Individual, Open

The jumping was contested over a course with 14 obstacles, with a double and a triple jump for 17 jumps, with 60 riders from 23 nations starting. The event was contested over two rounds, with scores from both rounds to count towards the final score. For the first time since 1920, the individual and team jumping were separate events. Raimondo D’Inzeo was the 1956 silver medalist and was the World Champion in 1956 and 1960 and came in as the favorite. In round one he had the only clean round of the competition, leading Argentine Naldo Dasso, who had only 4.00 faults. Dasso would struggle in the second round and drop back to a tie for seventh. D’Inzeo had 12 faults in the second round but it was good enough to bring him the gold medal, leading his brother, Piero D’Inzeo, who had 8 faults in both rounds and took the silver medal. Britain’s David Broome won the bronze medal with 23 faults, and he would be voted Britain’s Sports Personality of the Year for 1960.