Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping

The individual show jumping in equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich was held at Olympic Stadium on 3 September.^[1] It was open to men and women. There were 54 competitors from 21 nations, with two additional non-starters.^[2] The event was won by Graziano Mancinelli of Italy, the nation's first victory in individual jumping since 1960 and third overall, tying France for most of all nations. Great Britain extended its podium streak in the event to four Games (no other nation had managed more than two) with Ann Moore's silver. The United States reach the podium for a second straight Games as Neal Shapiro took bronze.

Individual jumping at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Ajman stamp depicting gold medalist Graziano Mancinelli
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	3 September 1972
Competitors	54 from 21 nations
Medalists
Graziano Mancinelli  Italy Ann Moore  Great Britain Neal Shapiro  United States
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Background

This was the 14th appearance of the event, which had first been held at the 1900 Summer Olympics 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.^[2] The team and individual events remained separated, as they had been starting in 1968.

Four of the top 10 riders from the 1968 competition returned: gold medalist William Steinkraus of the United States, two-time (1960 and 1968) bronze medalist David Broome of Great Britain, sixth-place finisher Jim Elder of Canada, and seventh-place finisher Piero D'Inzeo of Italy. Also returning was D'Inzeo's brother Raimondo D'Inzeo. Raimondo had won the 1960 gold and 1956 silver medals; Piero had won the 1960 silver and 1956 bronze medals. The brothers were competing in their seventh Olympics; they would be the first to reach eight Games. Broome was the reigning (1970) World Champion.

For only the second time, no nations made their debut in the event. France competed for the 13th time, most of any nation, having missed the individual jumping only in 1932.

Competition format

The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1952, with the elimination feature added in 1968. The top 20 riders from the first round qualified for the second round, both rounds were then combined to determine placement, if tied a jump-off between all tied riders would determine the winners.

The first round was held on a course 760 metres long with 14 obstacles (17 total jumps), including a 5 metres water jump and five oxers. The second round course was shorter, at 660 metres and 10 obstacles (13 jumps).

Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Sunday, 3 September 1972	10:00	Round 1 Round 2

Results

Rank	Rider	Nation	Horse	Round 1	Round 2	Total	Jump-off
	Graziano Mancinelli	Italy	Ambassador	0.00	8.00	8.00	0.00
	Ann Moore	Great Britain	Psalm	0.00	8.00	8.00	3.00
	Neal Shapiro	United States	Sloopy	4.00	4.00	8.00	8.00
4	Jim Day	Canada	Steelmaster	0.00	8.75	8.75	—
	Hugo Simon	Austria	Lavendel	4.75	4.00	8.75
	Hartwig Steenken	West Germany	Simona	4.00	4.75	8.75
7	Jean-Marcel Rozier	France	Sans Souci	4.00	8.00	12.00
8	Alfonso Segovia	Spain	Tic Tac	4.00	12.00	16.00
	Fritz Ligges	West Germany	Robin	4.00	12.00	16.00
10	Kathy Kusner	United States	Fleet Apple	4.00	16.00	20.00
	René Varas	Chile	Quintral	8.00	12.00	20.00
	Enrique Martínez	Spain	Val de Loire	8.00	12.00	20.00
13	Carlos Campos	Portugal	Ulla de Lancôme	4.00	16.50	20.50
14	David Broome	Great Britain	Manhattan	8.00	13.25	21.25
15	Michael Saywell	Great Britain	Hideaway	8.00	16.25	24.25
16	Gerhard Wiltfang	West Germany	Askan	4.00	28.75	32.75
17	Stefan Grodzicki	Poland	Biszka	8.00	DNF	DNF
	Åke Hultberg	Sweden	El-Vis	8.00	DNF	DNF
19	Joaquín Pérez	Mexico	Savando	8.25	DNF	DNF
	Elisa Pérez de las Heras	Mexico	Askari	8.25	DNF	DNF
21	Marian Kozicki	Poland	Bronz	8.50	Did not advance
22	Piero D'Inzeo	Italy	Easter Light	12.00	Did not advance
	Hugo Miguel Arrambide	Argentina	Camalote	12.00	Did not advance
	Roberto Nielsen-Reyes	Bolivia	Conquistador	12.00	Did not advance
	Raimondo D'Inzeo	Italy	Fiorello	12.00	Did not advance
	Paul Weier	Switzerland	Wulf	12.00	Did not advance
	Jorge Llambí	Argentina	Okey Amigo	12.00	Did not advance
	William Steinkraus	United States	Snowbound	12.00	Did not advance
29	Carlos César Delía	Argentina	Cardon	12.25	Did not advance
30	Max Hauri	Switzerland	Haiti	12.50	Did not advance
31	Hubert Parot	France	Tic	16.00	Did not advance
	François Mathy	Belgium	Talisman	16.00	Did not advance
	Torchy Millar	Canada	Le Dauphin	16.00	Did not advance
	Francisco Caldeira	Portugal	Can-Can	16.00	Did not advance
	Antônio Simões	Brazil	Bon Soir	16.00	Did not advance
	Viktor Matveyev	Soviet Union	Krokhoutny	16.00	Did not advance
37	Vasco Ramires Sr.	Portugal	Sir du Brossais	20.00	Did not advance
	Janou Lefèbvre	France	Rocket	20.00	Did not advance
39	Nelson Pessoa	Brazil	Nagir	21.00	Did not advance
40	Jean Damman	Belgium	Vasco de Gama	21.25	Did not advance
41	Aleksandr Nebogov	Soviet Union	Ecuador	22.00	Did not advance
42	Tsunekazu Takeda	Japan	Josephine	23.00	Did not advance
43	Masayasu Sugitani	Japan	Seraphina	24.00	Did not advance
	Luis Álvarez	Spain	Appell	24.00	Did not advance
	Jim Elder	Canada	Shoeman	24.00	Did not advance
	Tadashi Fukushima	Japan	Anke	24.00	Did not advance
47	Kurt Maeder	Switzerland	Abraxon	28.00	Did not advance
	Pál Széplaki	Hungary	Kemal	28.00	Did not advance
49	Ajtony Ákos	Hungary	Ozike	29.00	Did not advance
	Eric Wauters	Belgium	Markies	29.00	Did not advance
51	Eduardo Higareda	Mexico	Biene	30.75	Did not advance
—	László Móra	Hungary	Antaryl	DNF	Did not advance
	Viktor Lisitsyn	Soviet Union	Piniatelli	DNF	Did not advance
	Américo Simonetti	Chile	Altue	DNF	Did not advance
—	Barbara Barone	Chile	Anahi	DNS	Did not advance
	Jan Kowalczyk	Poland	Chandzar	DNS	Did not advance