The individual show jumping was an equestrian event held as part of the Equestrian at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on 16 July 1912 as the Stockholm Olympic Stadium. There were 31 competitors from 8 nations. Each nation was limited to a maximum of six riders.Official Report, p. 1034. The event was won by Jacques Cariou of France, the nation's first victory in the individual jumping. The victory came with a challenge prize presented by Count Gyula Andrássy the Younger of Hungary. Rabod von Kröcher earned Germany's first medal in the event with his silver. Emmanuel de Blommaert of Belgium took bronze.
Background
This was the second appearance of the event, which had first been held at the 1900 Summer Olympics and has been held at every Summer Olympics at which equestrian sports have been featured (that is, excluding 1896, 1904, and 1908). It is the oldest event on the current programme, the only one that was held in 1900.
Chile, Germany, Great Britain, Norway, and Sweden each made their debut in the event. Belgium, France, and Russia all competed for the second time, having previously appeared at the first competition in 1900.
Competition format
The 1,533 metre course consisted of 19 jumps (15 physical obstacles, 4 of which were jumped twice). Each jump had a maximum of 10 points, so the total possible was 190 points. Long jump obstacles had a maximum distance of 4 metres. The maximum height of jumps was 1.4 metres.
The deductions possible were: 2 points for a first refusal, 4 for a second, 6 for a third; 4 points for a horse falling; 6 points for the rider being unseated; 1 point for touching the obstacle without knocking it down; 4 points for knocking an obstacle down with the horse's fore legs, 2 points for knocking it down with the hind legs; 1 point for landing with hind legs on the end line of a long jump, 2 points for the hind legs inside the end line (or touching the surface of the water) or the fore legs on the line, 4 points for the fore legs inside the end line (or touching the water); and 2 points for every 5 seconds over the time limit of 3:50.0 (400 metres per minute).
Only "gentlemen" were permitted. Thus, professionals, women, and non-commissioned officers were ineligible. Military school horses were excluded, but all other horses were allowed.Official Report, p. 1040.
Schedule
Date Time Round Tuesday, 16 July 1912 14:00 Final
Results
3 minutes and 50 seconds were allotted. 190 points was the maximum score.
The jump-off for the gold medal used a shortened course of only 6 obstacles. Cariou had 5 faults throughout the jump-off, while von Kröcher had 7.
Rank Rider Horse Nation Time Penalty Faults Score Jump-off Jacques Cariou Mignon — 0 4 186 55 Rabod von Kröcher Dohna — 0 4 186 53 Emmanuel de Blommaert Clomore — 0 5 185 rowspan=29 4 Herbert Scott Shamrock — 0 6 184 5 Sigismund Freyer Ultimus — 0 7 183 6 Nils Adlercreutz Ilex — 0 9 181 Ernst Casparsson Kiriki — 0 9 181 Wilhelm Graf von Hohenau Pretty Girl — 0 9 181 9 Ernst Deloch Hubertus — 0 10 180 Gustaf Lewenhaupt Medusa — 0 10 180 Charles Lewenhaupt Arno — 0 10 180 Dmitri Pavlovich Unité — 0 10 180 13 Pierre Dufour d'Astafort Amazone — 0 11 179 Carl-Axel Torén Falken — 0 11 179 15 Karol Rómmel Siablik — 0 12 178 16 Enrique Deichler Chile — 0 14 176 Aleksandr Rodzyanko Eros — 0 14 176 18 Friedrich von Grote Polyphem --- 0 16 174 Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia Gibson Boy — 0 16 174 Sergey Zagorsky Bandoura — 0 16 174 21 Mikhail Pleshkov Yvette — 0 17 173 22 Åke Hök Mona — 0 20 170 Aleksey Selikhov Tugela — 0 20 170 24 Karl Kildal Garcia — 0 22 168 25 Elías Yáñez Patria — 0 24 166 26 Jørgen Jensen Jossy — 0 25 165 27 Paul Kenna Harmony 0:22.0 10 18 162 28 Jens Falkenberg Florida — 0 29 161 29 Edward Radcliffe-Nash The Flea 0:40.2 18 19 153 30 Guy Reyntiens Beau Soleil 0:33.0 14 29 147 — Ernest Meyer Ursule
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