Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Individual dressage

The individual dressage event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 30 July to 4 August 2024 at the Palace of Versailles. Like all other equestrian events, the dressage competition is open-gender, with both male and female athletes competing in the same division. 60 riders from 30 nations are expected to compete.

Individual dressage at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Olympic equestrian dressage arena
Venue	Palace of Versailles
Date	30 July – 4 August 2024
Competitors	60 from 30 nations
Medalists
Jessica von Bredow-Werndl  Germany Isabell Werth  Germany Charlotte Fry  Great Britain

Jessica von Bredow-Werndl of Germany won the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Freestyle

Background

This was the 26th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1912.

The two-time reigning Olympic champion is Jessica von Bredow-Werndl of Germany (riding Dalera). The reigning (2022) World Champion is Charlotte Fry of Great Britain.

An Olympics.com preview of equestrian (all events) provided the following overview:

Germany has won the most gold medals in Olympic equestrian sports, reflecting the country's equestrian heritage and passion for the sport. Michael Jung has dominated individual eventing at recent Games, winning gold in both London 2012, Rio 2016 and Paris 2024. Jung was destined to carve his name into equestrian history: both his father and grandfather were well-known equestrian athletes. Sweden, France, Netherlands, the USA and Great Britain are among the other leading nations in equestrian sport.

Qualification

Main article: Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified riders in the individual dressage. Quota places are allocated to the NOC, which selects the riders. There were 60 quota places available, allocated as follows:

• Team members (45 places): Each of the 15 NOCs qualified in the team dressage event entered its 3 team members in the individual dressage event.
• Ranking (15 places): The top 2 riders (1 per NOC, and excluding NOCs with qualified teams) in each of the 7 geographic regions were to receive a quota places, with one final quota place based on rankings regardless of geographic region. The two Americas regions were combined.

Competition format

The competition format has changed dramatically since the 2016 format. The competition has dropped from three rounds to two; moreover, advancement is now determined first by place in group rather than overall place (though there are lucky loser places available). The two rounds of the competition are the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix Freestyle.

• Grand Prix: All 60 riders compete in the Grand Prix. They are divided into 6 groups of 10; 3 groups will go on each day of the round. The top 2 riders in each group, along with the next best 6 overall, advance to the Grand Prix Freestyle. The Grand Prix is also the qualifying round for the team event.
• Grand Prix Freestyle: The 18 riders competing receive a final rank based only on the Grand Prix Freestyle score (the Grand Prix scores do not carry over).

Schedule

The event takes place on three competition days over six days, with two days for the Grand Prix followed by two rest days, the team final day, then the individual Grand Prix Freestyle.

All times are European Central Time (UTC 1).

Day	Date	Start	Finish	Phase
Day 1	Tuesday 30 July 2024	11:00	16:30	Grand Prix Day 1
Day 2	Wednesday 31 July 2024	10:00	15:30	Grand Prix Day 2
Day 6	Sunday 4 August 2024	10:00	14:00	Grand Prix Freestyle

Results

Grand Prix

The top two athletes from each group, and the six athletes with the next best scores (a multi-step tiebreaker would be used for ties, finally broken by random draw will qualify to the individual final (Grand Prix Freestyle).

