The team eventing in equestrian at the 1948 Olympic Games in London was held in the town of Aldershot and at the Tweseldown Racecourse from 10 to 13 August. The American team of Charles Anderson, Frank Henry and Earl Foster Thomson won the gold medal. Sweden won the silver medal and Mexico took bronze.
Competition format The team and individual eventing competitions used the same scores. Eventing consisted of a dressage test, a cross-country test, and a jumping test. Team eventing final scores were the sum of the three individual scores for riders from the same NOC.
Results Standings after dressage
NationIndividual resultsTeam penaltiesTeam rankRiderHorsePenaltiesTony BühlerAmour Amour-80.00-282.001Alfred BlaserMahmud-93.00Pierre MusyFranzösin-109.00André JosseaumeGigolo-78.00-295.002Bernard ChevallierAiglonne-104.00René EmanuelliTourtourelle-113.00Earl Foster ThomsonReno Rhythm-105.00-333.003Charles AndersonReno Palisade-111.00Frank HenrySwing Low-117.00Niels MikkelsenSt. Hans-108.00-335.004Erik CarlsenEsja-113.00Kai Aage KrarupRollo-114.00José Manuel SagastaMandinga-110.00-355.005Francisco CarrereRosarino-121.00Julio César SagastaCherenda Cue-124.00Sigurd SvenssonDust-103.00-355.005Robert SelfeltClaque-109.00Olof StahreKomet-143.00Fabio MangilliGuerriero de Capestrano-85.00-358.007Raimondo D'InzeoRegate-129.00Eugenio MontessoroTic Tac-144.00Lyndon BoltonSylveste-109.00-392.008Douglas StewartDark Seal-116.00Peter BorwickLiberty-167.00Raúl CamperoTarahumara-128.00-411.009Humberto MarilesParral-134.00Joaquín SolanoMalinche-149.00Mauno RoihaRoa-125.00-428.0010Adolf EhrnroothLilia-141.00Arvo HaanpääUpea-162.00Fernando CavaleiroSatari-135.00-441.0011António SerôdioAbstrato-137.00Fernando PaesZuari-169.00Joaquín NoguerasEpsom-128.00-444.0012Fernando GazapoVivian-153.00Santiago MartínezFogoso-163.00Aëcio CoelhoGuapo-114.00-483.0013Renyldo FerreiraIndio-184.00Anísio da RochaCarioca-185.00Eyüp YiğittürkOzbek-122.00-491.0014Ziya AzakRuzgar-172.00Salih KoçCesur-197.00
Standings after cross-country
NationIndividual resultsTotal team penaltiesTeam rankRiderHorseCross-countryPenaltiesCross-countryPoints gainedTotal PenaltiesNiels MikkelsenSt. Hans0.0078.00-30.00-125.001Erik CarlsenEsja0.0069.00-44.00Kai Aage KrarupRollo0.0063.00-51.00Earl Foster ThomsonReno Rhythm-60.0072.00-93.00-129.002Charles AndersonReno Palisade0.0096.00-15.00Frank HenrySwing Low0.0096.00-21.00Sigurd SvenssonDust0.0033.00-70.00-145.003Robert SelfeltClaque0.0084.00-25.00Olof StahreKomet0.0093.00-50.00José Manuel SagastaMandinga0.0072.00-38.00-181.004Francisco CarrereRosarino0.0066.00-55.00Julio César SagastaCherenda Cue0.0036.00-88.00Raúl CamperoTarahumara0.0039.00-89.00-261.005Humberto MarilesParral0.0075.00-59.00Joaquín SolanoMalinche0.0036.00-113.00Fernando CavaleiroSatari0.0090.00-45.00-261.005António SerôdioAbstrato0.0087.00-50.00Fernando PaesZuari-30.0033.00-166.00Fabio MangilliGuerriero de Capestrano-20.0072.00-33.00-321.007Raimondo D'InzeoRegate-70.006.00-193.00Eugenio MontessoroTic Tac-20.0069.00-95.00Joaquín NoguerasEpsom0.0078.00-41.00-331.008Fernando GazapoVivian-20.0075.00-98.00Santiago MartínezFogoso-50.0021.00-192.00Mauno RoihaRoa-80.0027.00-178.00-369.009Adolf EhrnroothLilia-20.0051.00-110.00Arvo HaanpääUpea0.0081.00-81.00Tony BühlerAmour Amour-60.0045.00-95.00-374.0010Alfred BlaserMahmud0.0054.00-39.00Pierre MusyFranzösin-140.009.00-240.00Aëcio CoelhoGuapo0.0072.00-42.00-481.0011Renyldo FerreiraIndio-80.0054.00-210.00Anísio da RochaCarioca-80.0036.00-229.00André JosseaumeGigolo-260.0027.00-311.00-609.0012Bernard ChevallierAiglonne0.00108.004.00René EmanuelliTourtourelle-240.0051.00-302.00Eyüp YiğittürkOzbekDisqualifiedEliminatedZiya AzakRuzgarWithdrewSalih KoçCesur0.0045.00-152.00Lyndon BoltonSylveste-120.0048.00-181.00EliminatedDouglas StewartDark SealWithdrewPeter BorwickLiberty0.0087.00-80.00
Final standings after jumping
NationIndividual resultsTotal team penaltiesTeam rankRiderHorseJumpingPenaltiesTotal PenaltiesEarl Foster ThomsonReno Rhythm-21.00-114.00-161.50Charles AndersonReno Palisade-11.50-26.50Frank HenrySwing Low0.00-21.00Sigurd SvenssonDust0.00-70.00-165.00Robert SelfeltClaque0.00-25.00Olof StahreKomet-20.00-70.00Raúl CamperoTarahumara-31.50-120.50-305.25Humberto MarilesParral-2.75-61.75Joaquín SolanoMalinche-10.00-123.00Tony BühlerAmour Amour0.00-95.00-404.504Alfred BlaserMahmud-20.25-59.25Pierre MusyFranzösin-10.25-250.25Joaquín NoguerasEpsom0.00-41.00-422.505Fernando GazapoVivian-81.25-179.25Santiago MartínezFogoso-10.25-202.25Niels MikkelsenSt. HansEliminatedEliminatedErik CarlsenEsja0.00-44.00Kai Aage KrarupRollo-14.00-65.00José Manuel SagastaMandingaEliminatedEliminatedFrancisco CarrereRosarino-4.00-59.00Julio César SagastaCherenda Cue-4.50-92.50Fernando CavaleiroSatari-10.00-55.00EliminatedAntónio SerôdioAbstratoEliminatedFernando PaesZuari-1.50-167.50Lyndon BoltonSylveste-1.00-182.00EliminatedDouglas StewartDark SealWithdrewPeter BorwickLiberty-0.25-80.25Fabio MangilliGuerriero de Capestrano-22.00-55.00EliminatedRaimondo D'InzeoRegate-30.00-223.00Eugenio MontessoroTic TacWithdrewAndré JosseaumeGigoloWithdrewEliminatedBernard ChevallierAiglonne0.004.00René EmanuelliTourtourelle-1.25-303.25Aëcio CoelhoGuapo-10.00-52.00EliminatedRenyldo FerreiraIndio-40.00-250.00Anísio da RochaCariocaEliminatedMauno RoihaRoa-24.00-202.00EliminatedAdolf EhrnroothLilia0.00-110.00Arvo HaanpääUpeaEliminatedEyüp YiğittürkOzbekDisqualifiedEliminatedZiya AzakRuzgarWithdrewSalih KoçCesurEliminated
References
Sources Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, p. 342. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 4 September 2016.