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Team, Open

Date	11 September 1972 — 8:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiastadion, Olympiapark, München
Participants	64 from 17 countries
Format	Two rounds. Four rider teams. Best three scores in each round determined team total. Separate competition.

This was again contested as an event separate from the individual jumping, but the format was changed in 1972. Teams still consisted of four riders, and there were still two rounds, but instead of the team score consisting of the score by the top three riders based on total score, now it would come from the top three riders for each round. Seventeen teams started, but only the top eight teams advanced to the second round. The event closed the Olympics as it was held at the Olympic Stadium in the main Olympic park shortly before the Closing Ceremony.

Over the last 18 months the West Germans (FRG) had won more Nations’ Cup events than any other country, but there was no truly dominant team, and the United States had also won several Nations’ Cups in 1971-72. In the first round these two teams led, with West Germany slightly ahead, 16.00 to 16.25 faults. It was still close in the second round, with both teams receiving 16 faults in the second round, giving West Germany the gold medal and the USA the silver. Great Britain and Spain had been tied for third after round one, but both stumbled in round two, as Italy moved up from fifth to third, winning the bronze medal.

Pos	Competitors	Horse	NOC	Faults	Round #1	Round #2
1	West Germany		FRG	32.00	16.00 (1)	16.00 (=1)	Gold
	Fritz Ligges	Robin		8.00	4.00	4.00
	Gerd Wiltfang	Askan		12.00	8.00	4.00
	Hartwig Steenken	Simona		12.00	4.00	8.00
	Hans Günter Winkler	Torphy		16.00	8.00	8.00
2	United States		USA	32.25	16.25 (2)	16.00 (=1)	Silver
	Bill Steinkraus	Main Spring		4.00	0.00	4.00
	Neal Shapiro	Sloopy		8.25	8.25	0.00
	Kathy Kusner	Fleet Apple		32.00	20.00	12.00
	Frank Chapot	White Lightning		36.00	8.00	28.00
3	Italy		ITA	48.00	32.00 (5)	16.00 (=1)	Bronze
	Vittorio Orlandi	Fulmer Feather Duster		8.00	4.00	4.00
	Raimondo D'Inzeo	Fiorello		12.00	8.00	4.00
	Graziano Mancinelli	Ambassador		28.00	20.00	8.00
	Piero D'Inzeo	Easter Light		135.25	87.25	48.00
4	Great Britain		GBR	51.00	23.00 (=3)	28.00 (=4)
	David Broome	Manhattan		20.00	4.00	16.00
	Mick Saywell	Hideaway		16.00	8.00	8.00
	Harvey Smith	Summertime		20.00	16.00	4.00
	Ann Moore	Psalm		32.00	11.00	21.00
5	Switzerland		SUI	61.25	33.25 (6)	28.00 (=4)
	Monica Bachmann-Weier	Erbach		17.75	9.75	8.00
	Paul Weier	Wulf		20.00	8.00	12.00
	Max Hauri	Haiti		23.50	15.50	8.00
	Hermann von Siebenthal	Havana Royal		135.25	87.25	48.00
6	Canada		CAN	64.00	36.00 (7)	28.00 (=4)
	Jim Elder	Houdini		8.00	4.00	4.00
	Jim Day	Happy Fellow		24.00	12.00	12.00
	Torchy Millar	Le Dauphin		35.00	23.00	12.00
	Ian Millar	Shoeman		44.00	20.00	24.00
7	Spain		ESP	66.00	23.00 (=3)	43.00 (7)
	Alfonso Segovia	Tic Tac		19.00	4.00	15.00
	Enrique Martínez	Val de Loire		19.00	7.00	12.00
	Luis Antonio Álvarez	Acorne		28.00	12.00	16.00
	Jaime, Duque de Aveyro	Sunday Beau		115.25	67.25	48.00
8	Argentina		ARG	121.00	41.00 (8)	80.00 (8)
	Hugo Arrambide	Camalote		27.00	15.00	12.00
	Roberto Tagle	Simple		46.00	26.00	20.00
	Jorge Llambí	Okey Amigo		48.00	0.00	48.00
	Argentino Molinuevo, Jr.	Abracadabra		135.25	87.25	48.00
9	Chile		CHI	76.25	76.25 (9)	–
	Bárbara Barone	Quintral		13.00	13.00	–
	Américo Simonetti	Ataulfo		28.00	28.00	–
	René Varas	Anahi		35.25	35.25	–
10	France		FRA	80.25	80.25 (10)	–
	Hubert Parot	Tic		18.00	18.00	–
	Pierre Durand	Varin		30.25	30.25	–
	Marc Deuquet	Ulpienne		32.00	32.00	–
	Marcel Rozier	Sans Souci		87.25	87.25	–
11	Belgium		BEL	103.25	103.25 (11)	–
	François Mathy	Talisman		8.00	8.00	–
	Eric Wauters	Markies		8.00	8.00	–
	Françoise Thiry	Hillpark		87.25	87.25	–
	Jean Damman	Vasco da Gama		87.25	87.25	–
12	Poland		POL	107.25	107.25 (12)	–
	Marian Kozicki	Braz		4.00	4.00	–
	Stefan Grodzicki	Biszka		16.00	16.00	–
	Piotr Wawryniuk	Poprad		87.25	87.25	–
	Jan Kowalczyk	Jastarnia		87.25	87.25	–
13	Portugal		POR	107.50	107.50 (13)	–
	Vasco Ramires, Sr.	Sire du Brossais		16.00	16.00	–
	Carlos Campos	Ulla de Lancôme		25.75	25.75	–
	Francisco Caldeira	Flipper		65.75	65.75	–
14	Soviet Union		URS	127.25	127.25 (14)	–
	Aleksandr Nebogov	Equador		12.00	12.00	–
	Viktor Matveyev	Krokhotny		28.00	28.00	–
	Yury Zyabrev	Grim		87.25	87.25	–
15	Mexico		MEX	157.25	157.25 (15)	–
	Fernando Hernández	Dorian		24.25	24.25	–
	Eduardo Higareda	Biene		45.75	45.75	–
	Joaquín Pérez	Savando		87.25	87.25	–
	Elisa Pérez de las Heras	Askari		87.25	87.25	–
16	Japan		JPN	184.25	184.25 (16)	–
	Masayasu Sugitani	Seraphina		43.75	43.75	–
	Teruchiyo Takamiya	Alladin		53.25	53.25	–
	Tadashi Fukushima	Anke		87.25	87.25	–
	Tsunekazu Takeda	Josephine		87.25	87.25	–
17	Hungary		HUN	186.50	186.50 (17)	–
	Ajtony Ákos	Őzike		12.00	12.00	–
	Sándor Bognár	Faklyas		87.25	87.25	–
	László Móra	Betty		87.25	87.25	–