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Team, Open

Date11 September 1972 — 8:00
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiastadion, Olympiapark, München
Participants64 from 17 countries
FormatTwo rounds. Four rider teams. Best three scores in each round determined team total. Separate competition.

This was again contested as an event separate from the individual jumping, but the format was changed in 1972. Teams still consisted of four riders, and there were still two rounds, but instead of the team score consisting of the score by the top three riders based on total score, now it would come from the top three riders for each round. Seventeen teams started, but only the top eight teams advanced to the second round. The event closed the Olympics as it was held at the Olympic Stadium in the main Olympic park shortly before the Closing Ceremony.

Over the last 18 months the West Germans (FRG) had won more Nations’ Cup events than any other country, but there was no truly dominant team, and the United States had also won several Nations’ Cups in 1971-72. In the first round these two teams led, with West Germany slightly ahead, 16.00 to 16.25 faults. It was still close in the second round, with both teams receiving 16 faults in the second round, giving West Germany the gold medal and the USA the silver. Great Britain and Spain had been tied for third after round one, but both stumbled in round two, as Italy moved up from fifth to third, winning the bronze medal.

PosCompetitorsHorseNOCFaultsRound #1Round #2
1West GermanyFRG32.0016.00 (1)16.00 (=1)Gold
Fritz Ligges Robin8.004.004.00
Gerd Wiltfang Askan12.008.004.00
Hartwig Steenken Simona12.004.008.00
Hans Günter Winkler Torphy16.008.008.00
2United StatesUSA32.2516.25 (2)16.00 (=1)Silver
Bill Steinkraus Main Spring4.000.004.00
Neal Shapiro Sloopy8.258.250.00
Kathy Kusner Fleet Apple32.0020.0012.00
Frank Chapot White Lightning36.008.0028.00
3ItalyITA48.0032.00 (5)16.00 (=1)Bronze
Vittorio Orlandi Fulmer Feather Duster8.004.004.00
Raimondo D'Inzeo Fiorello12.008.004.00
Graziano Mancinelli Ambassador28.0020.008.00
Piero D'Inzeo Easter Light135.2587.2548.00
4Great BritainGBR51.0023.00 (=3)28.00 (=4)
David Broome Manhattan20.004.0016.00
Mick Saywell Hideaway16.008.008.00
Harvey Smith Summertime20.0016.004.00
Ann Moore Psalm32.0011.0021.00
5SwitzerlandSUI61.2533.25 (6)28.00 (=4)
Monica Bachmann-Weier Erbach17.759.758.00
Paul Weier Wulf20.008.0012.00
Max Hauri Haiti23.5015.508.00
Hermann von Siebenthal Havana Royal135.2587.2548.00
6CanadaCAN64.0036.00 (7)28.00 (=4)
Jim Elder Houdini8.004.004.00
Jim Day Happy Fellow24.0012.0012.00
Torchy Millar Le Dauphin35.0023.0012.00
Ian Millar Shoeman44.0020.0024.00
7SpainESP66.0023.00 (=3)43.00 (7)
Alfonso Segovia Tic Tac19.004.0015.00
Enrique Martínez Val de Loire19.007.0012.00
Luis Antonio Álvarez Acorne28.0012.0016.00
Jaime, Duque de Aveyro Sunday Beau115.2567.2548.00
8ArgentinaARG121.0041.00 (8)80.00 (8)
Hugo Arrambide Camalote27.0015.0012.00
Roberto Tagle Simple46.0026.0020.00
Jorge Llambí Okey Amigo48.000.0048.00
Argentino Molinuevo, Jr. Abracadabra135.2587.2548.00
9ChileCHI76.2576.25 (9)
Bárbara Barone Quintral13.0013.00
Américo Simonetti Ataulfo28.0028.00
René Varas Anahi35.2535.25
10FranceFRA80.2580.25 (10)
Hubert Parot Tic18.0018.00
Pierre Durand Varin30.2530.25
Marc Deuquet Ulpienne32.0032.00
Marcel Rozier Sans Souci87.2587.25
11BelgiumBEL103.25103.25 (11)
François Mathy Talisman8.008.00
Eric Wauters Markies8.008.00
Françoise Thiry Hillpark87.2587.25
Jean Damman Vasco da Gama87.2587.25
12PolandPOL107.25107.25 (12)
Marian Kozicki Braz4.004.00
Stefan Grodzicki Biszka16.0016.00
Piotr Wawryniuk Poprad87.2587.25
Jan Kowalczyk Jastarnia87.2587.25
13PortugalPOR107.50107.50 (13)
Vasco Ramires, Sr. Sire du Brossais16.0016.00
Carlos Campos Ulla de Lancôme25.7525.75
Francisco Caldeira Flipper65.7565.75
14Soviet UnionURS127.25127.25 (14)
Aleksandr Nebogov Equador12.0012.00
Viktor Matveyev Krokhotny28.0028.00
Yury Zyabrev Grim87.2587.25
15MexicoMEX157.25157.25 (15)
Fernando Hernández Dorian24.2524.25
Eduardo Higareda Biene45.7545.75
Joaquín Pérez Savando87.2587.25
Elisa Pérez de las Heras Askari87.2587.25
16JapanJPN184.25184.25 (16)
Masayasu Sugitani Seraphina43.7543.75
Teruchiyo Takamiya Alladin53.2553.25
Tadashi Fukushima Anke87.2587.25
Tsunekazu Takeda Josephine87.2587.25
17HungaryHUN186.50186.50 (17)
Ajtony Ákos Őzike12.0012.00
Sándor Bognár Faklyas87.2587.25
László Móra Betty87.2587.25