# Equestrian at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Individual dressage

The individual dressage event, part of the equestrian program at the 2000 Summer Olympics, was held from 26 to 30 September 2000 at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre 45 miles outside of Sydney, Australia. Like all other equestrian events, the dressage competition was mixed gender, with both male and female athletes competing in the same division. Forty-eight horse and rider pairs were entered.

## Medalists

| Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Netherlands | Netherlands | Germany | Germany | Germany | Germany |
| Anky van Grunsven | Bonfire | Isabell Werth | Gigolo | Ulla Salzgeber | Rusty |

## Results
### Grand Prix Test

Held Tuesday, 26 September. The first round was the Grand Prix Test. Each of the 48 pairs went through a series of movements in the sandy arena, with judges in five different positions observing the movements and giving percentage scores based on the execution of the movements. The total score for the round was the average of the five judges' scores. The top 25 pairs advanced to the second round, though no more than 3 pairs from any nation could advance.*
| Rank | Rider | Horse | Nation | Judge E | Judge H | Judge C | Judge M | Judge B | Total Points | % Score | Qual |
| 1 | Isabell Werth | Gigolo | Germany | 386 | 375 | 383 | 383 | 381 | 1908 | 76.32 | Q |
| 2 | Anky van Grunsven | Bonfire | Netherlands | 367 | 382 | 377 | 371 | 378 | 1875 | 75.00 | Q |
| 3 | Coby van Baalen | Ferro | Netherlands | 371 | 384 | 383 | 369 | 366 | 1873 | 74.92 | Q |
| 4 | Nadine Capellmann | Farbenfroh | Germany | 361 | 362 | 377 | 393 | 374 | 1867 | 74.68 | Q |
| 5 | Alexandra Simons de Ridder | Chacomo | Germany | 368 | 373 | 377 | 369 | 370 | 1857 | 74.28 | Q |
| 6 | Arjen Teeuwissen | Goliath | Netherlands | 353 | 373 | 370 | 369 | 367 | 1831 | 73.24 | Q |
| 7 | Ulla Salzgeber | Rusty | Germany | 350 | 362 | 378 | 366 | 373 | 1829 | 73.16 | Q |
| 8 | Lone Castrup Jørgensen | Kennedy | Denmark | 349 | 368 | 366 | 353 | 360 | 1796 | 71.84 | Q |
| 9 | Ellen Bontje | Silvano | Netherlands | 356 | 370 | 351 | 357 | 352 | 1786 | 71.44 | Q |
| 10 | Christine Traurig | Etienne | United States | 345 | 344 | 353 | 353 | 351 | 1746 | 69.84 | Q |
| 11 | Jon Pedersen | Esprit de Valdemar | Denmark | 345 | 345 | 357 | 342 | 339 | 1728 | 69.12 | Q |
| 12 | Susan Blinks | Flim Flam | United States | 341 | 347 | 344 | 350 | 343 | 1725 | 69.00 | Q |
| 13 | Beatriz Ferrer-Salat | Beauvalais | Spain | 338 | 345 | 347 | 327 | 353 | 1710 | 68.40 | Q |
| 14 | Kristy Oatley | Wall Street | Australia | 335 | 338 | 337 | 346 | 348 | 1704 | 68.16 | Q |
| 15 | Guenter Seidel | Foltaire | United States | 343 | 351 | 338 | 328 | 335 | 1695 | 67.80 | Q-T |
| 16 | Pia Lau | Renoir | Italy | 326 | 346 | 350 | 333 | 337 | 1692 | 67.68 | Q |
