The International Show Jumping Contest of Gijón, commonly known as CSI Gijón or CSIO Gijón when it becomes official, is a show jumping event held in Gijón, Spain, at the Las Mestas Sports Complex.
It is considered as a CSI 5* by the FEI. One of the main characteristics of the event is the fact that betting is allowed and very popular among spectators.
History
The event was established in 1941 to promote equestrianism in Gijón and to offer an important sporting event in the city during the summertime. The first competition took place during 20–24 August 1942, and was a complete success as crowds of around 10,000 people gathered for the event, a rather unusual amount for what was not considered a spectator sport at the time.
In 1987, the event has been the Spanish official show jumping horse show for the first time. In 1995, it recovered this condition until 2019 with the only exception of 2008.[1][2]
In December 2019, the organizers resigned to the officiality of the event as they did not accept the conditions requested by the FEI about replacing the grass with sand and banning bets.[3]
On 14 December 2020, the Principality of Asturias declared the Show Jumping Contest as a Festivity of Regional Touristic Interest.[4]
Nations Cup
When the event is chosen as Spain's official show jumping event, becoming a CSIO, it includes a Nations Cup competition. In 1999 was the Samsung Nations Cup Final event.
Nations Cup winners
Performance by country
| Country | Winners | Years winner |
|---|---|---|
 France |
11 | 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2017 |
 Spain |
4 | 2001, 2002, 2011, 2018 |
 Belgium |
3 | 2000, 2005, 2010 |
 Great Britain |
3 | 1987, 1997, 2016 |
 Ireland |
1 | 2003 |
 Netherlands |
1 | 2013 |
 United States |
1 | 2014 |
 Italy |
1 | 2019 |
Participation details
| Team | 1987 (8) |
1995 (9) |
1996 (7) |
1997 (9) |
1998 (11) |
1999 (8) |
2000 (9) |
2001 (8) |
2002 (9) |
2003 (10) |
2004 (10) |
2005 (11) |
2006 (8) |
2007 (9) |
2009 (10) |
2010 (11) |
2011 (10) |
2012 (13) |
2013 (10) |
2014 (11) |
2015 (12) |
2016 (12) |
2017 (9) |
2018 (10) |
2019 (12) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina |
6th | 11th | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Australia |
• | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium |
• | 7th | 1st | 3rd | 7th | 1st | 6th | 5th | 7th | 1st | 9th | 9th | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 7th | |||||||||
 Bulgaria |
8th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Canada |
2nd | 9th | 7th | 9th | 5th | 4th | |||||||||||||||||||
 Denmark |
5th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Egypt |
9th | 9th | 11th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| France |
3rd | 1st | 1st | 5th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 7th | 2nd | 9th | 1st | 10th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 8th | 8th | 1st | 7th | 1st | 8th | 3rd |
 Germany |
5th | 7th | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 8th | 5th | 7th | 8th | 6th | 2nd | 9th | 11th | 6th | 9th | 7th | 10th | 4th | ||||
| Great Britain |
1st | 4th | 6th | 1st | 6th | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 9th | 5th | 3rd | 7th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 5th | 6th | 2nd | |
| Ireland |
4th | 3rd | 7th | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 5th | 6th | 12th | 5th | 2nd | 8th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | |||||||||
| Italy |
• | 6th | 8th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 6th | 7th | 2nd | 11th | 8th | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 2nd | 1st | ||||||||
 Mexico |
11th | 4th | 2nd | 10th | 6th | 10th | |||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands |
4th | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 8th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 9th | 8th | 10th | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 8th | |||||
 Norway |
8th | 2nd | 10th | 4th | 7th | 12th | |||||||||||||||||||
 New Zealand |
7th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Portugal |
• | • | 5th | 9th | 10th | 9th | 8th | 10th | 6th | 10th | 9th | 10th | 13th | 10th | 11th | 9th | 12th | ||||||||
 Qatar |
10th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Saudi Arabia |
5th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spain |
2nd | 4th | 2nd | 8th | 4th | 6th | 4th | 1st | 1st | 7th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 8th | 6th | 7th | 1st | 6th | 7th | 4th | 8th | 2nd | 8th | 1st | 7th |
 Sweden |
7th | 9th | 7th | 3rd | 4th | 9th | |||||||||||||||||||
 Switzerland |
• | 9th | 3rd | 7th | 6th | 10th | 7th | 8th | 7th | 2nd | 4th | ||||||||||||||
 Ukraine |
4th | 7th | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States |
2nd | 4th | 2nd | 6th | 4th | 7th | 6th | 4th | 8th | 8th | 1st | 10th |
Grand Prix
The second most important competition of the event is the Prince of Asturias Grand Prix, while the most important one is the Gijón Grand Prix.
Gijón Grand Prix winners
| Year | Rider | Horse |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 |  Federico Morugán Ávila
|
Objetivo |
| 1963 | Bernard de Fombelle
|
Milan D'or |
| 1964 | Manuel Malta da Costa
|
Novelista |
| 1965 | Hugo Arrambide
|
Chimbote |
| 1966 | Dasque
|
Predestiné |
| 1967 | Eduardo Amorós
|
Kif-Kif |
| 1968 | José Antonio García Benavides
|
Carmín |
| 1969 | Enrique Martinez de Vallejo
|
Lepanto |
| 1970 | Radul
|
Uruapan |
| 1971 | Enrique Martinez de Vallejo
|
Romántico |
| 1972 | Manuel Malta da Costa
|
Eusebio |
| 1973 | Luis Jaime Carvajal y Salas
|
Kurfust |
| 1974 | Jaime Rivera
|
Conquistador |
| 1975 | Lobo Güedes
|
Chopin |
| 1976 | Luis Álvarez de Cervera
|
Acorne/Thor |
| 1977 | Manuel Malta da Costa
|
Ecaussevillais |
| 1978 | Manuel Malta da Costa
|
Et bien |
| 1979 |  Luis Álvarez de Cervera
|
Romeo |
| 1980 | Juan Antonio de Wit
|
Olímpico |
| 1981 |  Thomas Fuchs
|
Willora Swiss |
| 1982 | Jérôme Thomas
|
Gargantua C |
| 1983 | Alberto Honrubia
|
Kaoua |
| 1984 | Tony Newberry
|
Ryans Mill |
| 1985 | Malcolm Pyrah
|
T.Diamond Seeker |
| 1986 | Malcolm Pyrah
|
Anglezarke |
| 1987 | Janet Hunter
|
E. Lisnamarrow |
| 1988 | Juan Andrés Ruiz de Alda
|
Lingere |
| 1989 | Luis Astolfi
|
Pour Le Merite |
| 1990 | Alberto Honrubia
|
Pelf D'or |
| 1991 | Alfredo Fernández Durán
|
Naguese Picarde |
| 1992 | Fernando Fourcade
|
Avenir Di San Patrignano |
| 1993 | Jos Lansink
|
Bollvorm`s Easy Jumper |
| 1994 | Lesley McNaught
|
Pirol IV |
| 1995 |  Alison Firestone
|
Gustl P |
| 1996 | Nick Skelton
|
Dollar Girl |
| 1997 | Thierry Pomel
|
Thor des Chaines |
| 1998 | Nick Skelton
|
Hopes Are High |
| 1999 | Michel Robert
|
Auleto |
| 2000 | Molly Ashe
|
Kroon Gravin |
| 2001 | Helena Weinberg
|
A. Ramonus |
| 2002 | Lt. David O'Brien
|
Boherdeal Clover |
| 2003 | Harry Marshall
|
Splendido |
| 2004 | Beat Grandjean
|
Riot Gun |
| 2005 | Pierre Kolly
|
Galopin du Biolay |
| 2006 | Ricardo Kierkegaard
|
Rey Z |
| 2007 | Conor Swail
|
Rivaal |
| 2008 | John Whitaker
|
Utah Van Erpekdm |
| 2009 | Patrice Delaveau
|
Katchina Mail |
| 2010 | Khaled Al-Eid
|
Presley Boy |
| 2011 | Patrice Delaveau
|
Orient Express |
| 2012 | Trevor Coyle
|
Jubilee D'Ouilly |
| 2013 | André Thieme
|
Contanga 3 |
| 2014 | Niklaus Rutschi
|
Windsor XV |
| 2015 | Henk van de Pol
|
Willink |
| 2016 | Dermott Lennon
|
Loughview Lou Lou |
| 2017 | Gerardo Menéndez
|
Cassino DC |
| 2018 | Richard Howley
|
Dolores |
| 2019 | Greg Broderick
|
Westbrook |
| 2022 | Kevin González de Zárate
|
Frappant |
| 2023 | Harry Allen
|
Calculatus |
| 2024 | Sanne Thijssen
|
Con Quidam RB |
Attendances
This is a list of attendances at CSI Gijón.
| Edition | Total | High | Low | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 43,016 | 9,962 | 4,986 | 7,169 |
| 2015 | 44,490 | 9,842 | 4,746 | 7,415 |
| 2016 | 52,206 | 10,105 | 5,940 | 8,701 |
| 2017 | 43,362 | 9,210 | 2,263 | 7,227 |
| 2018 | 46,312 | 10,897 | 7,197 | 9,262 |
| 2019 | 41,712 | 9,084 | 6,784 | 8,342 |
| 2024 | 44,932 | 11,253 | 7,489 |
References
- ^ "" De Vie " selle français breeding stud : show jumping gijon csi gijon spain grand prix". Elevage-De-Vie.com. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "SHOW JUMPING CSI **** GIJON JULIO 2008". You Tube.com. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "Gijón Horse Jumping, preparando la escuela deportiva de equitación" (in Spanish). Gijón website. 19 December 2019.
- ^ "El Hípico de Gijón, la travesía naviega, el certamen de Quesu Casín y el festival langreano, nuevas fiestas de interés regional" (in Spanish). La Voz de Asturias. 14 December 2020.