Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping
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Individual jumping at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Hong Kong Sports Institute | |||||||||
Dates | 15–21 August | |||||||||
Competitors | 77 from 29 nations | |||||||||
Winning total | 0 faults | |||||||||
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The individual show jumping at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between 15 and 21 August, at the Hong Kong Sports Institute.[1] Like all other equestrian events, the jumping competition was mixed gender, with both male and female athletes competing in the same division. There were 77 competitors from 29 nations.[2] The event was won by Eric Lamaze of Canada, the nation's first victory in individual jumping and first medal of any color in the event since 1976. Silver went to Rolf-Göran Bengtsson of Sweden, that nation's first medal in individual jumping since 1932. American Beezie Madden, who had led through the three qualifying rounds in 2004 before a bad first final round put her in 30th overall in Athens, took the bronze medal in Beijing.