Individual, Open
| Date | 28 – 30 July 1992 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Real Club de Polo, Barcelona / Club Hípico El Montanyà, Montanyà | |
| Participants | 82 from 25 countries | |
| Format | Dressage, cross-country, and jumping. | |
Because of a dangerously high heat index, the steeplechase course was reduced from 3,205 metres to 2,760 metres, the second roads and track section was reduced from 11.1 km to 9.0 km, and three minutes of rest time were added after the second roads and track section. The endurance course, designed by Wolfgang Field, then consisted of the following phases: roads and track – 5,060 metres; steeplechase – 2,769 metres with 7 obstacles; roads and track – 9,000 metres; and cross-country – 7,410 metres with 33 obstacles.
New Zealand’s Mark Todd had won this event in 1984 and 1988, and had won the Burghley Horse Trials in 1990-91. He finished the dressage in fifth place, trailing the German leader, Matthias Baumann, and appeared well-poised for a three-peat, but Todd did not finish the endurance phase and was eliminated. Australia Matt Ryan won the endurance contest, and moved into the lead. He had no major international podiums, but had finished eighth recently at the 1992 Badminton Horse Trials. Going into the jumping, Ryan was trailed by Todd’s teammate Andrew Nicholson and German Herbert Blöcker. Ryan won the gold medal with only one fence not cleared in the jumping, as Blöcker rode clean in jumping to move up to silver. Nicholson completely collapsed, recording 45 faults in the jumping, the worst round of the remaining 62 riders, and dropped down to 16th place. Two of his teammates, Blyth Tait and Vicky Latta, moved up to third- and fourth-place, respectively. Tait would improve in 1996 at Atlanta and win the gold medal.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | Horse | NOC | Points | Dressage | Cross-Country | Jumping | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Matt Ryan | Kibah Tic Toc |  AUS | -70.00 | -57.80 (18) | -7.20 (1) | -5.00 (=9) | Gold | ||
| 2 | – | Herbert Blöcker | Feine Dame |  GER | -81.30 | -52.20 (13) | -27.60 (8) | -1.50 (8) | Silver | ||
| 3 | – | Blyth Tait | Messiah |  NZL | -87.60 | -78.80 (70) | -8.80 (2) | 0.00 (=1) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | – | Vicky Latta | Chief | NZL | -87.80 | -58.00 (=19) | -24.80 (6) | -5.00 (=9) | |||
| 5 | – | Andrew Hoy | Kiwi | AUS | -89.40 | -58.80 (=23) | -25.60 (7) | -5.00 (=9) | |||
| 6 | – | Karen Dixon | Get Smart |  GBR | -92.40 | -44.60 (3) | -42.80 (=16) | -5.00 (=9) | |||
| 7 | – | Luis Antonio Álvarez | Mr. Chrisalis |  ESP | -102.20 | -65.00 (43) | -37.20 (12) | 0.00 (=1) | |||
| 8 | – | Karin Donckers | Britt |  BEL | -104.40 | -75.40 (69) | -24.00 (5) | -5.00 (=9) | |||
| 9 | – | Mary Thomson | King William | GBR | -105.40 | -47.20 (4) | -33.20 (9) | -25.00 (=55) | |||
| 10 | – | Jef Desmedt | Dolleman | BEL | -108.40 | -64.60 (=39) | -38.80 (13) | -5.00 (=9) | |||
| 11 | – | Ralf Ehrenbrink | Kildare | GER | -108.60 | -62.80 (=31) | -40.80 (14) | -5.00 (=9) | |||
| 12 | – | Marie-Christine Duroy | Quart du Placineau |  FRA | -109.85 | -48.20 (6) | -56.40 (30) | -5.25 (22) | |||
| 13 | – | Cord Mysegaes | Ricardo | GER | -110.40 | -52.00 (12) | -48.40 (=20) | -10.00 (=24) | |||
