The individual dressage event, part of the equestrian program at the 2000 Summer Olympics, was held from 26 to 30 September 2000 at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre 45 miles outside of Sydney, Australia. Like all other equestrian events, the dressage competition was mixed gender, with both male and female athletes competing in the same division. Forty-eight horse and rider pairs were entered.
Results
Grand Prix Test Held Tuesday, 26 September. The first round was the Grand Prix Test. Each of the 48 pairs went through a series of movements in the sandy arena, with judges in five different positions observing the movements and giving percentage scores based on the execution of the movements. The total score for the round was the average of the five judges' scores. The top 25 pairs advanced to the second round, though no more than 3 pairs from any nation could advance.*
Rank Rider Horse Nation Judge E Judge H Judge C Judge M Judge B Total points % Score Qual 1 Isabell Werth Gigolo 386 375 383 383 381 1908 76.32 Q 2 Anky van Grunsven Bonfire 367 382 377 371 378 1875 75.00 Q 3 Coby van Baalen Ferro 371 384 383 369 366 1873 74.92 Q 4 Nadine Capellmann Farbenfroh 361 362 377 393 374 1867 74.68 Q 5 Alexandra Simons de Ridder Chacomo 368 373 377 369 370 1857 74.28 Q 6 Arjen Teeuwissen Goliath 353 373 370 369 367 1831 73.24 Q 7 Ulla Salzgeber Rusty 350 362 378 366 373 1829 73.16 Q 8 Lone Castrup Jørgensen Kennedy 349 368 366 353 360 1796 71.84 Q 9 Ellen Bontje Silvano 356 370 351 357 352 1786 71.44 Q 10 Christine TraurigEtienne 345 344 353 353 351 1746 69.84 Q 11 Jon Pedersen Esprit de Valdemar 345 345 357 342 339 1728 69.12 Q 12 Susan Blinks Flim Flam 341 347 344 350 343 1725 69.00 Q 13 Beatriz Ferrer-Salat Beauvalais 338 345 347 327 353 1710 68.40 Q 14 Kristy Oatley Wall Street 335 338 337 346 348 1704 68.16 Q 15 Guenter SeidelFoltaire 343 351 338 328 335 1695 67.80 Q-T 16 Pia LauRenoir 326 346 350 333 337 1692 67.68 Q 17 Robert DoverRanier 337 331 347 331 332 1678 67.12 Q 18 Emile Faurie Rascher Hopes 331 338 332 324 349 1674 66.96 Q 19 Daniel Ramseier Rali Baba 340 336 332 327 329 1664 66.56 Q 20 Rafael SotoInvasor 331 337 328 342 325 1663 66.52 Q 21 Kallista FieldWaikare 323 330 342 336 330 1661 66.44 Q 22 Tinne VilhelmsonCezar 327 337 324 323 335 1646 65.84 Q 23 Elena SidnevaPodkhod 329 333 327 321 334 1644 65.76 Q24 Peter GmoserCandidat 326 332 335 318 327 1638 65.52 QJuan Antonio Jimenez Guizo 319 332 329 337 321 1638 65.52 Q 26 Christine Stueckelberger Aquamarin 324 337 325 324 327 1637 65.48 Q 27 Daniel Pinto Weldon Surpris 317 329 329 330 327 1632 65.28 28 Pether Markne Amiral 321 319 338 327 325 1630 65.20 29 Anne van Olst Any How 320 332 324 324 325 1625 65.00 30 Françoise Cantamessa Sir S 311 327 332 317 336 1623 64.92 31 Carl HesterArgentine Gull 312 327 323 328 332 1622 64.88 32 Patricia BottaniDiamond 316 325 332 313 329 1615 64.60 33 Rachael DownsAphrodite 318 321 323 311 340 1613 64.52 34 Mary HannaLimbo 317 322 326 319 324 1608 64.32 35 Ricky MacMillan Crisp 319 324 324 317 3181602 64.08 Richard DavisonAskari 320 324 324 315319160264.08 37 Elisabet EhrnroothHarald 308 328 324 320 321 1601 64.04 38 Stefan PeterBon Voyage 314 318 330 318 315 1595 63.80 39 Svetlana Knyazeva Russian Dance 313 308 3283153141578 63.12 40 Jan BrinkBriar 299 313 3103433191573 62.92 41 Kirsty MephamDikkiloo 292 316 3223253151570 62.80 42 Heike HolsteinRoyale 307 319 3302993141569 62.76 43 Lluis LucioAljarafe 308 310 3043043271553 62.12 44 Antonio RiveraAczydos 299 305 3183173021541 61.64 45 Morton ThomsenGay 302 314 3192993021536 61.44 46 Heidi SvanborgBazalt 292 286 2722912961437 57.48 47 Jorge da RochaQuixote Lancia 255 271 2692782771350 54.00 Ulla HakansonBobby WD
Grand Prix Special 2nd Qualifier Held Friday, 29 September. The second round was the Grand Prix Special 2nd Qualifier. It was similar to the first, though the time allotted was shorter. The score from this round was averaged with the score from the Grand Prix Test. The top 17 pairs advanced to the final, though no more than 3 pairs from any nation could advance.
