Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Individual eventing
# Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Individual eventing

The individual eventing at the 1972 Summer Olympics took place between 29 August and 1 September. The event was open to men and women. The competition included three segments: dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. Penalties from each were summed to give a total score.

## Results

| Rank | Name | Country | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Richard Meade | Great Britain | 57.73 |
| 2 | Alessandro Argenton | Italy | 43.33 |
| 3 | Jan Jönsson | Sweden | 39.67 |
| 4 | Mary Gordon-Watson | Great Britain | 30.27 |
| 5 | Kevin Freeman | United States | 29.87 |
| 6 | Bill Roycroft | Australia | 29.60 |
| 7 | Richard Sands | Australia | 24.87 |
| 8 | Bruce Davidson | United States | 24.47 |
| 9 | Harry Klugmann | West Germany | 8.00 |
| 10 | Bridget Parker | Great Britain | 7.53 |
| 11 | Rudolf Beerbohm | East Germany | 3.80 |
| 12 | Sergey Mukhin | Soviet Union | −0.13 |
| 13 | Ludwig Gössing | West Germany | −0.40 |
| 14 | Paul Hürlimann | Switzerland | −11.03 |
| 15 | Tony Bühler | Switzerland | −19.87 |
| 16 | Karl Schultz | West Germany | −25.60 |
| 17 | Michel Robert | France | −27.13 |
| 18 | Jacek Wierzchowiecki | Poland | −30.47 |
| 19 | Valentin Gorelkin | Soviet Union | −34.93 |
| 20 | Michael Plumb | United States | −43.53 |
| 21 | Ferdinand Croy | Austria | −54.27 |
| 22 | Bill Buller | Ireland | −56.13 |
| 23 | Jens Niehls | East Germany | −60.00 |
| 24 | Ronnie McMahon | Ireland | −67.33 |
| 25 | Joachim Brohmann | East Germany | −71.73 |
| 26 | Helmut Gille | East Germany | −74.20 |
| 27 | Brian Schrapel | Australia | −82.33 |
| 28 | Patrick Conolly-Carew | Ireland | −95.95 |
| 29 | Dino Costantini | Italy | −98.18 |
| 30 | James C. Wofford | United States | −99.83 |
| 31 | Marek Małecki | Poland | −109.00 |
| 32 | Jim Henry | Canada | −124.67 |
| 33 | Alfred Schwarzenbach | Switzerland | −125.53 |
| 34 | Armand Bigot | France | −133.80 |
| 35 | Mark Phillips | Great Britain | −134.33 |
| 36 | Jan Skoczylas | Poland | −142.13 |
| 37 | Mario Turner | Italy | −148.73 |
| 38 | István Szabácsy | Hungary | −153.13 |
| 39 | Vladimir Lanyugin | Soviet Union | −155.00 |
| 40 | Friedrich Resch | Austria | −172.80 |
| 41 | Yordan Ivanov | Bulgaria | −173.75 |
| 42 | Dominique Bentejac | France | −177.63 |
| 43 | François Fabius | France | −205.40 |
| 44 | Wendy Irving | Canada | −248.60 |
| 45 | Wolf-Dieter Rihs | Austria | −258.53 |
| 46 | Clarke Roycroft | Australia | −296.12 |
| 47 | Gerardo Jáuregui | Argentina | −301.32 |
| 48 | Piet van der Schans | Netherlands | −309.13 |
| AC | Horst Karsten | West Germany | DNF |
| AC | Manuel Mendívil | Mexico | DNF |
| AC | Robin Hahn | Canada | DNF |
| AC | Wojciech Mickunas | Poland | DNF |
| AC | Eddy Stibbe | Netherlands | DNF |
| AC | Bill McLernon | Ireland | DNF |
| AC | Max Hauri | Switzerland | DNF |
| AC | Stefano Angioni | Italy | DNF |
| AC | Boris Stefanov | Bulgaria | DNF |
| AC | Maríano Bucio | Mexico | DNF |
| AC | Mamadzhan Ismailov | Soviet Union | DNF |
| AC | József Horváth | Hungary | DNF |
| AC | József Varró | Hungary | DNF |
| AC | Rüdiger Wassibauer | Austria | DNF |
| AC | Ramón Mejía | Mexico | DNF |
| AC | José Eugenio Acosta | Argentina | DNF |
| AC | Carlos Alberto Alvarado | Argentina | DNF |
| AC | Alejandro Guglielmi | Argentina | DNF |
| AC | David Bárcena Ríos | Mexico | DNF |
| AC | János Krizsán | Hungary | DNF |
| AC | Gocho Milev | Bulgaria | DNF |
| AC | Hans Brugman | Netherlands | DNF |
| AC | Clint Banbury | Canada | DNF |
| AC | Nikola Dimitrov | Bulgaria | DNF |
| AC | Maarten Jurgens | Netherlands | DNF |
