The individual dressage at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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 14 and 19, 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:**...

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The first round of the individual dressage

Dressage

Dressage is a competitive equestrian sport, defined by the International Equestrian Federation as "the highest expression of horse training." Competitions are held at all levels from amateur to the World Equestrian Games...

 competition is the same 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 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
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 Keltec Salinero IPS Salinero is a horse ridden by the Dutch equestrian Anky van Grunsven in the sport of dressage.*Sex: Gelding*Color: dark brown...	Isabell Werth Isabell Werth Isebell Werth is a German equestrian and world champion in dressage.-Championships:...	Satchmo	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

Results

Rank	Rider	Nation	Horse	GP Score	Rank	GPS Score	Rank	GPF Score	Rank	Total GPS+GPF Score
	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...	align=left	|align=left|Salinero	74.750	2	74.960	2	82.400	1	78.680
	Isabell Werth Isabell Werth Isebell Werth is a German equestrian and world champion in dressage.-Championships:...	align=left	|align=left|Satchmo	76.417	1	75.200	1	78.100	2	76.650
	Heike Kemmer Heike Kemmer Heike Kemmer is a German equestrian who won a gold medal in Team dressage at the 2008 Summer Olympics.- References :...	align=left	|align=left|Bonaparte	72.250	3	72.960	3	75.950	4	74.455
4	Steffen Peters	align=left	|align=left|Ravel	70.000	10	71.800	4	76.500	3	74.150
5	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...	align=left	|align=left|Nadine	69.625	11	70.920	7	75.150	5	73.035
6	Alexandra Korelova	align=left	|align=left|Balagur	68.500	15	71.400	4	73.850	8	72.625
7	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....	align=left	|align=left|Lancet	71.125	4	70.440	9	74.250	6	72.345
8	Kyra Kyrklund Kyra Kyrklund Kyra Marie Christine Kyrklund is a Finnish dressage rider and trainer who currently lives in West Sussex. In 1991 she and "Matador II" won the World Cup Finals in Paris...	align=left	|align=left|Max	70.583	6	69.720	10	74.250	6	71.985
9	Bernadette Pujals	align=left	|align=left|Vincent	69.250	12	71.000	6	72.350	11	71.675
10	Jan Brink	align=left	|align=left|Briar	68.875	13	68.960	13	73.450	9	71.205
11	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...	align=left	|align=left|Don Schufro	68.833	14	68.800	14	72.550	10	70.675
12	Tinne Silfven	align=left	|align=left|Solos Carex	66.042	23	69.240	11	71.450	12	70.345
13	Ashley Holzer	align=left	|align=left|Pop art	67.042	19	68.760	15	71.450	12	70.105
14	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...	align=left	|align=left|Digby	70.417	8	69.120	12	69.100	15	69.110
15	Juan Manuel Muñoz	align=left	|align=left|Duego XII	66.083	22	68.160	16

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Laura Bechtolsheimer

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Jane Gregory

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Liu Lina is an Olympic equestrian sportswoman for China. Her best performance is winning the 2006 National Equestrian Championships. She will compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the dressage event....

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