Madden Cortes'c' 4 0 4 Bassem Hassan Mohammed Dejavu 4 0 4 50 Alonso Valdéz Chief 4 2 6 51 Ramiro Quintana Appy Cara 4 3 7 53 Matt Williams Valinski S 8 0 8 Luciana Diniz Fit for Fun 13 8 0 8 Hamad Al-Attiyah Appagino 2 8 0 8 Malin Baryard-Johnsson Cue Channa 8 0 8 René Lopez Con Dios III 8 0 8 Greg Broderick Going Gloabal 8 0 8 Pablo Barrios Antares 8 0 8 James Paterson-Robinson Amarillo 8 0 8 61 Ömer Karaevli Roso au Crosnier 12 1 13 Emanuel Andrade Hardrock Z 12 1 13 63 Daniel Bluman Apardi 12 3 15 64 Toshiki Masui Taloubetdarco K Z 16 0 16 Taizo Sugitani Imothep 16 0 16 Rolf-Göran Bengtsson Unita 16 0 16 67 Emanuele Gaudiano Caspar 232 24 3 27 68 Cassio Rivetti Fine Fleur du Marais 47 Bruno Passaro Chicago Z 47 Daisuke Fukushima Cornet 36 47 Ferenc Szentirmai Chadino 47 Isheau Wong Zadarijke V 47 Pénélope Leprevost Flora de Mariposa 47 — Nicola Philippaerts Zilverstar T Overuse of spurs Jur Vrieling Zirocco Blue Overuse of whip

Round 2

The second qualifying round took place on 16 August and had an allowed time of 81 seconds.Official results Round 2 - Rio 2016

RankRider NationHorse Penalties NotesJumpTime Round 1 Total 1 Kent Farrington Voyeur 0 0 0 0 Christian Ahlmann Taloubet Z 0 0 0 0 Peder Fredricson All In 0 0 0 0 Maikel van der Vleuten Verdi 0 0 0 0 Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum Fibonacci 0 0 0 0 Harrie Smolders Emerald 0 0 0 0 Álvaro de Miranda Neto Cornetto K 0 0 0 0 Daniel Deusser First Class 0 0 0 0 Sergio Alvarez Moya Carlo 273 0 0 0 0 Eric Lamaze Fine Lady 5 0 0 0 0 Pedro Veniss Quabri de l'Isle 0 0 0 0 12 Rene Tebbel Zipper 0 1 0 1 Roger-Yves Bost Sydney une Prince 0 1 0 1 14 Ali Al-Rumaihi Gunder 0 1 1 2 15 Jeroen Dubbeldam Zenith 0 0 4 4 Yann Candele First Choice 15 0 0 4 4 Philippe Rozier Rahotep de Toscane 4 0 0 4 Eduardo Menezes Quintol 0 0 4 4 Lucy Davis Barron 0 0 4 4 Sheikh Ali Al-Thani First Division 4 0 0 4 Romain Duguet Quorida de Treho 0 0 4 4 Kevin Staut Reveur de Hurtebise 0 0 4 4 McLain Ward Azur 0 0 4 4 Henrik von Eckermann Yajamila 4 0 0 4 Martin Fuchs Clooney 0 0 4 4 26 Reiko Takeda Bardolino 0 1 4 5 Matias Albarracin Cannavaro 9 0 1 4 5 Edwina Tops-Alexander Lintea Tequila 4 1 0 5 Amy Millar Heros 4 1 0 5 30 Luciana Diniz Fit for Fun 13 0 0 8 8 Ramiro Quintana Appy Cara 0 1 7 8 Matt Williams Valinski S 0 0 8 8 Ulrich Kirchhoff Prince de la Mare 4 0 4 8 Nick Skelton Big Star 4 0 4 8 Janika Sprunger Bonne Chance CW 8 0 0 8 Ben Maher Tic Tac 4 0 4 8 Manuel Fernandez Saro U Watch 4 0 4 8 Tiffany Foster Tripple X III 4 0 4 8 Bassem Hassan Mohammed Dejavu 4 0 4 8 Steve Guerdat Nino des Buissonets 8 0 0 8 Ludger Beerbaum Casello 4 0 4 8 42 Karim El-Zoghby Amelia 8 1 0 9 Michael Whitaker Cassionato 4 1 4 9 44 Nestor Nielsen van Hoff Prince Royal Z de la Luz 8 1 1 10 Jérôme Guery Gran Cru Van de Roz 8 2 0 10 46 José Maria Larocca Cornet du Lys 8 0 4 12 Pilar Lucrecia Cordon Gribouille du Lys 8 0 4 12 Malin Baryard-Johnsson Cue Channa 4 0 8 12 Elizabeth Madden Cortes'c' 8 0 4 12 50 Greg Broderick Going Gloabal 4 1 8 13 Abdelkebir Ouaddar Quickly de Kreisker 8 1 4 13 Hamad Al-Attiyah Appagino 2 4 1 8 13 53 James Paterson-Robinson Amarillo 8 1 8 17 54 Pablo Barrios Antares 12 0 8 20 55 René Lopez Con Dios III 12 1 8 21 56 Alonso Valdéz Chief 16 0 6 22 57 John Whitaker Ornellaia 20 3 0 23 — Scott Keach Fedor 4 47 Eduardo Alvarez Aznar Rockfeller de Pleville 4 47 — Stephan Barcha Landpeter do Feroleto 0 Overuse of spurs

