Equestrian at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Individual dressage

Individual dressage
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Individual dressage; at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
	Elisabeth Theurer and Mon Cherie
Venue	Trade Unions' Equestrian Complex
Date	31 July – 1 August
Competitors	14 from 6 nations
Medalists
	← 1976 1984 →

The individual dressage at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July and 1 August at the Trade Unions' Equestrian Complex.^[1]

The competition was split into two phases:

Grand Prix (31 July)
Riders performed the Grand Prix test. The twelve riders with the highest scores advanced to the final.
Grand Prix Special (1 August)
Riders performed the Grand Prix Special test.

Competition

Of the 14 starters in the individual competition, only two of them came from west-block nations – Elisabeth Theurer of Austria and Kyra Kyrklund of Finland.^[2]

Team competition served as the individual qualifier. In the Grand Prix Special, in which only two riders of the Grand Prix class were not allowed to take part, the difference of quality became even more pronounced. Theurer, Kyrklund and the three Soviet riders were the only ones who managed to score more than 1000 points. Theurer's gold medal however was never in danger and with a classy performance she received 1370 points, almost double as much as the last placed rider from Romania in this individual competition.

Theurer received criticism for deciding to go to Moscow instead of Goodwood, which hosted the Olympic Festival for west-block nations. Without much support from the Austrian Federation, her horse Mon Cherie was flown to Moscow by Niki Lauda.^[3]

Results

Rank	Rider	Horse	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special
Rank	Rider	Horse	Points	Rank	Points
	Elisabeth Theurer (AUT)	Mon Cherie	1623	1	1370
	Yuri Kovshov (URS)	Igrok	1588	2	1300
	Viktor Ugryumov (URS)	Shkval	1541	3	1234
4	Vera Misevich (URS)	Plot	1254	6	1231
5	Kyra Kyrklund (FIN)	Piccolo	1458	4	1121
6	Anghel Donescu (ROU)	Dor	1255	5	960
7	Georgi Gadzhev (BUL)	Vnimatelen	1146	9	881
8	Svetoslav Ivanov (BUL)	Aleko	1190	8	850
9	Petar Mandajiev (BUL)	Schibor	1244	7	846
10	Józef Zagor (POL)	Helios	1061	11	804
11	Petre Roşca (ROU)	Derbist	1015	12	741
12	Dumitru Velicu (ROU)	Decebal	1076	10	720
13	Elżbieta Morciniec (POL)	Sum	954	13	Did not advance
14	Wanda Wąsowska (POL)	Damask	930	14	Did not advance

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Equestrianism at the 1980 Moscow Equestrian Games: Mixed Dressage, Individual". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
^ "An Affair to Remember: the 1980 Olympic Games". Eurodressage. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
^ "An Affair to Remember: the 1980 Olympic Games - Three Perspectives". Eurodressage. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2020.

[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Equestrianism at the 1980 Moscow Equestrian Games: Mixed Dressage, Individual". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

[2] "An Affair to Remember: the 1980 Olympic Games". Eurodressage. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2020.

[3] "An Affair to Remember: the 1980 Olympic Games - Three Perspectives". Eurodressage. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2020.

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