Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Equestrian competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics will be held from August 9 to August 20.

Contents 1 Events 2 Qualifying Criteria 2.1 Dressage 2.2 Jumping 2.3 Eventing 3 References

[edit] Events

6 sets of medals will be awarded in the following events:

• Individual Dressage
• Team Dressage
• Individual Jumping
• Team Jumping
• Individual Eventing
• Team Eventing

[edit] Qualifying Criteria

[edit] Dressage

An NOC may enter up to 3 athletes if they qualified for the team competition, or up to 2 athletes if they didn't.

Team Competition	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
World Equestrian Games	Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006	Aachen	3	Germany Netherlands United States of America
European Championship	September 2007	Italy	3
Asia Pacific Championship Group F/G	TBD	TBD	2
Pan-American Games Group D/E	July 13-29, 2007	Rio de Janeiro	2
TOTAL			10

Individual qualification will be decided by the FEI Olympic Riders Ranking as of May 1, 2008.

• The Host Nation will be awarded 1 place if not qualified ( People's Republic of China / Hong Kong, China )
• 1 place for the best ranked NOC in each of the following regions:
  • North Western Europe
  • South Western Europe
  • Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia
  • North America
  • Central & South America
  • Africa & Middle East
  • South East Asia; Oceania
• Other places to complete the quota will be allocated to best ranked individuals not qualified above and invitation places.

[edit] Jumping

An NOC may enter up to 4 athletes if they qualified for the team competition, or up to 2 athletes if they didn't.

Team Competition	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	1/1	People's Republic of China Hong Kong, China
World Equestrian Games	Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006	Aachen	5	Netherlands United States of America Germany Ukraine Switzerland
European Championship	August 15-19, 2007	Mannheim	3
Pan-American Games	July 13-29, 2007	Rio de Janeiro	3
WEG 2006 / Qualification Event 2007 (combined)	-	-	1
World Equestrian Games Group G	Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006	Aachen	1	Australia
Olympic Qualification Event	TBD	TBD	1
TOTAL			15

For individual competition, 15 places will be reserved for nations not qualified in the team competition as follows:

• Should a Host Nation not enter a team it shall qualify 1 or 2 riders (1/1)
• Olympic Riders Ranking Olympic Group A/B (2)
• Olympic Riders Ranking Olympic Group C (3)
• 2007 Pan-American Games Group D (1)
• 2007 Pan-American Games Group E (4)
• 2006 World Equestrian Games Group F (2) / 2007 Olympic Qualifying Event Group F (1)
• 2006 World Equestrian Games Group G (1) / 2007 Olympic Qualifying Event Group G (1)
• Invitation Places (+)

[edit] Eventing

An NOC may enter up to 5 athletes if they qualified for the team competition, or up to 2 athletes if they didn't.

Team Competition	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
World Equestrian Games	Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006	Aachen	5	Germany Great Britain Australia United States of America Sweden
Pan-American Games Group D/E	July 13-29, 2007	Rio de Janeiro	2
Asia Pacific Championship Group F/G	TBD	TBD	1
European Championship	September 13-16 2007	Pratoni del Vivaro	2
TOTAL			10

Individual qualification will be decided by the FEI Olympic Riders Ranking as of May 1, 2008.

• The Host Nation will be awarded 1 place if not qualified ( People's Republic of China / Hong Kong, China )
• 1 place for the best ranked NOC in each of the following regions:
  • North Western Europe
  • South Western Europe
  • Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia
  • North America
  • Central & South America
  • Africa & Middle East
  • South East Asia; Oceania
• Other places to complete the quota will be allocated to best ranked individuals not qualified above and invitation places.

[edit] References

• Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics
• Federation Equestre Internationale

Events at the 2008 Summer Olympics (Beijing)
Archery • Athletics • Badminton • Baseball • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Handball • Hockey • Judo • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Softball • Swimming • Synchronized swimming • Table tennis • Taekwondo • Tennis • Triathlon • Volleyball • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling

Equestrian at the Summer Olympics
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 See also: List of Olympic medalists in equestrian