Rank	Group	Rider	Nation	Horse	GP score	Notes
1	F	Jessica von Bredow-Werndl	Germany	TSF Dalera	82.065	Q
2	D	Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour	Denmark	Freestyle	80.792	Q
3	D	Isabell Werth	Germany	Wendy	78.913	Q
4	A	Charlotte Fry	Great Britain	Glamourdale	78.028	Q
5	A	Nanna Skodborg Merrald	Denmark	Zepter	78.028	Q
6	A	Dinja van Liere	Netherlands	Hermes	77.764	Q
7	A	Carl Hester	Great Britain	Fame	77.345	Q
8	B	Daniel Bachmann Andersen	Denmark	Vayron	76.910	Q
9	D	Isabel Freese	Norway	Total Hope	76.817	Q
10	B	Frederic Wandres	Germany	Bluetooth	76.118	Q
11	C	Becky Moody	Great Britain	Jagerbomb	74.938	Q
12	E	Emmelie Scholtens	Netherlands	Indian Rock	74.581	Q
13	C	Patrik Kittel	Sweden	Touchdown	74.317	Q
14	E	Victoria Max-Theurer	Austria	FH Abbeglen	74.301	Q
15	E	Therese Nilshagen	Sweden	Dante Weltino	73.991	Q
16	F	Pauline Basquin	France	Sertorius de Rima Z	73.711	Q
17	B	Emma Kanerva	Finland	Greek Air	73.680	Q
18	E	Sandra Sysojeva	Poland	Maxima Bella	73.416	Q
19	B	Flore de Winne	Belgium	Flynn FRH	73.028
20	C	Adrienne Lyle	United States	Helix	72.593
21	F	Hans Peter Minderhoud	Netherlands	Toto Jr.	72.578
22	D	Domien Michiels	Belgium	Intermezzo V/H Meerdaalhof	72.531
23	C	Larissa Pauluis	Belgium	Flambeau	72.127
24	F	Nicolas Wagner	Luxembourg	Quarter Back Junior FRH	71.988
25	B	Juliette Ramel	Sweden	Buriël K.H.	71.553
26	D	Florian Bacher	Austria	Escorial	71.009
27	E	Julio Mendoza Loor	Ecuador	Goldstrike	70.839
28	F	Borja Carrascosa	Spain	Frizzantino FRH	70.823
29	A	Corentin Pottier	France	Gotilas du Feauillard	70.683
30	D	Henri Ruoste	Finland	Tiffanys Diamond	70.621
31	E	Alexandre Ayache	France	Jolene	70.279
32	F	Simone Pearce	Australia	Destano	70.171
33	A	João Oliva	Brazil	Feel Good VO	70.093
34	C	Hwang Young-shik	South Korea	Delmonte 7	70.000
35	E	William Matthew	Australia	Mysterious Star	69.953
36	C	Claudio Castilla Ruiz	Spain	Hi-Rico Do Sobral	69.829
37	B	Abigail Lyle	Ireland	Giraldo	69.441
38	A	Justina Vanagaite	Lithuania	Nabab	69.208
39	A	Jayden Brown	Australia	Quincy B	68.991
40	F	Melissa Galloway	New Zealand	Windermere J'Obei W	68.913
41	A	Naima Moreira Laliberte	Canada	Statesman	68.711
42	D	Yessin Rahmouni	Morocco	All At Once	68.696
43	F	Camille Carier Bergeron	Canada	Finnländerin	68.338
44	E	Rita Ralao Duarte	Portugal	Irao	68.261
45	A	Stefan Lehfellner	Austria	Roberto Carlos MT	68.183
46	B	Patricia Ferrando	Venezuela	Honnaisseur	67.143
47	B	Katarzyna Milczarek	Poland	Guapo	66.910
48	B	António do Vale	Portugal	Fine Fellow H	66.910
49	C	Chris von Martels	Canada	Eclips	66.863
50	C	Maria Caetano	Portugal	Hit Plus	66.630
51	F	Steffen Peters	United States	Suppenkasper	66.490
52	D	Anush Agarwalla	India	Sir Caramello OLD	66.444
53	C	Alisa Glinka	Moldova	Abercrombie	66.056
54	E	Joanna Robinson	Finland	Glamouraline	65.630
55	C	Andrina Suter	Switzerland	Fibonacci	65.590
56	A	Caroline Chew	Singapore	Zatchmo	63.351
57	E	Yvonne Losos de Muniz	Dominican Republic	Aquamarijn	61.211
58	D	Juan Antonio Jiménez	Spain	Euclides MOR	60.171
59	F	Aleksandra Szulc	Poland	Breakdance	60.078
–	B	Marcus Orlob	United States	Jane	EL

Grand Prix Freestyle

The top eighteen riders from the Grand Prix competed in the individual freestyle final in which the individual medals were awarded.

Rank	Rider	Nation	Horse	GPF score	Notes
	Jessica von Bredow-Werndl	Germany	TSF Dalera	90.093
	Isabell Werth	Germany	Wendy	89.614
	Charlotte Fry	Great Britain	Glamourdale	88.971
4	Dinja van Liere	Netherlands	Hermes	88.432
5	Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour	Denmark	Freestyle	88.093
6	Carl Hester	Great Britain	Fame	85.161
7	Daniel Bachmann Andersen	Denmark	Vayron	84.850
8	Becky Moody	Great Britain	Jagerbomb	84.357
9	Nanna Skodborg Merrald	Denmark	Zepter	83.293
10	Isabel Freese	Norway	Total Hope OLD	83.050
11	Emmelie Scholtens	Netherlands	Indian Rock	81.750
12	Emma Kanerva	Finland	Greek Air	81.607
13	Frederic Wandres	Germany	Bluetooth OLD	81.350
14	Patrik Kittel	Sweden	Touchdown	80.854
15	Sandra Sysojeva	Poland	Maxima Bella	80.075
16	Pauline Basquin	France	Sertorius de Rima Z	79.118
17	Victoria Max-Theurer	Austria	Abbeglen FH NRW	75.375
18	Therese Nilshagen	Sweden	Dante Welting OLD	74.714