The individual
show jumping
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in
equestrian at the
1932 Summer Olympics
The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932, in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held du ...
in
Los Angeles
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was held on 14 August. The event was called the "Prix des Nations" at the time.
[Official Olympic Report]
, la84.org. Retrieved 5 August 2018. There were 14 competitors from 4 nations.
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The difficulty of transporting horses between Europe and Los Angeles meant that only one European nation, Sweden, participated. The team competition was decided by summing the scores of each nation's three riders in the individual competition. While individual medals were awarded, none of the teams managed to have three riders finish the course so team medals were not awarded.][Official Report, p. 725.] The 18-obstacle, 20-effort course was 1,060 meters in length, and included two fences at 1.60 meters, a very difficult wall, and a water that was 5 meters in width. 100,000 spectators were present at the show jumping competition.[Official Report, p. 712] The event was won by Takeichi Nishi of Japan, the nation's first medal in individual jumping. The United States also earned its first medal in the event, with Harry Chamberlin's silver. Clarence von Rosen, Jr. put Sweden on the podium for the first time since 1920 with his bronze.
Background
This was the sixth appearance of the event, which had first been held at the 1900 Summer Olympics
The 1900 Summer Olympics (), today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad () and also known as Paris 1900, were an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, from 14 May to 28 October 1900. No opening or closin ...
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.Ernst Hallberg
Ernst Johan Emanuel Hallberg (5 January 1894 – 28 April 1944) was a Swedish Army officer and Equestrianism, horse rider who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics, 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics. In 1928 he and his horse ''Loke'' finished 25th in ...
of Sweden.
Mexico made its debut in the event. Sweden competed for the fifth time, the most of any nation competing and tying Belgium and France for most of any nation; Sweden had missed only the inaugural 1900 competition, while Belgium and France were missing the individual jumping for the first time in 1932.
Competition format
The course, designed by former American competitors John Burke Barry and Sloan Doak, was 1060 metres long with 18 obstacles (20 jumps). The maximum height of the jumps increased from 1.4 metres in previous editions to 1.6 metres in 1932; the long jumps increased from 4 metres to 5 metres. This resulted in a "brutally difficult" course that eliminated six of 11 riders.[
A single run was held, with the rider with the fewest faults winning.
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Schedule
Results
Only five of the riders finished the course, with each of the other six disqualified for having three refusals. The Mexican team was eliminated before the halfway mark (Mejia on jump 2, Bocanegra on jump 5, and Ortíz on jump 8). The tenth jump claimed two pairs, Francke and Imamura. Wofford made it the furthest of the eliminated riders, reaching the third refusal on jump 11.[
Von Rosen rode early and took the lead with 16 faults. Chamberlin bettered that with 12. Nishi was the final rider; he took the course slower than the others (incurring a 1-point time penalty) and finished with only 7 jumping penalties, giving him a total of 8 penalties and the gold medal.][
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References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Equestrian at the 1932 Summer Olympics - Individual jumping
Individual jumping