| | Event type
Individual, Open
| Date | 4 – 9 August 1992 — 8:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Real Club de Polo, Barcelona | |
| Participants | 87 from 30 countries | |
| Format | Two rounds of qualifying from the team competition, and a third round of qualifying advanced the top 50% to the final individual rounds, with a maximum of three riders per nation advancing. | |
The format was new in 1992. Riders rode two qualifying rounds that also counted towards the team competition. Only the top 56 riders (of the 87 starters) then rode a third qualifying round that advanced 44 riders (or 50% of starters and ties) to the final round. The first round was interrupted by torrential rain that ruined the chances of many early starters. The final round consisted of two rounds of jumping with both rounds to count towards the total score. Two riders went clear in both rounds of the final, German Ludger Beerbaum and the Netherlands’ Piet Raymakers. However, on his second ride, Raymakers was 0.66 seconds over the time limit, giving him 0.25 faults and dropping him to the silver medal, as Beerbaum won gold. American Norman Dello Joio, the 1983 World Cup champion who was competing in his first Olympics, took the bronze aboard Irish, recording 4.75 faults in the second round after a clean ride in round one. He was the son of well-known composer and namesake, Norman Dello Joio. Britain’s John Whitaker also went clear in round one, but his 19.25 faults in the second round dropped him to 14th place overall.
Qualifying Round
| Date | 4 – 7 August 1992 |
|---|---|
| Format | Three rounds. Total score for all rounds determined placement. Top 50% of riders advanced to the final round with maximum three per nation. |
| Pos | Competitor | Horse | NOC | Points | Round #1 | Round #2 | Round #3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rodrigo Pessoa | Special Envoy |  BRA | 223.00 | 82.50 (=1) | 56.00 (=28) | 84.50 (=3) | ||
| =2 | Merethe Jensen | Maxime |  DEN | 215.50 | 60.00 (28) | 81.00 (7) | 74.50 (=13) | ||
| =2 | Sören von Rönne | Taggi |  GER | 215.50 | 56.00 (=29) | 72.50 (=8) | 87.00 (1) | ||
| 4 | Hubert Bourdy | Razzia du Poncel |  FRA | 214.50 | 56.00 (=29) | 72.50 (=8) | 86.00 (2) | ||
| 5 | Ludo Philippaerts | Darco |  BEL | 206.50 | 82.50 (=1) | 48.00 (=39) | 76.00 (12) | ||
| 6 | Peter Gotz | Didi |  RSA | 205.00 | 64.50 (=23) | 56.00 (=28) | 84.50 (=3) | ||
| 7 | Markus Fuchs | Shandor II |  SUI | 203.00 | 56.00 (=29) | 72.50 (=8) | 74.50 (=13) | ||
| 8 | Maria Gretzer | Marcoville |  SWE | 197.00 | 61.00 (27) | 56.00 (=28) | 80.00 (8) | ||
| 9 | Jay Hayes | Zucarlos |  CAN | 194.00 | 56.00 (=29) | 56.00 (=28) | 82.00 (6) | ||
| 10 | Jennifer Foster | Zeus | CAN | 192.00 | 70.50 (=13) | 50.50 (=37) | 71.00 (17) | ||
| 11 | Enrique Sarasola | Minstrel |  ESP | 190.00 | 56.00 (=29) | 56.00 (=28) | 78.00 (=9) | ||
| 12 | Éric Navet | Quito de Baussy | FRA | 182.00 | 70.50 (=13) | 39.50 (=47) | 72.00 (16) | ||
| 13 | Tim Grubb | Denizen |  GBR | 181.00 | 49.50 (=38) | 50.50 (=37) | 81.00 (7) | ||
| 14 | Michel Robert | Nonix | FRA | 179.50 | 82.50 (=1) | 19.00 (69) | 78.00 (=9) | ||
| 15 | Takashi Tomura | Dorina |  JPN | 179.00 | 47.00 (41) | 63.00 (25) | 69.00 (19) | ||
