Dressage at the Olympics Through the Years

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The 1948 Olympics was the last one where equestrian dressage competitors were required to be military officers. The officers pictured above were probably the whole equestrian team, not just dressage. USA won silver team medals that year.

The 2016 Olympics took place in Rio de Janero during the month of August. We thought we would take the opportunity to look in our archives for past Olympic photos.

  • Arrival of Olympic Horses at Verden,
    Germany in 1936
  • Col. Tuttle at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
  • The 1976 team coached by Col. Bengt Ljungquist received team Bronze, first medal for the US since 1948. From left to right, Hilda Gurney on Keen, Dorthy Morkis on Monaco, and Edith Master on Dahlwitz
  • 1976 Olympic podium
  • Michael Poulin on Graf George at the 1992 Olympics
  • Keen leaping at the 1976 Olympics
  • 1996 Olympic team (left to right) Robert Dover, Steffen Peters, Michelle Gibson, and Guenter Sediel

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