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Individual jumping at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Kyrgyzstan stamp commemorating 1996 Olympic equestrianism
Venue	Georgia International Horse Park
Dates	29 July – 4 August
Competitors	82 from 24 nations
Winning total	1.00 faults
Medalists
Ulrich Kirchhoff  Germany Wilhelm Melliger  Switzerland Alexandra Ledermann  France
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The individual show jumping event, part of the equestrian program at the 1996 Summer Olympics, was held from 29 July to 1 August 1996 at the Georgia International Horse Park, in Conyers, Georgia. Like all other equestrian events, the jumping competition was mixed gender, with both male and female athletes competing in the same division.^[1] There were 82 competitors from 24 nations.^[2] Each nation could have up to 4 riders. The event was won by Ulrich Kirchhoff of Germany, the nation's second consecutive victory in the individual jumping (and third overall, tying Italy for second-most all-time after France's four). It was the fourth consecutive Games at which Germany competed that the nation reached the podium in the event—gold in 1936 and bronze in 1952 (with no Games in 1940 or 1944, Germany disinvited in 1948, and either United Team of Germany or separate West Germany and East Germany teams competing from 1956 to 1988), before gold again in 1992 and 1996. The silver medal went to Wilhelm Melliger of Switzerland and the bronze to Alexandra Ledermann of France, the two of whom came out on top of a seven-way jump-off for second place.

This was the 20th appearance of the event, which had first been held at the 1900 Summer Olympics and has been held at every Summer Olympics at which equestrian sports have been featured (that is, excluding 1896, 1904, and 1908). It is the oldest event on the current programme, the only one that was held in 1900.^[2]

Seven of the top 10 riders from the 1992 Games returned: gold medalist Ludger Beerbaum of Germany, fourth-place finisher Hervé Godignon of France, fifth-place finisher (and 1988 seventh-place finisher) Jan Tops of the Netherlands, sixth-place finisher Maria Gretzer of Sweden, seventh-place finisher Ludo Philippaerts of Belgium, ninth-place finisher Rodrigo Pessoa of Brazil, and tenth-place finisher Michael Matz of the United States. The reigning World Champion was Franke Sloothaak of Germany.^[2]

Saudi Arabia made its debut in the event. France competed for the 18th time, most of any nation.

The competition underwent a smaller format change than in the two previous Games. The three-run qualifying and two-run final continued, though the number of finalists was reduced to 25 (from half the field) and there was no cut during the qualifying round or during the final round (only between qualifying and the final). The qualifying round also returned to the traditional fault scoring, rather than the positive points system used in 1988 and 1992.

All riders competed in the three runs of the qualifying round. The three-run total counted as the qualifying score. The top 25 riders advanced to the final, with a maximum of three riders per nation. The final consisted of two runs. The total of the two runs was used for the final score. A jump-off would be used if necessary to break ties for medal positions; other ties would not be broken.^[2]

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Top 25 riders advanced to the final round, maximum of three riders per nation. Qualification round held 21 to 24 July. All scores were reset to zero after the third qualifying round. Final held 4 August 1996. 7 riders tied for second so an additional jump-off round was held.

The Argentine team was disqualified for animal cruelty during training.^[2]

More information Rank, Rider ...

