| | Event type

Individual, Open

Date	29 July – 4 August 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia International Horse Park, Conyers, Georgia
Participants	82 from 24 countries
Format	Three rounds of qualifying advanced the top 25 riders to a single final round, maximum of three riders per nation advanced.

The event was changed with qualifying consisting of three rounds, with the top 25 advancing to the final, with no more than three riders from any nation in the final. The final was again two rounds with the total score for both rounds to count. Linda Allen designed the courses, the first woman to do so at the Olympics.

The course for the first round of the final was not difficult as 10 riders went clear, and the other 15 missed only a single obstacle, for four faults. The second round was a bit harder, but six riders still had clean rides, although there were some time penalties for three of them. German Uli Kirchhoff was the only rider with clean rides in both rounds, although he incurred 1.00 time penalties in the second round, but this still brought him the gold medal.

The other medals involved a complicated seven-way tie for second and a seven-rider jump-off. In the jump-off Switzerland’s Willi Melliger and France’s Alexandra Ledermann both had clean rides, the only two of the jump-off, with Melliger winning the silver medal on time, 38.07 to 41.46.

Within three weeks, Kirchhoff’s horse, Jus de Pommes would tragically die from circulatory collapse after a severe intestinal disorder.

Pos	Competitor	Horse	NOC	Faults	Jump-Off Faults	Qualifying	Final
1	Uli Kirchhoff	Jus de Pommes	GER	1.00	–	5.50 (5)	1.00 (1)	Gold
2	Willi Melliger	Calvaro V	SUI	4.00	0.00	16.00 (=16)	4.00 (2)	Silver
3	Alexandra Ledermann	Rochet M	FRA	4.00	0.00	16.00 (=16)	4.00 (3)	Bronze
4	Hugo Simon	E.T.	AUT	4.00	4.00	16.00 (=16)	4.00 (4)
5	Urs Fäh	Jeremia	SUI	4.00	4.00	16.00 (=16)	4.00 (5)
6	Geoff Billington	It's Otto	GBR	4.00	4.00	12.25 (12)	4.00 (6)
7	Jan Tops	Top Gun	NED	4.00	8.00	4.25 (4)	4.00 (7)
8	Doda	Aspen	BRA	4.00	16.00	16.25 (=23)	4.00 (8)
=9	Rodrigo Pessoa	Tomboy	BRA	4.25	–	2.00 (2)	4.25 (=9)
=9	John Whitaker	Welham	GBR	4.25	–	22.50 (38)	4.25 (=9)
=11	Anton-Martin Bauer	Vesuve Paluelle	AUT	8.00	–	12.00 (=9)	8.00 (=11)
=11	Fernando Sarasola	Ennio	ESP	8.00	–	10.25 (8)	8.00 (=11)
=11	Peter Charles	Beneton	IRL	8.00	–	17.75 (27)	8.00 (=11)
=11	Jos Lansink	Carthago Z	NED	8.00	–	20.00 (=29)	8.00 (=11)
=11	Beat Mändli	City Banking	SUI	8.00	–	16.00 (=16)	8.00 (=11)
=11	Leslie Burr-Howard	Extreme	USA	8.00	–	14.00 (14)	8.00 (=11)
17	Hervé Godignon	Viking du Tillard	FRA	9.00	–	8.50 (7)	9.00 (17)
18	André Johannpeter	Calei	BRA	12.00	–	20.50 (=34)	12.00 (18)
19	Jerry Smit	Constantijn	ITA	12.25	–	16.25 (=23)	12.25 (19)
=20	Ludo Philippaerts	King Darco	BEL	16.00	–	4.00 (3)	16.00 (=20)
=20	Lars Nieberg	For Pleasure	GER	16.00	–	20.00 (=29)	16.00 (=20)
=20	Anne Kursinski	Eros	USA	16.00	–	8.00 (6)	16.00 (=20)
23	Nick Skelton	Showtime	GBR	16.25	–	24.00 (=40)	16.25 (23)
24	Rutherford Latham	Sourire d'Aze	ESP	16.50	–	21.00 (36)	16.50 (24)
25	Helmut Morbitzer	Racal	AUT	29.00	–	20.00 (=29)	29.00 (25)
1 r1/2	Ludger Beerbaum	Ratina Z	GER	–	–	0.25 (1)	–
