| | Event type

Individual, Open

Date	27 July 1976 — 8:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Centre équestre olympique, Bromont, Québec
Participants	47 from 20 countries
Format	Two rounds. Total score for both rounds determined placement.

The format was the same as in 1972 and consisted of two rounds, with the top 20 riders in round one advancing to the final round. The total score for both rounds determined placements. The 1974 World Champions were Hartwig Steenken of West Germany (men) and France’s Janou Lefèbvre-Tissot (women), but neither rider was on their nation’s team for the 1976 Olympics. The individual event was marred by heavy rains especially near the end of the competition.

In the first round, only West German Alwin Schockemöhle had a clean ride, with second place shared by seven riders with 4.00 faults. Schockemöhle then rode cleanly in round two, for a perfect score in two rounds, the first Olympic jumper to ever achieve this. In 1928, Czechoslovakian František Ventura was clean in one round, but also went clean in a jump-off. Three riders tied for second behind Schockemöhle with a total of 12.00 faults – Michel Vaillancourt (CAN), François Mathy (BEL), and Debbie Johnsey (GBR). In the jump-off Vaillancourt won the silver medal with 4.00 faults, Mathy taking bronze with 8.00 faults, while Johnsey dropped off the podium with 15.25 faults.

Pos	Competitor	Horse	NOC	Faults	Jump-Off Faults	Round #1	Round #2
1	Alwin Schockemöhle	Warwick Rex	FRG	0.00	–	0.00 (1)	0.00 (1)	Gold
2	Michel Vaillancourt	Branch County	CAN	12.00	4.00	4.00 (=2)	8.00 (=3)	Silver
3	François Mathy	Gai Luron	BEL	12.00	8.00	4.00 (=2)	8.00 (=3)	Bronze
4	Debbie Johnsey	Moxy	GBR	12.00	15.25	8.00 (=10)	4.00 (2)
=5	Guy Creighton	Mr. Dennis	AUS	16.00	–	4.00 (=2)	12.00 (=7)
=5	Marcel Rozier	Bayard de Maupas	FRA	16.00	–	4.00 (=2)	12.00 (=7)
=5	Frank Chapot	Viscount	USA	16.00	–	4.00 (=2)	12.00 (=7)
=5	Hugo Simon	Lavendel	AUT	16.00	–	8.00 (=10)	8.00 (=3)
9	Luis Antonio Álvarez	Acorne	ESP	17.50	–	8.00 (=10)	9.50 (6)
=10	Eduardo Amorós	Limited Edition	ESP	20.00	–	8.00 (=10)	12.00 (=7)
=10	Hans Günter Winkler	Torphy	FRG	20.00	–	4.00 (=2)	16.00 (=11)
12	Raimondo D'Inzeo	Bellevue	ITA	24.00	–	8.00 (=10)	16.00 (=11)
13	Henk Nooren	Jagermeester	NED	26.00	–	8.00 (=10)	18.00 (13)
14	Peter Robeson	Law Court	GBR	27.75	–	4.00 (=2)	23.75 (17)
=15	Jim Elder	Raffles II	CAN	28.00	–	8.00 (=10)	20.00 (=14)
=15	Jim Day	Sympatico	CAN	28.00	–	8.00 (=10)	20.00 (=14)
17	Hubert Parot	Rivage	FRA	28.25	–	8.00 (=10)	20.25 (16)
18	Argentino Molinuevo, Jr.	Marsupial	ARG	35.50	–	8.00 (=10)	27.50 (18)
19	Carlos Aguirre	Consejero	MEX	–	–	6.00 (9)	– (DNF)
20	Juan Rieckehoff	Don Juan	PUR	–	–	8.00 (=10)	– (DNF)
21	Fernando Senderos	Jet Run	MEX	–	–	11.75 (21)	–
=22	Dennis Murphy	Do Right	USA	–	–	12.00 (=22)	–
=22	Roberto Tagle	Simple	ARG	–	–	12.00 (=22)	–
=22	Oswaldo Méndez	Gray Flight	GUA	–	–	12.00 (=22)	–
=25	Graziano Mancinelli	Bel Oiseau	ITA	–	–	16.00 (=25)	–
=25	Piero D'Inzeo	The Avenger	ITA	–	–	16.00 (=25)	–
=25	Bruno Candrian	Golden Shuttle	SUI	–	–	16.00 (=25)	–
=25	Toon Ebben	Jumbo Design	NED	–	–	16.00 (=25)	–
29	Buddy Brown	A Little Bit	USA	–	–	16.50 (29)	–
=30	Joe Yorke	Big Red	NZL	–	–	20.00 (=30)	–
=30	Rob Eras	Iwan F	NED	–	–	20.00 (=30)	–
=30	Hirokazu Higashira	Second Mate	JPN	–	–	20.00 (=30)	–
=30	Stanny Van Paesschen	Porsche	BEL	–	–	20.00 (=30)	–
=30	Graham Fletcher	Hideaway	GBR	–	–	20.00 (=30)	–
=30	Jan-Olof Wannius	Kil Kellen	SWE	–	–	20.00 (=30)	–
36	Paul Schockemöhle	Talisman	FRG	–	–	24.00 (36)	–
37	Kevin Bacon	Chichester	AUS	–	–	25.50 (37)	–
38	Thomas Frühmann	Star Favorit	AUT	–	–	28.00 (38)	–
39	Tsunekazu Takeda	Fink	JPN	–	–	33.00 (39)	–
40	Luis Razo	Pueblo	MEX	–	–	33.50 (40)	–
41	Marc Roguet	Belle de Mars	FRA	–	–	36.00 (41)	–
42	Ryuichi Obata	Manhattan	JPN	–	–	47.00 (42)	–
43	Eric Wauters	Gute Sitte	BEL	–	–	47.50 (43)	–
AC	Barry Roycroft	Four Corners	AUS	–	–	– (DNF)	–
AC	Henk Hulzebos	Prokat	AUT	–	–	– (DNF)	–
AC	Roberto Nielsen-Reyes	Concorde	BOL	–	–	– (DNF)	–
AC	Alfonso Segovia	Val de Loire	ESP	–	–	– (DNF)	–