Rank	Rider	Horse	Nation	Qualifying				Final			Jump-off
				Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total	Round 1	Round 2	Total
	Ulrich Kirchhoff	Jus De Pommes	Germany	4.00	0.75	0.75	5.50	0.00	1.00	1.00	—
	Wilhelm Melliger	Calvaro	Switzerland	4.00	12.00	0.00	16.00	0.00	4.00	4.00	0.00
	Alexandra Ledermann	Rochet M	France	8.00	4.00	4.00	16.00	4.00	0.00	4.00	0.00
4	Hugo Simon	ET	Austria	4.00	4.00	8.00	16.00	4.00	0.00	4.00	4.00
5	Urs Fah	Jeremia	Switzerland	4.00	4.00	8.00	16.00	0.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
6	Geoff Billington	It's Otto	Great Britain	0.25	12.00	0.00	12.25	4.00	0.00	4.00	4.00
7	Jan Tops	Top Gun	Netherlands	0.00	0.00	4.25	4.25	0.00	4.00	4.00	8.00
8	Álvaro de Miranda Neto	Aspen	Brazil	8.00	0.25	8.00	16.25	0.00	4.00	4.00	16.00
9	Rodrigo de Paula Pessoa	Tomboy	Brazil	1.25	0.00	0.75	2.00	4.00	0.25	4.25	—
	John Whitaker	Welham	Great Britain	4.00	4.00	14.50	22.50	4.00	0.25	4.25
11	Anton-Martin Bauer	Vesuve Paluelle	Austria	4.00	0.00	8.00	12.00	0.00	8.00	8.00
	Leslie Burr-Howard	Extreme	United States	0.00	14.00	0.00	14.00	4.00	4.00	8.00
	Peter Charles	Beneton	Ireland	13.75	0.00	4.00	17.75	0.00	8.00	8.00
	Jozef Lansink	Carthago	Netherlands	4.00	8.00	8.00	20.00	4.00	4.00	8.00
	Beat Maendli	City Banking	Switzerland	4.00	8.00	4.00	16.00	4.00	4.00	8.00
	Fernando Sarasola	Ennio	Spain	10.00	0.00	0.25	10.25	0.00	8.00	8.00
17	Herve Godignon	Viking Du Tillard	France	4.25	4.25	0.00	8.50	0.00	9.00	9.00
18	Andre Bier Johannpeter	Calei	Brazil	8.25	4.25	8.00	20.50	4.00	8.00	12.00
19	Jerry Smit	Constantijn	Italy	8.25	4.00	4.00	16.25	4.00	8.25	12.25
20	Anne Kursinski	Feliciano	United States	0.00	0.00	8.00	8.00	4.00	12.00	16.00
	Ludo Philippaerts	King Darko	Belgium	0.00	4.00	0.00	4.00	4.00	12.00	16.00
	Lars Nieberg	For Pleasure	Germany	8.00	0.00	12.00	20.00	0.00	16.00	16.00
23	Nick Skelton	Show Time	Great Britain	12.00	8.00	4.00	24.00	4.00	12.25	16.25
24	Rutherford Latham	Sourire d'Aze	Spain	5.00	8.00	8.00	21.00	4.00	12.50	16.50
25	Helmut Morbitzer	Racal	Austria	0.00	16.00	4.00	20.00	4.00	25.00	29.00
26	Ludger Beerbaum	Ratina	Germany	0.00	0.00	0.25	0.25	Did not advance
27	Michael Matz	Rhum	United States	4.00	4.00	4.00	12.00
	Valerio Sozzi	Gaston M	Italy	0.00	12.00	0.00	12.00
28	Roger-Yves Bost	Souviens Toi	France	4.75	8.00	0.00	12.75
29	Takeshi Shirai	Vicomte Du Mesnil	Japan	2.00	8.25	4.50	14.75
30	Peter Eriksson	Robin	Sweden	4.00	8.00	4.00	16.00
	Peter Leone	Legato	United States	12.00	4.00	0.00	16.00
32	Patrice Delaveau	Roxane De Gruchy	France	0.50	8.00	8.00	16.50
33	Jaime Guerra	Risueno	Mexico	4.00	9.50	4.00	17.50
35	Alejandro Jordá	Hernando Du Sablon	Spain	5.00	5.00	8.50	18.50
36	Natale Chiaudani	Rheingold De Luyne	Italy	4.00	12.00	4.00	20.00
	Emile Hendrix	Finesse	Netherlands	4.00	12.00	4.00	20.00
