Venue Olympic Stadium | Date 11 September | |
Competitors 17 team of 4 (68 total) from 17 nations | ||
The team jumping in equestrian at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich was held at Olympic Stadium on 11 September.
Competition format
The team show jumping event consisted of two rounds, held separately from the individual competition. The top 8 teams from the first round qualified for the second round. Each rider on the team rides the course the rider with the most faults, score is thrown out, the remaining score are added up to determine the total points. This was repeated in the second round, both rounds were then added together to determine placement, if tied a jump-off between all tied teams would determine the winners.
References
Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Team jumping Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA