Equestrian at the Friendship Games
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Equestrian events
at the Friendship Games
included show jumping
, dressage
and eventing
in both individual and team competitions. Events were held on three venues in Poland
: Jumping events were held in Sopot
between 6 and 10 August, dressage – at the Książ Landscape Park
near Wałbrzych between 17 and 19 August, while eventing was held at the Modern Pentathlon and Equestrian Centre of the Lubusz Sports Club "Lumel" in Drzonków
on 23–26 August 1984.
* – Five teams competed, but only two completed the event.
Equestrianism
Equestrianism more often known as riding, horseback riding or horse riding refers to the skill of riding, driving, or vaulting with horses...
at the Friendship Games
Friendship Games
The Friendship Games or Friendship-84 was an international multi-sport event held between 2 July and 16 September 1984 in the Soviet Union and eight other socialist states which boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles....
included show jumping
Show jumping
Show jumping, also known as "stadium jumping," "open jumping," or "jumpers," is a member of a family of English riding equestrian events that also includes dressage, eventing, hunters, and equitation. Jumping classes commonly are seen at horse shows throughout the world, including the Olympics...
, dressage
Dressage
Dressage is a competitive equestrian sport, defined by the International Equestrian Federation as "the highest expression of horse training." Competitions are held at all levels from amateur to the World Equestrian Games...
and eventing
Eventing
Eventing is an equestrian event comprising dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. This event has its roots in a comprehensive cavalry test requiring mastery of several types of riding...
in both individual and team competitions. Events were held on three venues in Poland
People's Republic of Poland
The People's Republic of Poland was the official name of Poland from 1952 to 1990. Although the Soviet Union took control of the country immediately after the liberation from Nazi Germany in 1944, the name of the state was not changed until eight years later...
: Jumping events were held in Sopot
Sopot
Sopot is a seaside town in Eastern Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000....
between 6 and 10 August, dressage – at the Książ Landscape Park
Ksiaz Landscape Park
Książ Landscape Park is a protected area in south-western Poland, established in 1981, covering an area of...
near Wałbrzych between 17 and 19 August, while eventing was held at the Modern Pentathlon and Equestrian Centre of the Lubusz Sports Club "Lumel" in Drzonków
Drzonków
Drzonków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zielona Góra, within Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Zielona Góra....
on 23–26 August 1984.
Medal summary
| Individual dressage | 1,705 | 1,703 | 1,649 | |||
| Team dressage |  Soviet Union Yuri Kovshov Yuri Kovshov Yuri Aleksandrovich Kovshov is a former Soviet equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in team dressage at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and received a silver medal in individual dressage.-References:... on Ruch Olga Klimko on Barbaris Olga Sirosh on Irtysz |
4,187 |  Poland Elżbieta Morciniec on Frez Bogusław Misztal on Damian Andrzej Sałacki on Mytrop |
3,867 |  German Democratic Republic Ina Saalbach on Franziska Magrit Böchme on Nox Bernd Langren on Radames |
3,840 |
| Individual eventing | 42.05 | 43.50 | 50.65 | |||
| Team eventing | Poland Jan Lipczyński on Elektron Mirosław Szłapka on Leń Adam Prokulewicz on Lagar Bogusław Jarecki on Niewiaża |
137.20 | Soviet Union Valeriy Davidovich on Banitet Yuri Salnikov Yuri Salnikov Yuri Salnikov is a former Soviet equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a team gold medal in eventing at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.-References:... on Poplin Vladimir Tishkin on Fleur Boris Gorchakov on Zairo |
199.30 | none |
– |
| Individual jumping | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Team jumping |  West Germany Tjark Nagel on Fregula Stefan Scheve on Otto Eberhard Saul on Gobi Kurt Grevemeier on Sylvester |
24 |  Italy Federico Menghi on Benedict Alesandro Galeazzi on Moreado Stefano Scaccobarozzi on Jasil Michelle Della Casa on Scarfel |
47 | Poland Janusz Bobik on Szampan Rudolf Mrugała on Gaudeamus Wiesław Hartman on Hart Jan Kowalczyk Jan Kowalczyk Jan Kowalczyk is a Polish show jumping champion, Olympic champion from 1980.- Olympic Record :Kowalczyk participated at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, where he won a gold medal in Individual Jumping. At the same Olympics he also received a silver medal in Team jumping with the Polish team.-... on Festyn German Democratic Republic Horst Lösche on Neptun II Egbert Arndt on Hanniball Falk Siegling on Grolle Disch Rolf Günter on Duant |
60 |
Individual jumping jump-off
A jump-off was needed to determine the winner in the individual jumping event.| Rider | Horse | Penalties | Time (s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... ) |
|
| Scarfel | 0 | 24.02 | ||
| Otto | 0 | 24.23 | ||
| Gobi | 4 | 24.41 |
Medal table
| 1 | Soviet Union |
2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Poland |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | West Germany |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Italy |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | German Democratic Republic |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |