# Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping

The individual show jumping event, part of the equestrian program at the 2004 Summer Olympics, was held from 22 to 27 August 2004 in the Olympic Equestrian Centre on the outskirts of Markopoulo in the Attica region of Greece. Like all other equestrian events, the jumping competition was mixed gender, with both male and female athletes competing in the same division. There were 77 competitors from 27 nations. Each nation could send up to 4 riders. Cian O'Connor of Ireland initially received the gold medal, but that medal was stripped from him due to doping. After his disqualification, the event was won by Rodrigo Pessoa of Brazil, the nation's first medal in individual jumping. Silver went to Chris Kappler of the United States, with bronze to Marco Kutscher of Germany.

## Doping test

On 8 October 2004, the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) announced that the A-samples from four Olympic horses had failed doping control, and the Equestrian Federation of Ireland said one of these was Cian O'Connor's horse, Waterford Crystal. The urine B-sample went missing en route to a testing laboratory, prompting a flurry of media interest. On 9 November, testing of the blood B-sample confirmed traces of fluphenazine and zuclopenthixol. On 27 March 2005, the FEI gave a ruling disqualifying O'Connor and banning him from competition for three months, while accepting his contention that the drugs were administered by a vet as part of a sedative for a leg injury and were not with intent to enhance performance. O'Connor decided not to appeal and began his suspension on 11 April 2005. He was formally stripped of his medal at the end of the appeal window, on 3 July 2005.
Rodrigo Pessoa was presented with his gold medal in August 2005 at a ceremony on Copacabana Beach.

## Background

This was the 22nd 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.
Three of the top 12 riders (including ties for 10th place) from the 2000 Games returned: fourth-place finishers Ludo Philippaerts of Belgium and Otto Becker of Germany and tenth-place finisher Thomas Velin of Denmark. 1992 Olympic gold medalist Ludger Beerbaum of Germany also returned. The reigning World Champion, Dermott Lennon of Ireland, did not compete due to an injury to his horse, Liscalgot. Other notable absences included Marcus Ehning (also due to equine injury) and Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum (positive doping test), both of Germany. Despite those absences, Germany still had a strong team (sweeping the podium at the European championships). Rodrigo Pessoa was among the favorites, as he had been in 2000 before refusals derailed his final round ride in Sydney.
Greece made its debut in the event. France competed for the 20th time, most of any nation.

## Competition format

The competition used the five-round format introduced in 1992, with three rounds in the qualifying round and two rounds in the final.
For the qualifying round, each pair competed in three rounds. The total score across all three rounds counted for advancement to the individual final; the second and third rounds counted towards the team score. The individual competition allowed 45 pairs to advance to the final, though only three pairs per nation were allowed. Scores did not carry over to the final.
In the final, there were two rounds. All of the finalists competed in the first, but only the top 20 pairs competed again in the second round. The combined score for the two rounds was the result for those pairs. A jump-off would be used if necessary to break ties for medal positions; other ties would not be broken.

## Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Sunday, 22 August 2004 | 9:00 | Qualifying round 1 |
| Tuesday, 24 August 2004 | 9:00 20:30 | Qualifying round 2 Qualifying round 3 |
| Friday, 27 August 2004 | 16:00 20:30 | Final round A Final round B |

