Equestrian at the 1920 Summer Olympics

The equestrian events at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp included eventing, show jumping, vaulting and dressage. The competitions were held from 6 to 12 September 1920. Although there were 89 riders competing, many rode in more than one event, with 87 entries total (45 jumping, 17 dressage, 25 eventing). Vaulting was also held, its one appearance at an Olympic Games, with only Belgium, France and Sweden fielding teams.

Equestrian
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueOlympisch Stadion
Dates6–12 September
No. of events7
Competitors89 from 8[1] nations
Equestrian at the
1920 Summer Olympics
Individual dressagemen
Individual eventingmen
Individual jumpingmen
Individual vaultingmen
Team eventingmen
Team jumpingmen
Team vaultingmen

Disciplines

Dressage

The requirements for the dressage test remained the same as for the 1912 Games. Team dressage medals were not distributed.

Show jumping

The show jumping competition held both its individual and team competitions on the same day, and riders in the team event could not compete for an individual medal. Therefore, 10 riders total (5 team and 5 individual) could be sent for the jumping competition, although only Italy and Sweden were able to field that many riders.

Eventing

The eventing competition removed the dressage test for the 1920 Games, and replaced it with a second roads and tracks phase that was 20 kilometres (12 mi) in length. The cross-country test proved to be challenging, with 12 of the 25 horses contesting the course finishing with time faults, and 13 finishing with faults at obstacles.

Medal summary
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual dressage
  Janne Lundblad
on Uno (SWE)		  Bertil Sandström
on Sabel (SWE)		  Hans von Rosen
on Running Sister (SWE)
Individual eventing
  Helmer Mörner
on Germania (SWE)		  Åge Lundström
on Ysra (SWE)		  Ettore Caffaratti
on Caniche (ITA)
Team eventing
  Sweden (SWE)
Helmer Mörner
and Germania
Åge Lundström
and Ysra
Georg von Braun
and Diana
Gustaf Dyrsch
and Salamis		  Italy (ITA)
Ettore Caffaratti
and Caniche
Garibaldi Spighi
and Otello
Giulio Cacciandra
and Facetto
Carlo Asinari
and Savari		  Belgium (BEL)
Roger Moeremans d'Emaüs
and Sweet Girl
Oswald Lints
and Martha
Jules Bonvalet
and Weppelghem
Jacques Misonne
and Gaucho
Individual jumping
  Tommaso Lequio di Assaba
on Trebecco (ITA)		  Alessandro Valerio
on Cento (ITA)		  Carl Gustaf Lewenhaupt
on Mon Coeur (SWE)
Team jumping
  Sweden (SWE)
Claës König
and Tresor
Hans von Rosen
and Poor Boy
Daniel Norling
and Eros II
Frank Martin
and Kohort		  Belgium (BEL)
Henri Laame
and Biscuit
André Coumans
and Lisette
Herman de Gaiffier d'Hestroy
and Miss
Herman d'Oultromont
and Lord Kitchener		  Italy (ITA)
Ettore Caffaratti
and Traditore
Alessandro Alvisi
and Raggio di Sole
Giulio Cacciandra
and Fortunello
Carlo Asinari
and Varone
Individual vaulting
  Daniel Bouckaert (BEL)  Field (FRA)  Louis Finet (BEL)
Team vaulting
  Belgium (BEL)[2]
Daniel Bouckaert
Louis Finet
van Ranst		  France (FRA)
Field
Salins
Cauchy		  Sweden (SWE)
Carl Green
Anders Mårtensson
Oskar Nilsson

Participating nations

A total of 89 riders from 8 nations competed at the Antwerp Games:

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Sweden (SWE)4239
2 Belgium (BEL)2125
3 Italy (ITA)1225
4 France (FRA)0202
Totals (4 nations)77721

Footnotes
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Equestrianism at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  2. The IOC medal database showns two more team members van Schauwbroeck (perhaps van Schauwenbroeck)
    and van Cauwenberg (perhaps Albert van Cauwenberg), however all other serious databases show only three medalists.

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