Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping

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Individual jumping
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Beijing2008 eq medal jumping indiv01.JPG
Medal ceremony
VenueHong Kong Sports Institute
Dates15–21 August
Competitors77 from 29 nations
Winning total0 faults
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Eric Lamaze
 Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rolf-Göran Bengtsson
 Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Beezie Madden
 United States
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The individual show jumping at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between 15 and 21 August, at the Hong Kong Sports Institute.[1] Like all other equestrian events, the jumping competition was mixed gender, with both male and female athletes competing in the same division. There were 77 competitors from 29 nations.[2] The event was won by Eric Lamaze of Canada, the nation's first victory in individual jumping and first medal of any color in the event since 1976. Silver went to Rolf-Göran Bengtsson of Sweden, that nation's first medal in individual jumping since 1932. American Beezie Madden, who had led through the three qualifying rounds in 2004 before a bad first final round put her in 30th overall in Athens, took the bronze medal in Beijing.

Background[]

This was the 23rd 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.[2]

Four of the top 11 riders (including ties for 10th place) from the 2004 Games returned: gold medalist Rodrigo Pessoa of Brazil, bronze medalist Marco Kutscher of Germany, fourth-place finisher Rolf-Göran Bengtsson of Sweden, and tenth-place finisher Nick Skelton of Great Britain. 1992 Olympic gold medalist Ludger Beerbaum of Germany also returned yet again. Jos Lansink of Belgium, a perennial Olympian like Beerbaum, was the reigning World Champion.[2]

Azerbaijan, Bermuda, the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Ukraine, and the United Arab Emirates each made their debut in the event. The United States competed for the 20th time, matching absent France 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 79 quota places. Each of the 16 nations qualified for the team jumping could enter 4 pairs in the individual event. The qualified teams were:

  • Hosts China and Hong Kong
  • 5 teams from the World Equestrian Games: the Netherlands, the United States, Germany, Ukraine, and Switzerland
  • 3 teams from the European Jumping Championship: Great Britain, Sweden, and Norway
  • 3 teams from the Pan American Games: Brazil, Canada, and Mexico
  • 1 team each from regional groups F and G at the World Games: Saudi Arabia and Australia
  • 1 team from the group G qualification event: New Zealand

There were also 15 individual qualification places, with NOCs not earning team spots able to earn up to 2 individual spots. All of these places were assigned by regional groups:

  • Groups A and B had two spots, assigned through rankings
  • Group C had three spots, assigned through rankings
  • Group D had one spot and Group E had 4 spots, assigned through the Pan American Games
  • Group F had three spots, two assigned through the World Games and one through a qualification event
  • Group G had two spots, one assigned through the World Games and one through a qualification event

Competition format[]

The competition used the five-round format introduced in 1992, with three rounds in the qualifying round and two rounds in the final. The first three rounds made up the qualifying stage. The second and third of those rounds were also used for the team jumping event. Following the qualifying rounds, the top 35 pairs moved on to the final stage. That stage was held over two rounds; only the top 20 pairs competed in the second of the two final rounds. Overall scores and final rankings were based on the sum of scores from both rounds of the final stage.

Schedule[]

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Friday, 15 August 2008 19:15 Qualifying round 1
Sunday, 17 August 2008 19:15 Qualifying round 2
Monday, 18 August 2008 19:15 Qualifying round 3
Thursday, 21 August 2008 19:15
22:10
Final round A
Final round B

Results[]

Rolf-Göran Bengtsson and Ninja La Silla

Qualifying round[]

Round 1[]

Rank Rider Nation Horse Penalties
Jump Time Total
1 Christina Liebherr  Switzerland No Mercy 0 0 0
Pedro Veniss  Brazil 0 0 0
Taizo Sugitani  Japan California 0 0 0
Mac Cone  Canada Ole 0 0 0
Stein Endresen  Norway Le Beau 0 0 0
McLain Ward  United States Sapphire 0 0 0
Patrick Lam  Hong Kong Urban 0 0 0
Bernardo Alves  Brazil Chupa Chup 0 0 0
Vincent Voorn  Netherlands 0 0 0
Niklaus Schurtenberger  Switzerland Cantus 0 0 0
Eric Lamaze  Canada Hickstead 0 0 0
Will Simpson  United States 0 0 0
Beezie Madden  United States Authentic 0 0 0
14 Nick Skelton  Great Britain Russel 0 1 1
Laurie Lever  Australia 0 1 1
Jill Henselwood  Canada Special Ed 0 1 1
Morten Djupvik  Norway Casino 0 1 1
Antonio Chedraui  Mexico 0 1 1
Jamal Rahimov  Azerbaijan 0 1 1
Eiken Sato  Japan 0 1 1
Ben Maher  Great Britain Rolette 0 1 1
Denis Lynch  Ireland 0 1 1
Steve Guerdat  Switzerland 0 1 1
Jos Lansink  Belgium 0 1 1
Tony Andre Hansen  Norway 0 1 1
Federico Fernandez  Mexico Zorro 0 1 1
27 Marc Houtzager  Netherlands Opium 0 2 2
Ramzy Al Duhami  Saudi Arabia 0 2 2
29 Angelique Hoorn  Netherlands O'Brien 4 0 4
Peter McMahon  Australia Genoa 4 0 4
Tim Stockdale  Great Britain 4 0 4
Pius Schwizer  Switzerland 4 0 4
Kirk Webby  New Zealand 4 0 4
Edwina Alexander  Australia 4 0 4
Matt Williams  Australia Leconte 4 0 4
Ian Millar  Canada In Style 4 0 4
Rolf-Göran Bengtsson  Sweden Ninja 4 0 4
38 Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe  Ukraine Quintus 4 1 5
Laura Kraut  United States Cedric 4 1 5
Lotta Schultz  Sweden 4 1 5
Camila Benedicto  Brazil 4 1 5
Gerco Schröder  Netherlands Monaco 4 1 5
John Whitaker  Great Britain Peppermill 4 1 5
Jillian Terceira  Bermuda 4 1 5
45 Marco Kutscher  Germany 4 2 6
Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum  Germany Shutterfly 4 2 6
Kenneth Cheng  Hong Kong 4 2 6
48 Peter Eriksson  Sweden 8 0 8
Lyubov Kochetova  Russia 8 0 8
Helena Lundback  Sweden 8 0 8
51 Pablo Barrios  Venezuela Sinatra 8 1 9
Juan Andres Rodriguez  Guatemala 8 1 9
Enrique González  Mexico Frida 8 1 9
Li Zhenqiang  China 4 5 9
55 Christian Ahlmann  Germany Coster 8 2 10
Huang Zuping  China 8 2 10
Abdullah Al Saud  Saudi Arabia Obelix 8 2 10
Bjorn Nagel  Ukraine 8 2 10
Ludger Beerbaum  Germany All Inclusive 8 2 10
60 Faisal Al Shalan  Saudi Arabia Wido 8 3 11
Latifa bint Ahmed Al Maktoum  United Arab Emirates 8 3 11
Kamal Bahamdan  Saudi Arabia 8 3 11
63 Alberto Michan  Mexico 8 4 12
64 Geir Gulliksen  Norway Cattani 12 1 13
66 Jose Larocca  Argentina 12 2 14
Samantha Lam  Hong Kong Tresor 12 2 14
Bruce Goodin  New Zealand Yamato 12 2 14
68 Zhao Zhiwen  China 16 1 17
69 Oleksandr Onyshchenko  Ukraine Codar 16 2 18
70 Ibrahim Bisharat  Jordan 16 3 19
71 Manuel Torres  Colombia 20 1 21
72 Katharina Offel  Ukraine 20 7 27
73 Zhang Bin  China 28 2 30
74 Sharn Wordley  New Zealand Rockville 44 3 47
75 Karim El Zoghby  Egypt Aladin 48 4 52
76 Katie McVean  New Zealand Forest 72 0 72
Rodrigo Pessoa  Brazil Rufus 0 1 DPG[3]

Round 2[]