| 16 | Peter Charles | Kruger |  IRL | 169.00 | 37.00 (51) | 64.00 (24) | 68.00 (20) | ||
| =17 | Valerio Sozzi | Pamina |  ITA | 167.50 | 63.00 (25) | 43.00 (45) | 61.50 (=26) | ||
| =17 | Evelyne Blaton | Careful | BEL | 167.50 | 76.50 (=11) | 18.00 (70) | 73.00 (15) | ||
| =19 | Thomas Frühmann | Genius |  AUT | 167.00 | – | – | – | ||
| =19 | Jos Lansink | Egano |  NED | 167.00 | 82.50 (=1) | 84.50 (=1) | – | ||
| =19 | Peter Eriksson | Moritz | SWE | 167.00 | 82.50 (=1) | 84.50 (=1) | 0.00 ( | ||
| 22 | Jaime Guerra | Consul |  MEX | 166.50 | 51.00 (37) | 56.00 (=28) | 59.50 (=28) | ||
| 23 | Ludger Beerbaum | Classic Touch | GER | 165.50 | 82.50 (=1) | 0.00 (=78) | 83.00 (5) | ||
| 24 | Norman Dello Joio | Irish |  USA | 163.50 | 42.00 (=43) | 56.00 (=28) | 65.50 (=22) | ||
| 25 | Morten Aasen | Animo |  NOR | 160.50 | 42.00 (=43) | 72.50 (=8) | 46.00 (42) | ||
| 26 | Carlos da Motta | Wendy | BRA | 155.50 | 19.00 (69) | 72.50 (=8) | 64.00 (24) | ||
| =27 | Luis Astolfi | Fino B'92 | ESP | 155.00 | 70.50 (=13) | 84.50 (=1) | – | ||
| =27 | John Whitaker | Milton | GBR | 155.00 | 82.50 (=1) | 72.50 (=8) | – | ||
| =27 | Michael Matz | Heisman | USA | 155.00 | 70.50 (=13) | 84.50 (=1) | – | ||
| =27 | Hugo Simon | Apricot D | AUT | 155.00 | 82.50 (=1) | 72.50 (=8) | 0.00 ( | ||
| =27 | Piet Raijmakers | Ratina Z | NED | 155.00 | 82.50 (=1) | 72.50 (=8) | – | ||
| 32 | Ryuzo Okuno | Milky Way | JPN | 151.50 | 48.00 (40) | 33.50 (=54) | 70.00 (18) | ||
| 33 | Jerry Smit | Governor | ITA | 150.50 | 56.00 (=29) | 29.00 (=58) | 65.50 (=22) | ||
| 34 | James Kernan | Touchdown | IRL | 147.50 | 52.00 (36) | 36.00 (=51) | 59.50 (=28) | ||
| 35 | Hervé Godignon | Quidam de Revel | FRA | 146.50 | 62.00 (26) | 84.50 (=1) | 0.00 ( | ||
| 36 | Juan Carlos García | Quel Type d'Elle |  COL | 144.00 | 20.00 (68) | 61.00 (27) | 63.00 (25) | ||
| =37 | Lisa Jacquin | For the Moment | USA | 143.00 | 70.50 (=13) | 72.50 (=8) | – | ||
| =37 | Mark Todd | Double Take |  NZL | 143.00 | 70.50 (=13) | 72.50 (=8) | – | ||
| =37 | Thomas Fuchs | Dylano | SUI | 143.00 | 70.50 (=13) | 72.50 (=8) | 0.00 ( | ||
| =37 | Lesley McNaught-Mändli | Pirol | SUI | 143.00 | 70.50 (=13) | 72.50 (=8) | 0.00 ( | ||
| =37 | Michael Whitaker | Mon Santa | GBR | 143.00 | 70.50 (=13) | 72.50 (=8) | – | ||
| =37 | Jan Tops | Top Gun | NED | 143.00 | 70.50 (=13) | 72.50 (=8) | – | ||
| 43 | Cayetano, Duque Martínez | Palestro II | ESP | 142.50 | 49.50 (=38) | 36.00 (=51) | 57.00 (=30) | ||
| 44 | Luis Antonio Álvarez | Let's Go B'92 | ESP | 138.50 | 76.50 (=11) | 62.00 (26) | – | ||
| 45 | Ulrika Hedin | Lipton | SWE | 137.50 | 30.50 (=56) | 56.00 (=28) | 51.00 (37) | ||
| 46 | Hirokazu Higashira | Baltimore | JPN | 137.00 | 42.00 (=43) | 33.50 (=54) | 61.50 (=26) | ||
| 47 | Anatoly Timoshenko | Prints |  EUN | 134.00 | 24.00 (64) | 32.00 (56) | 78.00 (=9) | ||
| 48 | Harvey Wilson | Mayday | NZL | 129.50 | 36.00 (52) | 45.50 (=42) | 48.00 (40) | ||
| 49 | Hirosuke Tomizawa | Don Carlos | JPN | 129.00 | 26.00 (62) | 36.00 (=51) | 67.00 (21) | ||
| =50 | Otto Becker | Lucky Luke | GER | 127.50 | 22.50 (=65) | 48.00 (=39) | 57.00 (=30) | ||
| =50 | Vitor Teixeira | Attack Z | BRA | 127.50 | 34.00 (54) | 44.00 (44) | 49.50 (=38) | ||
| 52 | Jaime Azcárraga | Chin Chin | MEX | 123.50 | 42.00 (=43) | 29.00 (=58) | 52.50 (=35) | ||
| 53 | Giorgio Nuti | Gauguin | ITA | 117.00 | 38.00 (50) | 26.50 (=61) | 52.50 (=35) | ||
| 54 | Ian Millar | Big Ben | CAN | 114.50 | 42.00 (=43) | 72.50 (=8) | 0.00 ( | ||
| 55 | Alberto Valdés Lacarra | Pilatus | MEX | 114.00 | 17.00 (71) | 42.00 (46) | 55.00 (33) | ||
| 56 | Jörg Münzner | Graf Grande | AUT | 112.50 | 64.50 (=23) | 48.00 (=39) | – | ||
| 57 | Mun Eun-Jin | Equador |  KOR | 109.00 | 21.00 (67) | 31.00 (57) | 57.00 (=30) | ||
| 58 | Vilmos Göttler | Kemal 36 |  HUN | 100.00 | 42.00 (=43) | 14.00 (74) | 44.00 (44) | ||
| 59 | Bruce Goodin | Reservation | NZL | 96.50 | 22.50 (=65) | 29.00 (=58) | 45.00 (43) | ||
| 60 | André Salah Sakakini | Get Away |  EGY | 93.00 | 27.00 (61) | 12.00 (76) | 54.00 (34) | ||
| 61 | Willi Melliger | Quinta C | SUI | 85.50 | 46.00 (42) | 39.50 (=47) | – | ||
| 62 | Dirk Demeersman | Edelbert | BEL | 77.50 | 56.00 (=29) | 21.50 (=65) | – | ||
| 63 | Anne Kursinski | Cannonball | USA | 72.50 | 0.00 (=81) | 72.50 (=8) | – | ||
| 64 | Manuel Torres | Kos | COL | 70.50 | 8.00 (80) | 13.00 (75) | 49.50 (=38) | ||
| 65 | Nelson Pessoa Filho | Vivaldi | BRA | 67.50 | 28.00 (60) | 39.50 (=47) | – | ||
| 66 | Henrik Lannér | Cantadou | SWE | 64.50 | 25.00 (63) | 39.50 (=47) | – | ||
| 67 | Mun Hyeon-Jin | French Rapture | KOR | 63.00 | 16.00 (72) | 0.00 (=78) | 47.00 (41) | ||
| 68 | Paul Darragh | Killelea | IRL | 58.00 | 42.00 (=43) | 16.00 (72) | – | ||
| 69 | Charles Holzer | Manassas County |  ISV | 57.50 | 12.00 (76) | 45.50 (=42) | 0.00 ( | ||
| 70 | Nick Skelton | Dollar Girl | GBR | 56.00 | 0.00 (=81) | 56.00 (=28) | 0.00 ( | ||
| 71 | Gianni Govoni | Larry II | ITA | 54.50 | 30.50 (=56) | 24.00 (64) | 0.00 ( | ||
| =72 | Hermann Weiland | Dufy 2 |  CRO | 52.00 | 30.50 (=56) | 21.50 (=65) | 0.00 ( | ||
| =72 | Franke Sloothaak | Prestige | GER | 52.00 | 30.50 (=56) | 21.50 (=65) | – | ||
| 74 | Bert Romp | Waldo E | NED | 48.00 | 33.00 (55) | 15.00 (73) | – | ||
| =75 | Eddie Macken | Welfenkrone | IRL | 39.50 | 13.00 (75) | 26.50 (=61) | – | ||
| =75 | Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe | Queen of Diamonds | BEL | 39.50 | 18.00 (70) | 21.50 (=65) | – | ||
| 77 | Denise Cojuangco | Nimmerdor |  PHI | 36.00 | 11.00 (77) | 25.00 (63) | 0.00 ( | ||
| 78 | Lone Kroman Petersen | Qludy | DEN | 35.00 | 35.00 (53) | 0.00 (=78) | – | ||
| 79 | Gonda Betrix | Tommy | RSA | 27.00 | 10.00 (78) | 17.00 (71) | – | ||
| 80 | Hugo Gamboa | Kung-Fu | COL | 25.00 | 14.00 (74) | 11.00 (77) | – | ||
| 81 | Beth Underhill | Monopoly | CAN | 15.00 | 15.00 (73) | 0.00 (=78) | – | ||
| 82 | Kim Seung-Hwan | Arizona | KOR | 9.00 | 9.00 (79) | 0.00 (=78) | – | ||
| =83 | Yu Jeong-Jae | Casual | KOR | 0.00 | 0.00 (=81) | 0.00 (=78) | 0.00 ( | ||
| =83 | José Maurer | America | MEX | 0.00 | 0.00 (=81) | 0.00 (=78) | – | ||
| =83 | Jorge Matias | Windus |  POR | 0.00 | 0.00 (=81) | 0.00 (=78) | 0.00 ( | ||
| =83 | Boris Boor | Love Me Tender | AUT | 0.00 | 0.00 (=81) | 0.00 (=78) | – | ||
| =83 | Jiří Pecháček | Garta |  TCH | 0.00 | 0.00 ( | – | – |
Final Round
| Date | 9 August 1992 — 9:30 |
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| Format | Two final rounds, total score for both rounds determined placement. |