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Individual, Open

Date	15 – 21 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Xianggang Tiyu Xueyuan, Hong Kong
Participants	77 from 29 countries
Judge #1	Yang Chang-Kyoo	KOR
Judge #2	Jean-Loup Caplain	FRA
Judge #3	Hanno Dohn	GER
Judge #4	David Distler	USA
Course Designer	Leopoldo Palacios	VEN
Course Designer	Steve Stephens	USA

Eric Lamaze had a difficult time getting to the Olympics. He twice tested positive for cocaine, was left off Canada’s 2000 and 2004 Olympic teams, and only avoided a lifetime ban by lawyering up. In Beijing Lamaze had two clean rounds to tie for first with 0 faults with Sweden’s Rolf-Göran Bengtsson. Lamaze again went clean in the jump-off, winning the gold medal when Bengtsson missed one fence.

The bronze medal came to a seven-rider jump-off, which included the defending gold medalist, Rodrigo Pessoa of Brazil. He rode cleanly in the jump-off, but so did American Beezie Madden and German Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, with Madden winning the bronze medal on time, 35.25 to 35.37 for Michaels-Beerbaum. Pessoa took 37.04 to complete his jump-off round and seemed to finish fifth, but he would be disqualified when his horse, Rufus tested positive for nonivamide, a drug similar to capsaicin, and used for its anti-inflammatory properties. Several other riders were also disqualified in this event, all for using topical anti-inflammatory medications on their horses.

Pos	Number	Competitor	Horse	NOC	Faults	Qualifying	Final
1	315	Eric Lamaze	Hickstead	CAN	0	4 (=1)	0 (=1)	Gold
2	381	Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Ninja	SWE	0	8 (=6)	0 (=1)	Silver
3	388	Beezie Madden	Authentic	USA	4	15 (14)	4 (=3)	Bronze
4	335	Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum	Shutterfly	GER	4	14 (13)	4 (=3)
5	391	McLain Ward	Sapphire	USA	4	4 (=1)	4 (=3)
6	332	Ludger Beerbaum	All Inclusive	GER	4	24 (=28)	4 (=3)
7	359	Marc Houtzager	Opium	NED	4	8 (=6)	4 (=3)
8	358	Angélique Hoorn	O'Brien	NED	4	16 (=15)	4 (=3)
=9	387	Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe	Quintus	UKR	8	17 (=20)	8 (=9)
=9	362	Morten Djupvik	Casino	NOR	8	17 (=20)	8 (=9)
=9	375	Steve Guerdat	Jalisca Solier	SUI	8	10 (10)	8 (=9)
=9	304	Edwina Alexander	Itot Du Chateau	AUS	8	4 (=1)	8 (=9)
=9	314	Camila Benedicto	Bonito Z	BRA	8	27 (=33)	8 (=9)
=9	308	Jos Lansink	Cumano	BEL	8	4 (=1)	8 (=9)
=15	357	Gerco Schröder	Monaco	NED	16	21 (=24)	16 (=15)
=15	364	Stein Endresen	Le Beau	NOR	16	16 (=15)	16 (=15)
=15	327	Tim Stockdale	Corlato	GBR	16	16 (=15)	16 (=15)
18	378	Lotta Schultz	Calibra II	SWE	17	30 (35)	17 (18)
19	330	Ben Maher	Rolette	GBR	20	5 (5)	20 (19)
20	305	Matt Williams	Leconte	AUS	24	25 (31)	24 (20)
21	318	Jill Henselwood	Special Ed	CAN	–	19 (23)	DNF (11 r1/2)
=22	302	Laurie Lever	Drossel Dan	AUS	–	21 (=24)	– (=22 r1/2)
=22	347	Ramzy Al-Duhami	Allah Jabek	KSA	–	16 (=15)	– (=22 r1/2)
=22	374	Pius Schwizer	Nobless M	SUI	–	13 (12)	– (=22 r1/2)
=22	373	Niklaus Schurtenberger	Cantus	SUI	–	12 (11)	– (=22 r1/2)
=22	390	Laura Kraut	Cedric	USA	–	9 (9)	– (=22 r1/2)
=22	316	Ian Millar	In Style	CAN	–	8 (=6)	– (=22 r1/2)
=28	352	Alberto Michán	Chinobampo Lavita	MEX	–	46 (41)	– (=28 r1/2)
=28	345	Taizo Sugitani	California	JPN	–	26 (32)	– (=28 r1/2)
=28	355	Federico Fernández	Zorro	MEX	–	24 (=28)	– (=28 r1/2)
=28	331	Nick Skelton	Russel	GBR	–	22 (27)	– (=28 r1/2)
32	380	Peter Eriksson	Jaguar Mail	SWE	–	20 (=24)	– (32 r1/2)
33	370	Kirk Webby	Sitah	NZL	–	24 (=28)	– (33 r1/2)
16 r1/2	389	Will Simpson	Carlsson Vom Dach	USA	–	16 (=15)	–
21 r1/2	353	Antonio Chedraui	Don Porfirio	MEX	–	17 (=20)	–
34 r1/2	376	Christina Liebherr	No Mercy	SUI	–	27 (=33)	–
37 r1/2	337	Juan Rodríguez	Orestus	GUA	–	31 (36)	–
38 r1/2	379	Helena Lundbäck	Erbblume	SWE	–	37 (37)	–
=40 r1/2	393	Pablo Barrios	Sinatra	VEN	–	43 (=38)	–
=40 r1/2	356	Vincent Voorn	Alpapillon-Armanie	NED	–	43 (=38)	–
42 r1/2	341	Patrick Lam	Urban	HKG	–	45 (40)	–
