Equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Team dressage
| Team dressage at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Stockholm Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Date | 15–16 June | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 24 (8 teams) from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Equestrian events at the 1956 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Dressage | individual | team |
| Eventing | individual | team |
| Jumping | individual | team |
The team dressage at the 1956 Summer Olympics took place between 15 and 16 June, at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium. The event was open to men and women. The team and individual dressage competitions used the same results. Five judges gave scores, with the result being the sum of the scores. The three individual scores were summed to give a team score.[1]
Results
[edit]8 teams of 3 riders competed.[2]
| Rank | Nation | Riders | Horses | Individual Scores | Team Score |
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 Sweden |
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860.0 821.0 794.0 |
2475.0 | |
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 United Team of Germany |
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832.0 785.0 729.0 |
2346.0 | |
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 Switzerland |
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807.0 789.0 750.0 |
2346.0 | |
| 4 |  Soviet Union |
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744.0 726.0 700.0 |
2170.0 | |
| 5 |  Denmark |
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850.0 673.0 644.0 |
2167.0 | |
| 6 |  France |
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814.0 648.0 554.0 |
2016.0 | |
| 7 |  Norway |
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739.0 601.5 572.0 |
1912.5 | |
| 8 |  Romania |
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721.0 625.0 516.0 |
1862.0 |
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Equestrianism at the 1956 Stockholm Equestrian Games: Mixed Dressage, Team". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ Official Report, p. 202.
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