=9 r1/2	Valerio Sozzi	Gaston M	ITA	–	–	12.00 (=9)	–
=9 r1/2	Michael Matz	Rhum IV	USA	–	–	12.00 (=9)	–
13 r1/2	Roger-Yves Bost	Souviens Toi III	FRA	–	–	12.75 (13)	–
15 r1/2	Takeshi Shirai	Vicomte du Mesnil	JPN	–	–	14.75 (15)	–
=16 r1/2	Peter Eriksson	Robin I Z	SWE	–	–	16.00 (=16)	–
=16 r1/2	Peter Leone	Legato	USA	–	–	16.00 (=16)	–
25 r1/2	Patrice Delaveau	Roxane de Gruchy	FRA	–	–	16.50 (25)	–
26 r1/2	Jaime Guerra	Risueno	MEX	–	–	17.50 (26)	–
28 r1/2	Alejandro Jordá	Hernando du Sablon	ESP	–	–	18.50 (28)	–
=29 r1/2	Natale Chiaudani	Rheingold de Luyne	ITA	–	–	20.00 (=29)	–
=29 r1/2	Emile Hendrix	Finesse	NED	–	–	20.00 (=29)	–
=34 r1/2	Jessica Chesney	Diamond Exchange	IRL	–	–	20.50 (=34)	–
37 r1/2	Eddie Macken	Schalkhaar	IRL	–	–	22.00 (37)	–
39 r1/2	Ramzy Al-Duhami	Let's Talk About	KSA	–	–	23.25 (39)	–
=40 r1/2	Manuel Torres	Cartagena	COL	–	–	24.00 (=40)	–
=40 r1/2	Pedro Sánchez	Riccarda	ESP	–	–	24.00 (=40)	–
=40 r1/2	Bert Romp	Samantha	NED	–	–	24.00 (=40)	–
44 r1/2	Khaled Al-Eid	Eastern Knight	KSA	–	–	24.75 (44)	–
45 r1/2	Maria Gretzer	Marcoville	SWE	–	–	25.50 (45)	–
=46 r1/2	Ian Millar	Play it Again	CAN	–	–	28.00 (=46)	–
=46 r1/2	Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Paradiso	SWE	–	–	28.00 (=46)	–
=48 r1/2	Luiz Felipe de Azevedo	Cassiana	BRA	–	–	29.00 (=48)	–
=48 r1/2	Malin Baryard	Corrmint	SWE	–	–	29.00 (=48)	–
=50 r1/2	Stanny Van Paesschen	Mulga Bill	BEL	–	–	32.00 (=50)	–
=50 r1/2	Antonio Chedraui	Elastique	MEX	–	–	32.00 (=50)	–
52 r1/2	Mac Cone	Elute	CAN	–	–	32.25 (52)	–
53 r1/2	Michel Blaton	Revoulino	BEL	–	–	35.25 (53)	–
54 r1/2	José Madariaga	Genius	MEX	–	–	36.75 (54)	–
55 r1/2	Vicki Roycroft	Coalminer	AUS	–	–	40.00 (55)	–
56 r1/2	Arnaldo Bologni	Eileen	ITA	–	–	44.00 (56)	–
57 r1/2	Yoshihiro Nakano	Sisal de Jalesnes	JPN	–	–	44.50 (57)	–
=58 r1/2	Linda Southern-Heathcott	Advantage	CAN	–	–	45.50 (=58)	–
=58 r1/2	Miguel Leal	Surcouf de Revel	POR	–	–	45.50 (=58)	–
60 r1/2	Alfonso Romo	Flash	MEX	–	–	47.75 (60)	–
61 r1/2	Russell Johnstone	Southern Contrast	AUS	–	–	48.00 (61)	–
62 r1/2	Taizo Sugitani	Countryman	JPN	–	–	48.75 (62)	–
63 r1/2	Michael Whitaker	Two Step	GBR	–	–	50.25 (63)	–
64 r1/2	Damian Gardiner	Arthos	IRL	–	–	52.50 (64)	–
65 r1/2	Markus Fuchs	Adelfos	SUI	–	–	55.25 (65)	–
66 r1/2	Chris Delia	Silent Sam	CAN	–	–	56.00 (66)	–
67 r1/2	Eric Wauters	Bon Ami	BEL	–	–	57.50 (67)	–
68 r1/2	António Vozone	Mr. Cer	POR	–	–	59.25 (68)	–
69 r1/2	Daniel Meech	Future Vision	NZL	–	–	60.25 (69)	–
70 r1/2	Denise Cojuangco	Chouman	PHI	–	–	63.00 (70)	–
71 r1/2	David Cooper	Red Sails	AUS	–	–	88.25 (71)	–
AC r1/2	Alex Earle	Same Old Song	PUR	–	–	– (DQ)	–
AC r1/2	Jennifer Parlevliet	Another Flood	AUS	–	–	– (DQ)	–
AC r1/2	Kenji Morimoto	Alcazar	JPN	–	–	– (DQ)	–
AC r1/2	Kamal Bahamdan	Missouri	KSA	–	–	– (DNF)	–
AC r1/2	Alejandro Dávila	Ejemplo	COL	–	–	– (DNF)	–
AC r1/2	Franke Sloothaak	Joly	GER	–	–	– (DNF)	–
AC r1/2	Thomas Metzger	Royal Flash	AUT	–	–	– (DNF)	–
AC r1/2	Justo Albarracín	Dinastia Pampero	ARG	–	–	[24.00] (DQ)	–		1
AC r1/2	Ricardo Kierkegaard	Renomme	ARG	–	–	[29.75] (DQ)	–		2
AC r1/2	Federico Castaing	Landlord	ARG	–	–	[68.00] (DQ)	–		3
AC r1/2	Óscar Fuentes	Henry J. Speed	ARG	–	–	– (DQ)	–		4

