Equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Team dressage

{{short description|Equestrian at the Olympics}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Team dressage

|games = 1952 Summer

|image = Equestrian pictogram.svg

|image_size = 100px

|caption =

|venue = Ruskeasuo Equestrian Hall

|date = 28–29 July 1956

|competitors = 24 (8 teams)

|nations = 8

|gold = Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern, Jr.
Gehnäll Persson
Henri Saint Cyr

|goldNOC = SWE

|silver = Gustav Fischer
Gottfried Trachsel
Henri Chammartin

|silverNOC = SUI

|bronze = Fritz Thiedemann
Ida von Nagel
Heinz Pollay

|bronzeNOC = GER

|prev = 1948

|next = 1956

}}

{{Equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}

The team dressage at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place between 28 and 29 July at the Ruskeasuo Equestrian Hall. The event was open to women for the first time; of the 24 riders, 2 were female—including one member of the bronze medalist German team, Ida von Nagel.{{cite sports-reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/EQU/mixed-dressage-team.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203817/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/EQU/mixed-dressage-team.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Equestrianism at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Mixed Dressage, Team |access-date=20 April 2020}}

Competition format

The team and individual dressage competitions used the same results. Competitors were given 15 minutes to complete their corresponding tests. For each second over the 15-minute mark, contestants lost half a point. Each team was ranked according to the total scores from their three members.

Results

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Rank

!Nation

!Rider

!Horse

!Individual Score

!Team Score

{{gold01}}

|align=left| {{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}}

|align=left| Henri Saint Cyr
Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern, Jr.
Gehnäll Persson

|align=left| Master Rufus
Krest
Knaust

| 561.0
531.0
505.5

| 1597.5

{{silver02}}

|align=left| {{flagIOC|SUI|1952 Summer}}

|align=left| Gottfried Trachsel
Henri Chammartin
Gustav Fischer

|align=left| Kursus
Wöhler
Soliman

| 531.0
529.5
518.5

| 1579.0

{{bronze03}}

|align=left| {{flagIOC|GER|1952 Summer}}

|align=left| Heinz Pollay
Ida von Nagel
Fritz Thiedemann

|align=left| Adular
Afrika
Chronist

| 518.5
503.0
479.5

| 1501.0

4

|align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1952 Summer}}

|align=left| André Jousseaume
Jean Peitevin de Saint André
Jean Saint-Fort Paillard

|align=left| Harpagon
Vol au Vent
Tapir

| 541.0
479.0
403.5

| 1423.5

5

|align=left| {{flagIOC|CHI|1952 Summer}}

|align=left| José Larraín
Héctor Clavel
Ernesto Silva

|align=left| Rey de Oros
Frontalera
Viarregio

| 473.5
452.0
415.0

| 1340.5

6

|align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}}

|align=left| Bob Borg
Marjorie Haines
Hartmann Pauly

|align=left| Bill Biddle
The Flying Dutchman
Reno Overdo

| 492.0
446.0
315.5

| 1253.5

7

|align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}}

|align=left| Vladimir Raspopov
Vasily Tikhonov
Nikolay Sitko

|align=left| Imeninnik
Pevec
Cesar

| 433.5
395.0
377.0

| 1205.5

8

|align=left| {{flagIOC|POR|1952 Summer}}

|align=left| António Reymão Nogueira
Francisco Valadas Júnior
Fernando Paes

|align=left| Napeiro
Feitico
Matamas

| 428.5
422.0
346.0

| 1196.5

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