The individual dressage at the 2023 FEI European Dressage Championships in Riesenbeck, Germany was held at Riesenbeck International from 4 to 10 September.

Germany's Jessica von Bredow-Werndl won the gold medal in the Grand Prix Special, repeating her success after the 2021 European Championships. Nanna Skodborg Merrald representing Denmark won a silver medal in the Grand Prix Special. Charlotte Dujardin of Great Britain won a bronze in special.

Competition format

The team and individual dressage competitions used the same results. Dressage had three phases. The first phase was the Grand Prix. Top 30 individuals advanced to the second phase, the Grand Prix Special where the first individual medals were awarded. The last set of medals at the 2023 European Dressage Championships was awarded after the third phase, the Grand Prix Freestyle where top 18 combinations competed. Only three riders per country are allowed to compete in the final Freestyle. If a country has four riders qualified for the Freestyle, only the best three are able to ride the Freestyle, and the remaining place(s) moves to the next combination(s) in line.

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) Date Time RoundWednesday, 6 September 2023 09:30Grand Prix (Day 1)Thursday, 7 September 2023 09:30Grand Prix (Day 2)Friday, 8 September 2023 17:00Grand Prix SpecialSunday, 10 September 202313:30Grand Prix Freestyle

Results RiderNationHorseGP scoreRankGPS scoreRankGPF scoreRankJessica von Bredow-WerndlDalera BB TSF 84.612 1 Q 85.593 Q 92.818 Charlotte DujardinImhotep 82.422 2 Q 82.583 Q 91.396 Charlotte FryGlamourdale 81.258 3 Q 81.763 4 Q 92.379 Nanna Skodborg MerraldZepter 78.556 4 Q 82.796 Q 89.546 4Carl HesterFame 78.540 5 Q 80.106 5 Q 85.461 7Frederic WandresBluetooth OLD 77.888 6 Q 77.052 7 Q 84.568 9Isabell WerthDSP Quantaz 77.174 7 Q 78.252 6 Q 88.407 5Carina Cassøe KrüthHeiline's Dancera 75.761 8 Q 75.547 10 Q 84.664 8Therese NilshagenDante Weltino OLD 75.621 9 Q 76.140 8 Q 86.132 6Patrik KittelTouchdown 75.171 10 Q 74.727 13 Q 81.118 11Matthias Alexander RathThiago GS 74.845 11 Q 72.994 19 Gareth HughesClassic Briolinca 74.565 12 Q 74.651 14 Emmelie ScholtensIndian Rock 74.457 13 Q 75.957 9 Q 80.936 12Andreas HelgstrandJovian 74.410 14 Q 74.757 12 Daniel Bachmann AndersenVayron 74.146 15 Q 75.213 11 Q 77.279 17Isabel FreeseTotal Hope OLD 74.084 16 Q 74.240 15 Q 82.593 10Victoria Max-TheurerAbbeglen FRH 73.230 17 Q 72.158 23 Larissa PauluisFlambeau 73.106 18 Q 72.766 20 Q 78.000 16Morgan BarbançonHabana Libre A 72.997 19 Q 74.210 16 Q 79.521 14Thamar ZweistraIch Weiss 72.562 20 Q 72.432 22 Nicolas Wagner EhlingerQuarter Back Junior FRH 72.438 21 Q 70.441 27 João Pedro MoreiraZonik Hit 72.221 22 Q 72.553 21 Q 73.986 18Pauline BasquinSertorius de Rima Z Ifce 72.189 23 Q 73.328 18 Q 79.561 13Florian BacherFidertraum 71.724 24 Q 71.520 24 Alexandre AyacheJolene 71.584 25 Q 70.866 26 Alejandro Sánchez del BarcoQuincallo de Indalo 71.584 25 Q 71.109 25 Marlies van BaalenHabibi DVB 71.584 25 Q 73.511 17 Q 78.882 15Arnaud SerreJames Bond de Massa 71.444 28 Q 69.605 28 Fie Christine SkarsoeImperador Dos Cedros 71.273 29 Q 69.590 29 Devenda DijkstraHero 71.211 30 Q 67.584 30 Jose Daniel Martin DockxMalagueno LXXXIII 71.196 31 Stefan LehfellnerRoberto Carlos MT 71.165 32 Charlotte DefalqueBotticelli 71.072 33 Emma KanervaGreek Air 71.040 34 Severo Jurado LopezFuerstenglory 70.947 35 Malin Wahlkamp-NilssonBergsjoholms Valbonne 70.730 36 Flore de WinneFlynn FRH 70.404 37 Juan Antonio Jimenez CoboEuclides Mor 70.342 38 Christian SchumachTe Quiero SF 70.217 39 Charlotte LenherrSir Stanley W 70.202 40 Beata StremlerFairplay 69.643 41 Maria Pais Do AmaralHot Hit OLD Campline 69.596 42 Domien MichielsIntermezzo van het Meerdaalhof 69.068 43 Charlotta RogersonFamora 68.898 44 Máté GaraiVincent Maranello 68.633 45 Justina VanagaiteNabab 68.634 45 Maria CaetanoFenix de Tineo 68.432 47 Estelle WettsteinQuarterboy 68.059 48 Anna MerveldtEsporim 67.997 49 Ville VaurioG-Star 67.981 50 Anikó Komjáthy-LosonczyDior S 67.422 51 Mathilde Merethe KlaessonSandbaeks Rio EL 67.376 52 Anna TallbergGrevens Zorro 67.220 53 Grete AyacheFarao Da Raia 67.158 54 Carrie SchopfSaumur 67.003 55 Yvonne ÖsterholmIronman H 66.972 56 Nikolett SzalaiWilly The Hit 65.994 57 Trude HestengenChristianslund Furstino 65.994 57 Jeannette JennyDamasco 65.978 59 Johanna Due BojeMazy Klovenhoj 65.978 60 Mathis GoerensRaptide NRW 64.689 61 Michael BuganFor President AWO 64.646 62 Abigail LyleFarrell 64.037 63 Judy ReynoldsRockman Royal NG 63.401 64 Delia EggenbergerFairtrade 62.888 65 Gabriele KieferOphelia 60.000 66 Benedek PachlDonna Frederika EL - Sorrell KlatzkoTurbo WD - Marta SobierajskaUltrablue de Massa WD -

Team ranking CountryTotal Rank242.220239.674228.727221.5224218.6035216.7706216.1197214.5828213.7279210.24910208.40011207.45412207.15913206.24114202.04915195.43516

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