Many firsts
This Championship is to be remembered for its many firsts.
It was the first of five such events to be held at the legendary show ground at the Soers. After 1955, the FEI Jumping World Championships took place in Aachen in 1956, 1978, 1986, and then in 2006 in the framework of the FEI World Equestrian Games™.
This was the first FEI Championship to be broadcast on television across Europe. Despite this new technological development, the event attracted massive crowds with 51’000 spectators watching the final in the stadium.
The final was decided in a jump off for the first time.
Hans Günter Winkler (GER) defended his title winning a second world gold medal. The rule, according to which the defending champion was automatically qualified for the final, had been found confusing and had been scrapped.
Winkler was in the lead after the first three qualifying competitions ahead of Pierre Jonquères d’Oriola (FRA) and Raimondo d’Inzeo (ITA). Raimondo’s older brother Piero had been in fourth position going into the final but since the rule allowing only one athlete per nation in the change-of-horse competition was maintained, he was replaced by Ronnie Dallas representing Great Britain. Dallas was the first Brit to make it to a Jumping World Championship final.
Winkler went into the final riding his second horse Orient. At the end of the change-of-horse competition, he tied with Raimondo d’Inzeo on Merano on eight points each.
In the jump off – a first at a World Championship where the change-of-horse formula was applied to the athletes vying for gold – Winkler rode his faithful Halla and d’Inzeo went in with Nadir.
Winkler had a fence down with Halla and went clear with Nadir whereas d’Inzeo had fences down with both horses. Winkler was crowned the winner for the second time in a row.
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