2011 European Show Jumping Championship
The 2011 European Show Jumping Championship was held between September 13 and September 18, 2011 in Madrid in Spain.
It was the 31st edition of the European Show Jumping Championships, only in the 19th time team medals were awarded.
In April 2009 the FEI chose the Spanish capital Madrid to host the 2011 European Show Jumping Championship. Madrid was in the last years alternately with Gijón location of the annual Spanish Nations Cup horse show in Show Jumping.
It was the second time in European Show Jumping Championship history – after 1993 in Gijón – that Spain held this sports event.
The European Show Jumping Championship was opened in afternoon on Tuesday, September 13. The sport at the Championship had started on Wednesday. Parallel to the European Championships, a CSI 3*-Show jumping horse show is held. The Event will end on Sunday after the prize giving ceremony.
The event is held at the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid.
The team competition and the individual competition is held from Wednesday to Friday at the same competitions. The individual competition will end after a final competition on Sunday.
The first competition was a speed and handiness competition. Here the jumping faults are converted to seconds and added to the time in seconds. After this competition the calculated seconds are converted into point for the European Championship individual ranking.
The second competition was a show jumping competition with two rounds. It is held on Thursday and Friday. On Friday only the best ten nations and the best 50 riders are allowed to start in the second round (all team riders of the ten teams are allowed to start). The results of three riders per team counts for the team result. After the Friday competition the team medals will be awarded. The best 25 riders start on Sunday in one more show jumping competition with two rounds. After this competition the individual medals are awarded.
After the first day of the competitions the French team was in the lead. The teams of German, Sweden, the Netherlands, Great Britain and Belgium follow with a distance of less than eight points.
In the individual ranking with Olivier Guillon also a French rider was in the lead. 27 riders follow with a distance of less than four points.
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