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Jumping test: A 600-metre show jumping course, with 11 or 12 obstacles (including double and triple jumps, with a maximum of 16 jumps total). Maximum height of obstacles is 1.25 metres. The required speed is 375 metres/minute (time limit of 1:36).
The individual show jumping event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 5–6 August 2024. [1] The event was won by German rider Christian Kukuk, second place was Swiss rider Steve Guerdat, and third was Netherlands rider Maikel van der Vleuten. [2]
The 200 quota places for equestrians were divided among the three disciplines (75 for jumping, 65 for eventing, and 60 for dressage). Teams in each discipline consisted of three horse and rider pairs; any NOC that qualified a team (20 teams for jumping, 16 for eventing, and 15 for dressage) also received 3 entries in the individual competition for that discipline.
The jumping course in Balve. Show jumping is a relatively new equestrian sport. Until the Inclosure Acts, which came into force in England in the 18th century, there had been little need for horses to jump fences routinely, but with this act of Parliament came new challenges for those who followed fox hounds. The Inclosure Acts brought fencing ...
The event was held in the Riyadh International Convention & Exhibition Center marking the conclusion of the 2023–24 Dressage and Show jumping World Cup Seasons. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was the first time in history that the World Cup Finals was held on the Asian continent for dressage and for the second time for show-jumping after the finals in Kuala ...
The FEI World Cup was thought up by a Swiss journalist and show jumping enthusiast, Max E. Ammann. For 20 years, until 1999, both the final and qualifiers were sponsored by Volvo. [2] From 1999 to 2013, the series has been sponsored by Rolex. [3] Longines has been the title sponsor of the series since October 2013.
2024: Quasi Cool fell at the last fence on the cross country course after his rider Philip Dutton (USA) improperly calculated the distance to the final obstacle. [13] The horse was down and attended to by veterinarians behind screens after the accident.
There are two types of water jumps used in show jumping: Open Water: a large, rectangular-shaped "ditch" of water, often with a small brush (18") or a rail on one side to act as a ground line. Water jumps are one of the widest obstacles a horse will be asked to jump, with a width up to 16 ft.