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Team, Open

Date	31 July 1980 — 9:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Konnosportivny kompleks profsoyuzov, Bittsevsky park, Moskva
Participants	12 from 4 countries
Format	Three rider teams, all three scores to count. Team/individual competitions held concurrently.

Date

31 July 1980 — 9:00

Status

Olympic

Location

Konnosportivny kompleks profsoyuzov, Bittsevsky park, Moskva

Participants

12 from 4 countries

Format

Three rider teams, all three scores to count. Team/individual competitions held concurrently.

Only four teams were entered, and the event was basically a junior varsity competition. The Soviets won the gold medal, followed by Bulgaria and Romania, with Poland in fourth. This is the only equestrian medal ever won by Bulgaria at the Olympics, while Romania did win a silver medal in 1936 in individual jumping. At the Goodwood Dressage Festival, held concurrently with the Olympics, West Germany, the pre-eminent nation in this discipline, won the gold medal, followed by Switzerland and Denmark.

Pos

Competitors

Horse

NOC

Points

Soviet Union

URS