Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Team dressage
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The team dressage at the 2008 Summer Olympics
took place between August 13 and 14 at the Hong Kong Sports Institute
. Each horse and rider pair performed an FEI
Grand Prix Test. 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 best three scores from each team's four members were summed to give a team score.
The results from this event also served as a qualifier for the individual dressage event.
* Courtney King and Mythilus have been found guilty of doping by the FEI
on September 22, 2008, which lead to the disqualification of the US Dressage team, effective August 12, 2009
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
took place between August 13 and 14 at the Hong Kong Sports Institute
Hong Kong Sports Institute
The Hong Kong Sports Institute is a sports institute in the Fo Tan, Sha Tin district of Hong Kong. It was the site of equestrian events of the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:**...
. Each horse and rider pair performed an FEI
International Federation for Equestrian Sports
The Fédération Équestre Internationale or in English, the International Federation for Equestrian Sports, is the international governing body of equestrian sports. It recognizes ten international disciplines...
Grand Prix Test. 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 best three scores from each team's four members were summed to give a team score.
The results from this event also served as a qualifier for the individual dressage event.
Medalists
| Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: | |||
| Heike Kemmer Heike Kemmer Heike Kemmer is a German equestrian who won a gold medal in Team dressage at the 2008 Summer Olympics.- References :... |
Bonaparte | Hans Peter Minderhoud Hans Peter Minderhoud Hans Peter Minderhoud is a Dutch dressage rider.Minderhoud won the VSN Cup in 2004 with his horse Gameboy and also succeeded in the Pavo Cup with Sandreo and Florencio. At the 2004 World Championships for 5-year old horses he won the World title in Verden with Florencio... |
Nadine | Anne van Olst Anne van Olst Anne Jensen-Van Olst is a Danish dressage rider. She was part of the Bronze winning Danish team at the Olympic games in Beijing 2008.-References:* *... |
Clearwater |
| Nadine Capellmann Nadine Capellmann Nadine Capellmann is a German equestrian who has won been a part of two gold medalist teams in Team dressage. The first was at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the second at the 2008 Summer Olympics.- References :... |
Elvis Va | Imke Schellekens-Bartels | Sunrise | Nathalie Zu Seyn-Wittgenstein Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Princess Nathalie Xenia Margarete Benedikte of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg is daughter of Princess Benedikte of Denmark, who is the younger sister of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, and Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.-Equestrian:She discovered a love for horses and for riding in... |
Digby |
| Isabell Werth Isabell Werth Isebell Werth is a German equestrian and world champion in dressage.-Championships:... |
Satchmo | Anky van Grunsven Anky van Grunsven Theodora Elisabeth Gerarda van Grunsven is a Dutch dressage champion who won the gold medal in the 2000 Olympics with her horse Bonfire and gold in the 2004 Olympics and in the 2008 Olympics with Salinero.Van Grunsven has also dominated World Cup Dressage competition, being named the World... |
Salinero | Andreas Helgstrand Andreas Helgstrand Andreas Helgstrand is an award-winning Danish dressage rider who is most known for riding the 9-year-old mare Blue Hors Matiné at the Grand Prix level. Helgstrand has also represented Denmark in Olympic dressage events in 2004 and at the World Equestrian Games... |
Don Schufro |
Results
| Rank | Country | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rider | Horse | % Score | ||
| ' | 72.917 | |||
| Isabell Werth Isabell Werth Isebell Werth is a German equestrian and world champion in dressage.-Championships:... |
Satchmo | 76.417 | ||
| Heike Kemmer Heike Kemmer Heike Kemmer is a German equestrian who won a gold medal in Team dressage at the 2008 Summer Olympics.- References :... |
Bonaparte | 72.250 | ||
| Nadine Capellmann Nadine Capellmann Nadine Capellmann is a German equestrian who has won been a part of two gold medalist teams in Team dressage. The first was at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the second at the 2008 Summer Olympics.- References :... |
Elvis Va | 70.083 | ||
| ' | 71.750 | |||
| Anky van Grunsven Anky van Grunsven Theodora Elisabeth Gerarda van Grunsven is a Dutch dressage champion who won the gold medal in the 2000 Olympics with her horse Bonfire and gold in the 2004 Olympics and in the 2008 Olympics with Salinero.Van Grunsven has also dominated World Cup Dressage competition, being named the World... |
