Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Individual dressage

Individual dressage at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Medal ceremony
Venue	Hong Kong Sports Institute
Date	13-19 August
Medalists
Anky van Grunsven   Netherlands   Isabell Werth   Germany   Heike Kemmer   Germany

Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Dressage		individual		team
Eventing		individual		team
Jumping		individual		team

The individual dressage at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 13 and 19, at the Hong Kong Sports Institute.

The first round of the individual dressage competition is the same FEI Grand Prix Test used for the team dressage event. The Grand Prix Test consists of a battery of required movements that each rider and horse pair performs. Five judges evaluate the pair, giving marks between 0 and 10 for each element. The judges' scores were averaged to give a final score for the pair.

The top 25 individual competitors in that round advance to the individual-only competitions, though each nation was limited to three pairs advancing. This second round consisted of a Grand Prix Special Test, which used the same movements as the first round's Grand Prix Test but required the pair to complete them in a shorter time. The 15 best pairs in the Grand Prix Special Test advanced to the final round. In that round, the Grand Prix Freestyle Test, competitors designed their own choreography set to music. Judges in that round evaluated the artistic merit of the performance and music as well as the technical aspects of the dressage. Final scores were based on the average of the Freestyle and Special Test results.

Medalists

Gold		Silver		Bronze
Netherlands (NED)		Germany (GER)		Germany (GER)
Anky van Grunsven	Salinero	Isabell Werth	Satchmo	Heike Kemmer	Bonaparte

Results

Rank	Rider	Nation	Horse	GP Score	Rank	GPS Score	Rank	GPF Score	Rank	Total GPS+GPF Score
	Anky van Grunsven	Netherlands	Salinero	74.750	2	74.960	2	82.400	1	78.680
	Isabell Werth	Germany	Satchmo	76.417	1	75.200	1	78.100	2	76.650
	Heike Kemmer	Germany	Bonaparte	72.250	3	72.960	3	75.950	4	74.455
4	Steffen Peters	United States	Ravel	70.000	10	71.800	4	76.500	3	74.150
5	Hans Peter Minderhoud	Netherlands	Nadine	69.625	11	70.920	7	75.150	5	73.035
6	Alexandra Korelova	Russia	Balagur	68.500	15	71.400	4	73.850	8	72.625
7	Emma Hindle	Great Britain	Lancet	71.125	4	70.440	9	74.250	6	72.345
8	Kyra Kyrklund	Finland	Max	70.583	6	69.720	10	74.250	6	71.985
9	Bernadette Pujals	Mexico	Vincent	69.250	12	71.000	6	72.350	11	71.675
10	Jan Brink	Sweden	Briar	68.875	13	68.960	13	73.450	9	71.205
11	Andreas Helgstrand	Denmark	Don Schufro	68.833	14	68.800	14	72.550	10	70.675
12	Tinne Silfven	Sweden	Solos Carex	66.042	23	69.240	11	71.450	12	70.345
13	Ashley Holzer	Canada	Pop art	67.042	19	68.760	15	71.450	12	70.105
14	Nathalie Zu Seyn-Wittgenstein	Denmark	Digby	70.417	8	69.120	12	69.100	15	69.110
15	Juan Manuel Muñoz	Spain	Duego XII	66.083	22	68.160	16
16	Nadine Capellmann	Germany	Elvis Va	70.083	9	67.240	17
17	Laura Bechtolsheimer	Great Britain	Mistral Hojris	65.917	24	67.160	18
18	Hayley Beresford	Australia	Relampago	65.583	26	66.320	19
19	Kristy Oatley	Australia	Quando Quando	65.750	25	66.080	20
20	Marc Boblet	France	Whitini Star	66.125	21	65.640	21
21	Anne van Olst	Denmark	Clearwater	67.375	17	65.320	22
22	Michal Rapcewicz	Poland	Randon	67.500	16	65.120	23
23	Patrik Kittel	Sweden	Floresco	67.125	18	64.360	24
24	Hubert Perring	France	Diabolo St Maurice	66.833	20	62.680	25
25	Imke Schellekens-Bartels	Netherlands	Sunrise	70.875	5	WD	26
26	Victoria Max-Theurer	Austria	Falcao	65.333	27
27	Jordi Domingo	Spain	Prestige	64.042	28
28	Jacqueline Brooks	Canada	Gran Gesto	63.750	29
29	Iryna Lis	Belarus	Redford	63.500	30
30	Jane Gregory	Great Britain	Lucky Star	63.375	31
31	Julia Chevanne	France	Calimucho	63.250	32
32	Daniel Pinto	Portugal	Galopin de la Font	63.083	33
33	Debbie McDonald	United States	Brentina	63.000	34
34	Hiroshi Hoketsu	Japan	Whisper	62.542	35
34	Heath Ryan	Australia	Greenoaks Dundee	62.542	35
36	Tatiana Miloserdova	Russia	Wat a feeling	61.875	37
36	Pierluigi Sangiorgi	Italy	Flourian	61.875	37
38	Carlos Pinto	Portugal	Notavel	61.708	39
39	Luiza Almeida	Brazil	Samba	60.833	40
40	Liu Lina	China	Piroschka	60.625	41
41	Mieko Yagi	Japan	Dow Jones	60.167	42
42	Leandro Silva	Brazil	Oceano Do Top	60.125	43
43	Leslie Reid	Canada	Orion	59.750	44
44	Yuko Kitai	Japan	Rambo	59.250	45
45	Choi Jun-Sang	South Korea	Cinque Cento	57.333	46
	Miguel Ralão Duarte	Portugal	Oxalis	RT
	Courtney King	United States	Mythilus	DSQ

References

• Competition format
• Results Summary