The individual dressage event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 30 July to 4 August 2024 at the Palace of Versailles. Like all other equestrian events, the dressage competition is open-gender, with both male and female athletes competing in the same division. 60 riders from 30 nations are expected to compete.
Background
This was the 26th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1912.
The two-time reigning Olympic champion is Jessica von Bredow-Werndl of Germany (riding Dalera). The reigning (2022) World Champion is Charlotte Fry of Great Britain.
An Olympics.com preview of equestrian (all events) provided the following overview:
Qualification
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified riders in the individual dressage. Quota places are allocated to the NOC, which selects the riders. There were 60 quota places available, allocated as follows:
Team members (45 places): Each of the 15 NOCs qualified in the team dressage event entered its 3 team members in the individual dressage event. Ranking (15 places): The top 2 riders (1 per NOC, and excluding NOCs with qualified teams) in each of the 7 geographic regions were to receive a quota places, with one final quota place based on rankings regardless of geographic region. The two Americas regions were combined.
Competition format
The competition format has changed dramatically since the 2016 format. The competition has dropped from three rounds to two; moreover, advancement is now determined first by place in group rather than overall place (though there are lucky loser places available). The two rounds of the competition are the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix Freestyle.
Grand Prix: All 60 riders compete in the Grand Prix. They are divided into 6 groups of 10; 3 groups will go on each day of the round. The top 2 riders in each group, along with the next best 6 overall, advance to the Grand Prix Freestyle. The Grand Prix is also the qualifying round for the team event. Grand Prix Freestyle: The 18 riders competing receive a final rank based only on the Grand Prix Freestyle score (the Grand Prix scores do not carry over).
Schedule
The event takes place on three competition days over six days, with two days for the Grand Prix followed by two rest days, the team final day, then the individual Grand Prix Freestyle.
All times are European Central Time (UTC+1).
Day Date Start Finish Phase Day 1 Tuesday 30 July 2024 11:00 16:30 Grand Prix Day 1 Day 2 Wednesday 31 July 2024 10:00 15:30 Grand Prix Day 2 Day 6 Sunday 4 August 2024 10:00 14:00 Grand Prix Freestyle
Results Grand Prix The top two athletes from each group, and the six athletes with the next best scores (a multi-step tiebreaker would be used for ties, finally broken by random draw will qualify to the individual final (Grand Prix Freestyle). RankGroupRiderNationHorseGP scoreNotes 1 F Jessica von Bredow-Werndl TSF Dalera 82.065 Q 2 D Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour Freestyle 80.792 Q 3 D Isabell Werth Wendy 78.913 Q 4 A Charlotte Fry Glamourdale 78.028 Q 5 A Nanna Skodborg Merrald Zepter 78.028Q 6 A Dinja van Liere Hermes 77.764 Q 7 A Carl Hester Fame 77.345 Q 8 B Daniel Bachmann Andersen Vayron 76.910 Q 9 D Isabel Freese Total Hope 76.817 Q 10 B Frederic Wandres Bluetooth 76.118 Q 11 C Becky Moody Jagerbomb 74.938 Q 12 E Emmelie Scholtens Indian Rock 74.581 Q 13 C Patrik Kittel Touchdown 74.317 Q 14 E Victoria Max-Theurer FH Abbeglen 74.301 Q 15 E Therese Nilshagen Dante Weltino 73.991 Q 16 F Pauline Basquin Sertorius de Rima Z 73.711 Q 17 B Emma Kanerva Greek Air 73.680 Q 18 E Sandra Sysojeva Maxima Bella 73.416 Q 19 B Flore de Winne Flynn FRH 73.028 20 C Adrienne Lyle Helix 72.593 21 F Hans Peter Minderhoud Toto Jr. 72.578 22 D Domien Michiels Intermezzo V/H Meerdaalhof 72.531 23 C Larissa Pauluis Flambeau 72.127 24 F Nicolas Wagner Quarter Back Junior FRH 71.988 25 B Juliette Ramel Buriël K.H. 71.553 26 D Florian Bacher Escorial 71.009 27 E Julio Mendoza Loor Goldstrike 70.839 28 F Borja Carrascosa Frizzantino FRH 70.823 29 A Corentin Pottier Gotilas du Feauillard 70.683 30 D Henri Ruoste Tiffanys Diamond 70.621 31 E Alexandre Ayache Jolene 70.279 32 F Simone Pearce Destano 70.171 33 A João Oliva Feel Good VO 70.093 34 C Hwang Young-shik Delmonte 7 70.000 35 E William Matthew Mysterious Star 69.953 36 C Claudio Castilla Ruiz Hi-Rico Do Sobral 69.829 37 B Abigail Lyle Giraldo 69.441 38 A Justina Vanagaite Nabab 69.208 39 A Jayden Brown Quincy B 68.991 40 F Melissa Galloway Windermere J'Obei W 68.913 41 A Naima Moreira Laliberte Statesman 68.711 42 D Yessin Rahmouni All At Once 68.696 43 F Camille Carier Bergeron Finnländerin 68.338 44 E Rita Ralao Duarte Irao 68.261 45 A Stefan Lehfellner Roberto Carlos MT 68.183 46 B Patricia Ferrando Honnaisseur 67.143 47 B Katarzyna Milczarek Guapo 66.910 48 B António do Vale Fine Fellow H 66.910 49 C Chris von Martels Eclips 66.863 50 C Maria Caetano Hit Plus 66.630 51 F Steffen Peters Suppenkasper 66.490 52 D Anush Agarwalla Sir Caramello OLD 66.444 53 C Alisa Glinka Abercrombie 66.056 54 E Joanna Robinson Glamouraline 65.630 55 C Andrina Suter Fibonacci 65.590 56 A Caroline Chew Zatchmo 63.351 57 E Yvonne Losos de Muniz Aquamarijn 61.211 58 D Juan Antonio Jiménez Euclides MOR 60.171 59 F Aleksandra Szulc Breakdance 60.078 – B Marcus Orlob Jane
Grand Prix Freestyle The top eighteen riders from the Grand Prix competed in the individual freestyle final in which the individual medals were awarded. RankRiderNationHorseGPF scoreNotes Jessica von Bredow-Werndl TSF Dalera 90.093 Isabell Werth Wendy 89.614 Charlotte Fry Glamourdale 88.971 4 Dinja van Liere Hermes 88.432 5 Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour Freestyle 88.093 6 Carl Hester Fame 85.161 7 Daniel Bachmann Andersen Vayron 84.850 8 Becky Moody Jagerbomb 84.357 9 Nanna Skodborg Merrald Zepter 83.293 10 Isabel Freese Total Hope OLD 83.050 11 Emmelie Scholtens Indian Rock 81.750 12 Emma Kanerva Greek Air 81.607 13 Frederic Wandres Bluetooth OLD 81.350 14 Patrik Kittel Touchdown 80.854 15 Sandra Sysojeva Maxima Bella 80.075 16 Pauline Basquin Sertorius de Rima Z 79.118 17Victoria Max-Theurer Abbeglen FH NRW 75.375 18 Therese Nilshagen Dante Welting OLD 74.714
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