Equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Team dressage

Team dressage

at the Games of the XIV Olympiad

Venue

Aldershot

Date

9 August

Competitors

15 from 5 nations

Medalists

	André Jousseaume Jean Saint-Fort Paillard Maurice Buret	France
	Robert Borg Earl Foster Thomson Frank Henry	United States
	Fernando Paes Francisco Valadas Luís Mena e Silva	Portugal

The team dressage in equestrian at the 1948 Olympic Games in London was held in the town of Aldershot on 9 August.^[1]

The French team consisting of André Jousseaume, Jean Saint-Fort Paillard and Maurice Buret won the gold medal. The United States won silver and Portugal took bronze.

Competition format

The team and individual dressage competitions used the same results. A test was to be carried out from memory by each rider within 13 minutes, losing half a point for every second over the time limit.^[2]

Results

Rank	Name	Horse	Individual Score	Team Score
01 !	France (FRA) André Jousseaume Jean Saint-Fort Paillard Maurice Buret	Harpagon Sous les Ceps Saint Ouen	480.0 439.5 349.5	1269
02 !	United States (USA) Robert Borg Earl Foster Thomson Frank Henry	Klingsor Pancraft Reno Overdo	473.5 421.0 361.5	1256
03 !	Portugal (POR) Fernando Paes Francisco Valadas Luís Mena e Silva	Matamas Feitico Fascinante	411.0 405.0 366.0	1182
4	Argentina (ARG) Justo Iturralde Humberto Terzano Oscar Goulú	Pajarito Bienvenido Grillo	397.0 327.0 281.5	1005.5
05 !-	Sweden (SWE) Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern, Jr. Henri Saint Cyr Gehnäll Persson	Trumf Djinn Knaust	477.5 444.5 DNF	0.0 !DNF

References

↑ Equestrianism at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Dressage, Team, sports-reference.com. Retrieved 20 September 2016
↑ Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, p. 340. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 4 September 2016.

Olympic Equestrian Champions in Team Dressage

1928: von Langen, Linkenbach, Lotzbeck (GER)
1932: Lesage, Marion, Jousseaume (FRA)
1936: Pollay, Gerhard, Oppeln-Bronikowski (GER)
1948: Jousseaume, Paillard, Buret (FRA)
1952: Saint Cyr, Boltenstern, Persson (SWE)
1956: Saint Cyr, Boltenstern, Persson (SWE)
1964: Boldt, Klimke, Neckermann (EUA)
1968: Neckermann, Klimke, Linsenhoff (FRG)
1972: Petushkova, Kizimov, Kalita (URS)
1976: Boldt, Klimke, Grillo (FRG)
1980: Kovshov, Ugryumov, Misevich (URS)
1984: Klimke, Sauer, Krug (FRG)
1988: Klimke, Linsenhoff, Theodorescu, Uphoff (FRG)
1992: Balkenhol, Uphoff, Theodorescu, Werth (GER)
1996: Balkenhol, Schaudt, Theodorescu, Werth (GER)
2000: Werth, Capellmann, Salzgeber, de Ridder (GER)
2004: Kemmer, Schmidt, Schaudt, Salzgeber (GER)
2008: Kemmer, Capellmann, Werth (GER)
2012: Hester, Bechtolsheimer, Dujardin (GBR)
2016: Rothenberger, Schneider, Sprehe, Werth (GER)

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