## Results
### Qualifying round
#### Round 1

10 of the 77 pairs had flawless rides in the first qualifying round. The two riders who were eliminated during the round automatically received a score 20 points higher than the highest other score and continued to compete in the second round.
| Rank | Rider | Nation | Horse | Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Rank | Rider | Nation | Horse | Jump | Time | Total |
| 1 | Peter Wylde | United States | Fein Cera | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Juan Carlos García | Italy | Albin III | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Thomas Velin | Denmark | Carnute | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Malin Baryard | Sweden | Butterfly Flip | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Antonis Petris | Greece | Gredo la Daviere | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Peder Fredericson | Sweden | Magic Bengtsson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Grant Cashmore | New Zealand | Franklins Flyte | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Ludo Philippaerts | Belgium | Parco | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Beezie Madden | United States | Authentic | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Wim Schröder | Netherlands | Montreal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Otto Becker | Germany | Dobels Cento | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | McLain Ward | United States | Sapphire | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Bernardo Alves | Brazil | Canturo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Nick Skelton | Great Britain | Arko III | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Ludger Beerbaum | Germany | Goldfever | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Cian O'Connor | Ireland | Waterford Crystal | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Kevin Babington | Ireland | Carling King | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Yuka Watanabe | Japan | Nike | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | Christian Ahlmann | Germany | Cöster | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Chris Kappler | United States | Royal Kaliber | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Jos Lansink | Belgium | Cumano | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Leopold van Asten | Netherlands | Fleche Rouge | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Rolf-Göran Bengtsson | Sweden | Mac Kinley | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Robert Smith | Great Britain | Mr Springfield | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Bruno Broucqsault | France | Dileme de Cephe | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Markus Fuchs | Switzerland | Tinka's Boy | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Stanny van Paesschen | Belgium | O de Pomme | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Florian Angot | France | First de Launay | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Jessica Kürten | Ireland | Castle Forbes Maike | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Gert-Jan Bruggink | Netherlands | Joel | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 31 | Eric Navet | France | Dollar du Murier | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 31 | Gerco Schröder | Netherlands | Monaco | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 31 | Peter Eriksson | Sweden | Cardento | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 31 | Fabio Crotta | Switzerland | Mme Pompadour M | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 31 | Bruno Chimirri | Italy | Landknecht | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 31 | Rodrigo Pessoa | Brazil | Baloubet du Rouet | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 31 | Federico Sztyrle | Argentina | Who Knows Lilly | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 31 | Danae Tsatsou | Greece | Roble Z | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 31 | Luciana Diniz | Brazil | Mariachi | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 31 | Rossen Raitchev | Bulgaria | Medoc II | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 31 | Sohn Bong-Gak | South Korea | Cim Christo | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 42 | Hwang Soon-Won | South Korea | C.Chap | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 42 | Marion Hughes | Ireland | Fortunus | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 42 | Eugenie Angot | France | Cigale du Taillis | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 42 | Woo Jung-Ho | South Korea | Seven Up | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 42 | Steve Guerdat | Switzerland | Olympic | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 47 | Gerardo Tazzer | Mexico | Chanel | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 47 | Álvaro Alfonso de Miranda Neto | Brazil | Countdown 23 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 47 | Vincenzo Chimirri | Italy | Delfi Platiere | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 47 | Martín Dopazo | Argentina | Furka du Village | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 47 | Tadayoshi Hayashi | Japan | Swanky | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 47 | Grzegorz Kubiak | Poland | Djane des Fontenis | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 47 | Marco Kutscher | Germany | Montender | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 54 | Federico Fernandez | Mexico | Behomio 8 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 54 | Ramzy Al-Duhami | Saudi Arabia | Fall Khaeer | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 54 | Lucas Werthein | Argentina | Warren | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 54 | Christina Liebherr | Switzerland | No Mercy | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 58 | Andre Sakakini | Egypt | Casper | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 59 | Ian Millar | Canada | Promise Me | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 60 | Kamal Bahamdan | Saudi Arabia | Casita | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 60 | Taizo Sugitani | Japan | Lamalushi | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 60 | Dirk Demeersman | Belgium | Clinton | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 63 | Daniel Meech | New Zealand | Diagonal | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 63 | Ibrahim Bisharat | Jordan | Qwinto | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 63 | Hannah Mytilinaiou | Greece | Santana | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 66 | Joo Jung-Hyun | South Korea | Epsom Gesmeray | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 66 | Ryuichi Obata | Japan | Oliver Q | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 68 | Vladimir Tuganov | Russia | Leroy Brown | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| 69 | Marcela Lobo | Mexico | Joskin | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| 69 | Guy Thomas | New Zealand | Madison | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 71 | Roberto Arioldi | Italy | Dime de la Cour | 16 | 1 | 17 |
| 72 | Gustavo Hernández Leyva | Mexico | Minotauro | 16 | 3 | 19 |
| 73 | Mark Watring | Puerto Rico | Sapphire | 24 | 1 | 25 |
| 74 | Bruce Goodin | New Zealand | Braveheart | 24 | 4 | 28 |
| 75 | Tim Amitrano | Australia | Mr Innocent | 36 | 2 | 38 |
| 76 | Emmanouela Athanassiades | Greece | Rimini Z | Eliminated (58) | Eliminated (58) | 58 |
| 76 | Gregorio Werthein | Argentina | Calwaro El | Eliminated (58) | Eliminated (58) | 58 |

