Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping

Individual jumping
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Individual jumping; at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Seoul Olympic Stadium
Date	26 September–2 October
Competitors	74 from 24 nations
Winning total	1.25 faults
Medalists
	← 1984 1992 →

The individual show jumping at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 26 September and 2 October at the Seoul Olympic Stadium.^[1] It featured a significant change to the competition format from prior years. The event was open to men and women. There were 74 competitors from 24 nations.^[2] Each nation could have up to 4 riders, up from 3 in previous years (though only a maximum of 3 could advance to the final).^[2] The event was won by Pierre Durand Jr. of France, the nation's first victory in individual jumping since 1964 and fourth overall—most of any nation, moving out of a tie with Italy at three. Silver went to Greg Best of the United States, with bronze to Karsten Huck of West Germany.

Background

This was the 18th appearance of the event, which had first been held at the 1900 Summer Olympics and has been held at every Summer Olympics at which equestrian sports have been featured (that is, excluding 1896, 1904, and 1908). It is the oldest event on the current programme, the only one that was held in 1900.^[2] The team and individual events remained separated, as they had been starting in 1968.

Five of the top 10 riders from the 1984 Games returned: gold medalist Joseph Fargis of the United States, fourth-place finisher Mario Deslauriers of Canada, sixth-place finisher Luis Álvarez de Cervera of Spain, seventh-place finisher Frédéric Cottier of France, and tenth-place finisher Luis Astolfi of Spain. The field was considered open, with top riders (including 1986 World Champion Gail Greenough of Canada and 1987 World Cup winner Katharine Burdsall of the United States) not competing.^[2]

Colombia and Liechtenstein each made their debut in the event. France competed for the 16th time, most of any nation.

Competition format

The competition underwent a significant format change, adding a two-round qualifying round before the two-round final. The course was 770 metres long, with jumps up to 1.60 metres high, a 2.00 metre oxer, and a 4.60 metre water jump.

In the qualifying round, each pair performed in two rounds. There was no elimination between the two rounds of the qualifying. Positive scoring, rather than the fault system, was used for the qualifying round. The total score for the two rounds in qualifying was used to determined advancement to the final. A maximum of 50% of the pairs could advance (37 of the 74 starters), with each nation limited to three riders advancing.

The final also consisted of two rounds. This time, however, there was a cut between the two rounds; only the top 20 advanced from the first round of the final to the second. Both rounds of the final used the typical fault system of scoring. The combined score for both rounds determined the placement. A jump-off would be used if necessary to break ties for medal positions; other ties would not be broken.^[2]

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time adjusted for daylight savings (UTC+10)

Date	Time	Round
Monday, 26 September 1988	10:00	Qualifying round 1 Qualifying round 2
Sunday, 2 October 1988	8:00	Final round 1 Final round 2

Results

Bourdy (France), Brinkmann (West Germany), and Pyrah (Great Britain) did not advance due to the limit of three pairs per nation. Bourdy was tied for 8th in the qualifying round; Cottier and Durand had lower scores than him but advanced instead. Durand, 18th overall and 4th among French riders in qualifying, ran both rounds of the final without any jumping penalties and finished with a total of 1.25 faults from time to win the gold medal. Huck had led the first round of the final, with a completely clean run (0 faults) to Durand's 0.25 time faults, and went last in the second round of the final knowing that Durand had reached the 1.25 total. Huck nearly made the second round clean as well, but hit the next-to-last rail to receive 4 faults—tied with Best for second, who had had 4 in the first round but was clean in the second. In the jump-off, both Huck and Best had 4 faults again; the silver medal went to the American based on time in the jump-off.^[2]