Qualifying Round

Date	29 July – 1 August 1996
Format	Three rounds. Total score for all rounds determined placement. Top 25 riders advanced to the final round, maximum of three riders per nation.

Pos	Competitor	Horse	NOC	Faults	Round #1	Round #2	Round #3
1	Ludger Beerbaum	Ratina Z	GER	0.25	0.00 (=1)	0.00 (=1)	0.25 (=10)	QDNC final
2	Rodrigo Pessoa	Tomboy	BRA	2.00	1.25 (11)	0.00 (=1)	0.75 (=12)	Q
3	Ludo Philippaerts	King Darco	BEL	4.00	0.00 (=1)	4.00 (=11)	0.00 (=1)	Q
4	Jan Tops	Top Gun	NED	4.25	0.00 (=1)	0.00 (=1)	4.25 (=27)	Q
5	Uli Kirchhoff	Jus de Pommes	GER	5.50	4.00 (=14)	0.75 (10)	0.75 (=12)	Q
6	Anne Kursinski	Eros	USA	8.00	0.00 (=1)	0.00 (=1)	8.00 (=31)	Q
7	Hervé Godignon	Viking du Tillard	FRA	8.50	4.25 (34)	4.25 (=22)	0.00 (=1)	Q
8	Fernando Sarasola	Ennio	ESP	10.25	10.00 (57)	0.00 (=1)	0.25 (=10)	Q
=9	Anton-Martin Bauer	Vesuve Paluelle	AUT	12.00	4.00 (=14)	0.00 (=1)	8.00 (=31)	Q
=9	Valerio Sozzi	Gaston M	ITA	12.00	0.00 (=1)	12.00 (=42)	0.00 (=1)	QDNC final
=9	Michael Matz	Rhum IV	USA	12.00	4.00 (=14)	4.00 (=11)	4.00 (=14)	QDNC final
12	Geoff Billington	It's Otto	GBR	12.25	0.25 (8)	12.00 (=42)	0.00 (=1)	Q
13	Roger-Yves Bost	Souviens Toi III	FRA	12.75	4.75 (35)	8.00 (=26)	0.00 (=1)	QDNC final
14	Leslie Burr-Howard	Extreme	USA	14.00	0.00 (=1)	14.00 (56)	0.00 (=1)	Q
15	Takeshi Shirai	Vicomte du Mesnil	JPN	14.75	2.00 (13)	8.25 (38)	4.50 (29)	QDNC final
=16	Hugo Simon	E.T.	AUT	16.00	4.00 (=14)	4.00 (=11)	8.00 (=31)	QDNC final
=16	Alexandra Ledermann	Rochet M	FRA	16.00	8.00 (=40)	4.00 (=11)	4.00 (=14)	QDNC final
=16	Willi Melliger	Calvaro V	SUI	16.00	4.00 (=14)	12.00 (=42)	0.00 (=1)	QDNC final
=16	Beat Mändli	City Banking	SUI	16.00	4.00 (=14)	8.00 (=26)	4.00 (=14)	QDNC final
=16	Urs Fäh	Jeremia	SUI	16.00	4.00 (=14)	4.00 (=11)	8.00 (=31)	QDNC final
=16	Peter Eriksson	Robin I Z	SWE	16.00	4.00 (=14)	8.00 (=26)	4.00 (=14)	Q
=16	Peter Leone	Legato	USA	16.00	12.00 (=58)	4.00 (=11)	0.00 (=1)	Q
=23	Doda	Aspen	BRA	16.25	8.00 (=40)	0.25 (9)	8.00 (=31)	QDNC final
=23	Jerry Smit	Constantijn	ITA	16.25	8.25 (=50)	4.00 (=11)	4.00 (=14)	QDNC final
