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Team, Men

Date13 – 16 August 1936
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiastadion, Reichssportfeld, Berlin / Maifeld, Reichssportfeld, Berlin / Truppenübungsplatz, Döberitz, Brandenburg
Participants42 from 14 countries
FormatThree rider teams, all three scores to count. Team/individual competitions held concurrently.

Fourteen teams were entered but the cross-country course was so difficult that only four teams had three riders finish the competition. Germany won the gold medal, led by the individual champion Ludwig Stubbendorf, but their hero in this event was Konrad von Wangenheim. In the cross-country section his horse Kurfürst fell and von Wangenheim was injured, breaking his collarbone (clavicle). He managed to finish the course but had to negotiate the jumping course the next day for Germany to win the gold medal. He was lifted onto his horse with his arm tightly strapped but during the jumping ride Kurfürst reared back, throwing von Wangenheim who landed on his broken clavicle. He managed to re-mount the horse and finish the course so that Germany could win the gold medal.

Poland won the silver medal, with Great Britain taking bronze. The course difficulty is highlighted by Britain’s bronze-medal winning score which was over 8,000 points behind the silver medalists’ Polish score, although the British were over 9,000 points ahead of the fourth-placed Czechoslovak team. Britain won the bronze medal despite the fact that their final finisher, Richard Fanshawe, incurred numerous penalty points after having to chase his horse for 4 km before remounting, and he took 1 hour, 26 minutes to finish the course with an optimum time of 17:49. On the Czechoslovak team, Otomar Bureš similarly took 2 hours, 46 minutes to complete the course.

Konrad, Freiherr von Wangenheim served in the Germany Army in World War II, fighting on the Eastern Front. He was taken prisoner by the Soviets in July 1944 and lived out his life in a Soviet prisoner-of-war camp in Volgograd, dying in January 1953. Details are not clear but there are rumors both that he committed suicide and that he was murdered.

PosNumberCompetitorsHorseNOCPointsDressageCross-CountryJumping
1GermanyGER-676.65-391.90 (2)-218.00 (1)-66.75 (4)Gold
Ludwig Stubbendorff Nurmi-37.70-96.7069.00-10.00
Rudolf Lippert Fasan-111.60-118.6027.00-20.00
Konrad Freiherr von Wangenheim Kurfürst-527.35-176.60-314.00-36.75
2PolandPOL-991.70-388.70 (1)-543.00 (2)-60.00 (3)Silver
Henryk Leliwa-Roycewicz Arlekin III-253.00-123.00-110.00-20.00
Zdzisław Kawecki Bambino-300.70-127.70-133.00-40.00
Seweryn Kulesza Tóska-438.00-138.00-300.000.00
3Great BritainGBR-9,195.50-516.50 (3)-8,629.00 (3)-50.00 (2)Bronze
Alec Scott Bob Clive-117.30-152.3045.00-10.00
Ted Howard-Vyse Blue Steel-324.00-142.00-172.00-10.00
Dick Fanshawe Bowie Knife-8,754.20-222.20-8,502.00-30.00
4CzechoslovakiaTCH-18,952.70-527.70 (4)-18,385.00 (4)-40.00 (1)
Václav Procházka Harlekýn-324.30-189.30-125.00-10.00
Josef Dobeš Leskov-497.70-167.70-310.00-20.00
Otomar Bureš Mirko-18,130.70-170.70-17,950.00-10.00
DNFDenmarkDEN
Hans Lunding Jason-102.20
Vincens Grandjean Grey Friar-104.90
Niels Erik Leschly WartburgDQ
DNFHungaryHUN
Ágoston Endrődy Pandur-105.70
Lőrinc Jankovich Irány-154.30
István Visy LegényDNF
DNFUnited StatesUSA
Earl Thomson Jenny Camp-99.90
Carl Raguse Trailolka-263.70
John Willems Slippery SlimDNF
DNFBulgariaBUL
Hristo Malakchiev Mageremlek-156.80
Petar Angelov Liquidator-292.60
Todor Semov LowakDQ
DNFSwitzerlandSUI
Mario Mylius Saphir-145.00
Hans Moser Sergius-490.50
Pierre Mange PedigreeDQ
DNFSwedenSWE
Carl-Adam Stjernswärd Altgold-175.60
Henri Saint Cyr Fun-625.70
Gustaf Nyblaeus MonasterDNF
DNFJapanJPN
Takeichi, Baron Nishi Ascot-177.00
Asanosuke Matsui ShiseiDQ
Manabu Iwahashi Galloping GhostDQ
DNFNetherlandsNED
Eddy Kahn Espoir-217.80
Charles Pahud de Mortanges Mädel wie DuDQ
Christiaan Tonnet HerlekijnDQ
DNFFranceFRA
Georges Margot SaydaDNF
Henri Pernot du Breuil BorealDNF
Amaury de la Moussaye IroiseDQ
DNFItalyITA
Dino Ferruzzi ManolaDNF
Giuseppe Chiantia DardoDQ
Ranieri, Conte di Campello InnDQ