Bettina Hoy of
Germany competed in the individual and team eventing disciplines, and earned enough points to win gold medals in both events; however, one hour after she had ridden, the ground jury panel reviewed the results and decided that Hoy had crossed the start line twice. She was docked fourteen points, which dropped her to ninth place in the individual event and her team into fourth place. Hoy appealed, and the committee reversed the penalty, thereby reinstating her gold medals, but the
French, and
British teams quickly filed a joint complaint of their own with the
Court of Arbitration for Sport. Three days later, the CAS overturned the previously successful appeal, stating that the appeals panel did not have the authority to overturn the ground jury's decision. Great Britain's
Leslie Law and
Pippa Funnell were awarded the gold and bronze medals, respectively, in the individual eventing, and the French team were awarded the gold medal in the team eventing discipline.
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