#### Round 2

The second qualifying round was also the first team round. Only one pair continued to progress without any penalties, though 27 had 10 or fewer.
| Rank | Rider | Nation | Horse | Penalties | Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Rank | Rider | Nation | Horse | Jump | Time | Round 1 | Total |
| 1 | Beezie Madden | United States | Authentic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Juan Carlos García | Italy | Albin III | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Ludger Beerbaum | Germany | Goldfever | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Kevin Babington | Ireland | Carling King | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Wim Schröder | Netherlands | Montreal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Antonis Petris | Greece | Gredo la Daviere | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Ludo Philippaerts | Belgium | Parco | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Gert-Jan Bruggink | Netherlands | Joel | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Chris Kappler | United States | Royal Kaliber | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Rolf-Göran Bengtsson | Sweden | Mac Kinley | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Thomas Velin | Denmark | Carnute | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Rodrigo Pessoa | Brazil | Baloubet du Rouet | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 13 | Nick Skelton | Great Britain | Arko III | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | Yuka Watanabe | Japan | Nike | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Otto Becker | Germany | Dobels Cento | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 16 | Florian Angot | France | First de Launay | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 16 | Christian Ahlmann | Germany | Cöster | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 16 | Peder Fredericson | Sweden | Magic Bengtsson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Leopold van Asten | Netherlands | Fleche Rouge | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 16 | Marco Kutscher | Germany | Montender | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 16 | Malin Baryard-Johnsson | Sweden | Butterfly Flip | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Markus Fuchs | Switzerland | Tinka's Boy | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 23 | Peter Eriksson | Sweden | Cardento | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 23 | Bernardo Alves | Brazil | Canturo | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 23 | Christina Liebherr | Switzerland | No Mercy | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 23 | McLain Ward | United States | Sapphire | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 27 | Eugenie Angot | France | Cigale du Taillis | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 28 | Peter Wylde | United States | Fein Cera | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 28 | Grant Cashmore | New Zealand | Franklins Flyte | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 28 | Dirk Demeersman | Belgium | Clinton | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 28 | Robert Smith | Great Britain | Mr Springfield | 8 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 28 | Stanny van Paesschen | Belgium | O de Pomme | 8 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 33 | Fabio Crotta | Switzerland | Mme Pompadour M | 8 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 