38	Jessica Chesney-Kürten	Diamond Exchange	Ireland	8.00	8.50	4.00	20.50
39	Eddie Macken	Schalkhaar	Ireland	4.00	4.00	14.00	22.00
40	Ramzy Al-Duhami	Let's Talk About	Saudi Arabia	1.50	5.00	16.75	23.25
41	Bert Romp	Samantha	Netherlands	4.00	8.00	12.00	24.00
	Pedro Sanchez	Riccarda	Spain	4.00	8.00	12.00	24.00
	Manuel Torres	Cartagena	Colombia	12.00	12.00	0.00	24.00
44	Khaled el-Eid	Eastern Knight	Saudi Arabia	8.25	8.50	8.00	24.75
45	Maria Gretzer	Marcoville	Sweden	9.00	4.00	12.50	25.50
46	Rolf-Goran Bengtsson	Paradiso	Sweden	4.00	4.00	20.00	28.00
	Ian Millar	Play It Again	Canada	8.00	12.00	8.00	28.00
48	Luiz Felipe de Azevedo	Cassiana	Brazil	17.00	8.00	4.00	29.00
	Malin Baryard	Corrmint	Sweden	12.50	12.25	4.25	29.00
50	Antonio Chedraui	Elastique	Mexico	4.00	20.00	8.00	32.00
	Stanny Van Paesschen	Mulga Bill	Belgium	12.00	12.00	8.00	32.00
52	Malcolm Cone	Elute	Canada	8.25	12.00	12.00	32.25
53	Michel Blaton	Revoulino	Belgium	9.00	17.75	8.50	35.25
54	José Madariaga	Genius	Mexico	0.50	20.00	16.25	36.75
55	Vicki Roycroft	Coalminer	Australia	8.00	16.00	16.00	40.00
56	Arnaldo Bologni	Eileen	Italy	8.00	12.00	24.00	44.00
57	Yoshihiro Nakano	Sisal De Jalesnes	Japan	16.50	8.00	20.00	44.50
58	Miguel Leal	Surcouf De Revel	Portugal	12.00	21.00	12.50	45.50
	Linda Southern-Heathcott	Advantage	Canada	12.75	12.00	20.75	45.50
60	Alfonso Romo	Flash	Mexico	27.75	12.00	8.00	47.75
61	Russell Johnstone	Southern Contrast	Australia	12.00	24.00	12.00	48.00
62	Taizo Sugitani	Countryman	Japan	16.75	16.00	16.00	48.75
63	Michael Whitaker	Two Step	Great Britain	22.25	16.00	12.00	50.25
64	Damian Gardiner	Arthos	Ireland	8.00	28.50	16.00	52.50
65	Markus Fuchs	Adelfos	Switzerland	31.25	8.00	16.00	55.25
66	Christopher Delia	Silent Sam	Canada	8.00	16.00	32.00	56.00
67	Eric Wauters	Bon Ami	Belgium	4.00	16.00	37.50	57.50
68	Antonio Vozone	Mr. Cer	Portugal	13.75	17.25	28.25	59.25
69	Daniel Meech	Future Vision	New Zealand	40.25	12.00	8.00	60.25
70	Denise Cojuangco	Chouman	Philippines	9.75	27.25	26.00	63.00
71	David Cooper	Red Sails	Australia	24.00	40.25	24.00	88.25
—	Alexander Earle	Same Old Song	Puerto Rico	16.50	Elim.	34.75	Elim.
	Jennifer Parlevliet	Another Flood	Australia	5.75	37.00	—	DNF
	Kenji Morimoto	Alcazar	Japan	5.00	Elim.	—	DNF
	Kamal Bahamdan	Missouri	Saudi Arabia	8.00	24.25	—	DNF
	Alejandro Davila	Ejmplo	Colombia	16.00	36.25	—	DNF
	Franke Sloothaak	Joly	Germany	4.00	Elim.	—	DNF
	Thomas Metzger	Royal Flash	Austria	Elim.	—	—	DNF
	Justo Albarracin	Dinastia Pampero	Argentina	12.00	8.00	4.00	24.00 DSQ
	Ricardo Kierkegaard	Renomme	Argentina	4.50	20.00	5.25	29.75 DSQ
	Federico Castaing	Landlord	Argentina	28.00	16.00	24.00	68.00 DSQ
	Oscar Fuentes	Henry J. Speed	Argentina	12.75	Elim.	—	DNF DSQ

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