# CSI Gijón

The International Show Jumping Contest of Gijón, commonly known as CSI Gijón or CSIO Gijón when it becomes official, is a show jumping event held in Gijón, Spain, at the Las Mestas Sports Complex.
It is considered as a CSI 5* by the FEI. One of the main characteristics of the event is the fact that betting is allowed and very popular among spectators.

## History

The event was established in 1941 to promote equestrianism in Gijón and to offer an important sporting event in the city during the summertime. The first competition took place during 20–24 August 1942, and was a complete success as crowds of around 10,000 people gathered for the event, a rather unusual amount for what was not considered a spectator sport at the time.
In 1987, the event has been the Spanish official show jumping horse show for the first time. In 1995, it recovered this condition until 2019 with the only exception of 2008.
In December 2019, the organizers resigned to the officiality of the event as they did not accept the conditions requested by the FEI about replacing the grass with sand and banning bets.
On 14 December 2020, the Principality of Asturias declared the Show Jumping Contest as a Festivity of Regional Touristic Interest.

## Nations Cup

When the event is chosen as Spain's official show jumping event, becoming a CSIO, it includes a Nations Cup competition. In 1999 was the Samsung Nations Cup Final event.

### Nations Cup winners

| Year | Team | Riders |
| 1987 | Great Britain | Nick Skelton, Janet Hunter, Malcom Pyrah and John Whitaker |
| 1995 | France | Edouard Couperie, Patrice Delaveau, Philippe Rozier and Michel Robert |
| 1996 | France | Thierry Pomel, Pierre Jarry, Jean Paul Casile and Michel Robert |
| 1997 | Great Britain | Nick Skelton, Robert Smith, James Fisher and Michel Whitaker |
| 1998 | France | Philippe Leoni, Michel Robert, Jean-Marc Nicolas and Xabier Caumont |
| 1999 | France | Michel Robert, Xabier Caumont, Thierry Pomel and Alexandra Lederman |
| 2000 | Belgium | Peter Van Broekhoven, Joris Meulemans, Sven Laevers and Dirk Demmersman |
| 2001 | Spain | Ricardo Jurado, Fernando Fourcade, Cristino Torres and Fernando Sarasola |
| 2002 | Spain | Rutheford Latham, Luis Jesús Escobar, Fernando Sarasola and Ricardo Jurado |
| 2003 | Ireland | Lt. Shane Carey, Harry Marshall, Capt. Gerry Flyn and Clement MacMahon |
| 2004 | France | Ludovic Leygue, Bernard Sainsardos, Philippe Leoni and Hervé Godignon |
| 2005 | Belgium | Kristof Cleeren, Yves Simon, Niels Bruynseels and François Mathy Jr. |
| 2006 | France | Florian Angot, Laurente Goffinet, Hervé Godignon and Michel Robert |
| 2007 | France | Timothé Anciaume, Robert Breul, Jerome Debas-Montagner and Julien Épaillard |
| 2009 | France | Patrice Delaveau, Clemence Laborde, Simon Delestre and Jean Marc Nicolas |
| 2010 | Belgium | Pieter Devos, Judy-Ann Melchior, Dirk Demmersman and Philippe Le Jeune |
| 2011 | Spain | Pilar Lucrecia Cordón, Eduardo Álvarez Aznar, Jesús Garmendia and Julio Arias |
| 2012 | France | Penélope Leprevost, Kevin Staut, Marie Hécart and Aymeric de Ponnat |
| 2013 | Netherlands | Gert Jan Bruggink, Jur Vrieling, Frank Schuttert and Harrie Smolders |
| 2014 | United States | Ashlee Bond, Catherine Pasmore, Quentin Judge and Georgina Bloomberg |
| 2015 | France | Alexandre Fontanelle, Cyril Bouvard, Adeline Hécart and Aymeric de Ponnat |
| 2016 | Great Britain | Tim Stockdale, Joe Whitaker, Samuel Hutton and Robert Bevis |
| 2017 | France | Kevin Staut, Edward Levy, Grégory Cottard and Nicolas Delmotte |
| 2018 | Spain | Manuel Fernández Saro, Mikel Aizpurua, Laura Roquet and Eduardo Álvarez Aznar |
| 2019 | Italy | Filippo Marco Bologni, Antonio Maria Garofalo, Emanuele Camilli, Antonio Alfonso |

