Equestrian at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Individual eventing
The individual eventing event, part of the equestrian program at the 2000 Summer Olympics, was held from 20 to 22 September 2000 in the Sydney International Equestrian Centre. Like all other equestrian events, the eventing competition was mixed gender, with both male and female athletes competing in the same division.
For the 1996 and 2000 Olympic competitions, the individual and team contests were separate events. A rider could compete in both competitions as long as it was on different horses. An example of this is individual winner David O'Connor who won his gold medal riding Custom Made, while he earned his team bronze medal with the U.S riding Giltedge.
Medalists
Results
The total score for each horse and rider was the sum of the total penalty points earned in the various phases of competitions. The pair with the lowest number of penalty points was victorious.Dressage
For the dressage portion of the competition, horse and rider pairs performed series of movements that were evaluated by judges. Judges gave marks of 0 to 10 for each movement, subtracting points for errors. The score for each judge was represented the total marks gained. For every point less than a total of 240, 0.2 Penalty Points were assessed.| Rank | Rider | Horse | Nation | Judge H | Judge C | Judge M | Score | Penalty Points |
| 1 | David O'Connor | Custom Made | 194 | 187 | 194 | 575 | 29.0 | |
| 2 | Marina Köhncke | Longchamps | 174 | 194 | 178 | 546 | 34.8 | |
| 3 | Heidi Antikatzides | Michaelmas | 181 | 176 | 176 | 533 | 37.4 | |
| 4 | Mark Todd | Eyespy II | 181 | 170 | 174 | 525 | 39.0 | |
| 5 | Andrew Hoy | Swizzle In | 158 | 180 | 183 | 521 | 39.8 | |
| 5 | Sofia Andler | Amaretto | 171 | 165 | 185 | 521 | 39.8 | |
| 7 | Blyth Tait | Welton Envoy | 157 | 175 | 184 | 516 | 40.8 | |
| 8 | Rodolphe Scherer | Bambi De Brier | 167 | 171 | 175 | 513 | 41.4 | |
| 9 | Robert Costello | Chevalier | 176 | 161 | 171 | 508 | 42.4 | |
| 10 | Fabio Magni | Cool N' Breezy | 167 | 171 | 162 | 500 | 44.0 | |
| 11 | Amanda Ross | Otto Schumaker | 167 | 159 | 170 | 496 | 44.8 | |
| 12 | Annette Wyrwoll | Bantry Bay | 168 | 163 | 164 | 495 | 45.0 | |
| 13 | Mary King | Star Appeal | 153 | 164 | 168 | 485 | 47.0 | |
| 14 | Nils Haagensen | Discovery II | 152 | 166 | 166 | 484 | 47.2 | |
| 15 | Brook Staples | Master Monarch | 159 | 158 | 165 | 482 | 47.6 | |
| 16 | Daisuke Kato | Akwaba | 152 | 169 | 159 | 480 | 48.0 | |
| 17 | Enrique Sarasola Jr. | Cool Boy | 150 | 159 | 161 | 470 | 50.0 | |
| 18 | Karen Dixon | Too Smart | 149 | 160 | 159 | 468 | 50.4 | |
| 19 | Nicolas Touzaint | Cobra D'Or | 156 | 149 | 162 | 467 | 50.6 | |
| 20 | Ian Stark | Arakai | 157 | 158 | 150 | 465 | 51.0 | |
| 21 | Mary Jane Tumbridge | Bermuda's Gold | 154 | 152 | 151 | 457 | 52.6 | |
| T22 | Piia Pantsu | Uppercut | 144 | 160 | 152 | 456 | 52.8 | |
| T22 | Julie Black | Hyde Park Corn | 154 | 148 | 154 | 456 | 52.8 | |
| T22 | Austin O'Connor | Fabio | 157 | 152 | 147 | 456 | 52.8 | |
| 25 | Kai Rueder | Butscher | 148 | 157 | 150 | 455 | 53.0 | |
| 26 | Bruno Goyens de Heusch | Graceland Cava | 146 | 153 | 155 | 454 | 53.2 | |
| T27 | Eduard Stibbe | Eton | 149 | 154 | 148 | 451 | 53.8 | |
| T27 | Andrea Verdina | Donnizeti | 152 | 127 | 152 | 451 | 53.8 | |
| 29 | Jean-Lou Bigot | Twist La Beige | 141 | 147 | 150 | 438 | 56.4 | |
| 30 | Wyndham St John | Oliver | 130 | 147 | 145 | 422 | 59.6 | |
| 31 | Paula Toernqvist | Monaghan | 135 | 148 | 144 | 427 | 60.6 | |
| 32 | Imtiaz Anees | Spring Invader | 133 | 143 | 139 | 415 | 61.0 | |
| 33 | Bruce Mandeville | Larissa | 134 | 125 | 147 | 406 | 62.8 | |
| 34 | Trevor Smith | High Scope | 129 | 136 | 140 | 405 | 65.0 | |
| 35 | Jorge Fernandez | Tiberio | 114 | 118 | 118 | 350 | 74.0 | |
| 36 | Carlos Paro | Feline | 100 | 102 | 110 | 312 | 81.6 | |
| 37 | Henry Gramajo | Potencial | 101 | 105 | 109 | 315 | 83.0 | |
| 38 | Roberto Macedo | Fricote | 76 | 84 | 94 | 254 | 93.2 |
Cross country
In the cross country phase, each pair had to traverse 14.3 kilometers of road and track, 3.1 kilometers of steeplechase, and an obstacle course spread over a track of approximately 7.4 kilometers. Pairs received.4 penalty points for every second beyond the optimal time, up to a limit. Any pair that had not finished in that time was eliminated.Penalty points were also assessed for disobedience faults at obstacles and for falls. Disobedience faults incurred 20 penalty points, rider falls incurred 65, and horse falls eliminated the pair. The total penalty points from cross country were added to those incurred in phase 1, dressage, for a two-round total.
