Equestrian Eventing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Dates 29 August – 1 September 1972
Medal Events 2

The endurance phase of the 1972 Olympic eventing was contested at the Military-Gelände Poing, a military base near München. The jumping events in eventing were contested at the Reitstadion, or Riding Facility in the Riem section of München. This was a temporary facility constructed for the 1972 Olympics and it also hosted the modern pentathlon show jumping phase.

There were team and individual eventing competitions held at München, both held concurrently over four days. Richard Meade won the individual title and led Great Britain to the team gold medal.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Individual, Open Olympic 29 August – 1 September 1972 73 19
Team, Open Olympic 29 August – 1 September 1972 72 18
73 (70/3) 19 (19/2)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual, Open Richard MeadeGBR Alessandro ArgentonITA Jan JönssonSWE
Team, Open Great BritainGBR United StatesUSA West GermanyFRG

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Great Britain GBR 2 0 0 2
Italy ITA 0 1 0 1
United States USA 0 1 0 1
Sweden SWE 0 0 1 1
West Germany FRG 0 0 1 1