The individual dressage event in equestrian at the 1936 Summer Olympics was held at the May Field in Berlin, Germany, from 12 to 13 August. A total of 29 riders from 11 nations competed in the event.
German riders dominated the competition, securing the top two spots. Heinz Pollay won the gold medal, while his compatriot Friedrich Gerhard claimed silver. The bronze medal went to Alois Podhajsky of Austria.
Competition format The team and individual dressage competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics used the same results. Riders were required to perform a test from memory within a 17-minute time limit, with a penalty of half a point for every second over the limit.Official Report, p. 888 The test consisted of 40 individual movements.Official Report, p. 885 Each movement was scored by the judges on a scale from 0 to 10, with the score multiplied by the movement's coefficient to determine the total for that movement.Official Report, p. 889
For the individual event, a point-for-place system was used. Under this system, each judge ranked the pairs based on their scores, awarding 1 point to the top-scoring pair, 2 points to the second, and so on. The total number of points across the five judges was calculated for each pair, and the pair with the lowest total points was declared the winner.
In contrast, the team event relied on raw scores rather than the point-for-place system.
The panel of judges for the competition included:Official Report, p. 890 Col. Baron Cl. v. Cederström (Sweden) Gen. A. Decarpentry (France) Lt. Col. Baron A. v. Henikstein (Austria) Gen. v. Poseck (Germany) Col. Qu. v. Ufford (Netherlands)
Results Rank Rider Nation Horse Score Points SWE FRA AUT GER NED Total SWE FRA AUT GER NED Total Heinz Pollay Kronos 341.5 356.5 343.5 377.5 341.0 1760.0 4 1 4 1 5 15 Friedrich Gerhard Absinth 346.0 333.5 345.0 376.5 344.5 1745.5 3 7 3 2 3 18 Alois Podhajsky Nero 339.5 343.5 372.0 314.5 352.0 1721.5 5 4 1 7 2 19 Gregor Adlercreutz Teresina 372.0 334.5 351.5 307.0 310.0 1675.0 1 6 2 8 9 26 André Jousseaume Favorite 309.0 339.5 315.0 325.5 353.5 1642.5 8 5 8 4 1 26 Gérard de Balorre Becaucheur 309.0 353.5 340.5 316.0 315.0 1634.0 8 2 5 6 8 29 Peder Jensen His ex 327.5 326.0 322.5 288.5 331.5 1596.0 7 8 7 11 6 39 Pierre Versteegh Ad Astra 296.5 321.5 314.0 305.5 341.5 1579.0 13 9 9 9 4 44 Daniel Gillois Nicolas 306.5 352.5 290.0 321.0 399.5 1569.5 10 3 13 5 13 44 10 Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski Gimpel 294.5 291.5 326.5 348.5 307.5 1568.5 14 15 6 3 11 49 11 Sven Colliander Kal xx 337.5 316.5 303.0 285.5 288.0 1530.5 6 10 11 15 16 58 12 Albert Dolleschall Infant 284.5 308.0 314.0 286.0 283.5 1476.0 16 12 9 14 17 68 13 František Jandl Nestor 270.5 314.0 285.5 286.5 296.5 1453.0 20 11 15 13 14 73 14 Gusztáv von Pados Ficsur 277.0 293.0 289.0 288.0 277.0 1424.0 18 14 14 12 18 76 15 Folke Sandström Pergola 348.0 275.5 277.0 284.0 270.5 1455.0 2 21 20 16 21 80 15 Arthur von Pongracz Georgine 273.0 289.5 303.0 268.5 296.0 1430.0 19 17 11 18 15 80 17 Arthur Qvist Jaspis 299.5 270.5 284.0 279.5 304.5 1438.0 12 23 17 17 12 81 17 László von Magasházy Tücsök 284.0 289.5 277.5 291.0 273.5 1415.5 17 17 18 10 19 81 19 Gerard le Heux Zonnetje 288.5 286.5 270.0 268.0 309.0 1422.0 15 19 21 19 10 84 20 Eugen Johansen Sorte Mand 302.0 290.0 267.5 257.0 271.5 1388.0 11 16 22 22 20 91 21 Daniël Camerling Helmolt Wodan 258.5 268.0 277.5 253.5 323.5 1381.0 25 24 18 26 7 100 22 Hans Moser Revue 265.0 293.5 285.5 255.0 238.0 1337.0 22 13 15 24 29 103 23 Stanton Babcock Olympic 265.0 275.0 263.0 268.0 259.5 1330.5 22 22 23 19 23 109 24 Matej Pechman Ideal 265.5 284.0 260.5 262.5 246.5 1319.0 21 20 24 21 28 114 25 Isaac Kitts American Lady 246.0 265.5 246.0 256.5 251.0 1265.0 28 25 27 23 25 128 26 Pál Kémery Csintalan 260.0 237.0 247.5 240.5 265.5 1250.5 24 28 26 29 22 129 27 Hiram Tuttle Si Murray 265.5 226.0 239.0 254.5 259.0 1233.0 26 29 29 25 24 133 28 Bjørn Bjørnseth Invictus 227.5 247.0 251.0 252.5 246.5 1224.5 29 27 25 27 26 134 29 Otto Schöniger Helios 246.5 265.0 242.0 251.0 249.5 1254.0 27 26 28 28 26 135
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