Equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Team dressage

Team dressage at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue	Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Date	15–16 June
Competitors	24 (8 teams) from 8 nations
Medalists
Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern Jr. Gehnäll Persson Henri Saint Cyr  Sweden Anneliese Küppers Liselott Linsenhoff Hannelore Weygand  United Team of Germany Henri Chammartin Gustav Fischer Gottfried Trachsel  Switzerland

The team dressage at the 1956 Summer Olympics took place between 15 and 16 June, at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium. The event was open to men and women. The team and individual dressage competitions used the same results. Five judges gave scores, with the result being the sum of the scores. The three individual scores were summed to give a team score.^[1]

Results

8 teams of 3 riders competed.^[2]

Rank	Nation	Riders	Horses	Individual Scores	Team Score
	Sweden	Henri Saint Cyr Gehnäll Persson Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern Jr.	Juli Knaust Krest	860.0 821.0 794.0	2475.0
	United Team of Germany	Liselott Linsenhoff Hannelore Weygand Anneliese Küppers	Adular Perkunos Afrika	832.0 785.0 729.0	2346.0
	Switzerland	Gottfried Trachsel Henri Chammartin Gustav Fischer	Kursus Woehler Vasello	807.0 789.0 750.0	2346.0
4	Soviet Union	Sergei Filatov Aleksandr Vtorov Nikolay Sitko	Ingas Repertoir Skatchek	744.0 726.0 700.0	2170.0
5	Denmark	Lis Hartel Hermann Zobel Inger Lemvigh-Müller	Jubilee Monty Bel Ami	850.0 673.0 644.0	2167.0
6	France	André Jousseaume Jean-Albert Brasu Jean Salmon	Harpagon Vol d'Amour Kipling	814.0 648.0 554.0	2016.0
7	Norway	Else Christophersen Ann-Lise Kielland Bodil Russ	Diva Clary Corona	739.0 601.5 572.0	1912.5
8	Romania	Gheorghe Teodorescu Nicolae Mihalcea Nicolae Marcoci	Palatin Mihnea Corvin	721.0 625.0 516.0	1862.0

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Equestrianism at the 1956 Stockholm Equestrian Games: Mixed Dressage, Team". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
2. Official Report, p. 202.