Rank	Rider	Horse	Nation	Qualifying			Final			Jump-off
Rank	Rider	Horse	Nation	Round 1	Round 2	Total	Round 1	Round 2	Total	Faults	Time
	Pierre Durand Jr.	Jappeloup	France	59.50	50.50	110.00	0.25	1.00	1.25	—
	Greg Best	Gem Twist	United States	69.50	63.50	133.00	4.00	0.00	4.00	4.00	45.70
	Karsten Huck	Nepornuk 8	West Germany	48.00	70.00	118.00	0.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	54.75
4	Anne Kursinski	Starman	United States	69.50	52.00	121.50	4.00	4.00	8.00	—
4	David Broome	Countryman	Great Britain	48.00	41.00	89.00	4.00	4.00	8.00
6	Jaime Azcárraga	Chin Chin	Mexico	58.00	60.00	118.00	4.00	4.25	8.25
7	Jan Tops	Doreen	Netherlands	55.00	45.00	100.00	8.00	4.00	12.00
	Nick Skelton	Apollo	Great Britain	41.50	56.00	97.50	4.00	8.00	12.00
	Joe Fargis	Mill Pearl	United States	69.50	63.50	133.00	4.00	8.00	12.00
	Franke Sloothaak	Walzerkonig 19	West Germany	48.00	56.00	104.00	4.00	8.00	12.00
	Markus Fuchs	Shandor II	Switzerland	22.50	45.00	67.50	4.00	8.00	12.00
	Thomas Fuchs	Dollar Girl	Switzerland	63.50	70.00	133.50	4.00	8.00	12.00
	Jos Lansink	Felix	Netherlands	43.50	72.00	115.50	4.00	8.00	12.00
14	Joe Túri	Vital	Great Britain	34.50	63.50	98.00	4.25	8.00	12.25
15	Ian Millar	Big Ben	Canada	69.50	56.00	125.50	0.75	12.25	13.00
16	Rob Ehrens	Sunrise	Netherlands	69.50	56.00	125.50	8.00	8.00	16.00
16	Michel Robert	La Fayette	France	63.50	73.50	137.00	4.00	12.00	16.00
18	Juan García	Tirol	Spain	61.50	29.00	90.50	8.00	8.25	16.25
19	Dirk Hafemeister	Orchidee 76	West Germany	69.50	70.00	139.50	4.00	14.00	18.00
20	Jack Doyle	Hardly	Ireland	30.50	50.50	81.00	8.00	24.75	32.75
21	Lisa Carlsen	Kahlua	Canada	69.50	73.50	143.00	4.00	EL	EL
22	Gerry Mullins	Glendalough	Ireland	55.00	27.00	82.00	8.50	did not advance
22	Pedro Sánchez	Nuit Des Tourelle	Spain	59.50	29.00	88.50	8.50	did not advance
24	Vitor Teixeira	Going	Brazil	46.00	67.50	113.50	8.75	did not advance
25	André Johannpeter	Heartbreaker	Brazil	29.00	39.00	68.00	9.50	did not advance
26	Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe	Piquet	Belgium	69.50	63.50	133.00	12.00	did not advance
26	Mark Todd	Bago	New Zealand	55.00	33.00	88.00	12.00	did not advance
28	George Sanna	Schnaps	Australia	37.00	49.00	86.00	13.25	did not advance
29	Rodney Brown	Slinky	Australia	55.00	40.00	95.00	13.50	did not advance
30	Mario Deslauriers	Box Car Willie	Canada	61.50	56.00	117.50	15.75	did not advance
31	Frédéric Cottier	Flambeauc	France	50.00	61.00	111.00	16.00	did not advance
32	Philippe Guerdat	Lanciano II	Switzerland	25.50	48.00	73.50	23.75	did not advance
33	Manuel da Costa	Jalisco B	Portugal	69.50	25.00	94.50	24.00	did not advance
33	Luis Álvarez de Cervera	Mirage Mexicain	Spain	40.00	33.00	73.00	24.00	did not advance
35	Boris Boor	Monaco F	Austria	41.50	45.00	86.50	24.75	did not advance
36	Manuel Torres	Zalme	Colombia	32.00	35.50	67.50	35.75	did not advance
37	Hugo Simon	Gipsy Lady	Austria	34.50	66.00	100.50	DNF	did not advance
38	Hubert Bourdy	Morgat	France	69.50	56.00	125.50	did not advance
39	Wolfgang Brinkmann	Pedro	West Germany	39.00	67.50	106.50	did not advance
40	Malcolm Pyrah	Anglezarke	Great Britain	52.00	26.00	78.00	did not advance
41	Wout-Jan van der Schans	Treffer	Netherlands	51.00	15.00	66.00	did not advance
42	Yoshihiro Nakano	El Lute	Japan	34.50	29.00	63.50	did not advance
43	Luis Astolfi	Coreven Steepers	Spain	17.00	45.00	62.00	did not advance
44	Thomas Batliner	Foxstone	Liechtenstein	45.00	17.00	62.00	did not advance
45	Kim Seung-hwan	Forever	South Korea	30.50	31.00	61.50	did not advance
46	Anatoly Timoshenko	Pinguin	Soviet Union	18.00	42.00	60.00	did not advance
46	Ove Hansen	Sancerre	Norway	38.00	22.00	60.00	did not advance
48	Maurice Beatson	Jeferson Junior	New Zealand	43.50	16.00	59.50	did not advance
49	John Anderson	Farmer	Canada	0.00	56.00	56.00	did not advance
50	Juan Carlos García	Buenos Aires	Colombia	12.00	38.00	50.00	did not advance
51	Shuichi Toki	Purplex	Japan	25.50	23.00	48.50	did not advance
52	Ryuzo Okuno	Challenger No. 1	Japan	10.00	37.00	47.00	did not advance
53	Jeff McVean	Whisper Grey	Australia	0.00	45.00	45.00	did not advance
54	Gerardo Tazzer	Peregrine	Mexico	22.50	21.00	43.50	did not advance
55	Harvey Wilson	Crosby	New Zealand	22.50	19.50	42.00	did not advance
56	Lisa Jacquin	For The Moment	United States	16.00	24.00	40.00	did not advance
57	Nam Gwan-U	Opal	South Korea	3.00	35.50	38.50	did not advance
58	André Salah Sakakini	Tric Trac 2	Egypt	0.00	33.00	33.00	did not advance
59	Alberto Carmona	The Dubliner	Venezuela	11.00	18.00	29.00	did not advance
60	Takao Sawai	Milkyway	Japan	8.00	19.50	27.50	did not advance
61	Alejandro Orózco	Eros	Mexico	15.00	0.00	15.00	did not advance
62	Mun Hyeon-jin	Amadeus	South Korea	0.00	14.00	14.00	did not advance
63	Mun Eun-jin	Makmillion	South Korea	9.00	0.00	9.00	did not advance
64	Gregory McDermott	Mr. Shrimpton	Australia	55.00	DNS		did not advance
65	Alberto Rivera	Rey A	Mexico	34.50	DNS		did not advance
66	Paulo Stewart	Platon	Brazil	27.50	DNS		did not advance
67	Walter Gabathuler	Jogger	Switzerland	22.50	DNS		did not advance
68	Paul Darragh	For Sure	Ireland	19.50	DNS		did not advance
68	John Ledingham	Kilcoltrim	Ireland	19.50	DNS		did not advance
70	John Cottle	Ups & Downs	New Zealand	13.50	DNS		did not advance
71	Raimundas Udrakis	Dekoratsia	Soviet Union	7.00	DNS		did not advance
72	Christina Johannpeter	Societe	Brazil	6.00	DNS		did not advance
73	Vyacheslav Chukanov	Zritel	Soviet Union	5.00	DNS		did not advance
74	Sergejs Šakurovs	Final	Soviet Union	4.00	DNS		did not advance