2008 Olympic Host City: Beijing, China; Equestrian Host City: Hong Kong

• Canada broke 40-year medal drought in Olympic team show jumping
• Never before had two North American teams dominated the medals 
• Ian Millar earned his first Olympic medal in a record nine Olympic starts
• Jill Henselwood became the first woman ever to stand on an Olympic medal podium for Canada in show jumping

GOLD	U.S.A.	20 + j/o
Beezie Madden	Authentic
McLain Ward	Sapphire
Laura Kraut	Cedric
Will Simpson	Carlsson von Dach
SILVER	Canada	20 + j/o
Ian Millar	In Style
Eric Lamaze	Hickstead
Jill Henselwood	Special Ed
Mac Cone	Ole
BRONZE	*Switzerland	30
Christina Liebherr	No Mercy
Pius Schwizer	Nobless M
Nilkaus Schurtenberger	Cantus
Steve Guerdat	Jalisca Solier

*Norway originally won the gold medal but later lost it due to a positive drug test on Tony Andre Hansen’s horse, Camiro. Hansen was their strongest performer. When his score became their discard score, the fourth-placed Swiss moved up to the bronze medal, dropping Norway to eighth.


2004 Athens, Greece

• Canada did not qualify a show jumping team to compete in these Olympic Games
• It was the closest team contest in Olympic history

GOLD	U.S.A.	20 + j/o
Beezie Madden	Authentuc
McLain Ward	Sapphire
Chris Kappler	Royal Kalibur
Peter Wylde	Fein Cera
SILVER	Sweden	20 + j/o
Malin Baryard	Butterfly Flip
Rolf Goran Bengtsson	Mac Kinley
Peter Eriksson	Cartendo
Peter Fredericsson	Magic
BRONZE	Germany	21
Otto Becker	Cento
Christian Ahlmann	Coester 21
Marco Kutscher	Montender

2000 Sydney, Australia

• Germany won by a margin and Ludger Beerbaum added to his growing gold-medal tally in spite of having Germany's discard score in both rounds of the team competition
• The horse, For Pleasure, earned his second team gold medal for Germany under a different rider than last time
• Brazil repeated their bronze medal of the last Olympic Games, proving it was no fluke
• Canada equalled their 1992 9th-place finish

GOLD	Germany	15
Ludger Beerbaum	Goldfever
Lars Nieberg	Espirit
Marcus Ehning	For Pleasure
Otto Becker	Cento
SILVER	Switzerland	16
Lesley McNaught Maendli	Dulf
Markus Fuchs	Tinka's Boy
Willi Melliger	Calvaro V
Beat Maendli	Pozitano
BRONZE	Brazil	24
Rodrigo Pessoa	Baloubet du Rouet
Alvaro Miranda Neto	Aspen
Andre Johannpeter	Calei
Luis Felipe de Azevedo	Ralph

1996 Atlanta, United States

• Germany's dominance was so strong that despite Franke Sloothaak cutting his wrist so badly, in a first-round fall, that he had to have it stitched between rounds, they won by a huge margin.
• Ratina Z won her second Olympic team gold medal, this time for Germany, whereas the first had been for Holland in 1992.
• These Games marked the emergence of Brazil, with their first-ever Olympic medal in show jumping 
• Canada logged a new worst-ever, finishing 16th

GOLD	Germany	1.75
Ludger Beerbaum	Ratina Z
Ulrich Kirchhoff	Jus de Pommes
Franke Sloothaak	Joly
Lars Nieberg	For Pleasure
SILVER	U.S.A.	12.00
Anne Kursinski	Eros
Michael Matz	Rhum
Leslie Burr Howard	Extreme
Peter Leone	Legato
BRONZE	Brazil	17.25
Rodrigo Pessoa	Tomboy
Alvaro de Miranda Neto	Aspen
Andre Johannpeter	Calei
Luiz Felipe Azevedo	Cassiana

1992 Barcelona, Spain

• A new rule was introduced whereby if the same rider had the discard score in both rounds of the nations cup, that rider did not receive a medal. It remains the only time this rule has been used. It affected Bert Romp on the gold medal winning Dutch team and Boris Boor on the silver medal winning Austrian team.
• Canada logged a worst-ever Olympic team show jumping performance, to date, finishing 9th. It was the first time Canada had failed to finish in the top-six teams.

GOLD	Holland	12.00
Piet Raymakers	Ratina Z
Jan Tops	Top Gun
Jos Lansink	Egano
SILVER	Austria	16.75
Hugo Simon	Apricot D
Thomas Fruehmann	Genius
Joerg Muentzer	Graf Grande
BRONZE	France	24.75
Herve Godignon	Quidam de Revel
Hubert Bourdy	Razziz du Poncel
Michel Robert	Nonix
Eric Navet	Quito de Baussy

1988 Seoul, South Korea

• Canada was 4th again for the second consecutive Olympic Games, and again it was only time faults that separated them from the bronze medal.
• Germany's Ludger Beerbaum kicked off his run of four consecutive Olympic gold medals leading the Germans to gold on a horse he had never ridden until the night before the nations cup. The aptly named "The Freak" was actually the spare horse for Beerbaum's teammate Dirk Hafemeister.
• Professional riders were admitted to the Olympics for the first time