| 17 | Robert Dover | Ranier | United States | 337 | 331 | 347 | 331 | 332 | 1678 | 67.12 | Q |
| 18 | Emile Faurie | Rascher Hopes | Great Britain | 331 | 338 | 332 | 324 | 349 | 1674 | 66.96 | Q |
| 19 | Daniel Ramseier | Rali Baba | Switzerland | 340 | 336 | 332 | 327 | 329 | 1664 | 66.56 | Q |
| 20 | Rafael Soto | Invasor | Spain | 331 | 337 | 328 | 342 | 325 | 1663 | 66.52 | Q |
| 21 | Kallista Field | Waikare | New Zealand | 323 | 330 | 342 | 336 | 330 | 1661 | 66.44 | Q |
| 22 | Tinne Vilhelmson | Cezar | Sweden | 327 | 337 | 324 | 323 | 335 | 1646 | 65.84 | Q |
| 23 | Elena Sidneva | Podkhod | Russia | 329 | 333 | 327 | 321 | 334 | 1644 | 65.76 | Q |
| 24 | Peter Gmoser | Candidat | Austria | 326 | 332 | 335 | 318 | 327 | 1638 | 65.52 | Q |
| 24 | Juan Antonio Jimenez | Guizo | Spain | 319 | 332 | 329 | 337 | 321 | 1638 | 65.52 | Q |
| 26 | Christine Stueckelberger | Aquamarin | Switzerland | 324 | 337 | 325 | 324 | 327 | 1637 | 65.48 | Q |
| 27 | Daniel Pinto | Weldon Surpris | Portugal | 317 | 329 | 329 | 330 | 327 | 1632 | 65.28 | |
| 28 | Pether Markne | Amiral | Sweden | 321 | 319 | 338 | 327 | 325 | 1630 | 65.20 | |
| 29 | Anne van Olst | Any How | Denmark | 320 | 332 | 324 | 324 | 325 | 1625 | 65.00 | |
| 30 | Françoise Cantamessa | Sir S | Switzerland | 311 | 327 | 332 | 317 | 336 | 1623 | 64.92 | |
| 31 | Carl Hester | Argentine Gull | Great Britain | 312 | 327 | 323 | 328 | 332 | 1622 | 64.88 | |
| 32 | Patricia Bottani | Diamond | Switzerland | 316 | 325 | 332 | 313 | 329 | 1615 | 64.60 | |
| 33 | Rachael Downs | Aphrodite | Australia | 318 | 321 | 323 | 311 | 340 | 1613 | 64.52 | |
| 34 | Mary Hanna | Limbo | Australia | 317 | 322 | 326 | 319 | 324 | 1608 | 64.32 | |
| 35 | Ricky MacMillan | Crisp | Australia | 319 | 324 | 324 | 317 | 318 | 1602 | 64.08 | |
| 35 | Richard Davison | Askari | Great Britain | 320 | 324 | 324 | 315 | 319 | 1602 | 64.08 | |
| 37 | Elisabet Ehrnrooth | Harald | Finland | 308 | 328 | 324 | 320 | 321 | 1601 | 64.04 | |
| 38 | Stefan Peter | Bon Voyage | Austria | 314 | 318 | 330 | 318 | 315 | 1595 | 63.80 | |
| 39 | Svetlana Knyazeva | Russian Dance | Russia | 313 | 308 | 328 | 315 | 314 | 1578 | 63.12 | |
| 40 | Jan Brink | Briar | Sweden | 299 | 313 | 310 | 343 | 319 | 1573 | 62.92 | |
| 41 | Kirsty Mepham | Dikkiloo | Great Britain | 292 | 316 | 322 | 325 | 315 | 1570 | 62.80 | |
| 42 | Heike Holstein | Royale | Ireland | 307 | 319 | 330 | 299 | 314 | 1569 | 62.76 | |
| 43 | Lluis Lucio | Aljarafe | Spain | 308 | 310 | 304 | 304 | 327 | 1553 | 62.12 | |
| 44 | Antonio Rivera | Aczydos | Mexico | 299 | 305 | 318 | 317 | 302 | 1541 | 61.64 | |
| 45 | Morton Thomsen | Gay | Denmark | 302 | 314 | 319 | 299 | 302 | 1536 | 61.44 | |
| 46 | Heidi Svanborg | Bazalt | Finland | 292 | 286 | 272 | 291 | 296 | 1437 | 57.48 | |
| 47 | Jorge da Rocha | Quixote Lancia | Brazil | 255 | 271 | 269 | 278 | 277 | 1350 | 54.00 | |
| | Ulla Hakanson | Bobby | Sweden | | | | | | | | WD |