Rank Rider Nation Horse Penalties Notes
Jump Time Round 1 Total
1 McLain Ward  United States Sapphire 0 0 0 0 Q
Eric Lamaze  Canada Hickstead 0 0 0 0 Q
3 Denis Lynch  Ireland 0 1 1 2 Q
Jos Lansink  Belgium 0 1 1 2 Q
Tony Andre Hansen  Norway 0 1 1 2 Q
6 Marc Houtzager  Netherlands Opium 0 1 2 3 Q
7 Rolf-Göran Bengtsson  Sweden Ninja 0 0 4 4 Q
Stein Endresen  Norway Le Beau 4 0 0 4 Q
Christina Liebherr  Switzerland No Mercy 4 0 0 4 Q
Edwina Alexander  Australia 0 0 4 4 Q
Niklaus Schurtenberger  Switzerland Cantus 4 0 0 4 Q
12 Ben Maher  Great Britain Rolette 4 0 1 5 Q
Steve Guerdat  Switzerland 4 0 1 5 Q
14 Ramzy Al Duhami  Saudi Arabia 4 1 2 7 Q
15 Angelique Hoorn  Netherlands O'Brien 4 0 4 8 Q
Tim Stockdale  Great Britain 4 0 4 8 Q
Pius Schwizer  Switzerland 4 0 4 8 Q
Will Simpson  United States 8 0 0 8 Q
Matt Williams  Australia Leconte 4 0 4 8 Q
Ian Millar  Canada In Style 4 0 4 8 Q
21 Patrick Lam  Hong Kong Urban 8 1 0 9 Q
Antonio Chedraui  Mexico 8 0 1 9 Q
Nick Skelton  Great Britain Russel 8 0 1 9 Q
Laura Kraut  United States Cedric 4 0 5 9 Q
25 Lotta Schultz  Sweden 4 1 5 10 Q
Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum  Germany Shutterfly 4 0 6 10 Q
Federico Fernandez  Mexico Zorro 8 1 1 10 Q
28 Beezie Madden  United States Authentic 8 3 0 11 Q
29 Kirk Webby  New Zealand 8 0 4 12 Q
Mac Cone  Canada Ole 12 0 0 12 Q
Bernardo Alves  Brazil Chupa Chup 12 0 0 12 Q
32 Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe  Ukraine Quintus 8 0 5 13 Q
Morten Djupvik  Norway Casino 12 0 1 13 Q
34 Peter Eriksson  Sweden 8 0 8 16 Q
Vincent Voorn  Netherlands 16 0 0 16 Q
36 Taizo Sugitani  Japan California 16 1 0 17 Q
Laurie Lever  Australia 16 0 1 17 Q
Gerco Schröder  Netherlands Monaco 12 0 5 17 Q
39 Juan Andres Rodriguez  Guatemala 8 1 9 18 Q
Christian Ahlmann  Germany Coster 8 0 10 18 Q
Ludger Beerbaum  Germany All Inclusive 8 0 10 18 Q
Camila Benedicto  Brazil 12 1 5 18 Q
43 Marco Kutscher  Germany 12 1 6 19 Q
Bjorn Nagel  Ukraine 8 1 10 19 Q
Jill Henselwood  Canada Special Ed 16 2 1 19 Q
46 Helena Lundback  Sweden 12 0 8 20 Q
Peter McMahon  Australia Genoa 16 0 4 20 Q
48 Alberto Michan  Mexico 8 1 12 21 Q
49 Pablo Barrios  Venezuela Sinatra 12 2 9 23 Q
50 Eiken Sato  Japan 24 0 1 25
Enrique Gonzalez  Mexico Frida 16 0 9 25
Geir Gulliksen  Norway Cattani 12 0 13 25
53 Latifa bin Ahmed Al Maktoum  United Arab Emirates 12 3 11 26
Kamal Bahamdan  Saudi Arabia 12 3 11 26
Bruce Goodin  New Zealand Yamato 12 0 14 26
56 Kenneth Cheng  Hong Kong 20 1 6 27
57 Faisal Al Shalan  Saudi Arabia Wido 16 2 11 29
58 Jose Larocca  Argentina 16 0 14 30
59 Abdullah Al Saud  Saudi Arabia Obelix 28 2 10 40
60 Ibrahim Bisharat  Jordan 20 32 19 41
Ljubov Kochetova  Russia 28 5 8 41
62 Manuel Torres  Colombia 20 2 21 43
Samantha Lam  Hong Kong Tresor 28 1 14 43
64 Katharina Offel  Ukraine 16 1 27 44
65 Huang Zuping  China 36 0 10 46
66 Li Zhenqiang  China 32 7 9 48
67 Zhao Zhiwen  China 32 0 17 49
68 Zhang Bin  China 24 7 30 61
69 Sharn Wordley  New Zealand Rockville 24 1 47 72
70 Katie McVean  New Zealand Forest 40 5 72 117
Pedro Veniss  Brazil Eliminated 0 Elim.
Jamal Rahimov  Azerbaijan Eliminated 1 Elim.
Jillian Terceira  Bermuda Eliminated 5 Elim.
Oleksandr Onyshchenko  Ukraine Codar Eliminated 18 Elim.
John Whitaker  Great Britain Peppermill DNS 5 DNF
Karim El Zoghby  Egypt Aladin DNS 52 DNF
Rodrigo Pessoa  Brazil Rufus 0 0 1 1 Q, DPG[3]