| Rank | Rider | Horse | Nation | Faults | Time | Penalty Points |
| 1 | David O'Connor | Custom Made | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Heidi Antikatzides | Michaelmas | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Mark Todd | Eyespy II | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Andrew Hoy | Swizzle In | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Rodolphe Scherer | Bambi De Brier | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Robert Costello | Chevalier | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Fabio Magni | Cool N' Breezy | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Mary King | Star Appeal | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Karen Dixon | Too Smart | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Ian Stark | Arakai | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Jean-Lou Bigot | Twist La Beige | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Julie Black | Hyde Park Corn | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | |
| 13 | Enrique Sarasola Jr. | Cool Boy | 0 | 1.6 | 1.6 | |
| 14 | Paula Toernqvist | Monaghan | 0 | 2.8 | 2.8 | |
| 15 | Eduard Stibbe | Eton | 0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | |
| 16 | Wyndham St John | Oliver | 0 | 2.8 | 2.8 | |
| 17 | Carlos Paro | Feline | 0 | 19.2 | 19.2 | |
| 18 | Andrea Verdina | Donnizeti | 20 | 0 | 20 | |
| 19 | Trevor Smith | High Scope | 0 | 36.8 | 36.8 | |
| 20 | Brook Staples | Master Monarch | 20 | 18.8 | 38.8 | |
| 21 | Austin O'Connor | Fabio | 20 | 19.2 | 39.2 | |
| 22 | Annette Wyrwoll | Bantry Bay | 40 | 32.8 | 72.8 | |
| 23 | Amanda Ross | Otto Schumaker | 60 | 27.2 | 87.2 | |
| 24 | Bruce Mandeville | Larissa | 60 | 72.8 | 132.8 | |
| 25 | Imtiaz Anees | Spring Invader | 120 | 45.6 | 165.6 | |
| - | Marina Köhncke | Longchamps | 0 | 0.8 | EL | |
| - | Jorge Fernandez | Tiberio | 80 | 8 | EL | |
| - | Henry Gramajo | Potencial | 0 | 10.4 | EL | |
| - | Bruno Goyens de Heusch | Graceland Cava | 60 | 0 | RT | |
| - | Sofia Andler | Amaretto | 60 | 0 | RT | |
| - | Kai Rueder | Butscher | 40 | 0 | RT | |
| - | Nils Haagensen | Discovery II | 100 | 0 | RT | |
| - | Roberto Macedo | Fricote | 80 | 0 | RT | |
| - | Mary Jane Tumbridge | Bermuda's Gold | 0 | 0 | RT | |
| - | Blyth Tait | Welton Envoy | 20 | 0 | RT | |
| - | Nicolas Touzaint | Cobra D'Or | 80 | 0 | RT | |
| - | Daisuke Kato | Akwaba | 0 | 0 | RT | |
| - | Piia Pantsu | Uppercut | 80 | 0 | RT |
Total after Dressage and Cross Country
Show jumping
In show jumping, pairs received 4 penalty points for each obstacle knocked down, 4 penalty points for the horse's first disobedience, and 8 penalty points for the rider's first fall. They also received 1 penalty point for each second over the optimum time.They could be eliminated for a second disobedience, the rider's second fall, the horse's first fall, or taking more than twice the optimum time to finish the course.