Round 3

The third qualifying round was run on 17 August on an allowed time of 82 seconds.Official results Round 3 - Rio 2016

A maximum of three riders from a single country could advance to the individual final. Therefore, Ludger Beerbaum did not advance as Germany had three riders with fewer penalty points. The four riders from Switzerland had 9 penalty points each. The Swiss team leader decided not to send Janika Sprunger to the final.

RankRider NationHorse Penalties NotesJumpTime Round 1+2 Total 1 Eric Lamaze Fine Lady 5 0 0 0 0 2 Kent Farrington Voyeur 0 1 0 1 Peder Fredricson All In 0 1 0 1 Maikel van der Vleuten Verdi 0 1 0 1 5 Roger-Yves Bost Sydney une Prince 0 1 1 2 6 Rene Tebbel Zipper 0 2 1 3 7 Ali Al-Rumaihi Gunder 0 2 2 4 Christian Ahlmann Taloubet Z 4 0 0 4 Kevin Staut Reveur de Hurtebise 0 0 4 4 McLain Ward Azur 0 0 4 4 Álvaro de Miranda Neto Cornetto K 4 0 0 4 Daniel Deusser First Class 4 0 0 4 13 Sheikh Ali Al-Thani First Division 0 1 4 5 Philippe Rozier Rahotep de Toscane 0 1 4 5 Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum Fibonacci 4 1 0 5 Pedro Veniss Quabri de l'Isle 4 1 0 5 17 Sergio Alvarez Moya Carlo 273 4 2 0 6 18 Yann Candele First Choice 15 4 0 4 8 Eduardo Menezes Quintol 4 0 4 8 Tiffany Foster Tripple X III 0 0 8 8 Lucy Davis Barron 4 0 4 8 Ludger Beerbaum * Casello 0 0 8 8 23 Ben Maher Tic Tac 0 1 8 9 Edwina Tops-Alexander Lintea Tequila 4 0 5 9 Janika Sprunger * Bonne Chance CW 0 1 8 9 Jeroen Dubbeldam Zenith 4 1 4 9 Romain Duguet Quorida de Treho 4 1 4 9 Martin Fuchs Clooney 4 1 4 9 Steve Guerdat Nino des Buissonets 0 1 8 9 30 Matias Albarracin Cannavaro 9 4 1 5 10 31 Henrik von Eckermann Yajamila 8 0 4 12 Harrie Smolders Emerald 12 0 0 12 33 Luciana Diniz Fit for Fun 13 4 1 8 13 Nick Skelton Big Star 4 1 8 13 Bassem Hassan Mohammed Dejavu 4 1 8 13 36 Matt Williams Valinski S 4 2 8 14 37 Jérôme Guery Gran Cru Van de Roz 4 1 10 15 38 Manuel Fernandez Saro U Watch 8 1 8 17 Amy Millar Heros 12 0 5 17 40 Karim El-Zoghby Amelia 8 1 9 18 Ramiro Quintana Appy Cara 8 2 8 18 42 Nestor Nielsen van Hoff Prince Royal Z de la Luz 12 1 10 23 43 Ulrich Kirchhoff Prince de la Mare 16 1 8 25 — Reiko Takeda Bardolino 5 — Michael Whitaker Cassionato 5

Final

Round A