### Performance by country

| Country | Winners | Years winner |
| France | 11 | 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2017 |
| Spain | 4 | 2001, 2002, 2011, 2018 |
| Belgium | 3 | 2000, 2005, 2010 |
| Great Britain | 3 | 1987, 1997, 2016 |
| Ireland | 1 | 2003 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 2013 |
| United States | 1 | 2014 |
| Italy | 1 | 2019 |

### Participation details

| Team | 1987 (8) | 1995 (9) | 1996 (7) | 1997 (9) | 1998 (11) | 1999 (8) | 2000 (9) | 2001 (8) | 2002 (9) | 2003 (10) | 2004 (10) | 2005 (11) | 2006 (8) | 2007 (9) | 2009 (10) | 2010 (11) | 2011 (10) | 2012 (13) | 2013 (10) | 2014 (11) | 2015 (12) | 2016 (12) | 2017 (9) | 2018 (10) | 2019 (12) |
| Argentina | | | | | | | | | 6th | | | | | | | | | | | 11th | | | | | |
| Australia | • | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Belgium | • | | | | | 7th | 1st | | | 3rd | 7th | 1st | 6th | 5th | 7th | 1st | 9th | 9th | 3rd | 6th | 4th | | | 7th | |
| Bulgaria | | | | | | 8th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Canada | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2nd | 9th | 7th | | | 9th | 5th | 4th | | |
| Denmark | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5th | | | | | | | |
| Egypt | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9th | 9th | | 11th |
| France | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 5th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 7th | 2nd | 9th | 1st | 10th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 8th | 8th | 1st | 7th | 1st | 8th | 3rd |
| Germany | 5th | | 7th | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 8th | 5th | 7th | 8th | 6th | 2nd | 9th | | 11th | 6th | 9th | | | 7th | 10th | 4th |
| Great Britain | 1st | 4th | 6th | 1st | 6th | | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 9th | 5th | 3rd | 7th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 5th | 6th | 2nd |
| Ireland | | 4th | | | 3rd | | | | 7th | 1st | | 3rd | | 4th | 4th | 5th | 6th | 12th | 5th | | 2nd | 8th | 3rd | 4th | 4th |
| Italy | | • | | 6th | 8th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | | | | 6th | 7th | 2nd | | 11th | 8th | 2nd | 4th | 5th | | 6th | | 2nd | 1st |
| Mexico | | | | | 11th | | | | 4th | | 2nd | | | | | | | | | | | 10th | 6th | | 10th |
| Netherlands | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | | 8th | 2nd | | | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 9th | 8th | | 10th | 1st | | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 8th |
| Norway | | | | | | | | | | | 8th | | | | 2nd | 10th | 4th | | | 7th | | 12th | | | |
| New Zealand | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7th |
| Portugal | • | • | 5th | 9th | 10th | | 9th | 8th | | 10th | 6th | 10th | | 9th | 10th | | | 13th | 10th | | | 11th | | 9th | 12th |
| Qatar | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10th | | | | | |
| Saudi Arabia | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5th | | | | | | | | | |
| Spain | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 8th | 4th | 6th | 4th | 1st | 1st | 7th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 8th | 6th | 7th | 1st | 6th | 7th | 4th | 8th | 2nd | 8th | 1st | 7th |
| Sweden | | | | 7th | | | | | 9th | | | 7th | | | | | 3rd | | | | | | | 4th | 9th |
| Switzerland | | • | | | 9th | 3rd | | | 7th | 6th | 10th | 7th | | | 8th | | 7th | | | | 2nd | 4th | | | |
| Ukraine | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4th | | | 7th | | | | |
| United States | | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 6th | 4th | 7th | 6th | | | | | 4th | | | | | 8th | 8th | 1st | 10th | | | | |

## Grand Prix

The second most important competition of the event is the Prince of Asturias Grand Prix, while the most important one is the Gijón Grand Prix.

