Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping

Individual jumping
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Pierre Durand Jr. on Jappeloup (1991)
VenueSeoul Olympic Stadium
Date26 September–2 October
Competitors74 from 24 nations
Winning total1.25 faults
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pierre Durand Jr.
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Greg Best
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Karsten Huck
 West Germany
← 1984
1992 →

The individual show jumping at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 26 September and 2 October at the Seoul Olympic Stadium.[1] It featured a significant change to the competition format from prior years. The event was open to men and women. There were 74 competitors from 24 nations.[2] Each nation could have up to 4 riders, up from 3 in previous years (though only a maximum of 3 could advance to the final).[2] The event was won by Pierre Durand Jr. of France, the nation's first victory in individual jumping since 1964 and fourth overall—most of any nation, moving out of a tie with Italy at three. Silver went to Greg Best of the United States, with bronze to Karsten Huck of West Germany.

Background

This was the 18th 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] The team and individual events remained separated, as they had been starting in 1968.

Five of the top 10 riders from the 1984 Games returned: gold medalist Joseph Fargis of the United States, fourth-place finisher Mario Deslauriers of Canada, sixth-place finisher Luis Álvarez de Cervera of Spain, seventh-place finisher Frédéric Cottier of France, and tenth-place finisher Luis Astolfi of Spain. The field was considered open, with top riders (including 1986 World Champion Gail Greenough of Canada and 1987 World Cup winner Katharine Burdsall of the United States) not competing.[2]

Colombia and Liechtenstein each made their debut in the event. France competed for the 16th time, most of any nation.

Competition format

The competition underwent a significant format change, adding a two-round qualifying round before the two-round final. The course was 770 metres long, with jumps up to 1.60 metres high, a 2.00 metre oxer, and a 4.60 metre water jump.

In the qualifying round, each pair performed in two rounds. There was no elimination between the two rounds of the qualifying. Positive scoring, rather than the fault system, was used for the qualifying round. The total score for the two rounds in qualifying was used to determined advancement to the final. A maximum of 50% of the pairs could advance (37 of the 74 starters), with each nation limited to three riders advancing.

The final also consisted of two rounds. This time, however, there was a cut between the two rounds; only the top 20 advanced from the first round of the final to the second. Both rounds of the final used the typical fault system of scoring. The combined score for both rounds determined the placement. A jump-off would be used if necessary to break ties for medal positions; other ties would not be broken.[2]

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time adjusted for daylight savings (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Monday, 26 September 1988 10:00 Qualifying round 1
Qualifying round 2
Sunday, 2 October 1988 8:00 Final round 1
Final round 2

Results

Bourdy (France), Brinkmann (West Germany), and Pyrah (Great Britain) did not advance due to the limit of three pairs per nation. Bourdy was tied for 8th in the qualifying round; Cottier and Durand had lower scores than him but advanced instead. Durand, 18th overall and 4th among French riders in qualifying, ran both rounds of the final without any jumping penalties and finished with a total of 1.25 faults from time to win the gold medal. Huck had led the first round of the final, with a completely clean run (0 faults) to Durand's 0.25 time faults, and went last in the second round of the final knowing that Durand had reached the 1.25 total. Huck nearly made the second round clean as well, but hit the next-to-last rail to receive 4 faults—tied with Best for second, who had had 4 in the first round but was clean in the second. In the jump-off, both Huck and Best had 4 faults again; the silver medal went to the American based on time in the jump-off.[2]

