Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Team dressage

Team dressage at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Team dressage victory ceremony
Venue	Greenwich Park
Date	2–7 August
Competitors	30 from 10 nations
Medalists
Carl Hester Laura Bechtolsheimer Charlotte Dujardin   Great Britain   Dorothee Schneider Kristina Sprehe Helen Langehanenberg   Germany   Anky van Grunsven Edward Gal Adelinde Cornelissen   Netherlands

Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Dressage		individual		team
Eventing		individual		team
Jumping		individual		team

The team dressage in equestrian at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held at Greenwich Park from 2 to 7 August.^[1]

The Great Britain team consisting of Carl Hester, Laura Bechtolsheimer and Charlotte Dujardin won the gold medal. Germany won silver and the Netherlands took bronze.

Competition format

The team and individual dressage competitions used the same results. Dressage had three phases, with only the first two used in the team competition. The first phase was the Grand Prix. The top seven teams advanced to the second phase, the Grand Prix Special. The results of that phase (ignoring the previous Grand Prix scores) produced the final results.^[2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Rank	Name	Horse	GP Score		GPS Score		Overall Average
			Individual Average	Team Average	Individual Average	Team Average
01 !	Great Britain (GBR) Carl Hester Laura Bechtolsheimer Charlotte Dujardin	Uthopia Mistral Hojris Valegro	77.720 76.839 83.663	79.407	80.571 77.794 83.286	80.550	79.979
02 !	Germany (GER) Dorothee Schneider Kristina Sprehe Helen Langehanenberg	Diva Royal Desperados Damon Hill	76.277 79.119 81.140	78.845	77.571 76.254 78.937	77.587	78.216
03 !	Netherlands (NED) Anky van Grunsven Edward Gal Adelinde Cornelissen	Salinero Undercover Parzival	73.343 75.395 81.687	76.809	74.794 75.556 81.968	77.439	77.124
4	Denmark (DEN) Anne van Olst Anna Kasprzak Nathalie Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein	Clearwater Donnperignon Digby	71.322 75.289 74.924	73.845	72.016 73.794 75.730	73.847	73.846
5	Sweden (SWE) Minna Telde Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfvén Patrik Kittel	Santana Don Auriello Scandic	67.477 74.271 74.073	71.940	72.270 74.063 74.079	73.471	72.706
6	United States (USA) Jan Ebeling Tina Konyot Steffen Peters	Rafalca Calecto V Ravel	70.243 70.456 77.705	72.801	69.302 70.651 76.254	72.069	72.435
7	Spain (ESP) Jose Daniel Martin Dockx Morgan Barbancon Mestres Juan Manuel Munoz Diaz	Grandioso Painted Black Fuego	69.043 72.751 75.608	72.467	69.286 71.556 75.476	72.106	72.287
8	Poland (POL) Michal Rapcewicz Beata Stremler Katarzyna Milczarek	Randon Martini Ekwador	66.915 69.422 69.271	68.536	Did not advance
9	Australia (AUS) Kristy Oatley Lyndal Oatley Mary Hanna	Clive Sandro Boy Sancette	68.222 69.377 67.964	68.521	Did not advance
-	Canada (CAN) Jacqueline Brooks David Marcus Ashley Holzer	D’Niro Capital Breaking Dawn	68.526 EL 71.809	EL	Did not advance

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