AC r1/2	317	Mac Cone	Ole	CAN	–	– (27 r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	386	Björn Nagel	Magic Bengtsson	UKR	–	– (39 r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	303	Peter McMahon	Genoa	AUS	–	– (42 r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	346	Eiken Sato	Cayak	JPN	–	– (=46 r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	354	Enrique González	Frida	MEX	–	– (=46 r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	363	Geir Gulliksen	Cattani	NOR	–	– (=46 r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	363	Latifah Al-Maktoum	Kalaska De Semilly	UAE	–	– (=49 r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	349	Kamal Bahamdan	Rivaal	KSA	–	– (=49 r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	369	Bruce Goodin	Yamato	NZL	–	– (=49 r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	338	Kenneth Cheng	Can Do	HKG	–	– (52 r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	350	Prince Faisal Al-Shalan	Wido	KSA	–	– (53 r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	301	José la Rocca, Jr.	Royal Power	ARG	–	– (54 r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	348	Prince Abdullah Al-Saud	Obelix	KSA	–	– (55 r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	344	Ibrahim Bisharat	Sam-Sam	JOR	–	– (=56 r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	372	Lyubov Kochetova	Ilion Kilen	RUS	–	– (=56 r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	325	Manuel Torres	Chambacunero	COL	–	– (=58 r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	340	Samantha Lam	Tresor	HKG	–	– (=58 r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	385	Katharina Offel	Lord Spezi	UKR	–	– (60 r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	322	Huang Zuping	Pablo II	CHN	–	– (61 r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	321	Li Zhenqiang	Jumpy Des Fontaines	CHN	–	– (62 r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	324	Zhao Zhiwen	Tadonia	CHN	–	– (63 r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	320	Zhang Bin	Coertis	CHN	–	– (64 r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	367	Sharn Wordley	Rockville	NZL	–	– (65 r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	366	Katie McVean	Forest	NZL	–	– (66 r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	313	Pedro Veniss	Un Blanc De Blancs	BRA	–	– (AC r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	307	Camal Rəhimov	Ionesco De Brekka	AZE	–	– (AC r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	309	Jill Terciera	Chaka III	BER	–	– (AC r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	384	Oleksandr Onishchenko	Codar	UKR	–	– (AC r2/3)	–
AC r1/2	328	John Whitaker	Peppermill	GBR	–	– (35 r1/3)	–
AC r1/2	326	Karim El-Zoghby	Aladin	EGY	–	– (71 r1/3)	–
DQ	312	Rodrigo Pessoa	Rufus	BRA	–	[7] (DQ)	[4] (DQ)		1
DQ	361	Tony André Hansen	Camiro	NOR	–	[3] (DQ)	–		2
DQ	343	Denis Lynch	Lantinus	IRL	–	[8] (DQ)	–		3
DQ	311	Bernardo Alves	Chupa Chup	BRA	–	[20] (DQ)	–		4
DQ	334	Christian Ahlmann	Cöster	GER	–	[22] (DQ)	–		5
DQ	333	Marco Kutscher	Cornet Obolensky	GER	–	38 (AC)	–		6

Qualifying Round

Date	15 – 18 August 2008
Format	Three rounds. Total score of both rounds determined placement. Top 35 riders and ties advanced to final round.

