Equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Team eventing

Team eventing at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Venue	Aldershot (Dressage, Jumping) Tweseldown Racecourse (Cross-country)
Date	10–13 August 1948
Competitors	42 from 14 nations
Medalists
Charles Anderson Frank Henry Earl Foster Thomson   United States Robert Selfelt Olof Stahre Sigurd Svensson   Sweden Raúl Campero Humberto Mariles Joaquín Solano   Mexico
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The team eventing in equestrian at the 1948 Olympic Games in London was held in the town of Aldershot and at the Tweseldown Racecourse from 10 to 13 August. ^[1] The American team of Charles Anderson, Frank Henry and Earl Foster Thomson won the gold medal. Sweden won the silver medal and Mexico 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. Team eventing final scores were the sum of the three individual scores for riders from the same NOC.

Results

Standings after dressage

Nation	Individual results			Team penalties	Team rank
	Rider	Horse	Penalties
Switzerland	Tony Bühler	Amour Amour	-80.00	-282.00	1
	Alfred Blaser	Mahmud	-93.00
	Pierre Musy	Französin	-109.00
France	André Josseaume	Gigolo	-78.00	-295.00	2
	Bernard Chevallier	Aiglonne	-104.00
	René Emanuelli	Tourtourelle	-113.00
United States	Earl Foster Thomson	Reno Rhythm	-105.00	-333.00	3
	Charles Anderson	Reno Palisade	-111.00
	Frank Henry	Swing Low	-117.00
Denmark	Niels Mikkelsen	St. Hans	-108.00	-335.00	4
	Erik Carlsen	Esja	-113.00
	Kai Aage Krarup	Rollo	-114.00
Argentina	José Manuel Sagasta	Mandinga	-110.00	-355.00	5
	Francisco Carrere	Rosarino	-121.00
	Julio César Sagasta	Cherenda Cue	-124.00
Sweden	Sigurd Svensson	Dust	-103.00	-355.00	5
	Robert Selfelt	Claque	-109.00
	Olof Stahre	Komet	-143.00
Italy	Fabio Mangilli	Guerriero de Capestrano	-85.00	-358.00	7
	Raimondo D'Inzeo	Regate	-129.00
	Eugenio Montessoro	Tic Tac	-144.00
Great Britain	Lyndon Bolton	Sylveste	-109.00	-392.00	8
	Douglas Stewart	Dark Seal	-116.00
	Peter Borwick	Liberty	-167.00
Mexico	Raúl Campero	Tarahumara	-128.00	-411.00	9
	Humberto Mariles	Parral	-134.00
	Joaquín Solano	Malinche	-149.00
Finland	Mauno Roiha	Roa	-125.00	-428.00	10
	Adolf Ehrnrooth	Lilia	-141.00
	Arvo Haanpää	Upea	-162.00
Portugal	Fernando Cavaleiro	Satari	-135.00	-441.00	11
	António Serôdio	Abstrato	-137.00
	Fernando Paes	Zuari	-169.00
Spain	Joaquín Nogueras	Epsom	-128.00	-444.00	12
	Fernando Gazapo	Vivian	-153.00
	Santiago Martínez	Fogoso	-163.00
Brazil	Aëcio Coelho	Guapo	-114.00	-483.00	13
	Renyldo Ferreira	Indio	-184.00
	Anísio da Rocha	Carioca	-185.00
Turkey	Eyüp Yiğittürk	Ozbek	-122.00	-491.00	14
	Ziya Azak	Ruzgar	-172.00
	Salih Koç	Cesur	-197.00