GOLD	West Germany	17.25
Ludger Beerabum	The Freak
Franke Sloothaak	Walzerkoenig
Dirk Hafemeister	Orchidee
Wolfgang Brinkmann	Pedro
SILVER	U.S.A.	20.50
Joe Fargis	Mill Pearl
Greg Best	Gem Twist
Anne Kusinski	Starman
Lisa Jacquin	For the Moment
BRONZE	France	27.50
Hubert Bourdy	Morgat
Michel Robert	Pequignet La Fayette
Pierre Durand	Jappeloup
Frederic Cottier	Flambeau C

1984 Los Angeles, United States

• Canada fiinished 4th, moving up one from the previous Olympic Games
• These Games marked the international debut of Big Ben and the first of what would become three career Olympic Games for him.
• Tim Grubb who would ride for the U.S. at the 1996 Games, and is now a Canadian resident, was part of the silver medal winning team
• Steven Smith, son of British legend Harvy Smith (who never went to the Olympics because professionals were not eligible during his career) was also part of the silver medal winning British team, but a serious motorcycle crash would later end his promising riding career
• These Games marked the first of many for Britain's Whitaker brothers, but would be their only Olympic medal, to date.
• The horse Farmer who was a member of the bronze medal winning German team would be a spare horse for Canadian team four years later at the 1988 Games.

GOLD	U.S.A.	12.00
Joe Fargis	Touch of Class
Conrad Homfeld	Abdullah
Leslie Burr Lenehan	Albany
Melanie Smith	Calypso
SILVER	Great Britain	36.75
Steven Smith	Shining Example
John Whitaker	Ryan's Son
Michael Whitaker	Overton Amanda
Tim Grubb	Linky
BRONZE	West Germany	39.25
Paul Schockemoehle	Deister
Franke Sloothaak	Farmer
Peter Luther	Livius
Fritz Ligges	Ramzes

1980 Moscow, Soviet Union

• Canada joined a boycott of the 1980 Games that included most western nations.

GOLD	Soviet Union	20.25
Vyacheslav Chukanov	Gepatit
Viktor Pohanovski	Topky
Viktor Asmayev	Reis
Nikolai Korolkov	Espadron
SILVER	Poland	56.00
Jan Kowalczyk	Artemor
Marion Kozicki	Bremen
Wieslaw Hartman	Norton
Janusz Bobik	Szampson
BRONZE	Mexico	59.75
Gerardo Tazzer	Caribe
Alberto Valdes	Lady Mirka
Jesus Gomez	Massacre
Joaquin Perez de la Hera	Alymony

1976 Montreal, Canada

• Canada finished 5th, moving up one place from the last Olympic Games
• The gold and silver medals were just one knockdown apart
• Belgium, U.S.A. and Canada fought a tight race for the bronze medal with time faults being the decider

GOLD	France	40.00
Marcel Rozier	Bayard de Maupas
Hubert Parot	Rivage
Michel Roche	Un Espoir
Marc Roguet	Belle de Mars
SILVER	West Germany
Alwin Schockemoehle	Warwick Rex	44.00
Hans Gunter Winkler	Torphy
Soenke Soenksen	Keep
Paul Schockemoehle	Agent
BRONZE	Belgium	63.00
Francois Mathy	Gai Luron
Edgar Henri Cuepper	Le Champion
Stany van Paeschen	Porsche
Eric Wauters	Gutte Sitte

1972 Munich, Germany

• The four-rider format was initiated in which each country enters four riders in the team competitions and only the best three scores count (until now a team had consisted of only three riders)
• The silver medal winning U.S. lost the gold by just ¼ time fault
• Canada finished 6th in only their second Olympic Games in show jumping

GOLD	West Germany	32.00
Hans Gunter Winkler	Torphy
Gerd Wiltfang	Askan
Hartwig Steenken	Simona
Fritz Ligges	Robin
SILVER	United States	32.25
Bill Steinkraus	Mainspring
Kathy Kusner	Fleet Apple
Neal  Shapiro	Sloopy
Frank Chapot	White Lightening
BRONZE	Italy	48.00
Piero D'Inzeo	Easter Light
Raimondo D'Inzeo	Fiorello II
Graziano Mancinelli	Ambassador
Vittirio Orlandi	Fulmer Feather

1968 Mexico City, Mexico

• These Olympic Games marked Canada's first entry in Olympic show jumping and they won the gold medal.
• Canada's score remains the highest-ever number of faults in a winning Olympic score.

GOLD	Canada	102.75
Jim Elder	The Immigrant
Tom Gayford	Big Dee
Jim Day	Canadian Club
SILVER	France	110.50
Pierre Jonquerres d’Oriola	Nagir
Marcel Rozier	Quo Vadis
Janou Lefebre	Rocket
BRONZE	West Germany	117.25
Hans Gunter Winkler	Enigk
Alwin Shockemoehle	Donald Rex
Hermann Schridde	Dozent

For results of earlier Olympic show jumping, before Canada took part, see "Team Medalists 1912-1964".