### Gijón Grand Prix winners

| Year | Rider | Horse |
| 1962 | Federico Morugán Ávila | Objetivo |
| 1963 | Bernard de Fombelle | Milan D'or |
| 1964 | Manuel Malta da Costa | Novelista |
| 1965 | Hugo Arrambide | Chimbote |
| 1966 | Dasque | Predestiné |
| 1967 | Eduardo Amorós | Kif-Kif |
| 1968 | José Antonio García Benavides | Carmín |
| 1969 | Enrique Martinez de Vallejo | Lepanto |
| 1970 | Radul | Uruapan |
| 1971 | Enrique Martinez de Vallejo | Romántico |
| 1972 | Manuel Malta da Costa | Eusebio |
| 1973 | Luis Jaime Carvajal y Salas | Kurfust |
| 1974 | Jaime Rivera | Conquistador |
| 1975 | Lobo Güedes | Chopin |
| 1976 | Luis Álvarez de Cervera | Acorne/Thor |
| 1977 | Manuel Malta da Costa | Ecaussevillais |
| 1978 | Manuel Malta da Costa | Et bien |
| 1979 | Luis Álvarez de Cervera | Romeo |
| 1980 | Juan Antonio de Wit | Olímpico |
| 1981 | Thomas Fuchs | Willora Swiss |
| 1982 | Jérôme Thomas | Gargantua C |
| 1983 | Alberto Honrubia | Kaoua |
| 1984 | Tony Newberry | Ryans Mill |
| 1985 | Malcolm Pyrah | T.Diamond Seeker |
| 1986 | Malcolm Pyrah | Anglezarke |
| 1987 | Janet Hunter | E. Lisnamarrow |
| 1988 | Juan Andrés Ruiz de Alda | Lingere |
| 1989 | Luis Astolfi | Pour Le Merite |
| 1990 | Alberto Honrubia | Pelf D'or |
| 1991 | Alfredo Fernández Durán | Naguese Picarde |
| 1992 | Fernando Fourcade | Avenir Di San Patrignano |
| 1993 | Jos Lansink | Bollvorm`s Easy Jumper |
| 1994 | Lesley McNaught | Pirol IV |
| 1995 | Alison Firestone | Gustl P |
| 1996 | Nick Skelton | Dollar Girl |
| 1997 | Thierry Pomel | Thor des Chaines |
| 1998 | Nick Skelton | Hopes Are High |
| 1999 | Michel Robert | Auleto |
| 2000 | Molly Ashe | Kroon Gravin |
| 2001 | Helena Weinberg | A. Ramonus |
| 2002 | Lt. David O'Brien | Boherdeal Clover |
| 2003 | Harry Marshall | Splendido |
| 2004 | Beat Grandjean | Riot Gun |
| 2005 | Pierre Kolly | Galopin du Biolay |
| 2006 | Ricardo Kierkegaard | Rey Z |
| 2007 | Conor Swail | Rivaal |
| 2008 | John Whitaker | Utah Van Erpekdm |
| 2009 | Patrice Delaveau | Katchina Mail |
| 2010 | Khaled Al-Eid | Presley Boy |
| 2011 | Patrice Delaveau | Orient Express |
| 2012 | Trevor Coyle | Jubilee D'Ouilly |
| 2013 | André Thieme | Contanga 3 |
| 2014 | Niklaus Rutschi | Windsor XV |
| 2015 | Henk van de Pol | Willink |
| 2016 | Dermott Lennon | Loughview Lou Lou |
| 2017 | Gerardo Menéndez | Cassino DC |
| 2018 | Richard Howley | Dolores |
| 2019 | Greg Broderick | Westbrook |
| 2022 | Kevin González de Zárate | Frappant |
| 2023 | Harry Allen | Calculatus |
| 2024 | Sanne Thijssen | Con Quidam RB |

## Attendances

This is a list of attendances at CSI Gijón.
| Edition | Total | High | Low | Average |
| 2014 | 43,016 | 9,962 | 4,986 | 7,169 |
| 2015 | 44,490 | 9,842 | 4,746 | 7,415 |
| 2016 | 52,206 | 10,105 | 5,940 | 8,701 |
| 2017 | 43,362 | 9,210 | 2,263 | 7,227 |
| 2018 | 46,312 | 10,897 | 7,197 | 9,262 |
| 2019 | 41,712 | 9,084 | 6,784 | 8,342 |
| 2024 | 44,932 | 11,253 | | 7,489 |