Date | 13 – 19 August 2008 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Xianggang Tiyu Xueyuan, Hong Kong | |
Participants | 47 from 22 countries | |
Format | Average score of round two (Grand Prix Special) and round three (Grand Prix Freestyle) determined final placement. |
Dutch rider Theodora Elisabeth Gerarda “Anky” van Grunsven came into Beijing as the two-time defending gold medalist, a two-time World Champion, and a four-time European Champion. She was favored but was expecting a big challenge from her long-time rival, German Isabell Werth, individually the champion at Atlanta in 1996, a three-time World and five-time European champion. In Beijing Werth led after the Grand Prix round, and the Grand Prix Special round, with van Grunsven second in both phases. However, in the Grand Prix Freestyle, done to music, or the so-called kür, van Grunsven had the highest score in both artistic and technical components to win that phase and win her third consecutive gold medal, with Werth taking silver. German Heike Kemmer won bronze.
In the Grand Prix round Japan’s Hiroshi Hoketsu finished in a tie for 34th, and did not advance to the second round (only the top 25 did). This was his second Olympics, after competing at Tokyo in 1964, fully 44 years before Beijing. Hoketsu’s gap of 44 years between Olympic appearances was far more than the previous record of 32 years set by Mexican Eduardo Prieto, who competed in fencing in 1932 and sailing in 1964, and the mark of 28 years in the same sport, held by six Olympians. Hoketsu would compete again in 2012, when he was 71-years-old.
Top 25 riders advanced to round two (Grand Prix Special).
Top 15 riders advanced to round two (Grand Prix Freestyle).
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Horse | TP | |||
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1 | Isabell Werth | ![]() | Satchmo | 75,200 | |||
2 | Anky van Grunsven | ![]() | Salinero | 74,960 | |||
3 | Heike Kemmer | ![]() | Bonaparte 67 | 72,960 | |||
4 | Steffen Peters | ![]() | Ravel | 71,800 | |||
5 | Aleksandra Korelova | ![]() | Balagur | 71,400 | |||
6 | Bernadette Pujals | ![]() | Vincent | 71,000 | |||
7 | Hans Peter Minderhoud | ![]() | Nadine | 70,920 | |||
8 | Emma Hindle | ![]() | Lancet | 70,440 | |||
9 | Kyra Kyrklund | ![]() | Max | 69,720 | |||
10 | Tinne Silfvén | ![]() | Solos Carex | 69,240 | |||
11 | Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein | ![]() | Digby | 69,120 | |||
12 | Jan Brink | ![]() | Briar | 68,960 | |||
13 | Andreas Helgstrand | ![]() | Don Schufro | 68,800 | |||
14 | Ashley Holzer | ![]() | Pop Art | 68,760 | |||
15 | Juan Muñoz | ![]() | Fuego XII | 68,160 | |||
16 | Nadine Capellmann | ![]() | Elvis VA | 67,240 | |||
17 | Laura Bechtolsheimer | ![]() | Mistral Hojris | 67,160 | |||
18 | Hayley Beresford | ![]() | Relampago | 66,320 | |||
19 | Kristy Oatley-Nist | ![]() | Quando Quando | 66,080 | |||
20 | Marc Boblet | ![]() | Whitini Star | 65,640 | |||
21 | Anne van Olst | ![]() | Clearwater | 65,320 | |||
22 | Michał Rapcewicz | ![]() | Randon | 65,120 | |||
23 | Patrik Kittel | ![]() | Floresco | 64,360 | |||
24 | Hubert Perring | ![]() | Diabolo St Maurice | 62,680 | |||
AC | Courtney King-Dye | ![]() | Mythilus | 70.800 | DQ (doping) | 3 | |
DNS | Imke Schellekens-Bartels | ![]() | Sunrise | – |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Horse | TP | GPFP | GPFTP | GPFAP | GPSP | |||
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1 | Anky van Grunsven | ![]() | Salinero | 78,680 | 82,400 | 38,900 | 43,500 | 74,960 | |||
2 | Isabell Werth | ![]() | Satchmo | 76,650 | 78,100 | 37,400 | 40,700 | 75,200 | |||
3 | Heike Kemmer | ![]() | Bonaparte 67 | 74,455 | 75,950 | 36,050 | 39,900 | 72,960 | |||
4 | Steffen Peters | ![]() | Ravel | 74,150 | 76,500 | 36,500 | 40,000 | 71,800 | |||
5 | Hans Peter Minderhoud | ![]() | Nadine | 73,035 | 75,150 | 35,850 | 39,300 | 70,920 | |||
6 | Aleksandra Korelova | ![]() | Balagur | 72,625 | 73,850 | 35,250 | 38,600 | 71,400 | |||
7 | Emma Hindle | ![]() | Lancet | 72,345 | 74,250 | 36,050 | 38,200 | 70,440 | |||
8 | Kyra Kyrklund | ![]() | Max | 71,985 | 74,250 | 35,150 | 39,100 | 69,720 | |||
9 | Bernadette Pujals | ![]() | Vincent | 71,675 | 72,350 | 34,650 | 37,700 | 71,000 | |||
10 | Jan Brink | ![]() | Briar | 71,205 | 73,450 | 35,150 | 38,300 | 68,960 | |||
11 | Andreas Helgstrand | ![]() | Don Schufro | 70,675 | 72,550 | 34,650 | 37,900 | 68,800 | |||
12 | Tinne Silfvén | ![]() | Solos Carex | 70,345 | 71,450 | 34,150 | 37,300 | 69,240 | |||
13 | Ashley Holzer | ![]() | Pop Art | 70,105 | 71,450 | 34,450 | 37,000 | 68,760 | |||
14 | Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein | ![]() | Digby | 69,110 | 69,100 | 33,500 | 35,600 | 69,120 | |||
AC | Courtney King-Dye | ![]() | Mythilus | 70.175 | 69.550 | 33.350 | 36.200 | 70.800 | DQ (doping) | 4 |