Canadian Equestrian Show Jumping Statistics, Facts, & Data
Individual World Champions

One of the unique, yet controversial, aspects of the World Championships is the individual formula. The "Final-Four Ride-Off", where the top four riders after a speed competition, a nations cup and a grand prix have to jump a modified course on each other's horses. So each rider jumps the course four time, on four different horses. That competition alone determine the champion and sometimes dramatically shuffles the standings from the previous cumulative competitions.


2006 World Show Jumping Championships, World Equestrian Games, Aachen, Germany

  • For the first time in history, three women reached the “Final Four Ride-Off”. It was only the third time in history that any woman had advance to the "Final Four".
  • The three women took on Belgian Jos Lansink on the great stallion Cumano. Lansink ended up with the title, but it wasn’t without a strong challenge from the women. The women were all able to ride Lansink’s stallion to a clean round. Of the four finalists, only Edwina Alexander incurred a knockdown, which came on Shutterfly. Beerbaum, Madden and Lansink went into a jump-off for the title. In the jump-off, reverting to their own mounts, both Madden and Beerbaum had one knockdown each and Lansink got still another clean round from Cumano.
GOLD Jos Lansink Cumano Belgium 0 + j/o
SILVER Beezie Madden Authentic U.S.A. 0 + j/o
BRONZE Meredith Michaels Beerbaum Shutterfly Germany 0 + j/o
4th Edwina Alexander Isovlas Pialotta Australia 4


2002 World Show Jumping Championships, World Equestrian Games, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
  • A woman advanced to the Final Four for the second time in history, but finished fourth.
  • 1990 World Champion, Eric Navet,  would earn another individual World Championship medal, this time silver.
GOLD Dermot Lennon   Liscalgot  Ireland   4
SILVER  Eric Navet   Dollar du Murier   France   8
BRONZE  Peter Wylde   Fein Cera   U.S.A.   12
 4th Helena Lundbaeck Utfors Mynta   Sweden   21


1998 World Show Jumping Championships, World Equestrian Games, Rome
  • Defending Champion, Franke Sloothaak earned silver on a different horse that he had claimed the title four years earlier.
GOLD  Rodrigo Pessoa   Lianos  Brazil   4
SILVER  Thierry Pomel   n/a France 5
BRONZE  Franke Sloothaak Joly  Germany  8
4th Willi Melliger  Calvaro V  Switzerland  12 

    
1994 World Show Jumping Championships, World Equestrian Games, The Hague, Holland

  • Three of the four riders to ride-off for the title were German.
  • The only non-German in the ride-off for the title was Frenchman Michel Robert. It was the second time Robert had made it to the "Final-Four", the first being 12 years earlier in Dublin. In Dublin, he took bronze, this time he took silver.  

GOLD Franke Sloothaak Weihaiwej Germany 0
SILVER  Michel Robert   Miss San Patrignano   France   0.5
BRONZE  Soeren von Roenne   Taggi Germany  4.0
4th Ludger Beerbaum  Ratina Z  Germany   12.0

  
1990 World Show Jumping Championships, World Equestrian Games, Stockholm

  • This was the first time the World Show Jumping Championships were held in conjuction with World Championships in other sports under the umbrella “The World Equestrian Games”.
GOLD  Eric Navet   Quito de Baussy   France  4.5 
SILVER John Whitaker   Milton Great Britain  12.0
BRONZE Hubert Bourdy  Morgat  France  20.0
4th Greg Best  Gem Twist  U.S.A.  24.0


1986 World Show Jumping Championships, Aachen, Germany

  • History was made when Canada’s Gail Greenough became the firt woman and the first North American ever to claim the individual title, a record that she holds to this day. She was also the first woman to ride in the Final Four Ride-Off.
  • It was the best World Championships in history for Canada, overall, with three Canadians finishing in the top-ten and the team finishing fourth, less than one knockdown behind the bronze medal.
  • Besides Greenough’s historic win, John Anderson and Goby finished 8th and Ian Millar and Big Ben finished 10th.
  • In the Final Four Ride-Off, Greenough’s mount, Mr. T, proved to be a handful for both Skelton and Durand.

GOLD  Gail Greenough   Mr. T Canada  0 
SILVER  Conrad Homfeld   Abdullah  U.S.A.   8
BRONZE  Nick Skelton   Apollo  Great Britain 10
4th Pierre Durand Jappeloup France   32

 
1982 World Show Jumping Championships, Dublin

  • The best placed Canadian was Jim Elder, who finished 11th riding Shawline
GOLD Norbert Koof   Fire West Germany n/a
SILVER Malcolm Pyrah Anglezarke  Great Britain  n/a
BRONZE Michel Robert  Ideal de la Haye  France  n/a
4th n/a  n/a  n/a   n/a


1978 World Show Jumping Championships, Aachen, Germany

  • In 1978 women were admitted to the same World Show Jumping Championships as men
  • Although it was the first time that women were riding against men for a world title, Britain’s Caroline Bradley on Tigre came within ¼ time fault of reaching the Final Four Ride-Off.
  • Eddie Macken won the silver medal for the second consecutive Championship, four years apart
  • Canda's Ian Millar finished 9th individually, on Brother Sam, making a great comback after a fall in the warm-up competition.
GOLD Gerd Wiltfang Roman West Germany 0
SILVER Eddie Macken Boomerang Ireland 0.25
BRONZE Michael Matz Jet Run U.S.A. 4.50
4th Johan Heins Pandur Z Holland 8.00


