Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

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Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Paralympics at the Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre was competed in the dressage discipline only. There were four grades of rider disability:

  • Grade I - Mainly wheelchair users with poor trunk balance and or impairment of function in all four limbs, or no trunk balance and good upper limb function, or moderate trunk balance with severe impairment of all four limbs.
  • Grade II - Mainly wheelchair users, or those with severe locomotor impairment involving the trunk and with good to mild upper limb function, or severe unilateral impairment.
  • Grade III - Usually able to walk without support. Moderate unilateral impairment, or moderate impairment in four limbs, severe arm impairment. May need a wheelchair for longer distances or due to lack of stamina. Total loss of sight in both eyes, or intellectually impaired. Blacked out glasses or blindfold must be worn by Profile 36 riders.
  • Grade IV - Impairment in one or two limbs, or some visual impairment

Men and women compete together, and the horses are also declared medal winners.

[edit] Medal table (after 9 of 9 events)

Rank NPC Name  Gold   Silver Bronze Total 
1 Great Britain 5 0 3 8
2 Norway 2 0 0 2
Sweden 2 0 0 2
4 Germany 0 4 1 5
5 South Africa 0 2 0 2
6 Netherlands 0 1 2 3
7 Australia 0 1 1 2
8 United States 0 1 0 1
9 Canada 0 0 2 2
10 Belgium 0 0 1 1

[edit] Medallists

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Ind. Dressage CH GI Lee Pearson, Great Britain
on Blue Circle Boy		 Jan Pike, Australia
on Dr Doolittle		 Sophie Christiansen, Great Britain
on Hotstuff
Ind. Dressage CH GII Irene Slaettengren, Sweden
on Larino		 Joop Stokkel, Netherlands
on Pegasus		 Gert Bolmer, Netherlands
on Lodewijk

Nic Tustain, Great Britain
on Prinz Heinrich [1]
Ind. Dressage CH GIII Deborah Criddle, Great Britain
on Figaro IX		 Bianca Vogel, Germany
on Roquefort 16		 Bettina Eistel, Germany
on Aaron
Ind. Dressage CH GIV Ann Cathrin Lubbe, Norway
on Zanko		 Philippa Johnson, South Africa
on Burgmans Benedict		 Karen Brain, Canada
on Dasskara
Ind. Dressage FR GI Lee Pearson, Great Britain
on Blue Circle Boy		 Lynn Seidemann, USA
on Phoenix B		 Jan Pike, Australia
on Dr Doolittle
Ind. Dressage FR GII Irene Slaettengren, Sweden
on Larino		 Hannelore Brenner, Germany
on Roquefort 16		 Nic Tustain, Great Britain
on Prinz Heinrich
Ind. Dressage FR GIII Deborah Criddle, Great Britain
on Figaro IX		 Bettina Eistel, Germany
on Aaron		 Bert Vermeir, Belgium
on Den Eik Heino
Ind. Dressage FR GIV Ann Cathrin Lubbe, Norway
on Zanko		 Philippa Johnson, South Africa
on Burgmans Benedict		 Karen Brain, Canada
on Dasskara
Team Dressage Great Britain
Deborah Criddle/Figaro IX
Anne Dunham/Olret
Lee Pearson/Blue Circle Boy
Nic Tustain/Prinz Heinrich		 Germany
Hannelore Brenner/Fabiola 189
Bettina Eistel/Aaron
Britta Naepel/Loverboy 9
Bianca Vogel/Roquefort 16		 Netherlands
Gert Bolmer/Lodewijk
Joop Stokkel/Pegasus
Sjerstin Vermeulen/Jeffrey STV

[1] points totals tied - two bronzes awarded

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