athletics - LA84 Foundation

The Australians had not seen it since Rome:
a thirty-two year wait for a repeat double,
team and individual gold in the three-dayevent,
a wait that had paid off. The team, led
by Matt Ryan on his old horse Kibah Tic Toc
(15 years old), individual winner, literally flew
over the cross country course. They had been
thought more vulnerable in the outdoor
school but the result put everyone straight.
Sad, by contrast, was the discomfiture of the
New Zealanders due primarily to the none
too robust constitution of their horses. Mark
Todd, winner in ‘84 and ‘88, whose horse injured
itself in the cross country, was one of
the worst sufferers. Bars down, penalties galore,
but a second place nonetheless for New
Zealand in the team and a third in the individual
event. In the punishing three-fold event
comprising cross country, dressage and jumping
over a period of three days, the German
team only managed to hang on to bronze;
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
* Sauts d’obstacles, individuel
Jumping, individual competition
Salto de obstáculos individual
1. Ludger Beerbaum (GER), Classic Touch
2. Piet Raymakers (NED), Ratina Z
3. Norman Dello Joio (USA), Irish
4. Hervé Godignon (FRA), Quidam de Revel
5. Jan Tops (NED), Top Gun.
6. Maria Gretzer (SWE), Marcoville
Australian lap of honour.
0.00
0.25 ROYAL POLO CLUB,
4.75
6.25 MONTANYA
8.25
10.25
7. Ludo Philippaerts (BEL), Darco 12.25
8. Merethe Jensen (DEN) Maxime 12.75
* Sauts d’obstacles par équipes
Jumping, team competition
Salto de obstáculos por equipos
1. NED
Piet Raymakers, Ratina Z
Bert Romp, Waldo E
Jan Tops, Top Gun
Jos Lansink, Egano
2. AUT
Boris Boor, Love Me Tender
Joerg Muntzner, Graf Grande
Hugo Simon, Apricot D
Thomas Fruhmann, Genius
12.00
16.75
EQUESTRIAN CENTRE
3. FRA
Hervé Godignon, Quidam de Revel
Hubert Bourdy, Razzia du Poncel
Michel Robert, Nonix
Eric Navet, Quito de Baussy 24.75
4. ESP 25.50
5. USA 28.00
5. SUI 28.00
7. GBR 28.75
8. SWE 37.00
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