- Equestrian at the 2007 Pan American Games
, and were held at the Deodoro Military Club.
The competition is broken down into an individual and team competition for each discipline, for a total of 42 medals awarded. There are three members per team and one reserve rider in the dressage, and up to 4 team members in the eventing competition with only the top 3 member's scores taken for the final results.
Dressage Results
The dressage team riders complete a test at Prix St. George level, and the individual riders complete a PSG and Intermediate I level test, with the top 15 competitors moving on to ride for medals in an Intermediate I Freestyle test.
Dressage Team
The team results qualified Canada and Brazil to compete at the 2008 Olympic Games in dressage.
Medal Athlete Score Gold SAMMIS Lauren/ SAGACIOUS HF
POULIN-NEFF Katherine/ BRILLIANT TOO
HICKEY Christopher/ REGENT68.633% Silver DVORAK Tom/ BEAUMARCHAIS
CREECH Diane/ WIONA
BRESEE Andrea/ RAFFLES67.250% Bronze CLEMENTINO Rogerio/ NILO VO
COSTA Renata/ MONTY
ALMEIDA Luiza/ SAMBA64.933% 4th place EGERSTROM Cristobal/ FERRO
PADILLA Jose Luis/ LOHENGRIN
BURSSENS Patrick/ DARK SECRET63.533% 5th place MITH Sandra/ OCEANO DO TOP
ARMANDO Gabriel/ EUCLID
PROTZEN/ Vera KADIRMO61.233% 6th place ROESCH Silvia/ Regina PERLA
LUNA Sylvia/ WESTERBERG
DAUBER Christa/ SERAFINO60.367% 7th place GOMEZ Roberto/ TIZIANO
CODDOU Oscar/ BRIDGE
VARGAS Mario/ TEJAS VERDES MONTSE60.000% Dressage Individual
Medal Athlete Score Gold (USA) /Regent 70.725 Silver (USA) / Sagacious HF 69.925 Bronze (DOM) / Bernstein Las Maris 69.50 Eventing Results
The eventers complete a 3-star level dressage test, stadium, and cross-country course. 5 teams competed in the eventing competition: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, and the United States.
After the dressage test, the United States led with 143.40 penalty points, closely followed by Canada with 159.90 penalties, then host country Brazil with 173.20 in third, Argentina in 4th, and Chile in 5th.
The cross-country course was designed by Sue Benson of Great Britain. Run over 10 minutes, the 5,700-meter course had 27 obstacles and a total of 41 jumping efforts. After the cross-country phase, the Americans were in the gold medal position, with 154.80 penalties, followed by Canada with 177.10 penalty points, and bronze-medal placed Brazil with 192.60. Of the 26 horses which began cross-country, 21 finished. The teams from Argentina and Chile were eliminated during the cross-country phase.
All 21 horses made it through Sunday jog, moving on to the stadium course. Designed by Brazilian Guilherme Jorge, it was composed of 12 jumps with 15 obstacles, over 490 meters. Rails were quite common, with only 4 horses finishing without jump penalties and only 3 of those four going double-clear without any time penalties. The Americans finished the competition with the gold medal, the Canadians with the silver, and Brazil with the bronze.
Eventing Team
The team results qualified Canada and Brazil to compete at the 2008 Olympic Games in eventing.
Medal Athlete Score Gold Karen O'Connor/ Theodore O'Connor
Phillip Dutton/ Tru Luck
Gina Miles/ McKinlaigh
Stephen Bradley/ From162.8 Silver Kyle Carter/ Madison Park
Sandra Donnelly/Buenos Aires
Waylon Roberts/ Paleface
Michael Winter/ Kingpin211.1 Bronze 235.6 Eventing Individual
Medal Athlete Score Gold 52.7 Silver (USA) / Truluck 53.8 Bronze (USA) / Mckinlaigh 56.3 4th place (USA) / Better I Do It 66.2 5th place (CAN) / Madison Park 66.3 6th place (CAN) / Buenos Aires 69.7 7th place (BRA) / Totsie 74.2 8th place (CAN) / Kingpin 75.1 9th place (BRA) / Rodizio AA 76.7 10th place (BRA) / Ekus TW 76.7 how Jumping Results
17 countries were represented in the show jumping competition, and there were a total of 10 teams: Argentina, Brazil (defending bronze medalists), Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico (defending silver medalists), the United States (defending gold medalists), and Venezuela.
The competition for team medals occurs over 2 days. Courses were all designed by Brazilian Guilherme Jorge, who also designed at the 2005 and 2007 World Cup Finals.
* Thursday, July 26: Table C Speed Class, max height 1.45m
* Friday, July 27: Table A Nations' Cup (2 rounds), max height 1.50mThe individual competition will then begin.
* Sunday, July 29: Table A (2 rounds), max height 1.60mhow Jumping Team
The team results qualified Canada, Brazil, and Mexico to compete at the 2008 Olympic Games in show jumping.
Medal Athlete Score Gold LVES Bernardo/ CHUPA CHUP 2
VENISS Pedro/ UN BLANCS DE BLANC
ALMEIDA Cesar/ SINGULAR JOTER II
PESSOA Rodrigo /RUFUS9.67 Silver CONE Mac/ MELINDA
HENSELWOOD Jill/ SPECIAL ED
LAMAZE Eric/ HICKSTEAD
MILLAR Ian/ IN STYLE14.72 Bronze HOUGH Lauren/ CASADORA
RAETHER Cara/ UBLESCO
CHAPOT Laura/ LITTLE BIG MAN
MINIKUS Todd/ PAVAROTTI27.20 4th place LAMBRE Santiago/ CURANT
NIZRI Simon/ CATARO ASK
SALAS Eduardo/ RMW ESTINA
CHEDRAUI Jose Antonio/ DON PORFIRIO34.89 5th place AMAYA Maximiliano/ CHURCH ROAD
ALBARRACIN Matias/ GAMA COCU
DOPAZO Martin EL/ CAPRICHO CORAL
KIERKEGAARD Ricardo/ REY64.25 6th place ODRIGUEZ Wylder/ POMPIDU
DIAZ DURAN Augusto/ RUBINA
EL CASTILLO Eduardo/ PAESEN
RODRIGUEZ Juan Andres/ ORESTUS VDL87.98 7th place ILLA Ricardo/ CALICO Z
RUIZ Mauricio/ RATOUCHA
RAMIREZ Carlos Hernando/ AMAZONAS99.59 Eliminated ELIM Show Jumping Individual
Medal Athlete Score Gold (CAN) / Special Ed 4.00 Silver (BRA) / Rufus 5.74 Bronze (CAN) / Hickstead 6.43 4th place (CAN) / In Style 9.29 5th place (BRA) / Un Blancs de Blanc 10.84 6th place (BRA) / Chupa Chup 13.09 7th place (MEX) / Don Porfirio 14.85 8th place (USA) / Ublesco 20.53 9th place (BRA) / Singular Joter II 20.66 10th place (VEN) / Sun God 36.03
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