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Individual, Open

Date7 – 9 September 1972 — 14:00
StatusOlympic
LocationDressuranlage, Nymphenburg, München
Participants33 from 13 countries
FormatTwo rounds, total score to determine placement.

Dressage was held at a temporary facility set up on the grounds of the Nymphenburg Palace, a Baroque Palace in München. The Palace, built in the 17th century, had been the summer residence of the house of Wittelsbach. The decision by the OCOG to move dressage to Nymphenburg, was hotly disputed. The decision to hold dressage in Nymphenburg instead of Riem was influenced by a state visit by Queen Elizabeth II in 1965. When she was in München, the 1964 German Olympic gold medal team gave a 10-minute dressage demonstration in front of the castle, which enchanted the Queen and influenced the München OCOG’s decision.

The event again consisted of a preliminary and final round, with the top 12 finishers in the preliminaries advancing to the finals. The top 12 final placements were based only on the score in the final round. Women were first allowed to compete in dressage at the 1952 Olympics and this event was becoming more and more dominated by women, with 21 of the 33 competitors in 1972, females also winning the gold and silver medals. One female competitor was Britain’s Lorna Johnstone, born in 1902, and at 70 years, 3 days old on the day dressage started, the oldest ever female Olympian.

Liselott Linsenhoff had first competed at the 1956 Olympics, winning an individual dressage bronze, but she next appeared at the 1968 Olympics, where she helped Germany win team gold. In München she had the highest score both in the qualifying and final round to win the gold medal. Second went to Soviet Yelena Petushkova, who was also second in both rounds. Linsenhoff’s teammate, Josef Neckermann, won his third consecutive individual dressage medal, after a bronze in 1964 and silver in 1968. Petushkova was married, for a time, to Soviet high jump champion Valery Brumel.

PosCompetitorHorseNOCPointsQualifyingFinal
1Liselott LinsenhoffPiaffFRG1,2291,763 (1)1,229 (1)Gold
2Yelena PetushkovaPepelURS1,1851,747 (2)1,185 (2)Silver
3Josef NeckermannVenetiaFRG1,1771,706 (3)1,177 (3)Bronze
4Ivan KizimovIkhorURS1,1591,701 (4)1,159 (4)
5Ivan KalitaTarifURS1,1301,647 (6)1,130 (5)
6Ulla HåkanssonAjaxSWE1,1261,649 (5)1,126 (6)
7Karin SchlüterLiostroFRG1,1131,614 (9)1,113 (7)
8Maud von RosenLucky BoySWE1,0881,578 (11)1,088 (8)
9Christilot HansonArmagnacCAN1,0811,615 (8)1,081 (9)
10Ninna SwaabCasanovaSWE1,0671,622 (7)1,067 (10)
11Aksel Malling MikkelsenTalismanDEN1,0601,597 (10)1,060 (11)
12Lorna JohnstoneEl FarrucoGBR1,0361,576 (12)1,036 (12)
13Gerhard BrockmüllerMariosGDR1,5451,545 (13)
14Ulla PetersenChigwellDEN1,5341,534 (14)
15Christine StückelbergerGranatSUI1,5281,528 (15)
16Wolfgang MüllerSemaforGDR1,5211,521 (16)
17Horst KöhlerImanuelGDR1,4861,486 (17)
18Anny van DoornePericlesNED1,4801,480 (18)
19Edith MasterDahlwitzUSA1,4801,480 (19)
20Charlotte IngemannSoulimanDEN1,4751,475 (20)
21Hermann DürSodSUI1,4661,466 (21)
22John WinnettReinaldUSA1,4581,458 (22)
23Patrick le RollandCramiqueFRA1,4511,451 (23)
24Jennie Loriston-ClarkeKadettGBR1,4501,450 (24)
25Sylvio de RezendeOtheloBRA1,4311,431 (25)
26Cindy NealeBonne AnnéeCAN1,4241,424 (26)
27Cees Benedictus-LieftinckTuristaNED1,4201,420 (27)
28John SwaabMaharadschaNED1,4091,409 (28)
29Marita AeschbacherCharlampSUI1,3891,389 (29)
30Lorraine StubbsVenezuelaCAN1,3791,379 (30)
31Lois StephensFaschingUSA1,3451,345 (31)
32Kikuko InoueDon CarlosJPN1,3131,313 (32)
33Domini LawrenceKarat/San FernandoGBR1,2421,242 (33)

