All rider and horse pairs competed in the preliminary dressage, which allowed 12 minutes and 30 seconds. The top six advanced to a further 6 minutes and 30 seconds ride-off.
1. | {{flagIOCathlete|Harry Boldt on Remus|EUA|1964 Summer}} | 889.0 | QF |
2. | {{flagIOCathlete|Henri Chammartin on Woermann|SUI|1964 Summer}} | 870.0 | QF |
3. | {{flagIOCathlete|Gustav Fischer on Wald|SUI|1964 Summer}} | 854.0 | QF |
4. | {{flagIOCathlete|Sergey Filatov on Absent|URS|1964 Summer}} | 847.0 | QF |
5. | {{flagIOCathlete|Reiner Klimke on Dux|EUA|1964 Summer}} | 837.0 | QF |
6. | {{flagIOCathlete|Josef Neckermann on Antoinette|EUA|1964 Summer}} | 832.0 | QF |
7. | {{flagIOCathlete|Marianne Gossweiler on Stephan|SUI|1964 Summer}} | 802.0 |
8. | {{flagIOCathlete|Patricia de la Tour on Path Patrick|USA|1964 Summer}} | 783.0 |
9. | {{flagIOCathlete|William Hamilton on Delicado|SWE|1964 Summer}} | 777.0 |
10. | {{flagIOCathlete|Ivan Kisimov on Ikhor|URS|1964 Summer}} | 758.0 |
11. | {{flagIOCathlete|Hans Wikne on Gaspari|SWE|1964 Summer}} | 753.0 |
12. | {{flagIOCathlete|Johanna Hall on Conversano Caprice|GBR|1964 Summer}} | 743.0 |
13. | {{flagIOCathlete|Obdulio Alessandri on Vidriero|ARG|1964 Summer}} | 734.0 |
14. | {{flagIOCathlete|Anne Newberry on Forstrat|USA|1964 Summer}} | 707.0 |
15. | {{flagIOCathlete|Ivan Kalita on Moar|URS|1964 Summer}} | 706.0 |
16. | {{flagIOCathlete|Inoue Kikuko on Katsunobori|JPN|1964 Summer}} | 648.0 |
17. | {{flagIOCathlete|Karen McIntosh on Malteser|USA|1964 Summer}} | 640.0 |
18. | {{flagIOCathlete|Inez Fischer-Credo on Gordina|CAN|1964 Summer}} | 597.0 |
19. | {{flagIOCathlete|Okabe Nagahira on Seiha|JPN|1964 Summer}} | 589.5 |
20. | {{flagIOCathlete|Christilot Hanson on Bonheur|CAN|1964 Summer}} | 549.0 |
21. | {{flagIOCathlete|Matsudaira Yorisuke on Hamachidori|JPN|1964 Summer}} | 542.0 |
22. | {{flagIOCathlete|Bengt Ljungquist on Karat|SWE|1964 Summer}} | 538.0 |