### Grand Prix Special 2nd Qualifier

Held Friday, 29 September. The second round was the Grand Prix Special 2nd Qualifier. It was similar to the first, though the time allotted was shorter. The score from this round was averaged with the score from the Grand Prix Test. The top 17 pairs advanced to the final, though no more than 3 pairs from any nation could advance.
| Rank | Rider | Horse | Nation | Round 1 | Judge E | Judge H | Judge C | Judge M | Judge B | Total Points | % Score | Total Score | Qual |
| 1 | Anky van Grunsven | Bonfire | Netherlands | 75.00 | 346 | 331 | 327 | 340 | 336 | 1680 | 78.13 | 153.13 | Q |
| 2 | Isabell Werth | Gigolo | Germany | 76.32 | 323 | 338 | 317 | 331 | 318 | 1627 | 75.67 | 151.99 | Q |
| 3 | Nadine Capellmann | Farbenfroh | Germany | 74.68 | 326 | 322 | 332 | 327 | 340 | 1647 | 76.60 | 151.28 | Q |
| 4 | Ulla Salzgeber | Rusty | Germany | 73.16 | 346 | 325 | 327 | 329 | 323 | 1650 | 76.74 | 149.90 | Q |
| 4 | Alexandra Simons de Ridder | Chacomo | Germany | 74.28 | 333 | 315 | 324 | 325 | 325 | 1626 | 75.62 | 149.90 | Q-T |
| 6 | Lone Joergensen | Kennedy | Denmark | 71.84 | 322 | 321 | 321 | 324 | 318 | 1606 | 74.69 | 146.53 | Q |
| 7 | Coby van Baalen | Ferro | Netherlands | 74.92 | 316 | 310 | 312 | 307 | 289 | 1534 | 71.34 | 146.26 | Q |
| 8 | Ellen Bontje | Silvano | Netherlands | 71.44 | 317 | 313 | 309 | 312 | 310 | 1561 | 72.60 | 144.04 | Q |
| 9 | Arjen Teeuwissen | Goliath | Netherlands | 73.24 | 307 | 289 | 301 | 307 | 311 | 1515 | 70.46 | 143.70 | Q-T |
| 10 | Christine Traurig | Etienne | United States | 69.84 | 321 | 305 | 296 | 300 | 303 | 1525 | 70.93 | 140.77 | Q |
| 11 | Susan Blinks | Flim Flam | United States | 69.00 | 311 | 307 | 303 | 307 | 303 | 1531 | 71.20 | 140.20 | Q |
| 12 | Beatriz Ferrer-Salat | Beauvalais | Spain | 68.40 | 300 | 309 | 307 | 303 | 297 | 1516 | 71.20 | 138.91 | Q |
| 13 | Kristy Oatley | Wall Street | Australia | 68.16 | 307 | 297 | 311 | 306 | 289 | 1510 | 70.23 | 138.39 | Q |
| 14 | Rafael Soto | Invasor | Spain | 66.52 | 306 | 304 | 292 | 304 | 307 | 1513 | 70.37 | 136.89 | Q |
| 15 | Daniel Ramseier | Rali Baba | Switzerland | 66.56 | 292 | 299 | 316 | 306 | 293 | 1506 | 70.04 | 136.60 | Q |
| 16 | Jon Pedersen | Esprit de Valdemar | Denmark | 69.12 | 289 | 281 | 294 | 287 | 298 | 1449 | 67.39 | 136.51 | Q |
| 17 | Pia Lau | Renoir | Italy | 67.68 | 292 | 300 | 288 | 299 | 292 | 1471 | 68.41 | 136.09 | Q |
| 18 | Kallista Field | Waikare | New Zealand | 66.44 | 300 | 292 | 282 | 291 | 298 | 1463 | 68.04 | 134.48 | |
| 19 | Juan Antonio Jimenez | Guizo | Spain | 65.52 | 309 | 294 | 289 | 293 | 297 | 1482 | 68.93 | 134.45 | |
| 20 | Emile Faurie | Rascher Hopes | Great Britain | 66.96 | 281 | 280 | 286 | 287 | 276 | 1410 | 65.58 | 132.54 | |
| 21 | Peter Gmoser | Candidat | Austria | 65.52 | 286 | 282 | 287 | 286 | 289 | 1430 | 66.51 | 132.03 | |
| 22 | Christine Stueckelberger | Aquamarin | Switzerland | 65.48 | 279 | 287 | 285 | 289 | 286 | 1426 | 66.32 | 131.80 | |
| 23 | Robert Dover | Ranier | United States | 67.12 | 264 | 271 | 278 | 268 | 293 | 1374 | 63.90 | 131.02 | |
| 24 | Elena Sidneva | Podkhod | Russia | 65.76 | 273 | 275 | 284 | 279 | 258 | 1369 | 63.67 | 129.43 | |
| 25 | Tinne Vilhelmson | Cezar | Sweden | 65.84 | 254 | 249 | 247 | 245 | 256 | 1251 | 58.18 | 124.02 | |

