Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Team jumping
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Team jumping at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venues | Baji Koen | ||||||||||||
Dates | 6–7 August 2021 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 60 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
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The team show jumping event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 6–7 August 2021 at the Baji Koen.[1] Like all other equestrian events, the jumping competition was open-gender, with both male and female athletes competing in the same division. 60 riders (20 teams of 3) from 20 nations competed.[2] The event was won by team Sweden, which included Peder Fredricson, the silver medalist in the individual event. The United states were second, and Belgium third.
In the final, after two jumpers from every team completed, all eight team were still in the competition, France was leading with two penalties, and Sweden, the United States, and Belgium were all tied for the second with four penalties each. These four teams jumped last. Grégory Wathelet from Belgium received eight penalties, and subsequently McLain Ward for the United States and Fredricson received four penalties each and remained tied for the jump-off. Pénélope Leprevost from France, the defending Olympic champion, was jumping last and was eliminated after her horse twice refused to jump. Thus Belgium became third, and in the jump-off there were no penalties but Sweden were faster and took gold.