Rank Rider Horse Nation Qualifying Final Jump-off
Round 1 Round 2 Total Round 1 Round 2 Total Faults Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pierre Durand Jr. Jappeloup  France 59.50 50.50 110.00 0.25 1.00 1.25
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Greg Best Gem Twist  United States 69.50 63.50 133.00 4.00 0.00 4.00 4.00 45.70
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Karsten Huck Nepornuk 8  West Germany 48.00 70.00 118.00 0.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 54.75
4 Anne Kursinski Starman  United States 69.50 52.00 121.50 4.00 4.00 8.00
David Broome Countryman  Great Britain 48.00 41.00 89.00 4.00 4.00 8.00
6 Jaime Azcárraga Chin Chin  Mexico 58.00 60.00 118.00 4.00 4.25 8.25
7 Jan Tops Doreen  Netherlands 55.00 45.00 100.00 8.00 4.00 12.00
Nick Skelton Apollo  Great Britain 41.50 56.00 97.50 4.00 8.00 12.00
Joe Fargis Mill Pearl  United States 69.50 63.50 133.00 4.00 8.00 12.00
Franke Sloothaak Walzerkonig 19  West Germany 48.00 56.00 104.00 4.00 8.00 12.00
Markus Fuchs Shandor II  Switzerland 22.50 45.00 67.50 4.00 8.00 12.00
Thomas Fuchs Dollar Girl  Switzerland 63.50 70.00 133.50 4.00 8.00 12.00
Jos Lansink Felix  Netherlands 43.50 72.00 115.50 4.00 8.00 12.00
14 Joe Túri Vital  Great Britain 34.50 63.50 98.00 4.25 8.00 12.25
15 Ian Millar Big Ben  Canada 69.50 56.00 125.50 0.75 12.25 13.00
16 Rob Ehrens Sunrise  Netherlands 69.50 56.00 125.50 8.00 8.00 16.00
Michel Robert La Fayette  France 63.50 73.50 137.00 4.00 12.00 16.00
18 Juan García Tirol  Spain 61.50 29.00 90.50 8.00 8.25 16.25
19 Dirk Hafemeister Orchidee 76  West Germany 69.50 70.00 139.50 4.00 14.00 18.00
20 Jack Doyle Hardly  Ireland 30.50 50.50 81.00 8.00 24.75 32.75
21 Lisa Carlsen Kahlua  Canada 69.50 73.50 143.00 4.00 EL EL
22 Gerry Mullins Glendalough  Ireland 55.00 27.00 82.00 8.50 did not advance
Pedro Sánchez Nuit Des Tourelle  Spain 59.50 29.00 88.50 8.50 did not advance
24 Vitor Teixeira Going  Brazil 46.00 67.50 113.50 8.75 did not advance
25 André Johannpeter Heartbreaker  Brazil 29.00 39.00 68.00 9.50 did not advance
26 Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe Piquet  Belgium 69.50 63.50 133.00 12.00 did not advance
Mark Todd Bago  New Zealand 55.00 33.00 88.00 12.00 did not advance
28 George Sanna Schnaps  Australia 37.00 49.00 86.00 13.25 did not advance
29 Rodney Brown Slinky  Australia 55.00 40.00 95.00 13.50 did not advance
30 Mario Deslauriers Box Car Willie  Canada 61.50 56.00 117.50 15.75 did not advance
31 Frédéric Cottier Flambeauc  France 50.00 61.00 111.00 16.00 did not advance
32 Philippe Guerdat Lanciano II  Switzerland 25.50 48.00 73.50 23.75 did not advance
33 Manuel da Costa Jalisco B  Portugal 69.50 25.00 94.50 24.00 did not advance
Luis Álvarez de Cervera Mirage Mexicain  Spain 40.00 33.00 73.00 24.00 did not advance
35 Boris Boor Monaco F  Austria 41.50 45.00 86.50 24.75 did not advance
36 Manuel Torres Zalme  Colombia 32.00 35.50 67.50 35.75 did not advance
37 Hugo Simon Gipsy Lady  Austria 34.50 66.00 100.50 DNF did not advance
38 Hubert Bourdy Morgat  France 69.50 56.00 125.50 did not advance
39 Wolfgang Brinkmann Pedro  West Germany 39.00 67.50 106.50 did not advance
40 Malcolm Pyrah Anglezarke  Great Britain 52.00 26.00 78.00 did not advance
41 Wout-Jan van der Schans Treffer  Netherlands 51.00 15.00 66.00 did not advance
42 Yoshihiro Nakano El Lute  Japan 34.50 29.00 63.50 did not advance
43 Luis Astolfi Coreven Steepers  Spain 17.00 45.00 62.00 did not advance
44 Thomas Batliner Foxstone  Liechtenstein 45.00 17.00 62.00 did not advance
45 Kim Seung-hwan Forever  South Korea 30.50 31.00 61.50 did not advance
46 Anatoly Timoshenko Pinguin  Soviet Union 18.00 42.00 60.00 did not advance
Ove Hansen Sancerre  Norway 38.00 22.00 60.00 did not advance
48 Maurice Beatson Jeferson Junior  New Zealand 43.50 16.00 59.50 did not advance
49 John Anderson Farmer  Canada 0.00 56.00 56.00 did not advance
50 Juan Carlos García Buenos Aires  Colombia 12.00 38.00 50.00 did not advance
51 Shuichi Toki Purplex  Japan 25.50 23.00 48.50 did not advance
52 Ryuzo Okuno Challenger No. 1  Japan 10.00 37.00 47.00 did not advance
53 Jeff McVean Whisper Grey  Australia 0.00 45.00 45.00 did not advance
54 Gerardo Tazzer Peregrine  Mexico 22.50 21.00 43.50 did not advance
55 Harvey Wilson Crosby  New Zealand 22.50 19.50 42.00 did not advance
56 Lisa Jacquin For The Moment  United States 16.00 24.00 40.00 did not advance
57 Nam Gwan-U Opal  South Korea 3.00 35.50 38.50 did not advance
58 André Salah Sakakini Tric Trac 2  Egypt 0.00 33.00 33.00 did not advance
59 Alberto Carmona The Dubliner  Venezuela 11.00 18.00 29.00 did not advance
60 Takao Sawai Milkyway  Japan 8.00 19.50 27.50 did not advance
61 Alejandro Orózco Eros  Mexico 15.00 0.00 15.00 did not advance
62 Mun Hyeon-jin Amadeus  South Korea 0.00 14.00 14.00 did not advance
63 Mun Eun-jin Makmillion  South Korea 9.00 0.00 9.00 did not advance
64 Gregory McDermott Mr. Shrimpton  Australia 55.00 DNS did not advance
65 Alberto Rivera Rey A  Mexico 34.50 DNS did not advance
66 Paulo Stewart Platon  Brazil 27.50 DNS did not advance
67 Walter Gabathuler Jogger  Switzerland 22.50 DNS did not advance
68 Paul Darragh For Sure  Ireland 19.50 DNS did not advance
John Ledingham Kilcoltrim  Ireland 19.50 DNS did not advance
70 John Cottle Ups & Downs  New Zealand 13.50 DNS did not advance
71 Raimundas Udrakis Dekoratsia  Soviet Union 7.00 DNS did not advance
72 Christina Johannpeter Societe  Brazil 6.00 DNS did not advance
73 Vyacheslav Chukanov Zritel  Soviet Union 5.00 DNS did not advance
74 Sergejs Šakurovs Final  Soviet Union 4.00 DNS did not advance

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Equestrianism at the 1988 Seoul Equestrian Games: Mixed Jumping, Individual". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Jumping, Individual, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 February 2021.