33 | Jessica Kürten | Ireland | Castle Forbes Maike | 8 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 33 | Gerco Schröder | Netherlands | Monaco | 8 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 33 | Bruno Chimirri | Italy | Landknecht | 8 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 33 | Cian O'Connor | Ireland | Waterford Crystal | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 38 | U Jung-ho | South Korea | Seven Up | 8 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 39 | Hwang Sun-won | South Korea | C.Chap | 8 | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 40 | Martín Dopazo | Argentina | Furka du Village | 8 | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 40 | Álvaro Alfonso de Miranda Neto | Brazil | Countdown 23 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 42 | Rossen Raitchev | Bulgaria | Medoc II | 12 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 42 | Jos Lansink | Belgium | Cumano | 12 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| 44 | Luciana Diniz | Brazil | Mariachi | 12 | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| 45 | Daniel Meech | New Zealand | Diagonal | 4 | 2 | 13 | 19 |
| 46 | Vincenzo Chimirri | Italy | Delfi Platiere | 12 | 0 | 8 | 20 |
| 46 | Grzegorz Kubiak | Poland | Djane des Fontenis | 12 | 0 | 8 | 20 |
| 48 | Federico Fernandez | Mexico | Behomio 8 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 21 |
| 48 | Ian Millar | Canada | Promise Me | 8 | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 48 | Eric Navet | France | Dollar du Murier | 16 | 0 | 5 | 21 |
| 51 | Ibrahim Bisharat | Jordan | Qwinto | 8 | 1 | 13 | 22 |
| 52 | Vladimir Tuganov | Russia | Leroy Brown | 8 | 0 | 15 | 23 |
| 53 | Kamal Bahamdan | Saudi Arabia | Casita | 12 | 0 | 12 | 24 |
| 54 | Tadayoshi Hayashi | Japan | Swanky | 16 | 1 | 8 | 25 |
| 55 | Steve Guerdat | Switzerland | Olympic | 20 | 0 | 6 | 26 |
| 55 | Son Bong-gak | South Korea | Cim Christo | 16 | 5 | 5 | 26 |
| 55 | Ramzy Al-Duhami | Saudi Arabia | Fall Khaeer | 16 | 1 | 9 | 26 |
| 55 | Andre Sakakini | Egypt | Casper | 16 | 0 | 10 | 26 |
| 59 | Roberto Arioldi | Italy | Dime de la Cour | 8 | 2 | 17 | 27 |
| 59 | Ju Jeong-hyeon | South Korea | Epsom Gesmeray | 12 | 1 | 14 | 27 |
| 61 | Taizo Sugitani | Japan | Lamalushi | 16 | 0 | 12 | 28 |
| 62 | Guy Thomas | New Zealand | Madison | 12 | 1 | 16 | 29 |
| 63 | Hannah Roberson-Mytilinaiou | Greece | Santana | 24 | 2 | 13 | 39 |
| 64 | Marcela Lobo | Mexico | Joskin | 20 | 5 | 16 | 41 |
| 65 | Danai Tsatsou | Greece | Roble Z | 32 | 7 | 5 | 44 |
| 66 | Gustavo Hernández Leyva | Mexico | Minotauro | 32 | 1 | 19 | 52 |
| 67 | Bruce Goodin | New Zealand | Braveheart | 28 | 0 | 28 | 56 |
| 68 | Mark Watring | Puerto Rico | Sapphire | 36 | 3 | 25 | 64 |
| 69 | Gregorio Werthein | Argentina | Calwaro El | 12 | 2 | 58 | 72 |
| 70 | Emmanouela Athanasiadi | Greece | Rimini Z | 8 | 9 | 58 | 75 |
| 71 | Tim Amitrano | Australia | Mr Innocent | 44 | 4 | 38 | 86 |
| 72 | Gerardo Tazzer | Mexico | Chanel | Eliminated (68) | Eliminated (68) | 8 | 76 |
| 72 | Lucas Werthein | Argentina | Warren | Eliminated (68) | Eliminated (68) | 9 | 77 |
| 72 | Ryuichi Obata | Japan | Oliver Q | Eliminated (68) | Eliminated (68) | 9 | 77 |
| 75 | Bruno Broucqsault | France | Dileme de Cephe | DNF | DNF | 4 | DNF |
| 75 | Federico Enrique Sztyrle | Argentina | Who Knows Lilly | DNF | DNF | 5 | DNF |
| 75 | Marion Hughes | Ireland | Fortunus | DNF | DNF | 6 | DNF |

