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Individual, Open

Date23 October 1968
StatusOlympic
LocationCampo Marte, Bosque de Chapultepec, Ciudad de México
Participants42 from 15 countries
FormatTwo rounds. Total score for both rounds determined placement.

Individual and team jumping events in Mexico City were once again contested separately, as they had been in 1912, 1920, and 1960. In the individual event there were two rounds of jumping, with only the top 18 riders, or all those with 8 or less faults in the first round, advancing to the second round. The three courses measured as follows: round one – 750 metres; round two – 410 metres; and jump-off – 370 metres. The round two course was a puissance-type with an oxer of 1.65 x 1.70 x 2.20 metres as the major obstacle.

In round one American Bill Steinkraus and Britain’s Marion Coakes both had clean rides to lead, with their teammates Frank Chapot (USA) and David Broome (GBR), and Canadian Jim Day and Italy’s Piero D’Inzeo trailing with only 4 faults. Nobody was able to ride cleanly in round two, but when Steinkraus came home with only 4 faults the gold medal was his. Coakes had 8 faults and won the silver aboard Stroller, a horse so small at 142 cm, that it was more properly called a pony . Four riders tied for third with 12 faults – Broome, Chapot, German Hans Günter Winkler, and Canadian Jim Elder. In the jump-off for the bronze medal all four rode cleanly, but Broome won the bronze with the fastest time of 35.3 seconds. Of those who made the second round, the last finisher was Australian Kevin Bacon, who was at least six degrees outside of first.

PosCompetitorHorseNOCFaultsJump-Off FaultsJump-Off TimeRound #1Round #2
1Bill SteinkrausSnowboundUSA4.000.00 (=1)4.00 (=1)Gold
2Marion CoakesStrollerGBR8.000.00 (=1)8.00 (=4)Silver
3David BroomeMister SofteeGBR12.000.0035.34.00 (=3)8.00 (=4)Bronze
4Frank ChapotSan LucasUSA12.000.0036.84.00 (=3)8.00 (=4)
5Hans Günter WinklerEnigkFRG12.000.0037.58.00 (=9)4.00 (=1)
6Jim ElderThe ImmigrantCAN12.000.0039.28.00 (=9)4.00 (=1)
=7Alwin SchockemöhleDonald RexFRG16.008.00 (=9)8.00 (=4)
=7Argentino Molinuevo, Jr.Don GustavoARG16.008.00 (=9)8.00 (=4)
=7Piero D'InzeoFiduxITA16.004.00 (=3)12.00 (=11)
=7Monica BachmannErbachSUI16.008.00 (=9)8.00 (=4)
11Harvey SmithMadison TimeGBR16.258.00 (=9)8.25 (10)
12Lucia FariaRush du CampBRA19.257.25 (8)12.00 (=11)
=13Carlos D'EliaScandaleARG20.008.00 (=9)12.00 (=11)
=13Arthur BlickenstorferMariankaSUI20.008.00 (=9)12.00 (=11)
=13Jim DayCanadian ClubCAN20.004.00 (=3)16.00 (=16)
16Nelson Pessoa FilhoPass OpBRA24.008.00 (=9)16.00 (=16)
17Pierre Jonquères d'OriolaNagirFRA28.508.00 (=9)20.50 (17)
18Kevin BaconChichesterAUS28.754.00 (=3)24.75 (18)
19Fernando HernándezChurintzioMEX10.75 (19)DNQ
20Marcel RozierQuo VadisFRA11.00 (20)DNQ
=21Paul WeierWildfeuerSUI12.00 (=21)DNQ
=21Kathy KusnerUntouchableUSA12.00 (=21)DNQ
=21Graziano MancinelliDoneraileITA12.00 (=21)DNQ
=21Ricardo GuaschMixtecoMEX12.00 (=21)DNQ
=21John FaheyBonvaleAUS12.00 (=21)DNQ
=26Tadashi FukushimaQueenJPN16.00 (=26)DNQ
=26Hartwig SteenkenSimonaFRG16.00 (=26)DNQ
=26Raimondo D'InzeoBellevueITA16.00 (=26)DNQ
=26Viktor MatveyevKrokhotnyURS16.00 (=26)DNQ
=26Sam CampbellApril LoveAUS16.00 (=26)DNQ
=26Masayasu SugitaniRingoJPN16.00 (=26)DNQ
32Janou LefèbvreRocketFRA20.00 (32)DNQ
33José Roberto FernandezCantalBRA23.25 (33)DNQ
34Roberto Nielsen-ReyesUkamauBOL24.00 (34)DNQ
35Marian KozickiBrazPOL28.00 (35)DNQ
36Torchy MillarBeefeaterCAN31.50 (36)DNQ
37Joaquín PérezRomeoMEX36.50 (37)DNQ
38Antoni PacyńskiCyrrusPOL37.25 (38)DNQ
39Piotr WawryniukFarysPOL52.75 (39)DNQ
DNQJorge AmayaGemeloARG– (DQ)
DNQYevgeny KuzinFiglyarURS– (DQ)
DNQYugo ArakiFar EastJPN– (DQ)