Equestrian at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Individual dressage

The individual dressage at the 1928 Summer Olympics took place at Hilversum. The test was the same as for the 1924 Olympics, but the 10-minute limit was now raised to 13 minutes, giving the riders much needed time to complete it without losing points for going over the time allowed. Judging created controversy, both due to nationalistic tendencies by judges and the fact that individual judges had differing opinions on what was correct. While there was discussion on how to make it more fair—including dropping the lowest and highest scores, only having one judge from a neutral county, and removing 20 points from each score given to a countryman of each judge—no changes were made until after the judging scandal at the 1956 Games.

Individual dressage
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueHilversum
Competitors29 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Carl Freiherr von Langen Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Charles Marion France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Ragnar Olson Sweden
← 1924
1932 →

Scores from the individual competition were summed to give results in the team competition.[1]

Results

Source: Official results;[2] De Wael[3]

RankRiderNationHorseAverage Score
Carl Freiherr von Langen  GermanyDraufgänger237.42
Charles Marion  FranceLinon231.00
Ragnar Olson  SwedenGunstling229.78
4Janne Lundblad  SwedenBlackmar226.70
5Emanuel Thiel  CzechoslovakiaLoki225.96
6Hermann Linkenbach  GermanyGimpel224.26
7Robert Wallon  FranceClough-banck224.08
8Jan van Reede  NetherlandsHans220.70
9Pierre Versteegh  NetherlandsHis Excellence II216.44
10Otto Schöninger  CzechoslovakiaEx210.28
11Eugen von Lotzbeck  GermanyCaracalla208.04
12Gerard le Heux  NetherlandsValérine205.82
13Arthur von Pongracz  AustriaTurridu204.28
14Wilhelm Jaich  AustriaGraf204.16
15Adolphe Mercier  SwitzerlandQueen-Mary203.34
16Magnus Fog  DenmarkMistinguett202.08
17Jaroslav Hanf  CzechoslovakiaElegán201.70
18Vladimir Stoychev  BulgariaPan200.76
19Carl, Count Bonde  SwedenIngo194.38
20Kozeki Okada  JapanTakushu193.70
21Gustav Grachegg  AustriaDaniel191.96
22Oskar Frank  SwitzerlandSolon190.62
23Pierre Danloux  FranceRempart187.10
24Oswald Lints  BelgiumRira-t-elle185.86
25Werner Stuber  SwitzerlandUlhard175.12
26Paul Michelet  NorwayBenue170.78
27Henri Laame  BelgiumBelga167.70
28Kohei Yusa  JapanSakigake166.96
29Roger Delrue  BelgiumDreypuss146.14

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