| | Event type
Team, Open
| Date | 17 June 1956 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm | |
| Participants | 60 from 20 countries | |
| Format | Two rounds. Three rider teams, all three scores to count. Team/individual competitions held concurrently. | |
This was a passively scored event with three riders on each team, and all three scores from the individual event making up the team score. Great Britain was the defending champion, but they were expected to be challenged by Germany, although they had not won any Nations’ Cup events in 1956, and won only the one in Aachen in 1955. Germany led after the first round with 28 faults, followed by Great Britain with 23 and Italy with 39. In the second round Germany again had the best team score, with only 12 faults, to defend the gold medal easily with 40 faults. Italy moved ahead of Great Britain for the silver medal. Germany would also win this event in 1960 and 1964.
| Pos | Competitors | Horse | NOC | Faults | Round #1 | Round #2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unified Team of Germany |  GER | 40.00 | 28.00 (1) | 12.00 (1) | Gold | |||
| Hans Günter Winkler | Halla | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| Fritz Thiedemann | Meteor | 12.00 | 8.00 | 4.00 | |||||
| Alfons Lütke Westhues | Ala | 24.00 | 16.00 | 8.00 | |||||
| 2 | Italy |  ITA | 66.00 | 39.00 (3) | 27.00 (2) | Silver | |||
| Raimondo D'Inzeo | Merano | 8.00 | 8.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| Piero D'Inzeo | Uruguay | 11.00 | 8.00 | 3.00 | |||||
| Salvatore Oppes | Pagoro | 47.00 | 23.00 | 24.00 | |||||
| 3 | Great Britain |  GBR | 69.00 | 32.00 (2) | 37.00 (5) | Bronze | |||
| Wilf White | Nizefela | 12.00 | 8.00 | 4.00 | |||||
| Pat Smythe | Flanagan | 21.00 | 8.00 | 13.00 | |||||
| Peter Robeson | Scorchin | 36.00 | 16.00 | 20.00 | |||||
| 4 | Argentina |  ARG | 99.50 | 47.00 (4) | 52.50 (6) | ||||
| Carlos D'Elia | Discutido | 19.00 | 15.00 | 4.00 | |||||
| Pedro Mayorga | Coriolano | 32.00 | 16.00 | 16.00 | |||||
| Naldo Dasso | Ramito | 48.50 | 16.00 | 32.50 | |||||
| 5 | United States |  USA | 104.25 | 72.25 (6) | 32.00 (3) | ||||
| Hugh Wiley | Trail Guide | 24.00 | 16.00 | 8.00 | |||||
| Bill Steinkraus | Night Owl | 28.00 | 20.00 | 8.00 | |||||
| Frank Chapot | Belair | 52.25 | 36.25 | 16.00 | |||||
| 6 | Spain |  ESP | 117.25 | 80.50 (9) | 36.75 (4) | ||||
| Carlos López-Quesada | Tapatio | 27.75 | 27.00 | 0.75 | |||||
| Paco Goyoaga | Fahnenkönig | 28.00 | 20.00 | 8.00 | |||||
| Carlos, Marqués Figueroa | Gracieux | 61.50 | 33.50 | 28.00 | |||||
| 7 | Ireland |  IRL | 131.25 | 66.00 (5) | 65.25 (7) | ||||
| Kevin Barry | Ballyneety | 35.00 | 23.00 | 12.00 | |||||
| Billy Ringrose | Liffey Vale | 44.00 | 24.00 | 20.00 | |||||
| Patsy Kiernan | Ballynonty | 52.25 | 19.00 | 33.25 | |||||
| 8 | France |  FRA | 154.50 | 73.75 (7) | 80.75 (8) | ||||
| Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola | Voulette | 15.00 | 7.00 | 8.00 | |||||
| Bernard de Fombelle | Doria | 52.75 | 12.00 | 40.75 | |||||
| Georges Calmon | Virtuoso | 86.75 | 54.75 | 32.00 | |||||
| 9 | Switzerland |  SUI | 159.50 | 75.50 (8) | 84.00 (9) | ||||
| William de Rham | Va Vite | 36.00 | 20.00 | 16.00 | |||||
| Alexander Stoffel | Bricole | 59.00 | 27.00 | 32.00 | |||||
| Marc Büchler | Duroc | 64.50 | 28.50 | 36.00 | |||||
| 10 | Brazil |  BRA | 228.50 | 117.50 (11) | 111.00 (10) | ||||
| Nelson Pessoa Filho | Relincho | 58.00 | 32.00 | 26.00 | |||||
| Eloy de Menezes | Biguá | 85.00 | 56.25 | 28.75 | |||||
| Renyldo Ferreira | Bibelot | 85.50 | 29.25 | 56.25 | |||||
| Austria |  AUT | – | 325.50 (=19) | – | |||||
| Adolf Lauda | Schönbrunn | DNF | 108.50 | – | |||||
| Peter Lichtner-Hoyer | Rienzi | DNF | 108.50 | – | |||||
| Romuald Halm | Bianka | DNF | 108.50 | – | |||||
| Belgium |  BEL | – | 94.50 (10) | – ( | |||||
| Brigitte Schockaert | Muscadin | 59.00 | 32.00 | 27.00 | |||||
| Raymond Lombard | Dandy | 86.50 | 50.50 | 36.00 | |||||
| Georges Poffé | Hicamboy | DNF | 12.00 | DNF | |||||
| Egypt |  EGY | – | 124.50 (12) | – ( | |||||
| Mohamed Selim Zaki | Inch'Allah | 20.00 | 16.00 | 4.00 | |||||
| Gamal Haress | Nefertiti II | 40.00 | 20.00 | 20.00 | |||||
| Omar El-Haddary | Auer | DNF | 88.50 | DNF | |||||
| Finland |  FIN | – | 200.00 (16) | – ( | |||||
| Wilhelm Stewen | Lojal | 83.00 | 47.00 | 36.00 | |||||
| Arvi Tervalampi | Marras | DNF | 108.50 | DNF | |||||
| Kauko Paananen | Lassi | DNF | 44.50 | DNF | |||||
| Hungary |  HUN | – | 233.00 (18) | – ( | |||||
| Albert Szatola | Aranyos | 24.00 | 16.00 | 8.00 | |||||
| Lajos Somlay | Dobos | DNF | 108.50 | DNF | |||||
| István Szondy | Higany | DNF | 108.50 | DNF | |||||
| Portugal |  POR | – | 229.00 (17) | – | |||||
| Henrique Callado | Martingil | 16.00 | 12.00 | – | |||||
| João Azevedo | Licorne | DNF | 108.50 | – | |||||
| Rodrigo da Silveira | Limerick | DNF | 108.50 | – | |||||
| Sweden |  SWE | – | 183.75 (15) | – | |||||
| Anders Gernandt | Röhäll | 55.00 | 32.00 | – | |||||
| Tor Burman | Rouquade | 101.00 | 43.25 | – | |||||
| Douglas Wijkander | Bimbo | DNF | 108.50 | – | |||||
| Turkey |  TUR | – | 165.75 (14) | – ( | |||||
| Salih Koç | Basak | 53.25 | 24.00 | 29.25 | |||||
| Alpaslan Güneş | Esmer Altin | 65.25 | 33.25 | 32.00 | |||||
| Bedri Böke | Domino | DNF | 108.50 | DNF | |||||
| Soviet Union |  URS | – | 160.50 (13) | – ( | |||||
| Andrey Favorsky | Manevr | 40.00 | 20.00 | 20.00 | |||||
| Vladimir Raspopov | Kodeks | 76.50 | 32.00 | 44.50 | |||||
| Boris Lilov | Boston | DNF | 108.50 | DNF | |||||
| Venezuela |  VEN | – | 325.50 (=19) | – | |||||
| Jesús Rivas | Murachi | DNF | 108.50 | – | |||||
| Roberto Moll | Sorocaima | DNF | 108.50 | – | |||||
| Víctor Molina | Tamanaco | DNF | 108.50 | – |