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2 The Hanoverian 08|2012 Sport The accumulation of medals from Tokio to Los Angeles 1976: Ten-year old Hanoverian Warwick Rex by Wortschwall/Allwieder und his rider Alwin Schockemöhle successfully reach for the gold medal in the individual competition. The German team wins silver. If you count the medals German riders have won in Olympic Games you will come to the conclusion that horseback riding has earned the more medals for Germany than all other sports. The Games in Montreal 1978 were most successful for Hanoverian horses. By Susanne Hennig Part 2
The worries and concerns that the host of the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo would not measure up to the demands of the equestrian sport prove unfounded. Course designer Shunzo Kido builds a jumping course at the highest international level. The jumper riders from Germany, Hermann Schridde with Dozent by Deputant/Schuss II, Kurt Jarasinski with Torro and Hans Günter Winkler with Fidelitas by Doemnitz I, could be satisfied with almost 40 penalty points after the first round. They add numerous penalty points during the second round. The German team finishes in first place winning the third team gold medal after the war in the end. The French team earns silver and Italy bronze. Hermann Schridde is one of two riders to complete the second round of the Nation Prize without any faults. Schridde could have become the Olympic champion with a little bit of luck but his toughest competition, the Olympic champion from 1952, Pierre Jonqueres d’Oriola from France, risks everything in the second round and finishes in front of the German opponent with only nine penalty points. The dressage competitions take a rather satisfactory course. All three German competitors are able to secure a spot in the final. Harry Boldt and his grey mount Remus become the best German dressage competitor placing second behind the Suisse champion Henry Chammartin on Woermann. Josef Neckermann rides his Holstein mare Antoinette into fifth position, Reiner Klimke his Dux by Duellant/Staatsanwalt into sixth place. These good individual results earn the German team the gold medal ahead of the Suisse team and the team from the United States. The German event riders deliver more than respectable performances in Tokyo. Before the Games the prognoses of winning a medal was less than slim. Winning the bronze medal in the team as well as in the individual competition comes to a great surprise. In accordance with the agreement between both German sporthorse associations Fritz Ligges and Horst Karsten compete representing the Federal Republic and Karl-Heinz Fuhrmann and Gerhard Schulz compete for the German Democratic Republic. Germany earns the bronze medal behind Italy and the United States. 26-year old Fritz Ligges and Donkosak by Dreikampf xx/Joho surprisingly bring home a well-deserved individual bronze medal. It is the last time that riders from East and West form a combined team. Mexico 1968: High altitude and downpour The expeditions to the Olympic Games in Tokyo 1964 as well as numerous jumper competitions in the US and Canada showed that horses can handle long airplane trips quite well. Therefore the journey to the next Games in Mexico in 1968 is no reason for concern but the unusual climatic condi- tions at an altitude of 2,000 meters for the competitions is. The team finishes in third place in dressage behind the Soviet Union and the German Democratic Republic whose team members rode very well. The German team finds itself in fifth position after the final jumping class. The British team takes home team gold, the United States win silver and Australia bronze. Horst Karsten is Germany’s best competitor on eleventh place in the individual competition. The Olympic Games have a very sad ending For Jochen Mehrdorf and his mount. Lapislazuli has a severe panic attack on the return flight and has to be shot. Germany’s dressage riders successfully defend their team gold medal in front of the USSR and Switzerland. Josef Neckermann and Mariano win the individual silver medal behind gold medal winner Ivan Kizimow. Dr. Reiner Klimke and Dux bring home the individual bronze medal. It is in the nature of the Mexican spectators to show the greatest enthusiasm for the jumping competitions. After all their riders have belonged to the best of the World for many years. Olympic champion William Steinkraus from the USA leads the field of 42 competitors on this day which happens to be his birthday followed by Marion Cakes from Great Britain. Four riders fight for the bronze medal including Günter Winkler with Enigk by Endsport xx. Winkler finishes in fifth position; the bronze medal goes to David Broome. Team Canada is the surprising gold medal winning team followed by France. Germany wins bronze. Hermann Schridde’s rides are the sole reason why Germany looses the gold medal. He finishes both rounds with a total of 70,25 penalty points on his mount Dozent II. Alwin Schockmöhle and Donald Rex by Durban/Franz complete both courses with 18,75 penalty points; the best result. Hans Günter Winkler and Enigk finish both courses with the sixth best result. Joy and mourning at the games in Munich in 1972 The games in Munich 1972 were to become the most beautiful and joyous games of the post-war period. However a black shadow fell over this worldly event on the eleventh Olympic day. Eight Arabic terrorists break into the Olympic village during the early morning hours of September 5th, shoot two athletes and hold nine athletes hostage. The perpetrators from Palestine demand the release of 200 Arabic prisoners who are held in Israel and a plane for their escape. Snipers try to overcome the hijackers at the airport in Fürstenfeldbruck. They kill three terrorists. All nine hostages, three additional hijackers and one German police officer are killed in the following gunfight. The competitions are stopped for 34 hours. At the time of the terrorist attack the Olympic three-day event had Sport 1964: Donkosak and Fritz Ligges (in this photo in Luhmühlen) are the surprising but well deserved bronze medal winners in Tokyo.. Text from “100 Years of Horse Breeding and Horse Sport in Germany.” Copy with kind authorization of the FN-Publishing House, Warendorf. The Hanoverian 08|2012 3
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