#### Round 3

The third individual qualifier was also the second team round. All athletes competed individually regardless of their team's qualification. 45 pairs advanced to the final round. Only three pairs from any single NOC could advance. This meant that all pairs through 51st place were qualified, as that was the lowest place that would allow for no less than 45 pairs to advance after teams that had four qualified pairs selected three of them. Since there was a tie for 51st place, a total of 46 pairs advanced.
| Rank | Rider | Nation | Horse | Penalties | Penalties | Penalties | Penalties | Notes |
| Rank | Rider | Nation | Horse | Jump | Time | Round 1+2 | Total | Notes |
| 1 | Beezie Madden | United States | Authentic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Q |
| 2 | Ludger Beerbaum | Germany | Goldfever | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Q, DPG |
| 3 | Rolf-Göran Bengtsson | Sweden | Mac Kinley | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | Q |
| 4 | Nick Skelton | Great Britain | Arko III | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | Q |
| 5 | Marco Kutscher | Germany | Montender | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | Q |
| 5 | Gert-Jan Bruggink | Netherlands | Joel | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | Q |
| 5 | Chris Kappler | United States | Royal Kaliber | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | Q |
| 5 | Kevin Babington | Ireland | Carling King | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | Q |
| 9 | Juan Carlos García | Italy | Albin III | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | Q |
| 10 | Thomas Velin | Denmark | Carnute | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | Q |
| 10 | Otto Becker | Germany | Dobels Cento | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | Q |
| 12 | Eugenie Angot | France | Cigale du Taillis | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 | Q |
| 13 | Antonis Petris | Greece | Gredo la Daviere | 8 | 0 | 4 | 12 | Q |
| 13 | Wim Schröder | Netherlands | Montreal | 8 | 0 | 4 | 12 | Q |
| 13 | Peder Fredericson | Sweden | Magic Bengtsson | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | Q |
| 13 | Malin Baryard-Johnsson | Sweden | Butterfly Flip | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | Q |
| 17 | Jessica Kürten | Ireland | Castle Forbes Maike | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | Q |
| 18 | Rodrigo Pessoa | Brazil | Baloubet du Rouet | 8 | 1 | 5 | 14 | Q |
| 19 | Christian Ahlmann | Germany | Cöster | 8 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 3/NOC |
| 19 | Leopold van Asten | Netherlands | Fleche Rouge | 8 | 0 | 8 | 16 | Q |
| 21 | Florian Angot | France | First de Launay | 8 | 1 | 8 | 17 | Q |
| 21 | Christina Liebherr | Switzerland | No Mercy | 8 | 0 | 9 | 17 | Q |
| 21 | McLain Ward | United States | Sapphire | 8 | 0 | 9 | 17 | Q |
| 21 | Fabio Crotta | Switzerland | Mme Pompadour M | 4 | 0 | 13 | 17 | Q |
| 21 | Jos Lansink | Belgium | Cumano | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 | Q |
| 21 | Gerco Schröder | Netherlands | Monaco | 4 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 3/NOC |
| 27 | Bruno Chimirri | Italy | Landknecht | 4 | 1 | 13 | 18 | Q |
| 28 | Peter Eriksson | Sweden | Cardento | 8 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 3/NOC |
| 29 | Daniel Meech | New Zealand | Diagonal | 0 | 1 | 19 | 20 | Q |
| 29 | Ludo Philippaerts | Belgium | Parco | 16 | 0 | 4 | 20 | Q |
| 29 | Dirk Demeersman | Belgium | Clinton | 8 | 0 | 12 | 20 | Q |
| 29 | Stanny van Paesschen | Belgium | O de Pomme | 8 | 0 | 12 | 20 | 3/NOC |
| 33 | Robert Smith | Great Britain | Mr Springfield | 8 | 1 | 12 | 21 | Q |
| 33 | Hwang Soon-Won | South Korea | C.Chap | 4 | 2 | 15 | 21 | Q |
| 33 | Markus Fuchs | Switzerland | Tinka's Boy | 12 | 1 | 8 | 21 | Q |
| 36 | Cian O'Connor | Ireland | Waterford Crystal | 8 | 1 | 13 | 22 | Q, DPG |
| 37 | Martín Dopazo | Argentina | Furka du Village | 8 | 0 | 16 | 24 | Q |
| 37 | Yuka Watanabe | Japan | Nike | 16 | 2 | 6 | 24 | Q |
| 37 | Peter Wylde | United States | Fein Cera | 12 | 0 | 12 | 24 | 3/NOC |
| 40 | Rossen Raitchev | Bulgaria | Medoc II | 8 | 0 | 17 | 25 | Q |
| 41 | Steve Guerdat | Switzerland | Olympic | 0 | 2 | 26 | 28 | 3/NOC |
| 41 | Álvaro Alfonso de Miranda Neto | Brazil | Countdown 23 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 28 | Q |
| 43 | Woo Jung-Ho | South Korea | Seven Up | 16 | 0 | 14 | 30 | 3/NOC |
| 44 | Ian Millar | Canada | Promise Me | 8 | 2 | 21 | 31 | Q |
| 44 | Sohn Bong-Gak | South Korea | Cim Christo | 4 | 1 | 26 | 31 | Q |
| 46 | Vladimir Tuganov | Russia | Leroy Brown | 8 | 1 | 23 | 32 | Q |
| 46 | Vincenzo Chimirri | Italy | Delfi Platiere | 12 | 0 | 20 | 32 | Q |
| 48 | Grant Cashmore | New Zealand | Franklins Flyte | 20 | 1 | 12 | 33 | Q |
| 49 | Luciana Diniz | Brazil | Mariachi | 16 | 0 | 18 | 34 | Q |
| 50 | Kamal Bahamdan | Saudi Arabia | Casita | 12 | 0 | 24 | 36 | Q |
| 51 | Taizo Sugitani | Japan | Lamalushi | 8 | 1 | 28 | 37 | Q |
| 51 | Grzegorz Kubiak | Poland | Djane des Fontenis | 16 | 1 | 20 | 37 | Q |
| 51 | Joo Jung-Hyun | South Korea | Epsom Gesmeray | 8 | 2 | 27 | 37 | Q |
| 54 | Federico Fernandez | Mexico | Behomio 8 | 16 | 1 | 21 | 38 | |
| 55 | Ibrahim Bisharat | Jordan | Qwinto | 20 | 0 | 22 | 42 | |
| 56 | Roberto Arioldi | Italy | Dime de la Cour | 20 | 1 | 27 | 48 | |
| 57 | Ramzy Al-Duhami | Saudi Arabia | Fall Khaeer | 28 | 0 | 26 | 54 | |
| 58 | Marcela Lobo | Mexico | Joskin | 16 | 1 | 41 | 58 | |
| 58 | Guy Thomas | New Zealand | Madison | 28 | 1 | 29 | 58 | |
| 60 | Hannah Mytilinaiou | Greece | Santana | 20 | 6 | 39 | 65 | |
| 61 | Bernardo Alves | Brazil | Canturo | Eliminated | Eliminated | 9 | — | |
| 62 | Eric Navet | France | Dollar du Murier | DNF | DNF | 21 | DNF | |
| 62 | Tadayoshi Hayashi | Japan | Swanky | DNF | DNF | 25 | DNF | |
| 62 | Andre Sakakini | Egypt | Casper | DNF | DNF | 26 | DNF | |
| 62 | Danae Tsatsou | Greece | Roble Z | DNF | DNF | 44 | DNF | |
| 62 | Gustavo Hernández Leyva | Mexico | Minotauro | DNF | DNF | 52 | DNF | |
| 62 | Bruce Goodin | New Zealand | Braveheart | DNF | DNF | 56 | DNF | |
| 62 | Mark Watring | Puerto Rico | Sapphire | DNF | DNF | 64 | DNF | |
| 62 | Gregorio Werthein | Argentina | Calwaro El | DNF | DNF | 72 | DNF | |
| 62 | Emmanouela Athanassiades | Greece | Rimini Z | DNF | DNF | 75 | DNF | |
| 62 | Tim Amitrano | Australia | Mr Innocent | DNF | DNF | 86 | DNF | |
| 72 | Gerardo Tazzer | Mexico | Chanel | DNS | DNS | 76 | DNF | |
| 72 | Lucas Werthein | Argentina | Warren | DNS | DNS | 77 | DNF | |
| 72 | Ryuichi Obata | Japan | Oliver Q | DNS | DNS | 77 | DNF | |
| 75 | Bruno Broucqsault | France | Dileme de Cephe | DNS | DNS | DNF | DNF | |
| 75 | Federico Enrique Sztyrle | Argentina | Who Knows Lilly | DNS | DNS | DNF | DNF | |
| 75 | Marion Hughes | Ireland | Fortunus | DNS | DNS | DNF | DNF | |

