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Individual, Open

Date	31 July – 1 August 1980 — 10:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Konnosportivny kompleks profsoyuzov, Bittsevsky park, Moskva
Participants	14 from 6 countries
Format	Two rounds, final round score to determine placement.

There were only 14 competitors. The same format was used as in 1972 and 1976, which was rather odd, as the qualifying round advanced 12 riders to the finals, eliminating only two competitors. The only world-class dressage rider in Moskva was Austrian Sissy Theurer. She led the qualifying and the final round to easily win the gold medal, as Soviet riders went 2-3-4 against overmatched riders from Bulgaria, Poland, and Romania. The defending gold medalist was Swiss rider Christine Stückelberger, who did not compete at the 1980 Olympics, but won the concurrent Goodwood Dressage Festival in West Sussex, England. Theurer’s decision to participate in Moskva created considerable controversy in Austria, and resulted in the resignation of the President of the Austrian Equestrian Federation.

Pos	Number	Competitor	Horse	NOC	Points	Grand Prix	Grand Prix Special
1	1	Sissy Theurer	Mon Cherie	AUT	1,370	1,623 (1)	1,370 (1)	Gold
2	67	Yury Kovshov	Igrok	URS	1,300	1,588 (2)	1,300 (2)	Silver
3	73	Viktor Ugryumov	Shkval	URS	1,234	1,541 (3)	1,234 (3)	Bronze
4	68	Vera Misevich	Plot	URS	1,231	1,254 (6)	1,231 (4)
5	16	Kyra Kyrklund	Piccolo	FIN	1,121	1,458 (4)	1,121 (5)
6	55	Anghel Donescu	Dor	ROU	960	1,255 (5)	960 (6)
7	6	Georgi Gadzhev	Vnimatelen	BUL	881	1,146 (9)	881 (7)
8	8	Svetoslav Ivanov	Aleko	BUL	850	1,190 (8)	850 (8)
9	11	Petar Mandadzhiev	Schibor	BUL	846	1,244 (7)	846 (9)
10	84	Józef Zagor	Helios	POL	804	1,061 (11)	804 (10)
11	58	Petre Roșca	Derbist	ROU	741	1,015 (12)	741 (11)
12	60	Dumitru Velicu	Decebal	ROU	720	1,076 (10)	720 (12)
13 r1/2	83	Elżbieta Morciniec	Sum	POL	–	954 (13)	–
14 r1/2	80	Wanda Wąsowska	Damask	POL	–	930 (14)	–
DNS	15	Borislav Todorov		BUL	–	–	–
DNS	82	Bogusław Misztal		POL	–	–	–
DNS	64	Irina Karacheva		URS	–	–	–

Grand Prix

Date	31 July 1980 — 9:00
Format	Qualifying round scores from team event. Top 12 advance to final round.
Judge E	Erich Heinrich	GDR
Judge H	Jytte Lemkow	DEN
Judge C	Jaap Pot	NED
Judge M	Gustaf Nyblaeus	SWE
Judge B	Tilo Koeppel	COL
Time Limit	8:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	Horse	NOC	Points	Time
1	1	Sissy Theurer	Mon Cherie	AUT	1,623	8:45	Q
2	67	Yury Kovshov	Igrok	URS	1,588	10:00	Q
3	73	Viktor Ugryumov	Shkval	URS	1,541	9:00	Q
4	16	Kyra Kyrklund	Piccolo	FIN	1,458	8:40	Q
5	55	Anghel Donescu	Dor	ROU	1,255	8:17	Q
6	68	Vera Misevich	Plot	URS	1,254	8:52	Q
7	11	Petar Mandadzhiev	Schibor	BUL	1,244	8:11	Q
8	8	Svetoslav Ivanov	Aleko	BUL	1,190	8:15	Q
9	6	Georgi Gadzhev	Vnimatelen	BUL	1,146	9:08	Q
10	60	Dumitru Velicu	Decebal	ROU	1,076	8:57	Q
11	84	Józef Zagor	Helios	POL	1,061	8:33	Q
12	58	Petre Roșca	Derbist	ROU	1,015	8:45	Q
13	83	Elżbieta Morciniec	Sum	POL	954	9:08
14	80	Wanda Wąsowska	Damask	POL	930	8:23

Grand Prix Special

Date	1 August 1980 — 10:00
Judge E	Jytte Lemkow	DEN
Judge H	Erich Heinrich	GDR
Judge C	Gustaf Nyblaeus	SWE
Judge M	Tilo Koeppel	COL
Judge B	Jaap Pot	NED

Pos	Number	Competitor	Horse	NOC	Points	Time
1	1	Sissy Theurer	Mon Cherie	AUT	1,370	7:44
2	67	Yury Kovshov	Igrok	URS	1,300	7:35
3	73	Viktor Ugryumov	Shkval	URS	1,234	8:03
4	68	Vera Misevich	Plot	URS	1,231	7:53
5	16	Kyra Kyrklund	Piccolo	FIN	1,121	8:02
6	55	Anghel Donescu	Dor	ROU	960	7:20
7	6	Georgi Gadzhev	Vnimatelen	BUL	881	8:15
8	8	Svetoslav Ivanov	Aleko	BUL	850	7:20
9	11	Petar Mandadzhiev	Schibor	BUL	846	7:04
10	84	Józef Zagor	Helios	POL	804	7:35
11	58	Petre Roșca	Derbist	ROU	741	8:00
12	60	Dumitru Velicu	Decebal	ROU	720	7:59