Standings after cross-country

Nation	Individual results					Total team penalties	Team rank
	Rider	Horse	Cross-country Penalties	Cross-country Points gained	Total Penalties
Denmark	Niels Mikkelsen	St. Hans	0.00	78.00	-30.00	-125.00	1
	Erik Carlsen	Esja	0.00	69.00	-44.00
	Kai Aage Krarup	Rollo	0.00	63.00	-51.00
United States	Earl Foster Thomson	Reno Rhythm	-60.00	72.00	-93.00	-129.00	2
	Charles Anderson	Reno Palisade	0.00	96.00	-15.00
	Frank Henry	Swing Low	0.00	96.00	-21.00
Sweden	Sigurd Svensson	Dust	0.00	33.00	-70.00	-145.00	3
	Robert Selfelt	Claque	0.00	84.00	-25.00
	Olof Stahre	Komet	0.00	93.00	-50.00
Argentina	José Manuel Sagasta	Mandinga	0.00	72.00	-38.00	-181.00	4
	Francisco Carrere	Rosarino	0.00	66.00	-55.00
	Julio César Sagasta	Cherenda Cue	0.00	36.00	-88.00
Mexico	Raúl Campero	Tarahumara	0.00	39.00	-89.00	-261.00	5
	Humberto Mariles	Parral	0.00	75.00	-59.00
	Joaquín Solano	Malinche	0.00	36.00	-113.00
Portugal	Fernando Cavaleiro	Satari	0.00	90.00	-45.00	-261.00	5
	António Serôdio	Abstrato	0.00	87.00	-50.00
	Fernando Paes	Zuari	-30.00	33.00	-166.00
Italy	Fabio Mangilli	Guerriero de Capestrano	-20.00	72.00	-33.00	-321.00	7
	Raimondo D'Inzeo	Regate	-70.00	6.00	-193.00
	Eugenio Montessoro	Tic Tac	-20.00	69.00	-95.00
Spain	Joaquín Nogueras	Epsom	0.00	78.00	-41.00	-331.00	8
	Fernando Gazapo	Vivian	-20.00	75.00	-98.00
	Santiago Martínez	Fogoso	-50.00	21.00	-192.00
Finland	Mauno Roiha	Roa	-80.00	27.00	-178.00	-369.00	9
	Adolf Ehrnrooth	Lilia	-20.00	51.00	-110.00
	Arvo Haanpää	Upea	0.00	81.00	-81.00
Switzerland	Tony Bühler	Amour Amour	-60.00	45.00	-95.00	-374.00	10
	Alfred Blaser	Mahmud	0.00	54.00	-39.00
	Pierre Musy	Französin	-140.00	9.00	-240.00
Brazil	Aëcio Coelho	Guapo	0.00	72.00	-42.00	-481.00	11
	Renyldo Ferreira	Indio	-80.00	54.00	-210.00
	Anísio da Rocha	Carioca	-80.00	36.00	-229.00
France	André Josseaume	Gigolo	-260.00	27.00	-311.00	-609.00	12
	Bernard Chevallier	Aiglonne	0.00	108.00	4.00
	René Emanuelli	Tourtourelle	-240.00	51.00	-302.00
Turkey	Eyüp Yiğittürk	Ozbek	Disqualified			Eliminated
	Ziya Azak	Ruzgar	Withdrew
	Salih Koç	Cesur	0.00	45.00	-152.00
Great Britain	Lyndon Bolton	Sylveste	-120.00	48.00	-181.00	Eliminated
	Douglas Stewart	Dark Seal	Withdrew
	Peter Borwick	Liberty	0.00	87.00	-80.00

Final standings after jumping

Nation	Individual results				Total team penalties	Team rank
	Rider	Horse	Jumping Penalties	Total Penalties
United States	Earl Foster Thomson	Reno Rhythm	-21.00	-114.00	-161.50
	Charles Anderson	Reno Palisade	-11.50	-26.50
	Frank Henry	Swing Low	0.00	-21.00
Sweden	Sigurd Svensson	Dust	0.00	-70.00	-165.00
	Robert Selfelt	Claque	0.00	-25.00
	Olof Stahre	Komet	-20.00	-70.00
Mexico	Raúl Campero	Tarahumara	-31.50	-120.50	-305.25
	Humberto Mariles	Parral	-2.75	-61.75
	Joaquín Solano	Malinche	-10.00	-123.00
Switzerland	Tony Bühler	Amour Amour	0.00	-95.00	-404.50	4
	Alfred Blaser	Mahmud	-20.25	-59.25
	Pierre Musy	Französin	-10.25	-250.25
Spain	Joaquín Nogueras	Epsom	0.00	-41.00	-422.50	5
	Fernando Gazapo	Vivian	-81.25	-179.25
	Santiago Martínez	Fogoso	-10.25	-202.25
Denmark	Niels Mikkelsen	St. Hans	Eliminated		Eliminated
	Erik Carlsen	Esja	0.00	-44.00
	Kai Aage Krarup	Rollo	-14.00	-65.00
Argentina	José Manuel Sagasta	Mandinga	Eliminated		Eliminated
	Francisco Carrere	Rosarino	-4.00	-59.00
	Julio César Sagasta	Cherenda Cue	-4.50	-92.50
Portugal	Fernando Cavaleiro	Satari	-10.00	-55.00	Eliminated
	António Serôdio	Abstrato	Eliminated
	Fernando Paes	Zuari	-1.50	-167.50
Great Britain	Lyndon Bolton	Sylveste	-1.00	-182.00	Eliminated
	Douglas Stewart	Dark Seal	Withdrew
	Peter Borwick	Liberty	-0.25	-80.25
Italy	Fabio Mangilli	Guerriero de Capestrano	-22.00	-55.00	Eliminated
	Raimondo D'Inzeo	Regate	-30.00	-223.00
	Eugenio Montessoro	Tic Tac	Withdrew
France	André Josseaume	Gigolo	Withdrew		Eliminated
	Bernard Chevallier	Aiglonne	0.00	4.00
	René Emanuelli	Tourtourelle	-1.25	-303.25
Brazil	Aëcio Coelho	Guapo	-10.00	-52.00	Eliminated
	Renyldo Ferreira	Indio	-40.00	-250.00
	Anísio da Rocha	Carioca	Eliminated
Finland	Mauno Roiha	Roa	-24.00	-202.00	Eliminated
	Adolf Ehrnrooth	Lilia	0.00	-110.00
	Arvo Haanpää	Upea	Eliminated
Turkey	Eyüp Yiğittürk	Ozbek	Disqualified		Eliminated
	Ziya Azak	Ruzgar	Withdrew
	Salih Koç	Cesur	Eliminated

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Equestrianism at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Three-Day Event, Team". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.

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.