Team, Men
| Date | 13 – 16 August 1936 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Olympiastadion, Reichssportfeld, Berlin / Maifeld, Reichssportfeld, Berlin / Truppenübungsplatz, Döberitz, Brandenburg | |
| Participants | 42 from 14 countries | |
| Format | Three rider teams, all three scores to count. Team/individual competitions held concurrently. | |
Fourteen teams were entered but the cross-country course was so difficult that only four teams had three riders finish the competition. Germany won the gold medal, led by the individual champion Ludwig Stubbendorf, but their hero in this event was Konrad von Wangenheim. In the cross-country section his horse Kurfürst fell and von Wangenheim was injured, breaking his collarbone (clavicle). He managed to finish the course but had to negotiate the jumping course the next day for Germany to win the gold medal. He was lifted onto his horse with his arm tightly strapped but during the jumping ride Kurfürst reared back, throwing von Wangenheim who landed on his broken clavicle. He managed to re-mount the horse and finish the course so that Germany could win the gold medal.
Poland won the silver medal, with Great Britain taking bronze. The course difficulty is highlighted by Britain’s bronze-medal winning score which was over 8,000 points behind the silver medalists’ Polish score, although the British were over 9,000 points ahead of the fourth-placed Czechoslovak team. Britain won the bronze medal despite the fact that their final finisher, Richard Fanshawe, incurred numerous penalty points after having to chase his horse for 4 km before remounting, and he took 1 hour, 26 minutes to finish the course with an optimum time of 17:49. On the Czechoslovak team, Otomar Bureš similarly took 2 hours, 46 minutes to complete the course.
Konrad, Freiherr von Wangenheim served in the Germany Army in World War II, fighting on the Eastern Front. He was taken prisoner by the Soviets in July 1944 and lived out his life in a Soviet prisoner-of-war camp in Volgograd, dying in January 1953. Details are not clear but there are rumors both that he committed suicide and that he was murdered.
| Pos | Number | Competitors | Horse | NOC | Points | Dressage | Cross-Country | Jumping | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Germany |  GER | -676.65 | -391.90 (2) | -218.00 (1) | -66.75 (4) | Gold | |||
| – | Ludwig Stubbendorff | Nurmi | -37.70 | -96.70 | 69.00 | -10.00 | |||||
| – | Rudolf Lippert | Fasan | -111.60 | -118.60 | 27.00 | -20.00 | |||||
| – | Konrad Freiherr von Wangenheim | Kurfürst | -527.35 | -176.60 | -314.00 | -36.75 | |||||
| 2 | – | Poland |  POL | -991.70 | -388.70 (1) | -543.00 (2) | -60.00 (3) | Silver | |||
| – | Henryk Leliwa-Roycewicz | Arlekin III | -253.00 | -123.00 | -110.00 | -20.00 | |||||
| – | Zdzisław Kawecki | Bambino | -300.70 | -127.70 | -133.00 | -40.00 | |||||
| – | Seweryn Kulesza | Tóska | -438.00 | -138.00 | -300.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| 3 | – | Great Britain |  GBR | -9,195.50 | -516.50 (3) | -8,629.00 (3) | -50.00 (2) | Bronze | |||
| – | Alec Scott | Bob Clive | -117.30 | -152.30 | 45.00 | -10.00 | |||||
| – | Ted Howard-Vyse | Blue Steel | -324.00 | -142.00 | -172.00 | -10.00 | |||||
| – | Dick Fanshawe | Bowie Knife | -8,754.20 | -222.20 | -8,502.00 | -30.00 | |||||
| 4 | – | Czechoslovakia |  TCH | -18,952.70 | -527.70 (4) | -18,385.00 (4) | -40.00 (1) | ||||
| – | Václav Procházka | Harlekýn | -324.30 | -189.30 | -125.00 | -10.00 | |||||
| – | Josef Dobeš | Leskov | -497.70 | -167.70 | -310.00 | -20.00 | |||||
| – | Otomar Bureš | Mirko | -18,130.70 | -170.70 | -17,950.00 | -10.00 | |||||
| – | Denmark |  DEN | – | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Hans Lunding | Jason | -102.20 | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Vincens Grandjean | Grey Friar | -104.90 | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Niels Erik Leschly | Wartburg | DQ | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Hungary |  HUN | – | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Ágoston Endrődy | Pandur | -105.70 | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Lőrinc Jankovich | Irány | -154.30 | – | – | – | |||||
| – | István Visy | Legény | DNF | – | – | – | |||||
| – | United States |  USA | – | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Earl Thomson | Jenny Camp | -99.90 | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Carl Raguse | Trailolka | -263.70 | – | – | – | |||||
| – | John Willems | Slippery Slim | DNF | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Bulgaria |  BUL | – | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Hristo Malakchiev | Mageremlek | -156.80 | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Petar Angelov | Liquidator | -292.60 | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Todor Semov | Lowak | DQ | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Switzerland |  SUI | – | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Mario Mylius | Saphir | -145.00 | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Hans Moser | Sergius | -490.50 | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Pierre Mange | Pedigree | DQ | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Sweden |  SWE | – | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Carl-Adam Stjernswärd | Altgold | -175.60 | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Henri Saint Cyr | Fun | -625.70 | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Gustaf Nyblaeus | Monaster | DNF | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Japan |  JPN | – | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Takeichi, Baron Nishi | Ascot | -177.00 | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Asanosuke Matsui | Shisei | DQ | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Manabu Iwahashi | Galloping Ghost | DQ | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Netherlands |  NED | – | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Eddy Kahn | Espoir | -217.80 | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Charles Pahud de Mortanges | Mädel wie Du | DQ | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Christiaan Tonnet | Herlekijn | DQ | – | – | – | |||||
| – | France |  FRA | – | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Georges Margot | Sayda | DNF | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Henri Pernot du Breuil | Boreal | DNF | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Amaury de la Moussaye | Iroise | DQ | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Italy |  ITA | – | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Dino Ferruzzi | Manola | DNF | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Giuseppe Chiantia | Dardo | DQ | – | – | – | |||||
| – | Ranieri, Conte di Campello | Inn | DQ | – | – | – |