Pos	Number	Competitor	Horse	NOC	Faults	Round One Faults	Round Two Faults	Round Three Faults
=1	308	Jos Lansink	Cumano	BEL	4	1	1	2	Q
=1	391	McLain Ward	Sapphire	USA	4	0	0	4	Q
=1	304	Edwina Alexander	Itot Du Chateau	AUS	4	4	0	0	Q
=1	315	Eric Lamaze	Hickstead	CAN	4	0	0	4	Q
5	330	Ben Maher	Rolette	GBR	5	1	4	0	Q
=6	359	Marc Houtzager	Opium	NED	8	2	1	5	Q
=6	316	Ian Millar	In Style	CAN	8	4	4	0	Q
=6	381	Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Ninja	SWE	8	4	0	4	Q
9	390	Laura Kraut	Cedric	USA	9	5	4	0	Q
10	375	Steve Guerdat	Jalisca Solier	SUI	10	1	4	5	Q
11	373	Niklaus Schurtenberger	Cantus	SUI	12	0	4	8	Q
12	374	Pius Schwizer	Nobless M	SUI	13	4	4	5	Q
13	335	Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum	Shutterfly	GER	14	6	4	4	Q
14	388	Beezie Madden	Authentic	USA	15	0	11	4	Q
=15	347	Ramzy Al-Duhami	Allah Jabek	KSA	16	2	5	9	Q
=15	358	Angélique Hoorn	O'Brien	NED	16	4	4	8	Q
=15	364	Stein Endresen	Le Beau	NOR	16	0	4	12	Q
=15	327	Tim Stockdale	Corlato	GBR	16	4	4	8	Q
=15	389	Will Simpson	Carlsson Vom Dach	USA	16	0	8	8
=20	387	Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe	Quintus	UKR	17	5	8	4	Q
=20	353	Antonio Chedraui	Don Porfirio	MEX	17	1	8	8	Q
=20	362	Morten Djupvik	Casino	NOR	17	1	12	4	Q
23	318	Jill Henselwood	Special Ed	CAN	19	1	18	0	Q
=24	380	Peter Eriksson	Jaguar Mail	SWE	20	8	8	4	Q
=24	302	Laurie Lever	Drossel Dan	AUS	21	1	16	4	Q
=24	357	Gerco Schröder	Monaco	NED	21	5	12	4	Q
27	331	Nick Skelton	Russel	GBR	22	1	8	13	Q
=28	370	Kirk Webby	Sitah	NZL	24	4	8	12	Q
=28	355	Federico Fernández	Zorro	MEX	24	1	9	14	Q
=28	332	Ludger Beerbaum	All Inclusive	GER	24	10	8	6	Q
31	305	Matt Williams	Leconte	AUS	25	4	4	17	Q
32	345	Taizo Sugitani	California	JPN	26	0	17	9	q
=33	314	Camila Benedicto	Bonito Z	BRA	27	5	13	9	q
=33	376	Christina Liebherr	No Mercy	SUI	27	0	4	23
35	378	Lotta Schultz	Calibra II	SWE	30	5	5	20	q
36	337	Juan Rodríguez	Orestus	GUA	31	9	9	13
37	379	Helena Lundbäck	Erbblume	SWE	37	8	12	17
=38	393	Pablo Barrios	Sinatra	VEN	43	9	14	20
=38	356	Vincent Voorn	Alpapillon-Armanie	NED	43	0	16	27
40	341	Patrick Lam	Urban	HKG	45	0	9	36
41	352	Alberto Michán	Chinobampo Lavita	MEX	46	12	9	25
27 r2/3	317	Mac Cone	Ole	CAN	–	–	–	–
39 r2/3	386	Björn Nagel	Magic Bengtsson	UKR	–	–	–	–
42 r2/3	303	Peter McMahon	Genoa	AUS	–	–	–	–
=46 r2/3	346	Eiken Sato	Cayak	JPN	–	–	–	–
=46 r2/3	354	Enrique González	Frida	MEX	–	–	–	–
=46 r2/3	363	Geir Gulliksen	Cattani	NOR	–	–	–	–
=49 r2/3	363	Latifah Al-Maktoum	Kalaska De Semilly	UAE	–	–	–	–
=49 r2/3	349	Kamal Bahamdan	Rivaal	KSA	–	–	–	–
=49 r2/3	369	Bruce Goodin	Yamato	NZL	–	–	–	–
52 r2/3	338	Kenneth Cheng	Can Do	HKG	–	–	–	–
53 r2/3	350	Prince Faisal Al-Shalan	Wido	KSA	–	–	–	–
54 r2/3	301	José la Rocca, Jr.	Royal Power	ARG	–	–	–	–
55 r2/3	348	Prince Abdullah Al-Saud	Obelix	KSA	–	–	–	–
=56 r2/3	344	Ibrahim Bisharat	Sam-Sam	JOR	–	–	–	–
=56 r2/3	372	Lyubov Kochetova	Ilion Kilen	RUS	–	–	–	–
=58 r2/3	325	Manuel Torres	Chambacunero	COL	–	–	–	–
=58 r2/3	340	Samantha Lam	Tresor	HKG	–	–	–	–
60 r2/3	385	Katharina Offel	Lord Spezi	UKR	–	–	–	–
61 r2/3	322	Huang Zuping	Pablo II	CHN	–	–	–	–
62 r2/3	321	Li Zhenqiang	Jumpy Des Fontaines	CHN	–	–	–	–
63 r2/3	324	Zhao Zhiwen	Tadonia	CHN	–	–	–	–
64 r2/3	320	Zhang Bin	Coertis	CHN	–	–	–	–
65 r2/3	367	Sharn Wordley	Rockville	NZL	–	–	–	–
66 r2/3	366	Katie McVean	Forest	NZL	–	–	–	–
AC r2/3	309	Jill Terciera	Chaka III	BER	–	–	–	–
AC r2/3	307	Camal Rəhimov	Ionesco De Brekka	AZE	–	–	–	–
AC r2/3	384	Oleksandr Onishchenko	Codar	UKR	–	–	–	–
AC r2/3	313	Pedro Veniss	Un Blanc De Blancs	BRA	–	–	–	–
35 r1/3	328	John Whitaker	Peppermill	GBR	–	–	–	–
71 r1/3	326	Karim El-Zoghby	Aladin	EGY	–	–	–	–
DQ	361	Tony André Hansen	Camiro	NOR	[3]	[1]	[1]	[1]	Q
DQ	312	Rodrigo Pessoa	Rufus	BRA	[7]	[1]	[0]	[6]	Q
DQ	343	Denis Lynch	Lantinus	IRL	[8]	[1]	[1]	[6]	Q
DQ	311	Bernardo Alves	Chupa Chup	BRA	[20]	[0]	[12]	[8]	Q
DQ	334	Christian Ahlmann	Cöster	GER	[22]	[10]	[8]	[4]	Q
AC	333	Marco Kutscher	Cornet Obolensky	GER	38	6	13	19