| 14 | – | Peder Fredricson | Hilly Trip |  SWE | -111.00 | -88.60 (78) | -22.40 (4) | 0.00 (=1) | |||
| 15 | – | Martin Lips | Olympic Writzmark |  NED | -114.00 | -63.20 (=35) | -50.80 (=24) | 0.00 (=1) | |||
| 16 | – | Andrew Nicholson | Spinning Rhombus | NZL | -115.40 | -61.20 (=27) | -9.20 (3) | -45.00 (62) | |||
| 17 | – | Jil Walton | Patrona |  USA | -116.80 | -63.20 (=35) | -43.60 (18) | -10.00 (=24) | |||
| 18 | – | Willy Sneyers | Drum | BEL | -120.25 | -51.60 (10) | -48.40 (=20) | -20.25 (=53) | |||
| 19 | – | Santiago de la Rocha | Kinvarra | ESP | -122.40 | -64.60 (=39) | -42.80 (=16) | -15.00 (=42) | |||
| 20 | – | Choi Myeong-Jin | Peppermint |  KOR | -124.30 | -58.60 (22) | -49.20 (23) | -16.50 (46) | |||
| 21 | – | Nils Haagensen | Discovery |  DEN | -126.00 | -48.80 (7) | -71.20 (35) | -6.00 (23) | |||
| 22 | – | Robert Stevenson | Risky Business |  CAN | -129.20 | -60.80 (26) | -48.40 (=20) | -20.00 (=48) | |||
| 23 | – | Gillian Rolton | Peppermint Grove | AUS | -129.20 | -64.20 (38) | -60.00 (31) | -5.00 (=9) | |||
| 24 | – | Lara Villata | Day Light |  ITA | -133.00 | -54.60 (14) | -68.40 (34) | -10.00 (=24) | |||
| 25 | – | Yoshihiko Kowata | Hell at Dawn |  JPN | -135.80 | -75.00 (68) | -50.80 (=24) | -10.00 (=24) | |||
| 26 | – | Eiki Miyazaki | Mystery Cargo | JPN | -137.80 | -70.20 (57) | -47.60 (19) | -20.00 (=48) | |||
| 27 | – | Eric Smiley | Enterprise |  IRL | -140.40 | -64.60 (=39) | -50.80 (=24) | -25.00 (=55) | |||
| 28 | – | Michel Bouquet | Newport AA | FRA | -145.20 | -49.80 (9) | -78.40 (=39) | -17.00 (47) | |||
| 29 | – | Máiréad Curran | Watercolour | IRL | -149.40 | -70.00 (56) | -74.40 (38) | -5.00 (=9) | |||
| 30 | – | David Rissik | Schiroubles |  RSA | -150.05 | -93.00 (81) | -36.80 (11) | -20.25 (=53) | |||
| 31 | – | Attila Soós, Jr. | Zsizsik |  HUN | -152.60 | -87.80 (77) | -64.80 (32) | 0.00 (=1) | |||
| 32 | – | Melanie Duff | Rathlin Roe | IRL | -156.00 | -58.80 (=23) | -87.20 (=45) | -10.00 (=24) | |||
| 33 | – | Jacek Krukowski | Ibis |  POL | -157.40 | -73.40 (65) | -74.00 (37) | -10.00 (=24) | |||
| 34 | – | Matthias Baumann | Alabaster | GER | -157.40 | -43.80 (1) | -93.60 (48) | -20.00 (=48) | |||
| 35 | – | Piotr Piasecki | Igrek | POL | -158.60 | -92.00 (80) | -51.60 (27) | -15.00 (=42) | |||
| 36 | – | Kojiro Goto | Retalic | JPN | -161.20 | -67.80 (=52) | -78.40 (=39) | -15.00 (=42) | |||
| 37 | – | Kazuhiro Iwatani | Lord Waterford | JPN | -163.20 | -61.20 (=27) | -82.00 (42) | -20.00 (=48) | |||
| 38 | – | Fernando Villalón | Clever Night | ESP | -164.20 | -71.40 (60) | -82.80 (44) | -10.00 (=24) | |||
| 39 | – | Polly Holohan | Rusticus | IRL | -164.20 | -63.00 (34) | -91.20 (47) | -10.00 (=24) | |||
| 40 | – | Dirk Van Der Elst | Fatal Love | BEL | -166.40 | -74.80 (67) | -81.60 (41) | -10.00 (=24) | |||
| 41 | – | Vasco Ramires, Jr. | Bahone |  POR | -173.80 | -91.40 (79) | -82.40 (43) | 0.00 (=1) | |||
| 42 | – | Bogusław Jarecki | Fant | POL | -178.40 | -65.20 (=44) | -73.20 (36) | -40.00 (61) | |||
| 43 | – | Anna Hermann | Malacky | SWE | -178.60 | -51.80 (11) | -116.80 (58) | -10.00 (=24) | |||
| 44 | – | Fieps, Baroness van Tuyll van Serooskerken | Olympic Bronze | NED | -180.80 | -57.60 (17) | -97.20 (49) | -26.00 (59) | |||
| 45 | – | Nicki DeSousa | Prairie King |  BER | -185.80 | -68.20 (54) | -107.60 (=53) | -10.00 (=24) | |||
