| | Event type

Individual, Open

Date	26 – 30 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney International Equestrian Centre, Horsley Park, New South Wales
Participants	47 from 18 countries
Format	Total score in three rounds determines final placements.

German Isabell Werth and Dutchwoman Anky van Grunsven had been the world’s top two dressage riders since the early 1990s. Werth had won silver at Barcelona in 1992 and gold in 1996, where she edged out van Grunsven. Werth usually had the better of their battles, but van Grunsven finally won at the 1999 Europeans, although Werth was without her top horse, Gigolo, who was injured. Gigolo was back for Sydney but van Grunsven now had the momentum and won the gold medal in 2000 over Werth. Werth led after the Grand Prix phase, but van Grunsven had the best scores in the final two phases, to win quite easily. This was the first of three consecutive gold medals in individual dressage for van Grunsven, the first equestrian rider to win three consecutive individual event golds. German riders finished 2-3-4 behind the Dutchwoman, as Werth’s teammates, Ulla Salzgeber won the bronze medal, and Nadine Capellmann just missed the podium.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Horse	PP
1	Anky van Grunsven	NED	Bonfire	239.18	Gold
2	Isabell Werth	GER	Gigolo	234.19	Silver
3	Ulla Salzgeber	GER	Rusty 47	230.57	Bronze
4	Nadine Capellmann	GER	Farbenfroh	225.88
5	Coby van Baalen	NED	Ferro	221.36
6	Ellen Bontje	NED	Silvano N	217.59
7	Lone Castrup Jørgensen	DEN	Kennedy	216.90
8	Susan Blinks	USA	Flim Flam	214.65
9	Kristy Oatley-Nist	AUS	Wall Street	210.79
10	Beatriz Ferrer-Salat Serra	ESP	Beauvalais	210.33
11	Christine Traurig	USA	Etienne	208.34
12	Rafael Soto	ESP	Invasor	208.21
13	Daniel Ramseier	SUI	Rali Baba	205.60
14	Pia Laus	ITA	Renoir	205.44
15	Jon Pedersen	DEN	Esprit De Valdemar	204.18
16	Alexandra Simons de Ridder	GER	Chacomo	149.90
17	Arjen Teeuwissen	NED	Goliath T	143.70
18	Kallista Field	NZL	Waikare	134.48
19	Juan Antonio Jiménez	ESP	Guizo	134.45
20	Emile Faurie	GBR	Rascher Hopes	132.54
21	Peter Gmoser	AUT	Candidat	132.03
22	Christine Stückelberger	SUI	Aquamarin	131.80
23	Robert Dover	USA	Rainier	131.02
24	Yelena Sidneva	RUS	Podkhod	129.43
25	Tinne Wilhelmsson	SWE	Cezar	124.02
26	Guenter Seidel	USA	Foltaire	67.80
27	Daniel Pinto	POR	Weldon Surprise	65.28
28	Pether Markne	SWE	Amiral	65.20
29	Anne van Olst	DEN	Any How	65.00
30	Françoise Cantamessa	SUI	Sir S	64.92
31	Carl Hester	GBR	Argentile Gullit	64.88
32	Patricia Bottani	SUI	Diamond	64.60
33	Rachael Downs	AUS	Aphrodite	64.52
34	Mary Hanna	AUS	Limbo	64.32
=35	Ricky MacMillan	AUS	Crisp	64.08
=35	Richard Davison	GBR	Askari	64.08
37	Elisabet Ehrnrooth	FIN	Harald	64.04
38	Stefan Peter	AUT	Bon Voyage 2	63.80
39	Svetlana Knyazeva	RUS	Russian Dance	63.12
40	Jan Brink	SWE	Briar 899	62.92
41	Kirsty Mepham	GBR	Dikkiloo	62.80
42	Heike Holstein	IRL	Royale	62.76
43	Lluís Lucio	ESP	Aljarafe	62.12
44	Antonio Rivera	MEX	Aczydos	61.64
45	Morten Thomsen	DEN	Gay	61.44
46	Heidi Svanborg	FIN	Bazalt	57.48
47	Jorge da Rocha	BRA	Quixote Lanciano 13	54.00

Round One (26 September 2000 — 10:00)