25	Patrice Delaveau	Roxane de Gruchy	FRA	16.50	0.50 (=9)	8.00 (=26)	8.00 (=31)	Q
26	Jaime Guerra	Risueno	MEX	17.50	4.00 (=14)	9.50 (41)	4.00 (=14)	Q
27	Peter Charles	Beneton	IRL	17.75	13.75 (=66)	0.00 (=1)	4.00 (=14)	q
28	Alejandro Jordá	Hernando du Sablon	ESP	18.50	5.00 (=36)	5.00 (=24)	8.50 (=45)
=29	Helmut Morbitzer	Racal	AUT	20.00	0.00 (=1)	16.00 (=57)	4.00 (=14)	q
=29	Lars Nieberg	For Pleasure	GER	20.00	8.00 (=40)	0.00 (=1)	12.00 (=47)	q
=29	Natale Chiaudani	Rheingold de Luyne	ITA	20.00	4.00 (=14)	12.00 (=42)	4.00 (=14)
=29	Jos Lansink	Carthago Z	NED	20.00	4.00 (=14)	8.00 (=26)	8.00 (=31)	q
=29	Emile Hendrix	Finesse	NED	20.00	4.00 (=14)	12.00 (=42)	4.00 (=14)
=34	André Johannpeter	Calei	BRA	20.50	8.25 (=50)	4.25 (=22)	8.00 (=31)	q
=34	Jessica Chesney	Diamond Exchange	IRL	20.50	8.00 (=40)	8.50 (=39)	4.00 (=14)
36	Rutherford Latham	Sourire d'Aze	ESP	21.00	5.00 (=36)	8.00 (=26)	8.00 (=31)	q
37	Eddie Macken	Schalkhaar	IRL	22.00	4.00 (=14)	4.00 (=11)	14.00 (55)
38	John Whitaker	Welham	GBR	22.50	4.00 (=14)	4.00 (=11)	14.50 (56)	q
39	Ramzy Al-Duhami	Let's Talk About	KSA	23.25	1.50 (12)	5.00 (=24)	16.75 (62)
=40	Manuel Torres	Cartagena	COL	24.00	12.00 (=58)	12.00 (=42)	0.00 (=1)
=40	Pedro Sánchez	Riccarda	ESP	24.00	4.00 (=14)	8.00 (=26)	12.00 (=47)
=40	Nick Skelton	Showtime	GBR	24.00	12.00 (=58)	8.00 (=26)	4.00 (=14)	q
=40	Bert Romp	Samantha	NED	24.00	4.00 (=14)	8.00 (=26)	12.00 (=47)
44	Khaled Al-Eid	Eastern Knight	KSA	24.75	8.25 (=50)	8.50 (=39)	8.00 (=31)
45	Maria Gretzer	Marcoville	SWE	25.50	9.00 (=54)	4.00 (=11)	12.50 (=53)
=46	Ian Millar	Play it Again	CAN	28.00	8.00 (=40)	12.00 (=42)	8.00 (=31)
=46	Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Paradiso	SWE	28.00	4.00 (=14)	4.00 (=11)	20.00 (=63)
=48	Luiz Felipe de Azevedo	Cassiana	BRA	29.00	17.00 (72)	8.00 (=26)	4.00 (=14)
=48	Malin Baryard	Corrmint	SWE	29.00	12.50 (64)	12.25 (55)	4.25 (=27)
=50	Stanny Van Paesschen	Mulga Bill	BEL	32.00	12.00 (=58)	12.00 (=42)	8.00 (=31)
=50	Antonio Chedraui	Elastique	MEX	32.00	4.00 (=14)	20.00 (=65)	8.00 (=31)
52	Mac Cone	Elute	CAN	32.25	8.25 (=50)	12.00 (=42)	12.00 (=47)