| Rank | Rider | Horse | Nation | Faults | Time | Penalty Points |
| 1 | Andrew Hoy | Swizzle In | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Julie Black | Hyde Park Corn | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Trevor Smith | High Scope | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Annette Wyrwoll | Bantry Bay | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Bruce Mandeville | Larissa | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Mark Todd | Eyespy II | 0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | |
| 7 | David O'Connor | Custom Made | 5.0 | 0 | 5.0 | |
| 7 | Rodolphe Scherer | Bambi De Brier | 5.0 | 0 | 5.0 | |
| 7 | Fabio Magni | Cool N' Breezy | 5.0 | 0 | 5.0 | |
| 7 | Mary King | Star Appeal | 5.0 | 0 | 5.0 | |
| 7 | Ian Stark | Arakai | 5.0 | 0 | 5.0 | |
| 7 | Austin O'Connor | Fabio | 5.0 | 0 | 5.0 | |
| 13 | Robert Costello | Chevalier | 10.0 | 0 | 10.0 | |
| 13 | Karen Dixon | Too Smart | 10.0 | 0 | 10.0 | |
| 13 | Jean-Lou Bigot | Twist La Beige | 10.0 | 0 | 10.0 | |
| 13 | Brook Staples | Master Monarch | 10.0 | 0 | 10.0 | |
| 13 | Amanda Ross | Otto Schumaker | 10.0 | 0 | 10.0 | |
| 13 | Imtiaz Anees | Spring Invader | 10.0 | 0 | 10.0 | |
| 19 | Paula Toernqvist | Monaghan | 5.0 | 6.0 | 11.0 | |
| 20 | Heidi Antikatzides | Michaelmas | 10.0 | 3.0 | 13.0 | |
| 20 | Eduard Stibbe | Eton | 10.0 | 3.0 | 13.0 | |
| 22 | Andrea Verdina | Donnizeti | 5.0 | 9.0 | 14.0 | |
| 23 | Carlos Paro | Feline | 45.0 | 2.0 | 47.0 | |
| - | Enrique Sarasola Jr. | Cool Boy | EL | |||
| - | Wyndham St John | Oliver | WD | |||
| - | Marina Köhncke | Longchamps | NS | |||
| - | Jorge Fernandez | Tiberio | NS | |||
| - | Henry Gramajo | Potencial | NS | |||
| - | Bruno Goyens de Heusch | Graceland Cava | NS | |||
| - | Sofia Andler | Amaretto | NS | |||
| - | Kai Rueder | Butscher | NS | |||
| - | Nils Haagensen | Discovery II | NS | |||
| - | Roberto Macedo | Fricote | NS | |||
| - | Mary Jane Tumbridge | Bermuda's Gold | NS | |||
| - | Blyth Tait | Welton Envoy | NS | |||
| - | Nicolas Touzaint | Cobra D'Or | NS | |||
| - | Daisuke Kato | Akwaba | NS | |||
| - | Piia Pantsu | Uppercut | NS |
Final Total
Cross country
In the cross country phase, each pair had to traverse 14.3 kilometers of road and track, 3.1 kilometers of steeplechase, and an obstacle course spread over a track of approximately 7.4 kilometers. Pairs received.4 penalty points for every second beyond the optimal time, up to a limit. Any pair that had not finished in that time was eliminated.Penalty points were also assessed for disobedience faults at obstacles and for falls. Disobedience faults incurred 20 penalty points, rider falls incurred 65, and horse falls eliminated the pair. The total penalty points from cross country were added to those incurred in phase 1, dressage, for a two-round total.
| Rank | Rider | Horse | Nation | Faults | Time | Penalty Points |
| 1 | David O'Connor | Custom Made | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Heidi Antikatzides | Michaelmas | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Mark Todd | Eyespy II | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Andrew Hoy | Swizzle In | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Rodolphe Scherer | Bambi De Brier | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Robert Costello | Chevalier | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Fabio Magni | Cool N' Breezy | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Mary King | Star Appeal | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Karen Dixon | Too Smart | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Ian Stark | Arakai | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Jean-Lou Bigot | Twist La Beige | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Julie Black | Hyde Park Corn | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | |
| 13 | Enrique Sarasola Jr. | Cool Boy | 0 | 1.6 | 1.6 | |
