Equestrian at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping

The individual show jumping in equestrian at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin was held at the Olympiastadion (jumping) on 16 August. The competition was also referred to as the "Prix des Nations."Official Report, p. 911 There were 54 competitors from 18 nations, with each nation having a team of three riders. The results of the individual event were used for the team jumping event as well. The individual event was won by Kurt Hasse of Germany, the nation's first victory in individual jumping and first medal in the event since 1912. Romania and Hungary each earned their first individual jumping medals, the former with Henri Rang's silver and the latter with József von Platthy's bronze.

Background

This was the seventh 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.

Three of the 11 riders from the 1932 competition returned: gold medalist Takeichi Nishi of Japan, fourth-place finisher William Bradford of the United States, and non-finisher Arne Francke of Sweden.

Romania and Turkey each made their debut in the event. Belgium, France, and Sweden competed for the sixth time, tied for the most of any nation; Sweden had missed only the inaugural 1900 competition, while Belgium and France missed the individual jumping in 1932.

Competition format

The team and individual jumping competitions used the same scores. A single round of jumping was held.

The jumping test featured 20 obstacles and had a time limit of 160 seconds. Points were lost for faults (including elimination for the third refusal on the course) and for exceeding the time limit. The schedule of faults was:Official Report, p. 916 3 points: first disobedience 4 points: upsetting obstacle, touching water 6 points: second disobedience, fall of horse 10 points: fall of rider 1/4 point: every second above 160

Ties for medals were determined by jump-off; other ties were not broken. In the jump-off, there was no time limit but instead the time was used as a tie-breaker if pairs had the same number of faults.Official Report, p. 913

Schedule

Date Time Round Sunday, 16 August 1936 15:00 Final

Results

Rank Rider Horse Nation Penalties Notes Obstacles Time Total 1 Kurt Hasse Tora 4.00 0.00 4.00 Gold jump-off Henri Rang Delfis 4.00 0.00 4.00 Gold jump-off 3 Georges Ganshof van der Meersch Ibrahim 8.00 0.00 8.00 Bronze jump-off József von Platthy Sello 8.00 0.00 8.00 Bronze jump-off Carl Raguse Dakota 8.00 0.00 8.00 Bronze jump-off 6 José Beltrão Biscuit 12.00 0.00 12.00 Xavier Bizard Bagatelle 12.00 0.00 12.00 Johan Greter Ernica 12.00 0.00 12.00 Maurice Gudin de Vallerin Ecuyère 12.00 0.00 12.00 Cevat Kula Sapkin 12.00 0.00 12.00 11 Jan de Bruine Trixie 15.00 0.00 15.00 Henry de Menten de Horne Musaphiki 15.00 0.00 15.00 Arnold Mettler Durmitor 15.00 0.00 15.00 14 Manabu Iwahashi Falaise 12.00 3.25 15.25 15 Renzo Bonivento Osoppo 16.00 2.75 18.75 16 Marten von Barnekow Nordland 20.00 0.00 20.00 Heinz Brandt Alchimist 20.00 0.00 20.00 Gerardo Conforti Saba 20.00 0.00 20.00 Domingos Coutinho Merle Blanc 20.00 0.00 20.00 20 Takeichi Nishi Uranus 19.00 1.75 20.75 21 Luís Mena e Silva Fausette 24.00 0.00 24.00 Heinrich Sauer Gloriette 24.00 0.00 24.00 23 Henri van Schaik Santa Bell 24.00 0.50 24.50 24 Arthur Qvist Notatus 24.00 1.00 25.00 25 William Bradford Don 17.00 10.00 27.00 25 Arne Francke Urfé 27.00 0.00 27.00 27 Miloslav Buzek Chroust 28.00 0.00 28.00 Saim Polatkan Schakal 28.00 0.00 28.00 29 Constantin Apostol Dracustie 21.00 7.75 28.75 30 Jörg Fehr Corona 25.00 4.00 29.00 31 Hans Iklé Exilé 29.00 1.50 30.50 32 Rolf Örn Kornett 31.00 0.75 31.75 Note 1The Official Report, p. 918, lists Örn and Szepesi as tied for 32nd place despite giving different total scores. Their rankings here are based on the scores. 33 Ottmár Szepesi Pókai 35.00 0.00 35.00 Note 1 34 Cornelius Jadwin Ugly 33.00 4.50 37.50 35 Hirotsugu Inanami Asafuji 39.00 0.00 39.00 36 Janusz Komorowski Dunkan 45.00 2.25 47.25 37 Gerhard Egger Mimir 31.00 16.50 47.50 38 Jean de Tillière Adriano 41.00 10.25 51.25 – Elemér von Barcza Kopé Prince Gustaf Adolf Aida Capel Brunker Magpie Bill Carr Bovril Julius Čoček Chostra Fernando Filipponi Nasello Cevat Gürkan Güdük Michał Gutowski Warszawianka Halfdan Petterøe Schamyl Josef Seyfried Radmila Henrik Skougaard Felicia Tadeusz Sokołowski Zbieg II Yves Van Strydonk De Burkel Ramona Jack Talbot-Ponsonby Kineton Rudolf Trenkwitz Danubia Toma Tudoran Hunter

Gold jump-off

Rank Rider Horse Nation Penalties Time Kurt Hasse Tora 4.00 59.2 Henri Rang Delfis 4.00 1:12.8

Bronze jump-off

Rank Rider Horse Nation Penalties Time József von Platthy Sello 0.00 1:02.6 4 Georges Ganshof van der Meersch Ibrahim 0.00 1:09.0 5 Carl Raguse Dakota 4.00 1:02.4

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