Final Round

Date	21 August 2008
Format	Two rounds. Total score of both rounds determined placement.

Pos	Number	Competitor	Horse	NOC	Faults	Round One Faults	Round Two Faults	Jump-Off for 1-2	Jump-Off for 3-9
=1	315	Eric Lamaze	Hickstead	CAN	0	0	0	0 (1)	–
=1	381	Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Ninja	SWE	0	0	0	4 (2)	–
=3	388	Beezie Madden	Authentic	USA	4	0	4	–	0 (1)
=3	335	Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum	Shutterfly	GER	4	4	0	–	0 (2)
=3	391	McLain Ward	Sapphire	USA	4	4	0	–	4 (3)
=3	332	Ludger Beerbaum	All Inclusive	GER	4	4	0	–	4 (4)
=3	359	Marc Houtzager	Opium	NED	4	0	4	–	8 (5)
=3	358	Angélique Hoorn	O'Brien	NED	4	0	4	–	8 (6)
=9	387	Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe	Quintus	UKR	8	4	4	–	–
=9	362	Morten Djupvik	Casino	NOR	8	4	4	–	–
=9	375	Steve Guerdat	Jalisca Solier	SUI	8	4	4	–	–
=9	304	Edwina Alexander	Itot Du Chateau	AUS	8	4	4	–	–
=9	314	Camila Benedicto	Bonito Z	BRA	8	0	8	–	–
=9	308	Jos Lansink	Cumano	BEL	8	0	8	–	–
=15	357	Gerco Schröder	Monaco	NED	16	4	12	–	–
=15	364	Stein Endresen	Le Beau	NOR	16	0	16	–	–
=15	327	Tim Stockdale	Corlato	GBR	16	0	16	–	–
18	378	Lotta Schultz	Calibra II	SWE	17	4	13	–	–
19	330	Ben Maher	Rolette	GBR	20	0	20	–	–
20	305	Matt Williams	Leconte	AUS	24	4	20	–	–
11 r1/2	318	Jill Henselwood	Special Ed	CAN	DNF	–	–	–	–
=22 r1/2	302	Laurie Lever	Drossel Dan	AUS	–	–	–	–	–
=22 r1/2	347	Ramzy Al-Duhami	Allah Jabek	KSA	–	–	–	–	–
=22 r1/2	374	Pius Schwizer	Nobless M	SUI	–	–	–	–	–
=22 r1/2	373	Niklaus Schurtenberger	Cantus	SUI	–	–	–	–	–
=22 r1/2	390	Laura Kraut	Cedric	USA	–	–	–	–	–
=22 r1/2	316	Ian Millar	In Style	CAN	–	–	–	–	–
=28 r1/2	352	Alberto Michán	Chinobampo Lavita	MEX	–	–	–	–	–
=28 r1/2	345	Taizo Sugitani	California	JPN	–	–	–	–	–
=28 r1/2	355	Federico Fernández	Zorro	MEX	–	–	–	–	–
=28 r1/2	331	Nick Skelton	Russel	GBR	–	–	–	–	–
32 r1/2	380	Peter Eriksson	Jaguar Mail	SWE	–	–	–	–	–
33 r1/2	370	Kirk Webby	Sitah	NZL	–	–	–	–	–
DQ	312	Rodrigo Pessoa	Rufus	BRA	[4]	[4]	[0]	–	[0] (DQ)

Jump-Off for 1-2

Date	21 August 2008 — 23:28
Distance	305 m
Efforts	7
Obstacle 11 Front Height	160 cm
Obstacle 15 Back Height	150 cm
Obstacle 15 Front Height	145 cm
Obstacle 15 Spread	130 cm
Obstacle 16 Back Height	155 cm
Obstacle 16 Front Height	150 cm
Obstacle 16 Spread	160 cm
Obstacle 3 Back Height	150 cm
Obstacle 3 Front Height	150 cm
Obstacle 3 Spread	160 cm
Obstacle 5 Front Height	160 cm
Obstacle 6A Back Height	152 cm
Obstacle 6A Front Height	152 cm
Obstacle 6A Spread	170 cm
Obstacle 6B Front Height	157 cm
Obstacles	6
Time Limit	1:38.0
Time Penalty	1 pt/4-second interval
Time Standard	0:49.0

Pos	Number	Competitor	Horse	NOC	Faults	Time
1	315	Eric Lamaze	Hickstead	CAN	0	38.39
2	381	Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Ninja	SWE	4	38.39

Jump-Off for 3-9

Date	21 August 2008 — 23:28
Distance	305 m
Efforts	7
Obstacle 11 Front Height	160 cm
Obstacle 15 Back Height	150 cm
Obstacle 15 Front Height	145 cm
Obstacle 15 Spread	130 cm
Obstacle 16 Back Height	155 cm
Obstacle 16 Front Height	150 cm
Obstacle 16 Spread	160 cm
Obstacle 3 Back Height	150 cm
Obstacle 3 Front Height	150 cm
Obstacle 3 Spread	160 cm
Obstacle 5 Front Height	160 cm
Obstacle 6A Back Height	152 cm
Obstacle 6A Front Height	152 cm
Obstacle 6A Spread	170 cm
Obstacle 6B Front Height	157 cm
Obstacles	6
Time Limit	1:38.0
Time Penalty	1 pt/4-second interval
Time Standard	0:49.0

Pos	Number	Competitor	Horse	NOC	Faults	Time
1	388	Beezie Madden	Authentic	USA	0	35.25
2	335	Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum	Shutterfly	GER	0	35.37
3	391	McLain Ward	Sapphire	USA	4	35.39
4	332	Ludger Beerbaum	All Inclusive	GER	4	36.16
5	359	Marc Houtzager	Opium	NED	8	36.77
6	358	Angélique Hoorn	O'Brien	NED	8	36.89
DQ	312	Rodrigo Pessoa	Rufus	BRA	[0]	[37.04]