53	Michel Blaton	Revoulino	BEL	35.25	9.00 (=54)	17.75 (64)	8.50 (=45)
54	José Madariaga	Genius	MEX	36.75	0.50 (=9)	20.00 (=65)	16.25 (61)
55	Vicki Roycroft	Coalminer	AUS	40.00	8.00 (=40)	16.00 (=57)	16.00 (=57)
56	Arnaldo Bologni	Eileen	ITA	44.00	8.00 (=40)	12.00 (=42)	24.00 (=66)
57	Yoshihiro Nakano	Sisal de Jalesnes	JPN	44.50	16.50 (=69)	8.00 (=26)	20.00 (=63)
=58	Linda Southern-Heathcott	Advantage	CAN	45.50	12.75 (65)	12.00 (=42)	20.75 (65)
=58	Miguel Leal	Surcouf de Revel	POR	45.50	12.00 (=58)	21.00 (67)	12.50 (=53)
60	Alfonso Romo	Flash	MEX	47.75	27.75 (75)	12.00 (=42)	8.00 (=31)
61	Russell Johnstone	Southern Contrast	AUS	48.00	12.00 (=58)	24.00 (68)	12.00 (=47)
62	Taizo Sugitani	Countryman	JPN	48.75	16.75 (71)	16.00 (=57)	16.00 (=57)
63	Michael Whitaker	Two Step	GBR	50.25	22.25 (73)	16.00 (=57)	12.00 (=47)
64	Damian Gardiner	Arthos	IRL	52.50	8.00 (=40)	28.50 (71)	16.00 (=57)
65	Markus Fuchs	Adelfos	SUI	55.25	31.25 (76)	8.00 (=26)	16.00 (=57)
66	Chris Delia	Silent Sam	CAN	56.00	8.00 (=40)	16.00 (=57)	32.00 (70)
67	Eric Wauters	Bon Ami	BEL	57.50	4.00 (=14)	16.00 (=57)	37.50 (72)
68	António Vozone	Mr. Cer	POR	59.25	13.75 (=66)	17.25 (63)	28.25 (69)
69	Daniel Meech	Future Vision	NZL	60.25	40.25 (77)	12.00 (=42)	8.00 (=31)
70	Denise Cojuangco	Chouman	PHI	63.00	9.75 (56)	27.25 (70)	26.00 (68)
71	David Cooper	Red Sails	AUS	88.25	24.00 (74)	40.25 (74)	24.00 (=66)
DQ	Alex Earle	Same Old Song	PUR	–	16.50 (=69)	60.25 (=75)	34.75 (71)
DQ	Jennifer Parlevliet	Another Flood	AUS	–	5.75 (39)	37.00 (73)	–
DQ	Kenji Morimoto	Alcazar	JPN	–	5.00 (=36)	60.25 (=75)	–
DNF	Kamal Bahamdan	Missouri	KSA	–	8.00 (=40)	24.25 (69)	–
DNF	Alejandro Dávila	Ejemplo	COL	–	16.00 (68)	36.25 (72)	–
DNF	Franke Sloothaak	Joly	GER	–	4.00 (=14)	60.25 (=75)	–
DNF	Thomas Metzger	Royal Flash	AUT	–	60.25 (78)	–	–
DQ	Justo Albarracín	Dinastia Pampero	ARG	[24.00]	12.00 (AC)	8.00 (AC)	4.00 (AC)		5
DQ	Ricardo Kierkegaard	Renomme	ARG	[29.75]	4.50 (AC)	20.00 (AC)	5.25 (AC)		6
DQ	Federico Castaing	Landlord	ARG	[68.00]	28.00 (AC)	16.00 (AC)	24.00 (AC)		7
DQ	Óscar Fuentes	Henry J. Speed	ARG	–	12.75 (AC)	60.25 (AC)	–		8

