Equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping

Individual jumping
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Humberto Mariles (1956)
VenueWembley Stadium
Date14 August
Competitors44 from 15 nations
Winning total6.25
Medalists
Humberto Mariles
 Mexico
Rubén Uriza
 Mexico
Jean-François d'Orgeix
 France
Equestrian at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Dressageindividualteam
Eventingindividualteam
Jumpingindividualteam

The individual show jumping in equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London was held at the Wembley Stadium on 14 August.[1] The competition consisted of a single round of jumping. In the case of a tie in points, a jump-off was arranged. The jump-off had no time limit, however, the time taken to complete the jump-off was used as a tie-breaker.[2] The points from the individual competition were also used in the team competition. There were 44 competitors from 15 nations, with nations able to send up to three riders each.[3] The event was won by Humberto Mariles of Mexico, with his teammate Rubén Uriza taking silver at the top of a three-way jump-off for second place. Mariles' win was Mexico's first victory in the event. Jean-François d'Orgeix of France earned that nation's first individual jumping medal since 1928 with his bronze.

Background

This was the eighth appearance of the event, which had first been held at the 1900 Summer Olympics and has been held at every Summer Olympics at which equestrian sports have been featured (that is, excluding 1896, 1904, and 1908). It is the oldest event on the current programme, the only one that was held in 1900.[3]

None of the top 10 riders from the pre-war 1936 competition returned.

Brazil, Denmark, Finland, and Ireland each made their debut in the event. France and Sweden both competed for the seventh time, tied for the most of any nation; Sweden had missed only the inaugural 1900 competition, while France missed the individual jumping in 1932.

Competition format

The team and individual jumping competitions used the same scores. A single round of jumping was held.

The jumping test featured 16 obstacles (19 total jumps) over 870 metres. Points were lost for faults (including elimination for the third refusal on the course) and for exceeding the time limit. Ties for medals were determined by jump-off; other ties were not broken. In the jump-off, there was no time limit but instead the time was used as a tie-breaker if pairs had the same number of faults.[3]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 14 August 194813:30Final

Results

Mariles was the last rider. Three riders had already finished with 8 faults apiece. Only two teams (Spain and Great Britain) had finished; with Mariles' teammates both having completed the course, he needed only finish the course to earn a team bronze. A score under 39 would earn team silver for Mexico; under 28.50, team gold. Those marks would turn out to be well more than Mariles needed; he had the best run of anyone with only 4 jumping penalties (knocking down the 15th jump) and an over-time penalty of 2.25, for a total of 6.25 penalties and the gold medal.[3][4]

Rank Rider Horse Nation Penalties Notes
JumpTimeTotal
Humberto MarilesArete Mexico42.256.25
2Rubén UrizaHarvey Mexico808Silver jump-off
Jean-François d'OrgeixSucre de Pomme France808Silver jump-off
Franklin WingDemocrat United States808Silver jump-off
5Jaime GarcíaBizarro Spain12012
Eric SörensenBlatunga Sweden12012
7Max FressonDecametre France16016
Harry LlewellynFoxhunter Great Britain16016
Harry NicollKilgeddin Great Britain16016
10José Navarro MorenésQuorum Spain20020
Alberto ValdésChihuahua Mexico20020
Francisco PontesItaguai Brazil20020
13Greger LewenhauptOrkan Sweden191.7520.75
14Dan CorryTramore Bay Ireland201.2521.25
15Rafael CamposSanta Fe Argentina24024
16Marcelino GavilánForajido Spain240.5024.50
17Fred AhernAherlow Ireland232.5025.50
18Henrique CalladoXerez Portugal23326
19Arthur CarrMonty Great Britain35035
20Joachim GruppelaarRandom Harvest Netherlands36036
21John RussellAir Mail United States2513.2538.25
22João BarrentoAlcoa Portugal3210.5042.50
23Tauno RissanenViser Finland56056
—Néstor AlvaradoMineral ArgentinaEliminated
Pascual PistariniCanguro ArgentinaEliminated
Eloy de MenezesSabu BrazilEliminated
Ruben RibeiroBon Soir BrazilEliminated
Otto Mønsted ActhonPlease DenmarkEliminated
Jeppe Johannes Ladegaard-MikkelsenAtom DenmarkEliminated
Torben TrydeAttila DenmarkEliminated
Veikko VartiainenPontus FinlandEliminated
Pierre de Maupeou d'AbleigesNankin FranceEliminated
Jan de BruineRomanichel NetherlandsEliminated
Jaap RijksMaster NetherlandsEliminated
Jack LewisLough Neagh IrelandEliminated
Alessandro, Count Bettoni CazzagoUranio II ItalyEliminated
Gerardo ConfortiFurori ItalyEliminated
Piero D'InzeoBriacone ItalyEliminated
Hélder MartinsOptus PortugalEliminated
Karl-Åke HultbergIsmed SwedenEliminated
Selim ÇakirGitchluv TurkeyEliminated
Kudret KasarSiyok TurkeyEliminated
Eyüp ÖncüYildiz TurkeyEliminated
Hank FriersonRascal United StatesEliminated
Silver medal jump-off
Rank Rider Horse Nation Penalties Time
Rubén UrizaHarvey Mexico049.1
Jean-François d'OrgeixSucre de Pomme France438.9
4Franklin WingDemocrat United States440.1

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Equestrianism at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Jumping, Individual". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  2. Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, p. 343. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  3. "Jumping, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  4. Official Report, p. 338.
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