| Team eventing at the Games of the VIII Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir |
| Dates | 21–26 July |
| Competitors | 40 from 10 nations |
| Medalists | |
| Equestrian at the 1924 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
| Dressage | men |
| Eventing | men |
| Jumping | men |
| Team eventing | men |
| Team jumping | men |
One of the competitions in equestrian at the 1924 Summer Olympics was the team eventing. The rules only allowed military officers to join the competition. From the results of the individual eventing, a team event was compiled. [1]
The results of the first three officers were combined. The Dutch team, consisting of Adolph van der Voort van Zijp, Charles Pahud de Mortanges, Gerard de Kruijff and Antonius Colenbrander (whose results did not count) won that competition. [2]
The scores of riders in italics (the fourth-best rider on each team as well as non-finishers) were not counted.
| Place | Team | Riders | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
 |  Netherlands (NED) | Adolf van der Voort van Zijp Charles Pahud de Mortanges Gerard de Kruijff Antonius Colenbrander | 5297.5 |
 |  Sweden (SWE) | Claës König Torsten Sylvan Gustaf Hagelin Carl Gustaf Lewenhaupt | 4743.5 |
 |  Italy (ITA) | Alberto Lombardi Alessandro Alvisi Emanuele Beraudo Di Pralormo Tommaso Lequio di Assaba | 4512.5 |
| 4 |  Switzerland (SUI) | Hans Bühler Charles Stoffel Werner Fehr René de Ribeaupierre | 4338.5 |
| 5 |  Belgium (BEL) | Baudouin de Brabandère Jules Bonvalet Joseph Fallon Léon Nossent | 4233.5 |
| 6 |  Great Britain (GBR) | Edward de Fonblanque Keith Hervey Alec Tod Philip Bowden-Smith | 4064.5 |
| 7 |  Poland (POL) | Karol von Rómmel Kazimierz Szosland Kazimierz de Rostwo-Suski Tadeusz Komorowski | 3751.5 |
| – |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) | Josef Charous Bedřich John Matěj Pechman František Statečný | Did not finish |
 France (FRA) | Michel Artola Camille de Sartiges Jean le Vavasseur Louis Rigon | Did not finish | |
 United States (USA) | Sloan Doak Frank Carr John Barry Vernon Padgett | Did not finish |
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