1974 World Show Jumping Championship, Hickstead, England

GOLD Hartwig Steenken Simona West Germany n/a
SILVER Eddie Macken Pele Ireland n/a
BRONZE (tie) Hugo Simon Lavendel Austria n/a
  Frank Chapot Mainspring U.S.A. n/a


1970 World Show Jumping Championship, LaBaule, France
 

GOLD David Broome Beethoven Great Britain n/a
SILVER Grazianno Mancinelli Fidux Italy n/a
BRONZE Harvery Smith Mattie Brown Great Britain n/a
4th Alwin Schockemoehle Donald Rex West Germany n/a


1966 World Show Jumping Championship, Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • There was a six-year period since the last World Show Jumping Championship in 1960, then they returned to the every-four-years format.
  • Legendary Nelson Pessoa,  father of 1998 World Champion Rodrigo Pessoa, would claim his best-ever finish in a World Championship. He did so on the horse that had claimed the World Champioship silver medal six years earlier for Argentina.
  • The two-time defending Champion from six years earlier and four years before that, claimed the bronze medal. 
GOLD Pierre Jonqueres d'Oriola Pomone France n/a
SILVER Jose Alvarez de Bohorques  Quizas Spain n/a
BRONZE Raimondo D'Inzeo Bowjak Italy n/a
4th Nelson Pessoa Huipil Brazil n/a


1960 World Show Jumping Championship, Venice, Italy

  •  The defending Champion repeated on a different horse
GOLD Raimondo D'Inzeo Gowran Girl Italy n/a
SILVER Carlos Delia Huipil Argentina n/a
BRONZE David Broome Sunslave Great Britain n/a
4th Bill Steinkraus Ksar d'Espirit U.S.A. n/a


1956 World Show Jumping Championship, Aachen, West Germany

  • This was the last annual World Show Jumping Championship, after four years of that format. The every-four-years format was adopted after 1956 and is still used today. In 1957, Men's and Women's separate European Championships were introduced to replace the annual Championship. After 1967, they were held only every two years. In 1975, they were combined.
  • An injury, sustained while winning the Olympic gold medal, prevented Hans Gunter Winkler from defending his title.
GOLD Raimondo D'Inzeo Merano Italy n/a
SILVER Francisco Goyoaga Fahnenkoenig Spain n/a
BRONZE Fritz Thiedemann Meteor West Germany n/a
4th Carlos Delia Discutido Argentina n/a


1955 World Show Jumping Championship, Aachen, Germany

  • German legend Hans Gunter Winkler successfully defended his World Championship title on the same horse.
  • This would be the first of four consecutive World Championships where Raimondo D'Inzeo, of Italy, would earn a medal. Two of them would be gold.
GOLD Hans Gunter Winkler Halla West Germany n/a
SILVER Raimondo D'Inzeo Nadir Italy n/a
BRONZE Ronnie Dallas Bones Great Britain n/a
4th Pierre Jonqueres d'Oriola Arlequin France n/a


1954 World Show Jumping Championship, Madrid

  • The defending champion earned the bronze medal, defeated by the previous year's bronze medalist and the great hans Gunter Winkler.
  • Winkler was beginning an incredible string of successes on Halla, that would include another World title and the Olympic individual gold medal in 1956.
GOLD Hans Gunter Winkler Halla W. Germany n/a
SILVER Pierre Jonqueres d'Oriola Arlequin France n/a
BRONZE Francisco Goyoaga n/a Spain n/a
4th Salvatore Oppes Pagoro Italy n/a


1953 World Show Jumping Championship, Paris

  • This was the first of three World Show Jumping Championships in which French legend Pierre Jonqueres d'Oriola would earn a mdeal. He would become World Champion in 1966.  
GOLD Francisco Goyoaga Quorum Spain n/a
SILVER Fritz Thiedemann Diamant W. Germany n/a
BRONZE Pierre Jonqueres d'Oriola Ali Baba France n/a
4th Piero D'Inzeo Uruguay Italy n/a

 


Women's World Show Jumping Championship
Prior to 1978 when women were admitted to the World Show Jumping Championship for the first time, there were three occasions when a "Women's World Show Jumping Championship" was held. 


1974 Women's World Show Jumping Championship, LaBaule, France

  • Janou Tissot Lefebvre claimed her second of the three Women's Championships held.
  • Canada's Barbara Simpson Kerr, of Calgary, earned a medal in this historic last Women's World Chmapionship.
GOLD Janou Tissot Lefebvre Rocket France n/a
SILVER Michelle McEvoy Mr. Muskie U.S.A. n/a
BRONZE Barbara Simpson Kerr Magnor Canada n/a


1970 Women's World Show Jumping Championship, Copenhagen
  • The defending women's World Champion earned the silver medal this time. Remarkably, she was on the same horse, Stroller, and five years had passed since they earned the title they were defending. Equally remarkable is that Stoller was actually a pony.
GOLD Janou Tissot Lefebvre n/a France n/a
SILVER Marion Coakes Mould Stroller Great Britain n/a
BRONZE Anne Drummond Hay Merely-a-Monarch Great Britain n/a


1965 Women's World Show Jumping Championship, Hickstead, England
  • American Kathy Kusner rode the great Untouchable to the silver medal and, two years later, Kusner and Untouchable became the only non-European ever to win the Women's European Show Jumping Championship.

GOLD Marion Coakes Stroller Great Britain n/a
SILVER Kathy Kusner Untouchable U.S.A. n/a
BRONZE A. Westwood The Maverick Great Britain n/a

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