Round one scores from team event. Top 25 riders advanced to round two. Maximum three riders from nation to advance.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Horse	PP	Raw Points
1	Isabell Werth	GER	Gigolo	76.32	1,908	Q
2	Anky van Grunsven	NED	Bonfire	75.00	1,875	Q
3	Coby van Baalen	NED	Ferro	74.92	1,873	Q
4	Nadine Capellmann	GER	Farbenfroh	74.68	1,867	Q
5	Alexandra Simons de Ridder	GER	Chacomo	74.28	1,857	Q
6	Arjen Teeuwissen	NED	Goliath T	73.24	1,831	Q
7	Ulla Salzgeber	GER	Rusty 47	73.16	1,829	Q
8	Lone Castrup Jørgensen	DEN	Kennedy	71.84	1,796	Q
9	Ellen Bontje	NED	Silvano N	71.44	1,786	Q
10	Christine Traurig	USA	Etienne	69.84	1,746	Q
11	Jon Pedersen	DEN	Esprit De Valdemar	69.12	1,728	Q
12	Susan Blinks	USA	Flim Flam	69.00	1,725	Q
13	Beatriz Ferrer-Salat Serra	ESP	Beauvalais	68.40	1,710	Q
14	Kristy Oatley-Nist	AUS	Wall Street	68.16	1,704	Q
15	Guenter Seidel	USA	Foltaire	67.80	1,695	Q	1
16	Pia Laus	ITA	Renoir	67.68	1,692	Q
17	Robert Dover	USA	Rainier	67.12	1,678	Q
18	Emile Faurie	GBR	Rascher Hopes	66.96	1,674	Q
19	Daniel Ramseier	SUI	Rali Baba	66.56	1,664	Q
20	Rafael Soto	ESP	Invasor	66.52	1,663	Q
21	Kallista Field	NZL	Waikare	66.44	1,661	Q
22	Tinne Wilhelmsson	SWE	Cezar	65.84	1,646	Q
23	Yelena Sidneva	RUS	Podkhod	65.76	1,644	Q
=24	Peter Gmoser	AUT	Candidat	65.52	1,638	Q
=24	Juan Antonio Jiménez	ESP	Guizo	65.52	1,638	Q
26	Christine Stückelberger	SUI	Aquamarin	65.48	1,637	q	2
27	Daniel Pinto	POR	Weldon Surprise	65.28	1,632
28	Pether Markne	SWE	Amiral	65.20	1,630
29	Anne van Olst	DEN	Any How	65.00	1,625
30	Françoise Cantamessa	SUI	Sir S	64.92	1,623
31	Carl Hester	GBR	Argentile Gullit	64.88	1,622
32	Patricia Bottani	SUI	Diamond	64.60	1,615
33	Rachael Downs	AUS	Aphrodite	64.52	1,613
34	Mary Hanna	AUS	Limbo	64.32	1,608
=35	Ricky MacMillan	AUS	Crisp	64.08	1,602
=35	Richard Davison	GBR	Askari	64.08	1,602
37	Elisabet Ehrnrooth	FIN	Harald	64.04	1,601
38	Stefan Peter	AUT	Bon Voyage 2	63.80	1,595
39	Svetlana Knyazeva	RUS	Russian Dance	63.12	1,578
40	Jan Brink	SWE	Briar 899	62.92	1,573
41	Kirsty Mepham	GBR	Dikkiloo	62.80	1,570
42	Heike Holstein	IRL	Royale	62.76	1,569
43	Lluís Lucio	ESP	Aljarafe	62.12	1,553
44	Antonio Rivera	MEX	Aczydos	61.64	1,541
45	Morten Thomsen	DEN	Gay	61.44	1,536
46	Heidi Svanborg	FIN	Bazalt	57.48	1,437
47	Jorge da Rocha	BRA	Quixote Lanciano 13	54.00	1,350

Round Two (29 September 2000 — 10:00)

Top 15 riders advanced to round three.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Horse	PP	Raw Points
1	Anky van Grunsven	NED	Bonfire	78.13	1,680
2	Ulla Salzgeber	GER	Rusty 47	76.74	1,650
3	Nadine Capellmann	GER	Farbenfroh	76.60	1,647
4	Isabell Werth	GER	Gigolo	75.67	1,627
5	Alexandra Simons de Ridder	GER	Chacomo	75.62	1,626
6	Lone Castrup Jørgensen	DEN	Kennedy	74.69	1,606
7	Ellen Bontje	NED	Silvano N	72.60	1,561
8	Coby van Baalen	NED	Ferro	71.34	1,534
9	Susan Blinks	USA	Flim Flam	71.20	1,531
10	Christine Traurig	USA	Etienne	70.93	1,525
11	Beatriz Ferrer-Salat Serra	ESP	Beauvalais	70.51	1,516
12	Arjen Teeuwissen	NED	Goliath T	70.46	1,515
13	Rafael Soto	ESP	Invasor	70.37	1,513
14	Kristy Oatley-Nist	AUS	Wall Street	70.23	1,510
15	Daniel Ramseier	SUI	Rali Baba	70.04	1,506
16	Juan Antonio Jiménez	ESP	Guizo	68.93	1,482
17	Pia Laus	ITA	Renoir	68.41	1,471
18	Kallista Field	NZL	Waikare	68.04	1,463
19	Jon Pedersen	DEN	Esprit De Valdemar	67.39	1,449
20	Peter Gmoser	AUT	Candidat	66.51	1,430
21	Christine Stückelberger	SUI	Aquamarin	66.32	1,426
22	Emile Faurie	GBR	Rascher Hopes	65.58	1,410
23	Robert Dover	USA	Rainier	63.90	1,374
24	Yelena Sidneva	RUS	Podkhod	63.67	1,369
25	Tinne Wilhelmsson	SWE	Cezar	58.18	1,251

Round Three (30 September 2000 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Horse	PP
1	Anky van Grunsven	NED	Bonfire	86.05
2	Isabell Werth	GER	Gigolo	82.20
3	Ulla Salzgeber	GER	Rusty 47	80.67
4	Coby van Baalen	NED	Ferro	75.10
5	Nadine Capellmann	GER	Farbenfroh	74.60
6	Susan Blinks	USA	Flim Flam	74.45
7	Ellen Bontje	NED	Silvano N	73.55
8	Kristy Oatley-Nist	AUS	Wall Street	72.40
9	Beatriz Ferrer-Salat Serra	ESP	Beauvalais	71.42
10	Rafael Soto	ESP	Invasor	71.32
11	Lone Castrup Jørgensen	DEN	Kennedy	70.37
12	Pia Laus	ITA	Renoir	69.35
13	Daniel Ramseier	SUI	Rali Baba	69.00
14	Jon Pedersen	DEN	Esprit De Valdemar	67.67
15	Christine Traurig	USA	Etienne	67.57