Equestrian at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Individual dressage

The individual dressage at the 1960 Summer Olympics took place between 5 and 6 September, at the Villa Borghese gardens. The event was open to men and women.[1]

Individual dressage
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Sergei Filatov and Absent
VenueVilla Borghese gardens
Date5–6 September
Competitors17 from 10 nations
Medalists
Sergei Filatov  Soviet Union
Gustav Fischer  Switzerland
Josef Neckermann  United Team of Germany

Background

The 1956 Olympics created some serious changes for the dressage competition at the 1960 Games. The previous Games had resulted in a serious judging scandal after the German and Swedish judges favored their own countrymen. These two judges were subsequently suspended by the FEI. Following this controversy, the IOC threatened to remove dressage from the Olympics, but the FEI managed to come to a compromise, removing the team competition from the 1960 Games and only allowing individual competitors (up to 2 per country). Additionally, 3 of the judges had to be from non-participating countries, and ride-offs were filmed and reviewed for a day before the final results were announced publicly.

The other major change was in the scoring scale, which moved from a scale of 0–6 to 0–10.

17 riders competed, from 10 nations. Despite the small number of riders, the competition still took a long time as the judges, conscious of not playing favoritism, conferred for up to 20 minutes following each ride. 5 riders total qualified for the ride-off (2 from the Soviet Union, and 1 each from Switzerland, Germany, and Sweden). The ride-off was filmed and reviewed, the judging panel decided not to change the original placings, and the results were announced to the public 3 days following the ride.

Competition format

Three judges gave scores. Each judge gave a score between 0 and 10 for each test. The competition was held over two rounds; the top 5 horse and rider pairs in the first round advanced to the second round. The total score for both rounds determined final ranking.

Results

17 riders competed.[2]

Rank Rider Nation Horse Round 1 Round 2 Total
ScoreRank ScoreRank
Sergei Filatov Soviet UnionAbsent10741107012144
Gustav Fischer SwitzerlandWald10523103522087
Josef Neckermann United Team of GermanyAsbach10712101142082
4Henri Saint Cyr SwedenL'Etoile10364102832064
5Ivan Kalita Soviet UnionKorbey1010599752007
6Patricia Galvin United StatesRathpatrick9956Did not advance
7Rosemarie Springer United Team of GermanyDoublette9857Did not advance
8Henri Chammartin SwitzerlandWolfdietrich9788Did not advance
9Yngve Viebke SwedenGaspari9759Did not advance
10António, Viscount de Mozelos PortugalGreek Warrior94810Did not advance
11Lilian Williams Great BritainLittle Model93911Did not advance
12Jessica Newberry-Ransehousen United StatesForstrat92712Did not advance
13Johanna Hall Great BritainConversano Caprice83813Did not advance
14František Šembera CzechoslovakiaIvo83214Did not advance
15Jorge Cavoti ArgentinaVidriero82815Did not advance
16Krum Lekarski BulgariaEdgard79916Did not advance
17Luís Silva PortugalAdonis77517Did not advance

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Equestrianism at the 1960 Rome Equestrian Games: Mixed Dressage, Individual". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  2. Official Report, p. 901.
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