Salinero | 74.750 | ||
| Hans Peter Minderhoud Hans Peter Minderhoud Hans Peter Minderhoud is a Dutch dressage rider.Minderhoud won the VSN Cup in 2004 with his horse Gameboy and also succeeded in the Pavo Cup with Sandreo and Florencio. At the 2004 World Championships for 5-year old horses he won the World title in Verden with Florencio... |
Nadine | 69.625 | ||
| Imke Schellekens-Bartels Imke Bartels Imke Anne Marian Schellekens-Bartels is an equestrian from The Netherlands, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Her mother Tineke was also an equestrian in dressage.... |
Sunrise | 70.875 | ||
| ' | 68.875 | |||
| Nathalie Zu Seyn-Wittgenstein Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Princess Nathalie Xenia Margarete Benedikte of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg is daughter of Princess Benedikte of Denmark, who is the younger sister of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, and Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.-Equestrian:She discovered a love for horses and for riding in... |
Digby | 70.417 | ||
| Andreas Helgstrand Andreas Helgstrand Andreas Helgstrand is an award-winning Danish dressage rider who is most known for riding the 9-year-old mare Blue Hors Matiné at the Grand Prix level. Helgstrand has also represented Denmark in Olympic dressage events in 2004 and at the World Equestrian Games... |
Don Schufro | 68.833 | ||
| Anne van Olst Anne van Olst Anne Jensen-Van Olst is a Danish dressage rider. She was part of the Bronze winning Danish team at the Olympic games in Beijing 2008.-References:* *... |
Clearwater | 67.375 | ||
| 4 | ' | 67.347 | ||
| Jan Brink | Briar | 68.875 | ||
| Patrik Kittel | Floresco | 67.125 | ||
| Tinne Silfven | Solos Carex | 66.042 | ||
| 5 | ' | 66.806 | ||
| Emma Hindle Emma Hindle Emma Hindle is a British international equestrian. She first rode for her country in 2004, competing in the World Equestrian Games of that year, and competed for Great Britain in Dressage at both the Athens and Beijing Olympic Games.... |
Lancet | 71.125 | ||
| Laura Bechtolsheimer Laura Bechtolsheimer Laura Bechtolsheimer is a British dressage rider competing at Olympic level. As of 30 April 2011 the Fédération Equestre Internationale rank her 3rd in the world riding Mistral Hojris and 23rd on Andretti H. A granddaughter of the billionaire property magnate Karl-Heinz Kipp who founded... |
Mistral Hojris | 65.917 | ||
| Jane Gregory Jane Gregory Jane Gregory , was an international equestrian. She first rode for her country in 1994, competing in the World Equestrian Games of that year, and competed for Great Britain in Dressage at the Atlanta and Beijing Olympic Games.-Early life :Born in Bromley, Kent, Gregory came from a non-equestrian... |
Lucky Star | 63.375 | ||
| 6 | ' | 65.403 | ||
| Hubert Perring | Diabolo St Maurice | 66.833 | ||
| Marc Boblet | Whitini Star | 66.125 | ||
| Julia Chevanne | Calimucho | 63.250 | ||
| 7 | ' | 64.625 | ||
| Kristy Oatley | Quando Quando | 65.750 | ||
| Hayley Beresford | Relampago | 65.583 | ||
| Ryan Heath | Greenoaks Dundee | 62.542 | ||
| 8 | ' | 63.514 | ||
| Ashley Holzer | Pop art | 67.042 | ||
| Jacqueline Brooks | Gran Gesto | 63.750 | ||
| Leslie Reid | Orion | 59.750 | ||
| 9 | ' | 60.653 | ||
| Hiroshi Hoketsu Hiroshi Hoketsu is a Japanese equestrian who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics, finishing 40th in show jumping. At 67 years of age, he was the oldest athlete in the 2008 Summer Olympics and the oldest to ever compete for Japan in any Olympic Games... |
Whisper | 62.542 | ||
| Mieko Yagi | Dow Jones | 60.167 | ||
| Yuko Kitai | Rambo | 59.250 | ||
| ' | EL | |||
| Daniel Pinto | Galopin de la Font | 63.083 | ||
| Carlos Pinto | Notavel | 61.708 | ||
| Miguel Ralão Duarte | Oxalis | RT | ||
| ' | DSQ* | |||
| Courtney King | Mythilus | DSQ | ||
| Steffen Peters | Ravel | 70.000 | ||
| Debbie McDonald Debbie McDonald Debbie McDonald is an American dressage rider who has competed in the Olympics and many international competitions. She now lives in Hailey, Idaho, with her husband Bob, a hunter/jumper and trainer. Debbie trains and teaches riders on Peggy and Parry Thomas' River Grove Farm in Sun Valley,... |
Brentina Brentina Brentina is an Olympic-level dressage horse ridden by Debbie McDonald.*Foaled: 1991*Color: Chestnut*Markings: Star, sock off fore, half-stocking off hind*Sex: Mare*Breed: Hanoverian... |
63.000 | ||
International Federation for Equestrian Sports
The Fédération Équestre Internationale or in English, the International Federation for Equestrian Sports, is the international governing body of equestrian sports. It recognizes ten international disciplines...
on September 22, 2008, which lead to the disqualification of the US Dressage team, effective August 12, 2009