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Individual, Men

Date10 – 13 August 1948
StatusOlympic
LocationArmy's Command Central Stadium, Aldershot Military Town / Tweseldown Racecourse, Fleet, Hampshire
Participants45 from 16 countries
FormatDressage, cross-country, and jumping.

The three-day began with dressage, which was led by France’s André Jousseaumé, who had already won an individual dressage silver in London. The following day was the endurance test, which took place near the Aldershot Military Complex. The course consisted of 33.5 km, starting with 6 km on roads, followed by 3.5 km of steeplechase, another 15 km on the roads, then 8 km of cross-country, and finishing with 1 km on the flat. The steeplechase section was contested on the Tweseldown Race Course. The course was actually considered somewhat easy, but not for Jousseaumé, who fell twice and finished last in the phase, and then had to withdraw as his horse was lame. The endurance ride was won by France’s Bernard Chevallier aboard Aiglonne, who rode a clean course, and moved into the lead, well ahead of Americans Charles Anderson and Frank Henry.

The final day was devoted to show jumping, with eight riders going cleanly over the 12 obstacle course. Among them was Chevallier who thus won the three-day gold medal. Henry also rode cleanly to win the silver medal, but Anderson had 11.5 faults and dropped back to fourth overall, trailing Sweden’s Robert Selfelt.

The 1948 Olympic three-day event was the inspiration for starting the Badminton Horse Trials, which were first held in 1949, and have since become one of the main eventing championships in equestrian sport.

PosNumberCompetitorHorseNOCPointsDressageCross-CountryJumping
1Bernard ChevallierAiglonneFRA4.00-104.00 (6)108.00 (1)0.00 (=1)Gold
2Frank HenrySwing LowUSA-21.00-117.00 (19)96.00 (=2)0.00 (=1)Silver
3Robert SelfeltClaqueSWE-25.00-109.00 (=9)84.00 (9)0.00 (=1)Bronze
4Charles AndersonReno PalisadeUSA-26.50-111.00 (13)96.00 (=2)-11.50 (22)
5Joaquín NoguerasEpsomESP-41.00-128.00 (=24)87.00 (=6)0.00 (=1)
6Erik Carlsen EsjaDEN-44.00-113.00 (=14)69.00 (16)0.00 (=1)
7Aëcio CoelhoGuapoBRA-52.00-114.00 (=16)72.00 (=14)-10.00 (=16)
=8Fernando CavaleiroSatariPOR-55.00-135.00 (29)90.00 (5)-10.00 (=16)
=8Fabio MangilliGuerriero de CapestranoITA-55.00-85.00 (3)52.00 (21)-22.00 (27)
10Francisco CarrereRosarinoARG-59.00-121.00 (20)66.00 (17)-4.00 (14)
11Alfred BlaserMahmudSUI-59.25-93.00 (4)54.00 (20)-20.25 (25)
12Humberto MarilesParralMEX-61.75-134.00 (28)75.00 (13)-2.75 (13)
13Ernest van LoonSpringsteelNED-62.00-129.00 (=26)78.00 (=11)-11.00 (21)
14Kai Aage KrarupRolloDEN-65.00-114.00 (=16)63.00 (18)-14.00 (23)
=15Olof StahreKometSWE-70.00-143.00 (32)93.00 (4)-20.00 (24)
=15Sigurd SvenssonDustSWE-70.00-103.00 (5)33.00 (27)0.00 (=1)
17Peter BorwickLibertyGBR-80.25-167.00 (40)87.00 (=6)-0.25 (9)
18Julio César SagastaCherenda CueARG-92.50-124.00 (22)36.00 (=25)-4.50 (15)
19Toni BühlerAmour AmourSUI-95.00-80.00 (2)-15.00 (32)0.00 (=1)
20Adolf EhrnroothLiliaFIN-110.00-141.00 (31)31.00 (28)0.00 (=1)
21Earl ThomsonReno RhythmUSA-114.00-105.00 (7)12.00 (30)-21.00 (26)
22Raúl CamperoTarahumaraMEX-120.50-128.00 (=24)39.00 (24)-31.50 (31)
23Joaquín SolanoMalincheMEX-123.00-149.00 (36)36.00 (=25)-10.00 (=16)
24Dick ten CateUnique de GenualNED-145.50-144.00 (=33)29.00 (29)-30.50 (30)
25Fernando PaesZuariPOR-167.50-169.00 (41)3.00 (31)-1.50 (12)
26Fernando GazapoVivianESP-179.25-153.00 (37)55.00 (19)-81.25 (33)
27Lyndon BoltonSylvesteGBR-182.00-109.00 (=9)-72.00 (38)-1.00 (10)
28Mauno RoihaRoaFIN-202.00-125.00 (23)-53.00 (36)-24.00 (28)
29Santiago MartínezFogosoESP-202.25-163.00 (39)-29.00 (34)-10.25 (=19)
30Raimondo D'InzeoRegateITA-223.00-129.00 (=26)-64.00 (37)-30.00 (29)
31Renyldo FerreiraIndioBRA-250.00-184.00 (43)-26.00 (33)-40.00 (32)
32Pierre MusyFranzösinSUI-250.25-109.00 (=9)-131.00 (39)-10.25 (=19)
33René EmanuelliTourtourelleFRA-303.25-113.00 (=14)-189.00 (40)-1.25 (11)
DNFNiels MikkelsenSt. HansDEN-108.00 (8)78.00 (=11)– (AC)
DNFJosé María SagastaMandingaARG-110.00 (12)72.00 (=14)– (AC)
DNFAntónio SerôdioAbstratoPOR-137.00 (30)87.00 (=6)– (AC)
DNFArvo HaanpääUpeaFIN-162.00 (38)81.00 (10)– (AC)
DNFEugenio MontessoroTic TacITA-144.00 (=33)49.00 (22)– (AC)
DNFSalih KoçCesurTUR-197.00 (45)45.00 (23)
DNFAnísio da Silva RochaCariocaBRA-185.00 (44)-44.00 (35)
DNFAndré JousseauméGigoloFRA-78.00 (1)-233.00 (41)
DNFDuggie StewartDark SealGBR-116.00 (18)– (DNF)
DNFHeinrich SauerSobriAUT-144.00 (=33)– (DNF)
DNFZiya AzakRuzgarTUR-172.00 (42)– (DNF)
DNFEyüp YiğittürkOzbekTUR-122.00 (21)– (DQ)