Rank Rider Horse Nation Round 1Judge E Judge H Judge C Judge M Judge B Total points % Score Total Score Qual 1 Anky van GrunsvenBonfire 75.00 346 331 327 340 336 1680 78.13 153.13 Q 2 Isabell Werth Gigolo 76.32 323 338 317 331 318 1627 75.67 151.99 Q 3 Nadine Capellmann Farbenfroh 74.68 326 322 332 327 340 1647 76.60 151.28 Q4 Ulla Salzgeber Rusty 73.16 346 325 327 329 323 1650 76.74 149.90 QAlexandra Simons de Ridder Chacomo 74.28 333 315 324 325 325 1626 75.62 149.90 Q-T 6 Lone Joergensen Kennedy 71.84 322 321 321 324 318 1606 74.69 146.53 Q 7 Coby van Baalen Ferro 74.92 316 310 312 307 289 1534 71.34 146.26 Q 8 Ellen Bontje Silvano 71.44 317 313 309 312 310 1561 72.60 144.04 Q 9 Arjen Teeuwissen Goliath 73.24 307 289 301 307 311 1515 70.46 143.70 Q-T 10 Christine TraurigEtienne 69.84 321 305 296 300 303 1525 70.93 140.77 Q 11 Susan Blinks Flim Flam 69.00 311 307 303 307 303 1531 71.20 140.20 Q 12 Beatriz Ferrer-Salat Beauvalais 68.40 300 309 307 303 297 1516 71.20 138.91 Q 13 Kristy Oatley Wall Street 68.16 307 297 311 306 289 1510 70.23 138.39 Q 14 Rafael Soto Invasor 66.52 306 304 292 304 307 1513 70.37 136.89 Q 15 Daniel RamseierRali Baba 66.56 292 299 316 306 293 1506 70.04 136.60 Q 16 Jon PedersenEsprit de Valdemar 69.12 289 281 294 287 298 1449 67.39 136.51 Q 17 Pia LauRenoir 67.68 292 300 288 299 292 1471 68.41 136.09 Q 18 Kallista Field Waikare 66.44 300 292 282 291 298 1463 68.04 134.48 19 Juan Antonio JimenezGuizo 65.52 309 294 289 293 297 1482 68.93 134.45 20 Emile Faurie Rascher Hopes 66.96 281 280 286 287 276 1410 65.58 132.54 21 Peter GmoserCandidat 65.52 286 282 287 286 289 1430 66.51 132.03 22 Christine StueckelbergerAquamarin 65.48 279 287 285 289 286 1426 66.32 131.80 23 Robert DoverRanier 67.12 264 271 278 268 293 1374 63.90 131.02 24 Elena SidnevaPodkhod 65.76 273 275 284 279 258 1369 63.67 129.43 25 Tinne Vilhelmson Cezar 65.84 254 249 247 245 256 1251 58.18 124.02
Grand Prix Freestyle Held Saturday, 30 September. The final round of dressage competition was the Grand Prix Freestyle Test. Fifteen pairs competed in this round, in which they designed their own program of movements set to music. They were judged on both execution of the movements (technical) and how well their performance matched the music (artistic). Each of the five judges gave a score from 0 to 10 in both categories, with the final score for the round being the sum of those ten scores. This score was then added to the scores from the other two rounds to determine final ranking. Rank Rider Horse Nation Rounds 1+2Judge E Judge H Judge C Judge M Judge B Total points % Score Total Score Anky van GrunsvenBonfire 153.13 7.85/9.00 7.90/9.15 8.05/9.00 8.20/9.02 8.25/9.62 40.25/45.79 86.05 239.18 Isabell Werth Gigolo 151.99 7.45/8.60 7.25/8.65 8.05/8.77 7.75/8.92 7.85/8.90 38.35/43.84 82.20 234.19 Ulla Salzgeber Rusty 149.90 7.35/8.25 7.50/8.92 7.45/8.47 7.60/8.60 7.80/8.72 37.70/42.96 80.67 230.57 4 Nadine Capellmann Farbenfroh 151.28 7.15/7.90 7.15/8.02 7.00/7.55 7.15/7.90 7.20/7.57 35.65/38.94 74.60 225.88 5 Coby van Baalen Ferro 146.26 7.00/7.57 7.35/8.07 7.45/7.87 7.20/7.67 7.25/7.65 36.25/38.83 75.10 221.36 6 Ellen Bontje Silvano 144.04 6.75/7.55 6.95/8.00 7.00/7.82 6.85/7.85 6.95/7.82 34.50/39.04 73.55 217.59 7 Lone Joergensen Kennedy 146.536.45/7.77 6.55/7.25 6.75/7.77 6.70/7.27 6.60/7.25 33.05/37.31 70.37 216.90 8 Susan Blinks Flim Flam 140.206.90/7.87 7.30/8.15 6.90/7.72 6.85/7.90 6.95/7.90 34.90/39.54 74.45 214.65 9 Kristy Oatley Wall Street 138.396.50/7.00 7.20/7.75 7.05/7.62 6.80/7.50 7.10/7.87 34.65/37.74 72.40 210.79 10 Beatriz Ferrer-Salat Beauvalais 138.916.60/7.22 6.80/7.50 6.90/7.65 7.05/7.67 6.70/7.32 34.05/37.36 71.42 210.33 11 Christine Traurig Etienne 140.776.30/7.40 6.30/7.32 6.30/7.35 5.90/6.82 6.45/7.42 31.25/36.31 67.57 208.34 12 Rafael Soto Invasor 136.89 6.85/7.32 7.05/7.62 6.60/7.07 7.05/7.52 6.80/7.42 34.35/36.95 71.32 208.21 13 Daniel Ramseier Rali Baba 136.60 6.55/7.07 6.55/7.47 6.60/7.15 6.65/7.27 6.60/7.07 32.95/36.03 69.00 205.60 14 Pia Lau Renoir 136.09 6.40/7.15 6.50/7.05 6.70/7.55 6.75/7.17 6.75/7.32 32.10/36.24 69.35 205.44 15 Jon PedersenEsprit de Valdemar 136.51 6.40/6.82 6.40/6.82 6.70/7.47 6.45/7.02 6.50/7.07 32.45/35.20 67.67 204.18
References
Sources Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics available at https://web.archive.org/web/20060622162855/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm