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Team, Men

Date 3 August 1952
StatusOlympic
LocationHelsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Participants45 from 15 countries
FormatTwo rounds. Three rider teams, all three scores to count. Team/individual competitions held concurrently.

The event consisted of two rounds with each team having three riders, all three scores in both rounds to count towards the team score. The gold medal in this event came down to Great Britain against the surprising team from Chile, led by Óscar Cristi, who won a silver medal in individual jumping. In the second round of jumping the final rider for Britain was Harry Llewellyn aboard Foxhunter. Llewellyn needed a ride with only 4.00 faults for Great Britain to win gold, but Foxhunter was perfect and they rode a clean round. Chile’s silver medal, along with Cristi’s silver in the individual, are the only Olympic equestrian medals won by Chile through 2012. The bronze medal went to the United States, which had never before won a medal in this event.

Llewellyn was feted in Britain for his efforts, as this was the only gold medal Great Britain won in 1952, in the final medal event on the last day of competition at Helsinki, but Foxhunter was the real star. He won the King George V Gold Cup three times in his career (1948, 1950, 1953), and was on 12 winning Nations’ Cup Teams. Llewellyn often received autograph requests for Foxhunter. After his death, the Foxhunter Jumping Championship was started to introduce young riders in Britain to show jumping. His skeleton was preserved by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.

PosCompetitorsHorseNOCFaultsRound #1Round #2
1Great BritainGBR40.7532.75 (6)8.00 (1)Gold
Wilf White Nizefela8.004.004.00
Duggie Stewart Aherlow16.0012.004.00
Harry Llewellyn Foxhunter16.7516.750.00
2ChileCHI45.7533.75 (7)12.00 (2)Silver
Óscar Cristi Bambi8.004.004.00
César Mendoza Pollan12.0012.000.00
Ricardo Echeverría Lindo Peal25.7517.758.00
3United StatesUSA52.2523.00 (1)29.25 (8)Bronze
Bill Steinkraus Hollandia13.254.009.25
Arthur McCashin Miss Budweiser16.0012.004.00
John Russell Democrat23.007.0016.00
4BrazilBRA56.5028.50 (4)28.00 (=5)
Eloy de Menezes Biguá8.004.004.00
Renyldo Ferreira Bibelot20.5012.508.00
Álvaro de Toledo Eldorado28.0012.0016.00
5FranceFRA59.0036.00 (=8)23.00 (3)
Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola Ali Baba8.008.000.00
Bertrand Pernot du Breuil Tourbillon20.0012.008.00
Jean, Marquis d'Orgeix Arlequin D31.0016.0015.00
6Unified Team of GermanyGER60.0032.00 (5)28.00 (=5)
Fritz Thiedemann Meteor8.0032.008.00
Georg Höltig Fink20.008.0012.00
Hans-Hermann Evers Baden32.0024.008.00
7ArgentinaARG60.7528.00 (3)32.75 (9)
Argentino Molinuevo, Sr. Discutido12.004.008.00
Sergio Dellachá Santa Fe12.008.004.00
Julio César Sagasta Don Juan36.7516.0020.75
8PortugalPOR64.0024.00 (2)40.00 (11)
Henrique Callado Caramulo20.008.0012.00
João Lopes Raso20.0012.008.00
José Carvalhosa Mondina24.004.0020.00
9MexicoMEX64.7536.00 (=8)28.75 (7)
Humberto Mariles Petrolero8.754.004.75
Víctor Saucedo Resorte II24.0012.0012.00
Roberto Viñals Alteño32.0020.0012.00
10SpainESP67.2540.25 (11)27.00 (4)
Jaime García Quorum20.0012.008.00
Manuel Ordovas Bohemio20.008.0012.00
Marcelino Gavilán Quoniam27.2520.257.00
11SwedenSWE80.0036.00 (=8)44.00 (12)
Gunnar Palm Lurifax20.0012.008.00
Börje Jeppson Spitfire28.0012.0016.00
Carl-Jan Hamilton Halali32.0012.0020.00
12EgyptEGY80.2544.25 (12)36.00 (10)
Hussain Khairy Inch'Allah16.008.008.00
Gamal Haress Haress Sakr24.008.0016.00
Mohamed Selim Zaki Sali al Nabi40.2528.2512.00
13RomaniaROU180.2594.00 (13)86.25 (13)
Gheorghe Antohi Haimana38.2516.0022.25
Ion Jipa Troika39.008.0031.00
Ion Constantin Vagabond103.0070.0033.00
14Soviet UnionURS201.75104.75 (14)97.00 (14)
Mikhail Vlasov Rota56.0040.0016.00
Nikolay Shelenkov Atiger62.5041.7520.75
Gavriil Budyonny Yeger83.2523.0060.25
DNFFinlandFIN– (DNF)
Henrik Lavonius LassiDNF
Mauno Roiha RoaDNF
Viktor Jansson JessaDNF