### Final round
#### Round A

Beezie Madden was assessed her first penalties of the event in the fourth round. Unfortunately for her but fortunately for many of the other pairs, all the scores had reset after the third qualifying round.
| Rank | Rider | Nation | Horse | Penalties | Penalties | Penalties | Notes |
| Rank | Rider | Nation | Horse | Jump | Time | Total | Notes |
| 1 | Jessica Kürten | Ireland | Castle Forbes Maike | 0 | 0 | 0 | Q |
| 1 | Nick Skelton | Great Britain | Arko III | 0 | 0 | 0 | Q |
| 3 | Daniel Meech | New Zealand | Diagonal | 0 | 1 | 1 | Q |
| 4 | Cian O'Connor | Ireland | Waterford Crystal | 4 | 0 | 4 | Q, DPG |
| 5 | Ludo Philippaerts | Belgium | Parco | 4 | 0 | 4 | Q |
| 5 | Wim Schröder | Netherlands | Montreal | 4 | 0 | 4 | Q |
| 5 | Thomas Velin | Denmark | Carnute | 4 | 0 | 4 | Q |
| 5 | Chris Kappler | United States | Royal Kaliber | 4 | 0 | 4 | Q |
| 5 | Marco Kutscher | Germany | Montender | 4 | 0 | 4 | Q |
| 10 | Sohn Bong-Gak | South Korea | Cim Christo | 4 | 1 | 5 | Q |
| 11 | Bruno Chimirri | Italy | Landknecht | 4 | 2 | 6 | Q |
| 12 | Joo Jung-Hyun | South Korea | Epsom Gesmeray | 8 | 0 | 8 | Q |
| 12 | Taizo Sugitani | Japan | Lamalushi | 8 | 0 | 8 | Q |
| 12 | Vincenzo Chimirri | Italy | Delfi Platiere | 8 | 0 | 8 | Q |
| 12 | Ian Millar | Canada | Promise Me | 8 | 0 | 8 | Q |
| 12 | Álvaro Alfonso de Miranda Neto | Brazil | Countdown 23 | 8 | 0 | 8 | Q |
| 12 | Martín Dopazo | Argentina | Furka du Village | 8 | 0 | 8 | Q |
| 12 | Hwang Soon-Won | South Korea | C.Chap | 8 | 0 | 8 | Q |
| 12 | Robert Smith | Great Britain | Mr Springfield | 8 | 0 | 8 | Q |
| 12 | Dirk Demeersman | Belgium | Clinton | 8 | 0 | 8 | Q |
| 12 | McLain Ward | United States | Sapphire | 8 | 0 | 8 | Q |
| 12 | Christina Liebherr | Switzerland | No Mercy | 8 | 0 | 8 | Q |
| 12 | Rodrigo Pessoa | Brazil | Baloubet du Rouet | 8 | 0 | 8 | Q |
| 12 | Peder Fredericson | Sweden | Magic Bengtsson | 8 | 0 | 8 | Q |
| 12 | Otto Becker | Germany | Dobels Cento | 8 | 0 | 8 | Q |
| 12 | Juan Carlos García | Italy | Albin III | 8 | 0 | 8 | Q |
| 12 | Kevin Babington | Ireland | Carling King | 8 | 0 | 8 | Q |
| 12 | Rolf-Göran Bengtsson | Sweden | Mac Kinley | 8 | 0 | 8 | Q |
| 12 | Ludger Beerbaum | Germany | Goldfever | 8 | 0 | 8 | Q, DPG |
| 30 | Jos Lansink | Belgium | Cumano | 12 | 0 | 12 | |
| 30 | Leopold van Asten | Netherlands | Fleche Rouge | 12 | 0 | 12 | |
| 30 | Malin Baryard-Johnsson | Sweden | Butterfly Flip | 12 | 0 | 12 | |
| 30 | Gert-Jan Bruggink | Netherlands | Joel | 12 | 0 | 12 | |
| 30 | Beezie Madden | United States | Authentic | 12 | 0 | 12 | |
| 35 | Vladimir Tuganov | Russia | Leroy Brown | 12 | 1 | 13 | |
| 36 | Fabio Crotta | Switzerland | Mme Pompadour M | 16 | 0 | 16 | |
| 36 | Antonis Petris | Greece | Gredo la Daviere | 16 | 0 | 16 | |
| 36 | Eugenie Angot | France | Cigale du Taillis | 16 | 0 | 16 | |
| 39 | Yuka Watanabe | Japan | Nike | 12 | 5 | 17 | |
| 40 | Luciana Diniz | Brazil | Mariachi | 20 | 0 | 20 | |
| 40 | Grant Cashmore | New Zealand | Franklins Flyte | 20 | 0 | 20 | |
| 40 | Florian Angot | France | First de Launay | 20 | 0 | 20 | |
| 43 | Rossen Raitchev | Bulgaria | Medoc II | 20 | 1 | 21 | |
| 44 | Grzegorz Kubiak | Poland | Djane des Fontenis | 24 | 0 | 24 | |
| 45 | Kamal Bahamdan | Saudi Arabia | Casita | 24 | 1 | 25 | |
| 46 | Markus Fuchs | Switzerland | Tinka's Boy | DNF | DNF | DNF | |