Qualifying Round

Date7 September 1972 — 14:00
FormatQualifying round scores from team event. Top 12 advance to final round.
PosCompetitorHorseNOCPointsJudge #1Judge #2Judge #3Judge #4Judge #5
1Liselott LinsenhoffPiaffFRG1,763368 (1)367 (1)326 (=4)343 (7)359 (1)Q
2Yelena PetushkovaPepelURS1,747323 (7)360 (2)352 (1)365 (1)347 (2)Q
3Josef NeckermannVenetiaFRG1,706350 (2)355 (4)314 (8)347 (=4)340 (=5)Q
4Ivan KizimovIkhorURS1,701340 (3)342 (5)322 (6)357 (2)340 (=5)Q
5Ulla HåkanssonAjaxSWE1,649321 (8)357 (3)331 (2)311 (=15)329 (9)Q
6Ivan KalitaTarifURS1,647325 (5)336 (6)326 (=4)338 (8)322 (12)Q
7Ninna SwaabCasanovaSWE1,622319 (=9)313 (9)316 (7)333 (9)341 (4)Q
8Christilot HansonArmagnacCAN1,615326 (4)300 (14)303 (15)344 (6)342 (3)Q
9Karin SchlüterLiostroFRG1,614319 (=9)289 (=16)328 (3)347 (=4)331 (8)Q
10Aksel Malling MikkelsenTalismanDEN1,597324 (6)319 (8)313 (=9)313 (14)328 (=10)Q
11Maud von RosenLucky BoySWE1,578309 (13)304 (12)313 (=9)332 (10)320 (13)Q
12Lorna JohnstoneEl FarrucoGBR1,576313 (12)307 (10)307 (=13)349 (3)300 (23)Q
13Gerhard BrockmüllerMariosGDR1,545306 (=14)281 (23)313 (=9)310 (18)335 (7)
14Ulla PetersenChigwellDEN1,534319 (=9)301 (13)307 (=13)306 (=20)301 (=21)
15Christine StückelbergerGranatSUI1,528305 (16)305 (11)296 (18)311 (=15)311 (14)
16Wolfgang MüllerSemaforGDR1,521306 (=14)284 (21)308 (12)315 (12)308 (15)
17Horst KöhlerImanuelGDR1,486301 (=17)287 (20)297 (17)273 (31)328 (=10)
18Anny van DoornePericlesNED1,480301 (=17)289 (=16)274 (=23)311 (=15)305 (=17)
19Edith MasterDahlwitzUSA1,480292 (21)289 (=16)274 (=23)322 (11)303 (20)
20Charlotte IngemannSoulimanDEN1,475278 (27)288 (19)291 (19)314 (13)304 (19)
21Hermann DürSodSUI1,466298 (19)271 (29)301 (16)299 (25)297 (=25)
22John WinnettReinaldUSA1,458283 (24)283 (22)279 (21)308 (19)305 (=17)
23Patrick le RollandCramiqueFRA1,451270 (29)332 (7)262 (=29)306 (=20)281 (28)
24Jennie Loriston-ClarkeKadettGBR1,450291 (22)292 (15)270 (26)298 (26)299 (24)
25Sylvio de RezendeOtheloBRA1,431289 (23)279 (24)262 (=29)304 (22)297 (=25)
26Cindy NealeBonne AnnéeCAN1,424293 (20)274 (27)267 (27)283 (29)307 (16)
27Cees Benedictus-LieftinckTuristaNED1,420280 (26)266 (32)278 (22)295 (28)301 (=21)
28John SwaabMaharadschaNED1,409281 (25)273 (28)260 (31)300 (24)295 (27)
29Marita AeschbacherCharlampSUI1,389247 (32)277 (26)286 (20)301 (23)278 (29)
30Lorraine StubbsVenezuelaCAN1,379273 (28)270 (30)263 (28)296 (27)277 (30)
31Lois StephensFaschingUSA1,345254 (31)278 (25)274 (=23)277 (30)262 (32)
32Kikuko InoueDon CarlosJPN1,313264 (30)252 (33)258 (32)270 (32)269 (31)
33Domini LawrenceKarat/San FernandoGBR1,242243 (33)267 (31)239 (33)239 (33)254 (33)

Final Round

Date9 September 1972 — 14:00
PosCompetitorHorseNOCPointsJudge #1Judge #2Judge #3Judge #4Judge #5
1Liselott LinsenhoffPiaffFRG1,229254 (1)257 (1)232 (1)245 (=2)241 (1)
2Yelena PetushkovaPepelURS1,185230 (4)243 (=2)220 (4)257 (1)235 (2)
3Josef NeckermannVenetiaFRG1,177247 (2)240 (4)211 (7)245 (=2)234 (3)
4Ivan KizimovIkhorURS1,159223 (=6)243 (=2)224 (3)244 (4)225 (=5)
5Ivan KalitaTarifURS1,130223 (=6)226 (7)219 (5)238 (5)224 (7)
6Ulla HåkanssonAjaxSWE1,126227 (5)233 (5)226 (2)215 (11)225 (=5)
7Karin SchlüterLiostroFRG1,113233 (3)217 (8)205 (9)230 (8)228 (4)
8Maud von RosenLucky BoySWE1,088218 (9)215 (9)215 (6)219 (10)221 (8)
9Christilot HansonArmagnacCAN1,081219 (8)229 (6)204 (10)211 (12)218 (10)
10Ninna SwaabCasanovaSWE1,067210 (10)201 (12)210 (8)234 (6)212 (11)
11Aksel Malling MikkelsenTalismanDEN1,060208 (11)210 (10)200 (11)222 (9)220 (9)
12Lorna JohnstoneEl FarrucoGBR1,036203 (12)205 (11)190 (12)232 (7)206 (12)