| 46 | – | António Ramos | Carioca | POR | -186.70 | -72.40 (=62) | -102.80 (52) | -11.50 (41) | |||
| 47 | – | Federico Roman | Noriac | ITA | -190.20 | -63.20 (=35) | -102.00 (51) | -25.00 (=55) | |||
| 48 | – | J. Michael Plumb | Adonis | USA | -195.20 | -49.60 (8) | -135.60 (61) | -10.00 (=24) | |||
| 49 | – | Rachel Hunter | King Plantagenet | CAN | -196.80 | -80.20 (71) | -101.60 (50) | -15.00 (=42) | |||
| 50 | – | Arkadiusz Bachur | Chutor | POL | -198.60 | -66.00 (47) | -107.60 (=54) | -25.00 (=55) | |||
| 51 | – | Vasiliu Tanas | Darnik |  EUN | -201.20 | -81.00 (72) | -115.20 (57) | -5.00 (=9) | |||
| 52 | – | Stephen Bradley | Sassy Reason | USA | -203.20 | -65.20 (=44) | -128.00 (59) | -10.00 (=24) | |||
| 53 | – | Nick Holmes-Smith | Sir Lancelot | CAN | -203.60 | -65.20 (=44) | -128.40 (60) | -10.00 (=24) | |||
| 54 | – | Tibor Herczegfalvy | Lump | HUN | -208.60 | -85.20 (76) | -113.40 (56) | -10.00 (=24) | |||
| 55 | – | Richard Walker | Jacana | GBR | -208.80 | -58.00 (=19) | -150.80 (63) | 0.00 (=1) | |||
| 56 | – | Francesco Girardi | Stormy Weather | ITA | -211.45 | -72.40 (=62) | -112.80 (55) | -26.25 (60) | |||
| 57 | – | Erik Duvander | Saucy Gift | SWE | -234.45 | -58.80 (=23) | -164.40 (66) | -11.25 (40) | |||
| 58 | – | António Brás | Friends Forever | POR | -238.60 | -85.00 (75) | -143.60 (62) | -10.00 (=24) | |||
| 59 | – | Jaime Velásquez | Mary Lucas |  MEX | -279.40 | -67.20 (51) | -207.20 (68) | -5.00 (=9) | |||
| 60 | – | Luciano Drubi | Xilena |  BRA | -328.00 | -82.20 (74) | -240.80 (69) | -5.00 (=9) | |||
| 61 | – | Jean-Jacques Boisson | Oscar de la Loge | FRA | -335.00 | -64.80 (42) | – ( | -5.00 (=9) | |||
| 62 | – | Mikhail Rybak | Ribachy | EUN | -467.80 | -70.40 (58) | -377.40 (70) | -20.00 (=48) | |||
| – | Santiago Centenera | Just Dixon | ESP | – | -62.60 (30) | – ( | – | ||||
| – | Todd Trewin | Sandscript | USA | – | -67.80 (=52) | -87.20 (=45) | – | ||||
| – | Alberto Rodrigues | Papiza Jac | POR | – | -69.80 (55) | – ( | – | ||||
| – | Sergei Fofanoff | Kaiser Eden | BRA | – | -71.20 (59) | – ( | – | ||||
| – | Ilian Iliev | Dinar |  BUL | – | -95.00 (82) | – ( | – | ||||
| – | David Green | Duncan II | AUS | – | -56.20 (16) | – ( | – | ||||
| – | Anchela Rohof | Capo di Capo | NED | – | -62.80 (=31) | – ( | – | ||||
| – | Fabio Magni | Passport | ITA | – | -62.80 (=31) | – ( | – | ||||
| – | Didier Seguret | Coeur de Rocker | FRA | – | -66.20 (48) | – ( | – | ||||
| – | Attila Ling | Hamupipoke | HUN | – | -71.80 (61) | – ( | – | ||||
| – | Oleg Karpov | Dokaz | EUN | – | -81.20 (73) | – ( | – | ||||
| – | Ian Stark | Murphy Himself | GBR | – | -44.20 (2) | -36.40 (10) | – | ||||
| – | Stuart Young-Black | Von Perrier | CAN | – | -54.80 (15) | -66.80 (33) | – | ||||
| – | MJ Tumbridge | Bermuda's Option | BER | – | -58.40 (21) | -55.20 (29) | – | ||||
| – | Staffan Lidbeck | Bernhardino | SWE | – | -61.60 (29) | -52.80 (28) | – | ||||
| – | Antonio Alfaro | Paisana | MEX | – | -66.80 (49) | -160.80 (65) | – | ||||
| – | Sandro Chikhladze | Glad | EUN | – | -72.60 (64) | -41.20 (15) | – | ||||
| – | Zsolt Bubán | Hofeherke | HUN | – | -74.60 (66) | -153.60 (64) | – | ||||
| – | Eddy Stibbe | Olympic Bahlua | NED | – | -66.80 (=49) | -167.60 (67) | – | ||||
| – | Mark Todd | Welton Greylag | NZL | – | -47.40 (5) | – ( | – |