#### Round B

The 18-way tie for twelfth-place resulted in 29 pairs advancing to the second round of the final. O'Connor had a clean round, finishing the two-round final with 4 faults and the gold medal—which was later stripped. A jump-off was required to break the tie for the silver medal. Royal Kaliber, an American horse ridden by Chris Kappler, was injured during the jump-off and the pair halted. Despite the injury, they received bronze medals (later upgraded to silver with the disqualification of O'Connor). Rodrigo Pessoa and his horse Baloubet du Rouet earned 4 penalties in the jump-off, completing the course in 49.42 seconds; their silver medals were later upgraded to gold.
| Rank | Rider | Nation | Horse | Penalties | Penalties | Penalties | Penalties | Notes |
| Rank | Rider | Nation | Horse | Jump | Time | Round A | Total | Notes |
| 1 | Cian O'Connor | Ireland | Waterford Crystal | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | DPG |
| 1 | Rodrigo Pessoa | Brazil | Baloubet du Rouet | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | Q |
| 1 | Chris Kappler | United States | Royal Kaliber | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | Q |
| | Marco Kutscher | Germany | Montender | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
| 4 | Robert Smith | Great Britain | Mr Springfield | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | |
| 4 | Dirk Demeersman | Belgium | Clinton | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | |
| 4 | Peder Fredericson | Sweden | Magic Bengtsson | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | |
| 4 | Kevin Babington | Ireland | Carling King | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | |
| 4 | Rolf-Göran Bengtsson | Sweden | Mac Kinley | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | |
| 4 | Ludo Philippaerts | Belgium | Parco | 8 | 0 | 4 | 12 | |
| 10 | Thomas Velin | Denmark | Carnute | 8 | 1 | 4 | 13 | |
| 10 | Nick Skelton | Great Britain | Arko III | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 | |
| 12 | Daniel Meech | New Zealand | Diagonal | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |
| 13 | Christina Liebherr | Switzerland | No Mercy | 8 | 1 | 8 | 17 | |
| 14 | Sohn Bong-Gak | South Korea | Cim Christo | 12 | 1 | 5 | 18 | |
| 15 | Taizo Sugitani | Japan | Lamalushi | 12 | 0 | 8 | 20 | |
| 15 | Juan Carlos García | Italy | Albin III | 8 | 4 | 8 | 20 | |
| 15 | Ludger Beerbaum | Germany | Goldfever | 12 | 0 | 8 | 20 | DPG |
| 17 | Otto Becker | Germany | Dobels Cento | 12 | 1 | 8 | 21 | |
| 17 | Jessica Kürten | Ireland | Castle Forbes Maike | 20 | 1 | 0 | 21 | |
| 19 | Bruno Chimirri | Italy | Landknecht | 16 | 1 | 6 | 23 | |
| 20 | Hwang Soon-Won | South Korea | C.Chap | 16 | 0 | 8 | 24 | |
| 21 | Martín Dopazo | Argentina | Furka du Village | 16 | 1 | 8 | 25 | |
| 22 | Ian Millar | Canada | Promise Me | 20 | 2 | 8 | 30 | |
| 23 | Joo Jung-Hyun | South Korea | Epsom Gesmeray | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | |
| 23 | Vincenzo Chimirri | Italy | Delfi Platiere | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | |
| 23 | Álvaro Alfonso de Miranda Neto | Brazil | Countdown 23 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | |
| 23 | Wim Schröder | Netherlands | Montreal | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | |
| 27 | McLain Ward | United States | Sapphire | Retired | Retired | Retired | Retired | |

#### Jump-off

| Rank | Rider | Nation | Horse | Penalties | Time (s) |
| | Rodrigo Pessoa | Brazil | Baloubet du Rouet | 4 | 49.42 |
| | Chris Kappler | United States | Royal Kaliber | DNF | DNF |