The individual show jumping event was part of the equestrian programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

[1] The competition was held on 12 September at the Olympisch Stadion in Antwerp.

[2] The event was won by Tommaso Lequio di Assaba of Italy, with his teammate Alessandro Valerio earning silver.

This was the third appearance of the event, which had first been held at the 1900 Summer Olympics and has been held at every Summer Olympics at which equestrian sports have been featured (that is, excluding 1896, 1904, and 1908).

Touching the end line of a distance jump was now not penalized.