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Team, Open

Date13 – 14 August 2008
StatusOlympic
LocationXianggang Tiyu Xueyuan, Hong Kong
Participants33 from 11 countries
FormatThree-rider teams. Team score is average of individual rider scores. Individual score used from round one (Grand Prix) of individual event.

Germany entered, therefore Germany won gold, as they had done at every Olympics since 1984. They were led by Isabell Werth who had been either the top, or second-best, dressage rider since the early 1990s. The Netherlands won the silver medal, as they had done in 1992-2000, led by Anky van Grunsven, the individual dressage champion from 2000-08. The United States had been bronze medalists at the last four Olympics, but they were beaten out of third this time by the Danish team. The United States was later disqualified when Mythilus, Courtney King-Dye’s horse, tested positive for felbinac, an anti-inflammatory medication. In March 2010, King-Dye’s career in international riding ended when she fell off her horse and sustained a traumatic brain injury. She spent four weeks in a coma and three months in inpatient rehab learning to walk and talk again. She eventually recovered, although not fully, and her injury inspired the campaign Riders4Helmets.

PosCompetitorsHorseNOCTeam PointsIndividual Points
1GermanyGER72,917Gold
Heike Kemmer Bonaparte 6772,91772,250
Nadine Capellmann Elvis VA72,91770,083
Isabell Werth Satchmo72,91776,417
2NetherlandsNED71,750Silver
Hans Peter Minderhoud Nadine71,75069,625
Imke Schellekens-Bartels Sunrise71,75070,875
Anky van Grunsven Salinero71,75074,750
3DenmarkDEN68,875Bronze
Anne Jensen-van Olst Clearwater68,87567,375
Nathalie til Sayn-Wittgenstein Digby68,87570,417
Andreas Helgstrand Don Schufro68,87568,833
4SwedenSWE67,347
Patrik Kittel Floresco67,34767,125
Tinne Wilhelmsson-Silfvén Solos Carex67,34766,042
Jan Brink Briar 89967.34768.875
5Great BritainGBR66,806
Jane Bredin-Gregory Lucky Star66,80663,375
Emma Hindle Lancet66,80671,125
Laura Bechtolsheimer Mistral Hojris66,80665,917
6FranceFRA65,403
Marc Boblet Whitini Star65,40366,125
Julia Chevanne-Gimel Calimucho65,40363,250
Hubert Perring Diabolo St Maurice65,40366,833
7AustraliaAUS64,625
Heath Ryan Greenoaks Dundee64,62562,542
Hayley Beresford Relampago64,62565,583
Kristy Oatley-Nist Quando Quando64,62565,750
8CanadaCAN63,514
Leslie Reid Orion63,51459,750
Jacqueline Brooks Gran Gesto63,51463,750
Ashley Nicoll-Holzer Pop Art63,51467,042
9JapanJPN60,653
Yuko Kitai Rambo60,65359,250
Mieko Yagi Dow Jones60,65360,167
Hiroshi Hoketsu Whisper60,65362,542
ACPortugalPORDNF
Daniel Pinto Galopin De La FontDNF63,083
Carlos Pinto NotavelDNF61,708
Miguel Duarte OxalisDNF
DQUnited StatesUSA[67.819]
Courtney King-Dye Mythilus[67.819][70.458]1
Debbie McDonald Brentina[67.819][63.000]
Steffen Peters Ravel[67.819][70.000]