Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Team jumping

The team jumping at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place from August 15 to 18, at the Hong Kong Sports Institute.

Team jumping
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueHong Kong Sports Institute
Date15–18 August
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Laura Kraut
Beezie Madden
Will Simpson
McLain Ward
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mac Cone
Jill Henselwood
Eric Lamaze
Ian Millar
 Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Christina Liebherr
Pius Schwizer
Niklaus Schurtenberger
Steve Guerdat
 Switzerland
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The second and third rounds of show-jumping from the individual jumping event were used to determine scores for the team round. The best three scores from teams having more than three competing pairs were used to determine the team score.

Medalists

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Gold: Silver: Bronze:
  United States   Canada   Switzerland[1]
Laura Kraut Cedric Mac Cone Ole Christina Liebherr No Mercy
Beezie Madden Authentic Jill Henselwood Special Ed Pius Schwizer Nobless M
Will Simpson Carlsson Vom Dach Eric Lamaze Hickstead Niklaus Schurtenberger Cantus
McLain Ward Sapphire Ian Millar In Style Steve Guerdat Jalisca Solier

Results

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The first round of the competition were held on August 17, 2008. The eight highest ranked teams in the first round progressed to the second round, which was held on August 18, 2008.

Rank Name Round 1 Round 2 Team Total Penalties Jump-off
Penalties Penalties Penalties Time
Individual Team Individual Team Individual Team Individual Team
    United States (USA)
McLain Ward
Laura Kraut
Will Simpson
Beezie Madden

0
4
8
11
12
4
0
8
4
8 20
0
0
0
DNS
0
37.05
39.86
38.50

115.41
    Canada (CAN)
Mac Cone
Jill Henselwood
Eric Lamaze
Ian Millar

12
18
0
4
16
WD
0
4
0
4 20
DNS
4
0
DNS
4

40.32
36.35

76.67
    Switzerland (SUI)
Christina Liebherr
Pius Schwizer
Niklaus Schurtenberger
Steve Guerdat

4
4
4
4
12
23
5
8
5
18 30
=4   Netherlands (NED)
Angelique Hoorn
Marc Houtzager
Vincent Voorn
Gerco Schroder

4
1
16
12
17
8
5
27
4
17 34
=4   Germany (GER)
Christian Ahlmann
Marco Kutscher
Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum
Ludger Beerbaum

8
13
4
8
20
4
19
4
6
14 34
6   Great Britain (GBR)
Nick Skelton
Tim Stockdale
Ben Maher
John Whitaker

8
4
4
DNS
16
13
8
0
DNS
21 37
7   Sweden (SWE)
Peter Eriksson
Lotta Schultz
Helena Lundback
Rolf-Göran Bengtsson

8
5
12
0
13
4
20
17
4
25 38
8   Australia (AUS)
Peter McMahon
Laurie Lever
Edwina Alexander
Matt Williams

16
16
0
4
20
DNS
4
0
17
21 41
9   Mexico (MEX)
Alberto Michan
Antonio Chedraui
Enrique Gonzalez
Federico Fernandez

9
8
16
9
26
10   Norway (NOR)
Stein Endresen
Morten Djupvik
Geir Gulliksen
Tony Andre Hansen

4
12
12
DSQ
28
12
4
5
DSQ
21
11   Ukraine (UKR)
Oleksandr Onyshchenko
Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe
Bjorn Nagel
Katharina Offel

EL
8
9
17
34
12   Saudi Arabia (KSA)
HH F. Al Shalan
Kamal Bahamdan
HRH A. Al Saud
Ramzy Al Duhami

18
15
30
5
38
13   New Zealand (NZL)
Katie McVean
Kirk Webby
Sharn Wordley
Bruce Goodin

45
8
25
12
45
14   Hong Kong (HKG)
Patrick Lam
Samantha Lam
Kenneth Cheng

9
29
21
59
15   China (CHN)
Huang Zuping
Zhang Bin
Zhao Zhiwen
Li Zhenqiang

36
31
32
39
99
EL   Brazil (BRA)
Pedro Veniss
Bernardo Alves
Camila Benedicto
Rodrigo Pessoa

EL
12
13
DSQ
EL

Illegal substance use

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After Tony André Hansen's horse Camiro tested positive for use of capsaicin, Norway has been stripped of their bronze medals.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Norway stripped of equestrian bronze, Swiss move up | CBC Sports".
  2. ^ Bronze Medalist Tony Andre Hansen Was Stripped of His Bronze Medal for Doping SI.com, December 22, 2008
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