Equestrian at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping

Individual jumping
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Alwin Schockemöhle (1972)
VenueOlympic Equestrian Centre
Date27 July
Competitors47 from 20 nations
Winning total0 faults
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alwin Schockemöhle
 West Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michel Vaillancourt
 Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) François Mathy
 Belgium
← 1972
1980 →

The individual show jumping at the 1976 Summer Olympics took place on 27 July. The event was open to men and women. The individual show jumping event consisted of two rounds, held separately from the team competition. The top 20 riders from the first round qualified for the second round, both rounds were then combined to determine placement, if tied a jump-off between all tied riders would determine the winners.[1] There were 47 competitors from 20 nations.[2] The event was won by Alwin Schockemöhle of West Germany, the nation's first medal in individual jumping as a separate team (both Germany and the United Team of Germany had won a gold medal before). Canada also earned its first medal in the event, with Michel Vaillancourt's silver. François Mathy's bronze was Belgium's first medal in the event since 1912. Great Britain's podium streak in individual jumping ended at four Games, as Debbie Johnsey took fourth after reaching a three-way jump-off against Vaillancourt and Mathy but coming last out of the jump-off.

Background

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This was the 15th 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.[2] The team and individual events remained separated, as they had been starting in 1968.

Five of the top 10 (top 12, after ties) riders from the 1972 competition returned: gold medalist Graziano Mancinelli of Italy, fourth-place finishers Jim Day of Canada and Hugo Simon of Austria, seventh-place finisher Jean-Marcel Rozier of France, and eighth-place finisher Alfonso Segovia of Spain. Also returning were the brothers Piero D'Inzeo and Raimondo D'Inzeo. Raimondo had won the 1960 gold and 1956 silver medals; Piero had won the 1960 silver and 1956 bronze medals. The brothers were competing in their eighth (and final) Olympics, the first people to appear in eight Games. The 1956 gold medalist Hans Günter Winkler of West Germany was also competing again after not participating in 1972. Hartwig Steenken, also of West Germany, was the reigning World Champion but did not compete in Montreal.

Guatemala and Puerto Rico each made their debut in the event. France competed for the 14th time, most of any nation, having missed the individual jumping only in 1932.

Competition format

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The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1952, with the elimination feature added in 1968. The top 20 riders from the first round qualified for the second round, both rounds were then combined to determine placement, if tied a jump-off between all tied riders would determine the winners.

Schedule

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All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 27 July 1976 8:00
14:30
Round 1
Round 2

Results

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Schockemöhle was the first rider to achieve a clean run in both rounds since the competition moved to the two-round format in 1952.[2]

Rank Rider Nation Round 1 Round 2 Total Jump-off
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alwin Schockemöhle  West Germany 0.00 0.00 0.00
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michel Vaillancourt  Canada 4.00 8.00 12.00 4.00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) François Mathy  Belgium 8.00 4.00 12.00 8.00
4 Debbie Johnsey  Great Britain 4.00 8.00 12.00 15.25
5 Guy Creighton  Australia 4.00 12.00 16.00
Marcel Rozier  France 4.00 12.00 16.00
Frank Chapot  United States 4.00 12.00 16.00
Hugo Simon  Austria 8.00 8.00 16.00
9 Luis Álvarez  Spain 8.00 9.50 17.50
10 Eduardo Amorós  Spain 8.00 12.00 20.00
Hans Günter Winkler  West Germany 4.00 16.00 20.00
12 Raimondo D'Inzeo  Italy 8.00 16.00 24.00
13 Henk Nooren  Netherlands 8.00 18.00 26.00
14 Peter Robeson  Great Britain 4.00 23.75 27.75
15 Jim Elder  Canada 8.00 20.00 28.00
Jim Day  Canada 8.00 20.00 28.00
17 Hubert Parot  France 8.00 20.25 28.25
18 Argentino Molinuevo Jr.  Argentina 8.00 27.50 35.50
19 Carlos Aguirre  Mexico 6.00 DSQ Elim.
20 Juan Rieckehoff  Puerto Rico 8.00 DSQ Elim.
21 Fernando Senderos  Mexico 11.75 did not advance
22 Dennis Murphy  United States 12.00 did not advance
Roberto Tagle  Argentina 12.00 did not advance
Oswaldo Méndez  Guatemala 12.00 did not advance
25 Graziano Mancinelli  Italy 16.00 did not advance
Piero D'Inzeo  Italy 16.00 did not advance
Bruno Candrian  Switzerland 16.00 did not advance
Toon Ebben  Netherlands 16.00 did not advance
29 Buddy Brown  United States 16.50 did not advance
30 Joe Yorke  New Zealand 20.00 did not advance
Rob Eras  Netherlands 20.00 did not advance
Hirokazu Higashira  Japan 20.00 did not advance
Stanny Van Paesschen  Belgium 20.00 did not advance
Graham Fletcher  Great Britain 20.00 did not advance
Jan-Olof Wannius  Sweden 20.00 did not advance
36 Paul Schockemöhle  West Germany 24.00 did not advance
37 Kevin Bacon  Australia 25.50 did not advance
38 Thomas Frühmann  Austria 28.00 did not advance
39 Tsunekazu Takeda  Japan 33.00 did not advance
40 Luis Razo  Mexico 33.50 did not advance
41 Marc Roguet  France 36.00 did not advance
42 Ryuichi Obata  Japan 47.00 did not advance
43 Eric Wauters  Belgium 47.50 did not advance
Barry Roycroft  Australia DSQ did not advance
Henk Hulzebos  Austria DSQ did not advance
Roberto Nielsen-Reyes  Bolivia DSQ did not advance
Alfonso Segovia  Spain DSQ did not advance
Jorge Llambi  Argentina DNS did not advance

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Equestrianism at the 1976 Montreal Equestrian Games: Mixed Jumping, Individual". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Jumping, Individual, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 February 2021.