| 14 | Paula Toernqvist | Monaghan | 0 | 2.8 | 2.8 | |
| 15 | Eduard Stibbe | Eton | 0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | |
| 16 | Wyndham St John | Oliver | 0 | 2.8 | 2.8 | |
| 17 | Carlos Paro | Feline | 0 | 19.2 | 19.2 | |
| 18 | Andrea Verdina | Donnizeti | 20 | 0 | 20 | |
| 19 | Trevor Smith | High Scope | 0 | 36.8 | 36.8 | |
| 20 | Brook Staples | Master Monarch | 20 | 18.8 | 38.8 | |
| 21 | Austin O'Connor | Fabio | 20 | 19.2 | 39.2 | |
| 22 | Annette Wyrwoll | Bantry Bay | 40 | 32.8 | 72.8 | |
| 23 | Amanda Ross | Otto Schumaker | 60 | 27.2 | 87.2 | |
| 24 | Bruce Mandeville | Larissa | 60 | 72.8 | 132.8 | |
| 25 | Imtiaz Anees | Spring Invader | 120 | 45.6 | 165.6 | |
| - | Marina Köhncke | Longchamps | 0 | 0.8 | EL | |
| - | Jorge Fernandez | Tiberio | 80 | 8 | EL | |
| - | Henry Gramajo | Potencial | 0 | 10.4 | EL | |
| - | Bruno Goyens de Heusch | Graceland Cava | 60 | 0 | RT | |
| - | Sofia Andler | Amaretto | 60 | 0 | RT | |
| - | Kai Rueder | Butscher | 40 | 0 | RT | |
| - | Nils Haagensen | Discovery II | 100 | 0 | RT | |
| - | Roberto Macedo | Fricote | 80 | 0 | RT | |
| - | Mary Jane Tumbridge | Bermuda's Gold | 0 | 0 | RT | |
| - | Blyth Tait | Welton Envoy | 20 | 0 | RT | |
| - | Nicolas Touzaint | Cobra D'Or | 80 | 0 | RT | |
| - | Daisuke Kato | Akwaba | 0 | 0 | RT | |
| - | Piia Pantsu | Uppercut | 80 | 0 | RT |
Total after Dressage and Cross Country
Show jumping
In show jumping, pairs received 4 penalty points for each obstacle knocked down, 4 penalty points for the horse's first disobedience, and 8 penalty points for the rider's first fall. They also received 1 penalty point for each second over the optimum time.They could be eliminated for a second disobedience, the rider's second fall, the horse's first fall, or taking more than twice the optimum time to finish the course.
| Rank | Rider | Horse | Nation | Faults | Time | Penalty Points |
| 1 | Andrew Hoy | Swizzle In | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Julie Black | Hyde Park Corn | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Trevor Smith | High Scope | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Annette Wyrwoll | Bantry Bay | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Bruce Mandeville | Larissa | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Mark Todd | Eyespy II | 0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | |
| 7 | David O'Connor | Custom Made | 5.0 | 0 | 5.0 | |
| 7 | Rodolphe Scherer | Bambi De Brier | 5.0 | 0 | 5.0 | |
| 7 | Fabio Magni | Cool N' Breezy | 5.0 | 0 | 5.0 | |
| 7 | Mary King | Star Appeal | 5.0 | 0 | 5.0 | |
| 7 | Ian Stark | Arakai | 5.0 | 0 | 5.0 | |
| 7 | Austin O'Connor | Fabio | 5.0 | 0 | 5.0 | |
| 13 | Robert Costello | Chevalier | 10.0 | 0 | 10.0 | |
| 13 | Karen Dixon | Too Smart | 10.0 | 0 | 10.0 | |
| 13 | Jean-Lou Bigot | Twist La Beige | 10.0 | 0 | 10.0 | |
| 13 | Brook Staples | Master Monarch | 10.0 | 0 | 10.0 | |
| 13 | Amanda Ross | Otto Schumaker | 10.0 | 0 | 10.0 | |
| 13 | Imtiaz Anees | Spring Invader | 10.0 | 0 | 10.0 | |
| 19 | Paula Toernqvist | Monaghan | 5.0 | 6.0 | 11.0 | |
| 20 | Heidi Antikatzides | Michaelmas | 10.0 | 3.0 | 13.0 | |
| 20 | Eduard Stibbe | Eton | 10.0 | 3.0 | 13.0 | |
| 22 | Andrea Verdina | Donnizeti | 5.0 | 9.0 | 14.0 | |
| 23 | Carlos Paro | Feline | 45.0 | 2.0 | 47.0 | |
| - | Enrique Sarasola Jr. | Cool Boy | EL | |||
| - | Wyndham St John | Oliver | WD | |||
| - | Marina Köhncke | Longchamps | NS | |||
| - | Jorge Fernandez | Tiberio | NS | |||
| - | Henry Gramajo | Potencial | NS | |||
| - | Bruno Goyens de Heusch | Graceland Cava | NS | |||
| - | Sofia Andler | Amaretto | NS | |||
| - | Kai Rueder | Butscher | NS | |||
| - | Nils Haagensen | Discovery II | NS | |||
| - | Roberto Macedo | Fricote | NS | |||
| - | Mary Jane Tumbridge | Bermuda's Gold | NS | |||
| - | Blyth Tait | Welton Envoy | NS | |||
| - | Nicolas Touzaint | Cobra D'Or | NS | |||
| - | Daisuke Kato | Akwaba | NS | |||
| - | Piia Pantsu | Uppercut | NS |