Team eventing at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
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Venue |
Aldershot (Dressage, Jumping) Tweseldown Racecourse (Cross-country) |
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Date | 10–13 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 42 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
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Charles Anderson Frank Henry Earl Foster Thomson |
United States | ||
Robert Selfelt Olof Stahre Sigurd Svensson |
Sweden | ||
Raúl Campero Humberto Mariles Joaquín Solano |
Mexico |
The team eventing in equestrian at the 1948 Olympic Games in London was held in the town of Aldershot and at the Tweseldown Racecourse from 10 to 13 August. The American team of Charles Anderson, Frank Henry and Earl Foster Thomson won the gold medal. Sweden won the silver medal and Mexico took bronze.
The team and individual eventing competitions used the same scores. Eventing consisted of a dressage test, a cross-country test, and a jumping test. Team eventing final scores were the sum of the three individual scores for riders from the same NOC.