Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Individual dressage

Individual dressage
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Olympic equestrian dressage
VenueBaji Koen
Date24–28 July 2021
Competitors60 from 30 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jessica von Bredow-Werndl
on Dalera
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Isabell Werth
on Bella Rose
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Charlotte Dujardin
on Gio
 Great Britain
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The individual dressage event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 to 28 July 2021 at the Baji Koen.[1] 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.[2]

Background

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This was the 25th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1912.

The two-time reigning Olympic champion is Charlotte Dujardin of Great Britain (riding Valegro). The reigning (2018) World Champion is Isabell Werth of Germany.

An Olympics.com preview of equestrian (all events) provided the following overview:

Germany has won the most gold medals in Olympic equestrian sports (26 to be exact), reflecting the country's equestrian heritage and passion for the sport. Michael Jung has dominated individual eventing at recent Games, winning gold in both London 2012 and Rio 2016. Jung was destined to carve his name into equestrian history: both his father and grandfather were well-known equestrian athletes. Sweden, France, the USA and Great Britain are among the other leading nations in equestrian sport.[3]

Qualification

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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:[2]

  • 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. A withdrawal by Norway resulted in one of the Group A places being reallocated to the world ranking.

Competition format

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The competition format has changed dramatically from prior Games. 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.[4][3]

  • 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

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The event takes place on three competition days over five days, with two days for the Grand Prix followed by a rest day, the team final day, then the individual Grand Prix Freestyle.[1]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9).[5][6]

Day Date Start Finish Phase
Day 1 Saturday 24 July 2021 17:00 22:00 Grand Prix Day 1
Day 2 Sunday 25 July 2021 17:00 22:00 Grand Prix Day 2
Day 5 Wednesday 28 July 2021 17:30 21:25 Grand Prix Freestyle

Results

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Grand Prix

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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[7]) will qualify to the individual final (Grand Prix Freestyle).[8]

Rank Group Rider Nation Horse GP score Notes
1 C Jessica von Bredow-Werndl  Germany TSF Dalera 84.379 Q
2 F Isabell Werth  Germany Bella Rose 2 82.500 Q
3 B Cathrine Dufour  Denmark Bohemian 81.056 Q
4 F Charlotte Dujardin  Great Britain Gio 80.963 Q
5 E Dorothee Schneider  Germany Showtime FRH 78.820 Q
6 B Edward Gal  Netherlands Total Us 78.649 Q
7 C Sabine Schut-Kery  United States Sanceo 78.416 Q
8 A Charlotte Fry  Great Britain Everdale 77.096 Q
9 C Hans Peter Minderhoud  Netherlands Dream Boy 76.817 q
10 D Carina Cassøe Krüth  Denmark Heiline's Danciera 76.677 Q
11 F Steffen Peters  United States Suppenkasper 76.196 q
12 A Therese Nilshagen  Sweden Dante Weltino Old 75.140 Q
13 C Carl Hester  Great Britain En Vogue 75.124 q
14 D Adrienne Lyle  United States Salvino 74.876 WD[9]
15 E Juliette Ramel  Sweden Buriel K.H. 73.369 Q
16 A Nanna Skodborg Merrald  Denmark Zack 73.168 q
17 C Rodrigo Torres  Portugal Fogoso 72.624 q
18 B Beatriz Ferrer-Salat  Spain Elegance 72.096 q
19 F Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu  Canada All In 71.677 q[10]
20 E Marlies van Baalen  Netherlands Go Legend 71.615
21 D Christian Schumach  Austria Te Quiero SF 70.900
22 A Yvonne Losos de Muñiz  Dominican Republic Aquamarijn 70.869
23 D Laurence Roos  Belgium Fil Rouge 70.699
24 E Morgan Barbançon  France Sir Donnerhall II OLD 70.543
25 E Nicolas Wagner  Luxembourg Quarter Back Junior FHR 70.512
26 A João Oliva  Brazil Escorial 70.419
27 B Maria Caetano  Portugal Fenix de Tineo 70.311
28 E Domien Michiels  Belgium Intermezzo Van Het Meerdaalhof 70.202
29 F João Miguel Torrao  Portugal Equador 70.186
30 F Florian Bacher  Austria Fidertraum 69.813
31 B Inessa Merkulova  ROC Mister X 69.457
32 C José Antonio García Mena  Spain Sorento 15 69.146
33 F Maxime Collard  France Cupido PB 69.068
34 C Alexandre Ayache  France Zo What 68.929
35 B Antonia Ramel  Sweden Brother de Jeu 68.540
36 D Simone Pearce  Australia Destano 68.494
37 D Heike Holstein  Ireland Sambuca 68.432
38 D Severo Jurado  Spain Fendi T 68.370
39 B Chris von Martels  Canada Eclips 68.059
40 A Mary Hanna  Australia Calanta 67.981
41 E Estelle Wettstein  Switzerland West Side Story OLD 67.748
42 C Larissa Pauluis  Belgium Flambeau 67.251
43 B Francesco Zaza  Italy Wispering Romance 66.941
44 F Yessin Rahmouni  Morocco All at Once 66.599
45 F Hiroyuki Kitahara  Japan Huracan 10 66.304
46 F Virginia Yarur  Chile Ronaldo 66.227
47 A Inna Logutenkova  Ukraine Fleraro 66.118
48 E Shingo Hayashi  Japan Scolari 4 65.714
49 B Dina Ellermann  Estonia Donna Anna 65.435
50 D Lindsay Kellock  Canada Sebastien 65.404
51 E Martha Del Valle  Mexico Beduino LAM 64.876
52 C Henri Ruoste  Finland Kontestro DB 64.674
53 C Aleksandra Maksakova  ROC Bojengels 63.898
54 D Tatyana Kosterina  ROC Diavolessa VA 63.866
55 A Kim Dong-seon  South Korea Belstaff 63.447
56 A Kazuki Sado  Japan Ludwig Der Sonnenkoenig 2 62.531
57 E Kelly Layne  Australia Samhitas 58.354
D Caroline Chew  Singapore Tribiani EL
B Victoria Max-Theurer  Austria Abegglen NRW WD

Grand Prix Freestyle

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The Grand Prix Freestyle was drawn in groups of 6 in reverse order of the results in the Grand Prix. For the first time at the Olympics, the FEI Degree Of Difficulty system was used:[11] each of the riders electronically submitted a floorplan of their movements ahead of the competition and were assigned a maximum difficulty score by computer. The judges then assessed the competitors according to their unique scoresheet.

Rank Rider Nation Horse GPF score Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jessica von Bredow-Werndl  Germany TSF Dalera 91.732
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Isabell Werth  Germany Bella Rose 2 89.657
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Charlotte Dujardin  Great Britain Gio 88.543
4 Cathrine Dufour  Denmark Bohemian 87.507
5 Sabine Schut-Kery  United States Sanceo 84.300
6 Edward Gal  Netherlands Total Us 84.157
7 Carina Cassøe Krüth  Denmark Heiline's Danciera 83.329
8 Carl Hester  Great Britain En Vogue 81.818
9 Juliette Ramel  Sweden Buriel K.H. 81.182
10 Steffen Peters  United States Suppenkasper 80.968
11 Nanna Skodborg Merrald  Denmark Zack 80.893
12 Hans Peter Minderhoud  Netherlands Dream Boy 80.682
13 Charlotte Fry  Great Britain Everdale 80.614
14 Therese Nilshagen  Sweden Dante Weltino Old 79.721
15 Dorothee Schneider  Germany Showtime FRH 79.432
16 Rodrigo Torres  Portugal Fogoso 78.943
17 Beatriz Ferrer-Salat  Spain Elegance 77.532
18 Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu  Canada All In 76.404

References

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  2. ^ a b "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Equestrian Dressage" (PDF). FEI. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Cycling BMX Racing". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Tokyo 2020: How Will It Work - Making Sense out of the New Format". Eurodressage. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Schedule - Equestrian Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Equestrian Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  7. ^ "FEI Olympic Regulations Tokyo Equestrian" (PDF). FEI. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Gran Prix Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  9. ^ Bryan, Polly (28 July 2021). "'I love this horse more than words can describe': Tokyo Olympic silver medallist out of individual freestyle". Horse & Hound. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  10. ^ "LYLE Adrienne (USA) withdrawn" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Modification to the Degree of Difficulty for Freestyles". International Dressage Riders Club. 24 June 2021. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.