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Team, Open

Date26 – 27 July 1996 — 9:00
StatusOlympic
LocationGeorgia International Horse Park, Conyers, Georgia
Participants39 from 10 countries
FormatFour rider teams. Top 3 scores from Grand Prix phase of individual event count towards team score.
Judge ELinda ZangUSA
Judge HUwe MechlemGER
Judge CEric LetteSWE
Judge MJan PeetersNED
Judge BBernard MaurelFRA

As always, Germany won, although it was much closer than it had been in 1992. That year the margin was almost 500 points over the Netherlands, and while the Dutch team finished second again, in 1996 they trailed by only 116 points. In fact, Dutch riders [Anky van Grunsven] and Sven Rothenberger placed 2-3 in the individual event. Rothenberger was born in Germany as were two of the riders for the third-placed American team, Guenter Seidel and Steffen Peters. Germany would continue winning this event thru 2008.

PosNumberCompetitorsHorseNOCPoints
1–GermanyGER5,553Gold
347Isabell Werth Gigolo1,915
349Monica Theodorescu Grunox1,845
348Klaus Balkenhol Goldstern1,793
346Martin Schaudt Durgo1,781non-scoring
2–NetherlandsNED5,437Silver
547Anky van Grunsven Bonfire1,893
549Sven Rothenberger Weyden1,854
546Tineke Bartels-de Vries Olympic Barbria1,690
548Gonnelien Rothenberger-Gordijn Dondolo1,673non-scoring
3–United StatesUSA5,309Bronze
748Michelle Gibson Peron1,880
746Guenter Seidel Graf George1,734
749Steffen Peters Udon1,695
747Robert Dover Metallic1,649non-scoring
4–FranceFRA5,045
329Margit Otto-Crépin Lucky Lord1,783
326Dominique Brieussel Akazie1,650
327Dominique d'Esmé Thor1,612
328Marie-Hélène Syre Marlon1,516non-scoring
5–SwedenSWE4,996
712Annette Solmell Strauss1,673
709Ulla Håkansson Bobby1,666
713Louise Nathhorst Walk on Top1,657
710Tinne Wilhelmsson Caprice1,542non-scoring
6–SwitzerlandSUI4,893
726Christine Stückelberger Aquamarin1,662
727Hans Staub Dukaat1,628
729Eva Senn Renzo1,603
728Barbara von Grebel-Schiendorfer Ramar1,324non-scoring
7–SpainESP4,875
691Ignacio Rambla Evento1,744
690Beatriz Ferrer-Salat Serra Brillant1,604
693Rafael Soto Invasor1,527
692Juan Matute Hermes1,416non-scoring
8–Great BritainGBR4,761
366Richard Davison Askari1,668
369Joanna Jackson Mester Mouse1,577
368Vicky Thompson Enfant1,516
367Jane Bredin Cupido1,468non-scoring
9–ItalyITA4,691
468Pia Laus Liebenberg1,600
466Paolo Giani Margi Destino di Acciarella1,595
469Daria Fantoni Sonny Boy1,496
467Fausto Puccini Fiffikus1,418non-scoring
10–CanadaCAN4,509
227Leonie Bramall Gilbona1,613
228Evi Strasser Lavinia1,462
226Gina Smith Faust1,434
229Tom Dvorak DNS–