Round 3[]

Rank Rider Nation Horse Penalties Notes
Jump Time Round 1+2 Total
1 Tony Andre Hansen  Norway 0 1 2 3 Q
2 Jos Lansink  Belgium 0 2 2 4 Q
McLain Ward  United States Sapphire 4 0 0 4 Q
Edwina Alexander  Australia 0 0 4 4 Q
Eric Lamaze  Canada Hickstead 4 0 0 4 Q
6 Ben Maher  Great Britain Rolette 0 0 5 5 Q
7 Denis Lynch  Ireland 4 2 2 8 Q
Marc Houtzager  Netherlands Opium 4 1 3 8 Q
Ian Millar  Canada In Style 0 0 8 8 Q
Rolf-Göran Bengtsson  Sweden Ninja 4 0 4 8 Q
11 Laura Kraut  United States Cedric 0 0 9 9 Q
12 Steve Guerdat  Switzerland 4 1 5 10 Q
13 Niklaus Schurtenberger  Switzerland Cantus 8 0 4 12 Q
14 Pius Schwizer  Switzerland 4 1 8 13 Q
15 Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum  Germany Shutterfly 4 0 10 14 Q
16 Beezie Madden  United States Authentic 4 0 11 15 Q
17 Ramzy Al Duhami  Saudi Arabia 8 1 7 16 Q
Angelique Hoorn  Netherlands O'Brien 8 0 8 16 Q
Stein Endresen  Norway Le Beau 12 0 4 16 Q
Tim Stockdale  Great Britain 8 0 8 16 Q
Will Simpson  United States 8 0 8 16 3/NOC
22 Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe  Ukraine Quintus 4 0 13 17 Q
Antonio Chedraui  Mexico 8 0 9 17 Q
Morten Djupvik  Norway Casino 4 0 13 17 Q
25 Jill Henselwood  Canada Special Ed 0 0 19 19 Q
26 Bernardo Alves  Brazil Chupa Chup 8 0 12 20 Q
Peter Eriksson  Sweden 4 0 16 20 Q
28 Laurie Lever  Australia 4 0 17 21 Q
Gerco Schröder  Netherlands Monaco 4 0 17 21 Q
30 Christian Ahlmann  Germany Coster 4 0 18 22 Q
Nick Skelton  Great Britain Russel 12 1 9 22 Q
32 Kirk Webby  New Zealand 12 0 12 24 Q
Federico Fernandez  Mexico Zorro 12 2 10 24 Q
Ludger Beerbaum  Germany All Inclusive 4 2 18 24 Q
35 Matt Williams  Australia Leconte 16 1 8 25 Q
36 Taizo Sugitani  Japan California 8 1 17 26
37 Camila Benedicto  Brazil 8 1 18 27
Christina Liebherr  Switzerland No Mercy 20 3 4 27
39 Lotta Schultz  Sweden 20 0 10 30
40 Juan Andres Rodriguez  Guatemala 12 1 18 31
41 Helena Lundback  Sweden 16 1 20 37
42 Marco Kutscher  Germany 16 3 19 38
43 Pablo Barrios  Venezuela Sinatra 16 4 23 43
Vincent Voorn  Netherlands 24 3 16 43
45 Patrick Lam  Hong Kong Urban 28 8 9 45
46 Alberto Michan  Mexico 24 1 21 46
Mac Cone  Canada Ole DNS 12 DNF
Bjorn Nagel  Ukraine DNS 19 DNF
Peter McMahon  Australia Genoa DNS 20 DNF
Rodrigo Pessoa  Brazil Rufus 4 2 1 7 Q, DPG[3]

Final round[]

Round A[]