Final Round

Date	4 August 1996 — 14:00
Format	Single final round.

Pos	Competitor	Horse	NOC	Faults	Jump-Off Faults
1	Uli Kirchhoff	Jus de Pommes	GER	1.00	–
2	Willi Melliger	Calvaro V	SUI	4.00	0.00
3	Alexandra Ledermann	Rochet M	FRA	4.00	0.00
4	Hugo Simon	E.T.	AUT	4.00	4.00
5	Urs Fäh	Jeremia	SUI	4.00	4.00
6	Geoff Billington	It's Otto	GBR	4.00	4.00
7	Jan Tops	Top Gun	NED	4.00	8.00
8	Doda	Aspen	BRA	4.00	16.00
=9	Rodrigo Pessoa	Tomboy	BRA	4.25	–
=9	John Whitaker	Welham	GBR	4.25	–
=11	Anton-Martin Bauer	Vesuve Paluelle	AUT	8.00	–
=11	Fernando Sarasola	Ennio	ESP	8.00	–
=11	Peter Charles	Beneton	IRL	8.00	–
=11	Jos Lansink	Carthago Z	NED	8.00	–
=11	Beat Mändli	City Banking	SUI	8.00	–
=11	Leslie Burr-Howard	Extreme	USA	8.00	–
17	Hervé Godignon	Viking du Tillard	FRA	9.00	–
18	André Johannpeter	Calei	BRA	12.00	–
19	Jerry Smit	Constantijn	ITA	12.25	–
=20	Ludo Philippaerts	King Darco	BEL	16.00	–
=20	Lars Nieberg	For Pleasure	GER	16.00	–
=20	Anne Kursinski	Eros	USA	16.00	–
23	Nick Skelton	Showtime	GBR	16.25	–
24	Rutherford Latham	Sourire d'Aze	ESP	16.50	–
25	Helmut Morbitzer	Racal	AUT	29.00	–