### Grand Prix Freestyle

Held Saturday, 30 September. The final round of dressage competition was the Grand Prix Freestyle Test. Fifteen pairs competed in this round, in which they designed their own program of movements set to music. They were judged on both execution of the movements (technical) and how well their performance matched the music (artistic). Each of the five judges gave a score from 0 to 10 in both categories, with the final score for the round being the sum of those ten scores. This score was then added to the scores from the other two rounds to determine final ranking.
| Rank | Rider | Horse | Nation | Rounds 1+2 | Judge E | Judge H | Judge C | Judge M | Judge B | Total Points | % Score | Total Score |
| | Anky van Grunsven | Bonfire | Netherlands | 153.13 | 7.85/9.00 | 7.90/9.15 | 8.05/9.00 | 8.20/9.02 | 8.25/9.62 | 40.25/45.79 | 86.05 | 239.18 |
| | Isabell Werth | Gigolo | Germany | 151.99 | 7.45/8.60 | 7.25/8.65 | 8.05/8.77 | 7.75/8.92 | 7.85/8.90 | 38.35/43.84 | 82.20 | 234.19 |
| | Ulla Salzgeber | Rusty | Germany | 149.90 | 7.35/8.25 | 7.50/8.92 | 7.45/8.47 | 7.60/8.60 | 7.80/8.72 | 37.70/42.96 | 80.67 | 230.57 |
| 4 | Nadine Capellmann | Farbenfroh | Germany | 151.28 | 7.15/7.90 | 7.15/8.02 | 7.00/7.55 | 7.15/7.90 | 7.20/7.57 | 35.65/38.94 | 74.60 | 225.88 |
| 5 | Coby van Baalen | Ferro | Netherlands | 146.26 | 7.00/7.57 | 7.35/8.07 | 7.45/7.87 | 7.20/7.67 | 7.25/7.65 | 36.25/38.83 | 75.10 | 221.36 |
| 6 | Ellen Bontje | Silvano | Netherlands | 144.04 | 6.75/7.55 | 6.95/8.00 | 7.00/7.82 | 6.85/7.85 | 6.95/7.82 | 34.50/39.04 | 73.55 | 217.59 |
| 7 | Lone Joergensen | Kennedy | Denmark | 146.53 | 6.45/7.77 | 6.55/7.25 | 6.75/7.77 | 6.70/7.27 | 6.60/7.25 | 33.05/37.31 | 70.37 | 216.90 |
| 8 | Susan Blinks | Flim Flam | United States | 140.20 | 6.90/7.87 | 7.30/8.15 | 6.90/7.72 | 6.85/7.90 | 6.95/7.90 | 34.90/39.54 | 74.45 | 214.65 |
| 9 | Kristy Oatley | Wall Street | Australia | 138.39 | 6.50/7.00 | 7.20/7.75 | 7.05/7.62 | 6.80/7.50 | 7.10/7.87 | 34.65/37.74 | 72.40 | 210.79 |
| 10 | Beatriz Ferrer-Salat | Beauvalais | Spain | 138.91 | 6.60/7.22 | 6.80/7.50 | 6.90/7.65 | 7.05/7.67 | 6.70/7.32 | 34.05/37.36 | 71.42 | 210.33 |
| 11 | Christine Traurig | Etienne | United States | 140.77 | 6.30/7.40 | 6.30/7.32 | 6.30/7.35 | 5.90/6.82 | 6.45/7.42 | 31.25/36.31 | 67.57 | 208.34 |
| 12 | Rafael Soto | Invasor | Spain | 136.89 | 6.85/7.32 | 7.05/7.62 | 6.60/7.07 | 7.05/7.52 | 6.80/7.42 | 34.35/36.95 | 71.32 | 208.21 |
| 13 | Daniel Ramseier | Rali Baba | Switzerland | 136.60 | 6.55/7.07 | 6.55/7.47 | 6.60/7.15 | 6.65/7.27 | 6.60/7.07 | 32.95/36.03 | 69.00 | 205.60 |
| 14 | Pia Lau | Renoir | Italy | 136.09 | 6.40/7.15 | 6.50/7.05 | 6.70/7.55 | 6.75/7.17 | 6.75/7.32 | 32.10/36.24 | 69.35 | 205.44 |
| 15 | Jon Pedersen | Esprit de Valdemar | Denmark | 136.51 | 6.40/6.82 | 6.40/6.82 | 6.70/7.47 | 6.45/7.02 | 6.50/7.07 | 32.45/35.20 | 67.67 | 204.18 |