Rank Rider Nation Horse Penalties Notes
Jump Time Total
1 Camila Benedicto  Brazil 0 0 0 Q
Angelique Hoorn  Netherlands O'Brien 0 0 0 Q
Stein Endresen  Norway Le Beau 0 0 0 Q
Tim Stockdale  Great Britain 0 0 0 Q
Beezie Madden  United States Authentic 0 0 0 Q
Marc Houtzager  Netherlands Opium 0 0 0 Q
Rolf-Göran Bengtsson  Sweden Ninja 0 0 0 Q
Ben Maher  Great Britain Rolette 0 0 0 Q
Jos Lansink  Belgium 0 0 0 Q
Eric Lamaze  Canada Hickstead 0 0 0 Q
11 Lotta Schultz  Sweden 4 0 4 Q
Matt Williams  Australia Leconte 4 0 4 Q
Ludger Beerbaum  Germany All Inclusive 4 0 4 Q
Gerco Schröder  Netherlands Monaco 4 0 4 Q
Jill Henselwood  Canada Special Ed 4 0 4 Q
Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe  Ukraine Quintus 4 0 4 Q
Morten Djupvik  Norway Casino 4 0 4 Q
Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum  Germany Shutterfly 4 0 4 Q
Steve Guerdat  Switzerland 4 0 4 Q
McLain Ward  United States Sapphire 4 0 4 Q
Edwina Alexander  Australia 4 0 4 Q
23 Laurie Lever  Australia 8 0 8
Ramzy Al Duhami  Saudi Arabia 8 0 8
Pius Schwizer  Switzerland 8 0 8
Niklaus Schurtenberger  Switzerland Cantus 8 0 8
Laura Kraut  United States Cedric 8 0 8
Ian Millar  Canada In Style 8 0 8
28 Alberto Michan  Mexico 12 0 12
Taizo Sugitani  Japan California 12 0 12
Federico Fernandez  Mexico Zorro 12 0 12
Nick Skelton  Great Britain Russel 12 0 12
32 Peter Eriksson  Sweden 16 0 16
33 Kirk Webby  New Zealand 24 0 24
Rodrigo Pessoa  Brazil Rufus 4 0 4 Q, DPG[3]

Round B[]

Rank Rider Nation Horse Penalties Notes
Jump Time Round A Total
1 Rolf-Göran Bengtsson  Sweden Ninja 0 0 0 0 Q
Eric Lamaze  Canada Hickstead 0 0 0 0 Q
3 Ludger Beerbaum  Germany All Inclusive 0 0 4 4 B
Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum  Germany Shutterfly 0 0 4 4 B
McLain Ward  United States Sapphire 0 0 4 4 B
Angelique Hoorn  Netherlands O'Brien 4 0 0 4 B
Beezie Madden  United States Authentic 4 0 0 4 B
Marc Houtzager  Netherlands Opium 4 0 0 4 B
9 Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe  Ukraine Quintus 4 0 4 8
Morten Djupvik  Norway Casino 4 0 4 8
Steve Guerdat  Switzerland 4 0 4 8
Edwina Alexander  Australia 4 0 4 8
Camila Benedicto  Brazil 8 0 0 8
Jos Lansink  Belgium 8 0 0 8
15 Gerco Schröder  Netherlands Monaco 12 0 4 16
Stein Endresen  Norway Le Beau 16 0 0 16
Tim Stockdale  Great Britain 16 0 0 16
18 Lotta Schultz  Sweden 12 1 4 17
19 Ben Maher  Great Britain Rolette 20 0 0 20
20 Matt Williams  Australia Leconte 20 0 4 24
Jill Henselwood  Canada Special Ed DNF 4 DNF
Rodrigo Pessoa  Brazil Rufus 4 0 4 8 B, DPG[3]

Bronze medal jump-off[]

Rank Rider Nation Horse Penalties Time (s)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Beezie Madden  United States Authentic 0 35.25
4 Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum  Germany Shutterfly 0 35.37
5 McLain Ward  United States Sapphire 4 35.39
6 Ludger Beerbaum  Germany All Inclusive 4 36.16
7 Marc Houtzager  Netherlands Opium 8 36.77
8 Angelique Hoorn  Netherlands O'Brien 8 36.89
Rodrigo Pessoa  Brazil Rufus 0 37.04

Gold medal jump-off[]

Rank Rider Nation Horse Penalties Time (s)
1st place, gold medalist(s) Eric Lamaze  Canada Hickstead 0 38.39
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rolf-Göran Bengtsson  Sweden Ninja 4 38.39

References[]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Equestrianism at the 2008 Beijing Equestrian Games: Mixed Jumping, Individual". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Jumping, Individual, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Equestrian stripped of Beijing result for doping". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 30 October 2008.

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