Equestrian at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping

The individual jumping at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place on 23 October. The event was open to men and women.[1]

Individual jumping at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Campo Marte
Date	23 October
Competitors	42 from 15 nations
Medalists
William Steinkraus  United States Marion Coakes  Great Britain David Broome  Great Britain

Competition format

There were two rounds. The top 18 pairs advanced to the second round. The total score from both rounds determined final rankings. There was a jump-off for the bronze medal, with the time in the jump-off used as a tie-breaker if riders were still tied (as all were).

Results

42 riders competed.[2] Broome's horse Mr. Softee would later appear in the Monty Python's Flying Circus episode "Archaeology Today" "Trailer sketch" in 1970.

Rank	Rider	Horse	Nation	Faults			Jump-off time
				Round 1	Round 2	Total
	William Steinkraus	Snowbound	United States	0	4	4
	Marion Coakes	Stroller	Great Britain	0	8	8
	David Broome	Mr. Softee	Great Britain	4	8	12	35.3
4	Frank Chapot	San Lucas	United States	4	8	12	36.8
5	Hans Günter Winkler	Enigk	West Germany	8	4	12	37.5
6	Jim Elder	The Immigrant	Canada	8	4	12	39.2
7	Alwin Schockemöhle	Donald Rex	West Germany	8	8	16
	Argentino Molinuevo Jr.	Don Gustavo	Argentina	8	8	16
	Piero D'Inzeo	Fidux	Italy	4	12	16
	Monica Bachmann	Erbach	Switzerland	8	8	16
11	Harvey Smith	Madison Time	Great Britain	8	8.25	16.25
12	Lucia Faria	Rush du Camp	Brazil	7.25	12	19.25
13	Carlos César Delía	Scandale	Argentina	8	12	20
	Arthur Blickenstorfer	Marianka	Switzerland	8	12	20
	Jim Day	Canadian Club	Canada	4	16	20
16	Nelson Pessoa	Pass-Op	Brazil	8	16	24
17	Pierre D'Oriola	Nagir	France	8	20.5	28.5
18	Kevin Bacon	Chichester	Australia	4	24.75	28.75
19	Fernando Hernández	Churintzio	Mexico	10.75	Did not advance
20	Marcel Rozier	Quo Vadis	France	11	Did not advance
21	Paul Weier	Wildfeuer	Switzerland	12	Did not advance
	Kathryn Kusner	Untouchable	United States	12	Did not advance
	Graziano Mancinelli	Doneraile	Italy	12	Did not advance
	Ricardo Guasch	Mixteco	Mexico	12	Did not advance
	John Fahey	Bon Vale	Australia	12	Did not advance
26	Tadashi Fukushima	Queen	Japan	16	Did not advance
	Hartwig Steenken	Simona	West Germany	16	Did not advance
	Raimondo D'Inzeo	Bellevue	Italy	16	Did not advance
	Viktor Matveyev	Krojotnyi	Soviet Union	16	Did not advance
	Sam Campbell	April Love	Australia	16	Did not advance
	Masayasu Sugitani	Ringo	Japan	16	Did not advance
32	Janou Lefèbvre	Rocket	France	20	Did not advance
33	José Fernandez	Cantal	Brazil	23.25	Did not advance
34	Roberto Nielsen-Reyes	Ukamau	Bolivia	24	Did not advance
35	Marian Kozicki	Braz	Poland	28	Did not advance
36	Torchy Millar	Beefeater	Canada	31.5	Did not advance
37	Joaquín Pérez de las H.	Romeo	Mexico	36.5	Did not advance
38	Antoni Pacyński	Cirrus	Poland	37.25	Did not advance
39	Piotr Wawryniuk	Farys	Poland	52.75	Did not advance
–	Jorge Amaya	Gemelo	Argentina	DSQ	Did not advance
	Yevgeny Kuzin	Figlar	Soviet Union	DSQ	Did not advance
	Yugo Araki	Far East	Japan	DSQ	Did not advance

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Equestrianism at the 1968 Mexico City Equestrian Games: Mixed Jumping, Individual". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
2. Official Report, vol. 3, p. 634.