Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held from 28 July to 9 August 2012 at Greenwich Park.
Medal Table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2 | Germany | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
3 | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
5 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Event | |||
---|---|---|---|
Individual dressage | Charlotte Dujardin |
Adelinde Cornelissen |
Laura Bechtolsheimer |
Team dressage | Great Britain Laura Bechtolsheimer Charlotte Dujardin Carl Hester |
Germany Helen Langehanenberg Dorothee Schneider Kristina Sprehe |
Netherlands Adelinde Cornelissen Edward Gal Anky van Grunsven |
Individual jumping | Steve Guerdat |
Gerco Schroder |
Cian O'Connor |
Team jumping | Great Britain Scott Brash Peter Charles Ben Maher Nick Skelton |
Netherlands Marc Houtzager Gerco Schroder Maikel van der Vleuten Jur Vrieling |
Saudi Arabia Ramzy Al Duhami HRH Prince Abdullah Al Saud Kamal Bahamdan Abdullah Waleed Sharbatly |
Individual eventing | Michael Jung |
Sara Algotsson Ostholt |
Sandra Auffarth |
Team eventing | Germany Sandra Auffarth Michael Jung Ingrid Klimke Dirk Schrade Peter Thomsen |
Great Britain Kristina Cook William Fox-Pitt Mary King Zara Phillips Nicola Wilson |
New Zealand Andrew Nicholson Jonathan Paget Caroline Powell Jonelle Richards Mark Todd |
Statistics[]
- There were 199 athletes from 40 countries.
- Reed Kessler was the youngest participant with 18 years and 26 days.
- Hiroshi Hoketsu was the oldest participant with 71 years and 127 days, the oldest participant since Berlin 1936.
- Rodrigo Pessoa and Rolf-Göran Bengtsson were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- Switzerland won an individual gold medal, for the first time since 1924.