| Team dressage at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Aldershot | ||||||||||||
| Date | 9 August 1948 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 15 (5 teams) from 5 nations | ||||||||||||
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| Equestrian events at the 1948 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Dressage | individual | team |
| Eventing | individual | team |
| Jumping | individual | team |
The teamdressage inequestrian at the1948 Olympic Games inLondon was held in the town ofAldershot on 9 August. TheFrench team consisting ofAndré Jousseaume,Jean Saint-Fort Paillard andMaurice Buret won the gold medal. TheUnited States won silver andPortugal took bronze.[1]
The Swedish dressage team, which had originally won gold at the 1948 Games, was subsequently disqualified on April 27, 1949 by theFédération Équestre Internationale (FEI) and with the approval of the IOC.Gehnäll Persson had been promoted tolieutenant three weeks before the competition. Just two and a half weeks after the competition, theSwedish army demoted him back tosergeant. According to the regulations at the time, only officers and “gentlemen riders” were eligible to take part, but not non-commissioned officers. Since Persson had only been promoted for the period surrounding the games, this was considered a violation of the rules. The incident led to the FEI modernizing its entry conditions, which were perceived as outdated.[2]
The team and individual dressage competitions used the same results. A test was to be carried out from memory by each rider within 13 minutes, losing half a point for every second over the time limit.[3]
| Rank | Name | Horse | Individual Score | Team Score |
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 |  France (FRA)André Jousseaume Jean Saint-Fort Paillard Maurice Buret | Harpagon Sous les Ceps Saint Ouen | 480.0 439.5 349.5 | 1269 |
 |  United States (USA)Robert Borg Earl Foster Thomson Frank Henry | Klingsor Pancraft Reno Overdo | 473.5 421.0 361.5 | 1256 |
 |  Portugal (POR)Fernando Paes Francisco Valadas Luís Mena e Silva | Matamas Feitico Fascinante | 411.0 405.0 366.0 | 1182 |
| 4 |  Argentina (ARG)Justo Iturralde Humberto Terzano Oscar Goulú | Pajarito Bienvenido Grillo | 397.0 327.0 281.5 | 1005.5 |
| DSQ |  Sweden (SWE)Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern, Jr. Henri Saint Cyr Gehnäll Persson | Trumf Djinn Knaust | 477.5 444.5 DSQ | DSQ |
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