| Team jumping at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium |
| Date | 11 September 1972 |
| Competitors | 17 team of 4 (68 total) from 17 nations |
| Medalists | |
| Equestrian events at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Dressage | individual | team |
| Eventing | individual | team |
| Jumping | individual | team |
The team jumping in equestrian at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich was held at Olympic Stadium on 11 September. [1]
The team show jumping event consisted of two rounds, held separately from the individual competition. The top 8 teams from the first round qualified for the second round. Each rider on the team rides the course the rider with the most faults, score is thrown out, the remaining score are added up to determine the total points. This was repeated in the second round, both rounds were then added together to determine placement, if tied a jump-off between all tied teams would determine the winners.
| Rank | Riders | Nation | Horses | 1st round faults | Total | 2nd round faults | Total | Overall faults |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Fritz Ligges Gerhard Wiltfang Hartwig Steenken Hans Günter Winkler |  West Germany | Robin Askan Simona Torphy | 4.00 8.00 4.00 | 16.00 | 4.00 4.00 8.00 | 16.00 | 32.00 |
 | William Steinkraus Neal Shapiro Kathryn Kusner Frank Chapot |  United States | Main Spring Slooopy Fleet Apple White Lightning | 0.00 8.25 8.00 | 16.25 | 4.00 0.00 12.00 | 16.00 | 32.25 |
 | Vittorio Orlandi Raimondo D'Inzeo Graziano Mancinelli Piero D'Inzeo |  Italy | Fulmer Feather Fiorello Ambassador Easter Light | 4.00 8.00 20.00 | 32.00 | 4.00 4.00 8.00 | 16.00 | 48.00 |
| 4 | David Broome John Michael Saywell Harvey Smith Ann Moore |  Great Britain | Hideaway Summertime Manhattan Psalm | 8.00 4.00 11.00 | 23.00 | 8.00 4.00 16.00 | 28.00 | 51.00 |
| 5 | Monica Bachmann-Weier Paul Weier Max Hauri Hermann von Siebenthal |  Switzerland | Erbach Wulf Haiti Havanna Royal | 9.75 8.00 15.50 | 33.25 | 8.00 12.00 8.00 | 28.00 | 61.25 |
| 6 | Jim Elder Jim Day Torchy Millar Ian Millar |  Canada | Houdini Happy Fellow le Dauphin Shoeman | 4.00 12.00 20.00 | 36.00 | 4.00 12.00 12.00 | 28.00 | 64.00 |
| 7 | Alfonso Segovia Enrique Martínez Luis Álvarez Cervera Jaime, Duque de Aveyro |  Spain | Tic Tac Val de Loire Acorn Sunday Beau | 4.00 7.00 12.00 | 23.00 | 15.00 12.00 16.00 | 43.00 | 66.00 |
| 8 | Hugo Arrambide Roberto Tagle Jorge Llambí Argentino Molinuevo Jr. |  Argentina | Camalote Simple Okey Amigo Abracadabra | 15.00 26.00 0.00 | 41.00 | 12.00 20.00 48.00 | 80.00 | 121.00 |
| 9 | Barbara Barone Américo Simonetti René Varas |  Chile | Quintral Ataulfo Anahi | 13.00 28.00 35.25 | 76.25 | |||
| 10 | Hubert Parot Pierre Durand, Sr. Marc Deuquet Marcel Rozier |  France | Tic Varin Ulpienne Sans Souci | 18.00 30.25 32.00 | 80.25 | |||
| 11 | François Mathy Eric Wauters Françoise Thiry Jean Damman |  Belgium | Talisman Markies Hillpark Vasco de Gama | 8.00 8.00 87.25 | 103.25 | |||
| 12 | Marian Kozicki Stefan Grodzicki Piotr Wawryniuk Jan Kowalczyk |  Poland | Bronz Biszka Poprad Jastarnia | 4.00 16.00 87.25 | 107.25 | |||
| 13 | Vasco Ramires Sr. Carlos Campos Francisco Caldeira |  Portugal | Sir Dubrossais Ulla de Lancome Flipper | 16.00 25.75 65.75 | 107.50 | |||
| 14 | Aleksandr Nebogov Viktor Matveyev Yury Zyabrev Viktor Lisizyn |  Soviet Union | Ekvador Krokhotny Grim Pental | 12.00 28.00 87.25 | 127.25 | |||
| 15 | Fernando Hernández Eduardo Higareda Joaquín Pérez Elisa Pérez de las Heras |  Mexico | Dorian Biene Savando Askari | 24.25 45.75 87.25 | 157.25 | |||
| 16 | Masayasu Sugitani Teruchiyo Takamiya Tadashi Fukushima Tsunekazu Takeda |  Japan | Seraphina Alladin Anke Josephine | 43.75 53.25 87.25 | 184.25 | |||
| 17 | Ajtony Ákos Sándor Bognár László Móra Pál Széplaki |  Hungary | Özike Faklyas Betty Balvany | 12.00 87.25 87.25 | 186.50 |
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