| Team dressage at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Ruskeasuo Equestrian Hall | ||||||||||||
| Date | 28–29 July 1956 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 24 (8 teams) from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
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| Equestrian events at the 1952 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Dressage | individual | team |
| Eventing | individual | team |
| Jumping | individual | team |
Theteam dressage at the1952 Summer Olympics took place between 28 and 29 July at theRuskeasuo 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.[1]
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.
| Rank | Nation | Rider | Horse | Individual Score | Team Score |
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 |  Sweden | Henri Saint Cyr Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern, Jr. Gehnäll Persson | Master Rufus Krest Knaust | 561.0 531.0 505.5 | 1597.5 |
 |  Switzerland | Gottfried Trachsel Henri Chammartin Gustav Fischer | Kursus Wöhler Soliman | 531.0 529.5 518.5 | 1579.0 |
 |  Germany | Heinz Pollay Ida von Nagel Fritz Thiedemann | Adular Afrika Chronist | 518.5 503.0 479.5 | 1501.0 |
| 4 |  France | André Jousseaume Jean Peitevin de Saint André Jean Saint-Fort Paillard | Harpagon Vol au Vent Tapir | 541.0 479.0 403.5 | 1423.5 |
| 5 |  Chile | José Larraín Héctor Clavel Ernesto Silva | Rey de Oros Frontalera Viarregio | 473.5 452.0 415.0 | 1340.5 |
| 6 |  United States | Bob Borg Marjorie Haines Hartmann Pauly | Bill Biddle The Flying Dutchman Reno Overdo | 492.0 446.0 315.5 | 1253.5 |
| 7 |  Soviet Union | Vladimir Raspopov Vasily Tikhonov Nikolay Sitko | Imeninnik Pevec Cesar | 433.5 395.0 377.0 | 1205.5 |
| 8 |  Portugal | António Reymão Nogueira Francisco Valadas Júnior Fernando Paes | Napeiro Feitico Matamas | 428.5 422.0 346.0 | 1196.5 |
