Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Contents

Summary

Nation Individual Team Total
Dressage Eventing Jumping Dressage Eventing Jumping
Argentina 1 1
Australia 3 5 4 X X X 12
Austria 1 1 2
Azerbaijan 1 1
Belarus 1 2 3
Belgium 2 1 3
Bermuda 1 1
Brazil 2 4 4 X X 10
Canada 3 5 4 X X X 12
Chile 1 1
China 1 1 4 X 6
Colombia 1 1
Czech Republic 1 1
Denmark 3 1 X 4
Egypt 1 1
Finland 1 1
France 3 4 X X 7
Germany 3 5 4 X X X 12
Great Britain 3 5 4 X X X 12
Guatemala 1 1
Hong Kong 3 X 3
Ireland 5 1 X 6
Italy 1 5 X 6
Jamaica 1 1
Japan 3 1 2 X 6
Jordan 1 1
Mexico 1 4 X 5
Netherlands 3 1 4 X X 8
New Zealand 5 4 X X 9
Norway 4 X 4
Poland 1 2 3
Portugal 3 X 3
Russia 2 2 1 5
Saudi Arabia 4 X 4
South Korea 1 1
Spain 2 2
Sweden 3 5 4 X X X 12
Switzerland 1 4 X 5
Ukraine 4 X 4
United Arab Emirates 1 1
United States 3 5 4 X X X 12
Venezuela 1 1
Total: 42 NOCs 47 70 77 11 11 16 194

Dressage

An NOC may enter up to 3 athletes if they qualified for the team competition

Team

Event Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
World Equestrian Games Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 Aachen 3 Germany
Netherlands
United States
European Championship Aug 27 - Sep 2, 2007 Turin 3 Sweden
Switzerland*
Great Britain
Asia Pacific Championship Group F/G Jan 31, 2008
Feb 4, 2008
Feb 7, 2008
Cannes
Sydney
Palmerston North
2 Australia
Japan
Pan-American Games Group D/E July 13-29, 2007 Rio de Janeiro 2 Canada
Brazil ***
Composite team from Olympic rankings** - - + Denmark
France
Portugal
TOTAL 11

* Switzerland decided not to send a Team or an Individual to the Olympic Dressage competition after Silvia Iklé, the top rider on the Swiss team, refused to bring her horse, Salieri CH,to Hong-Kong due to the long travel and concerns over climatic conditions. [1]

** 3 individuals qualified from the same nation from the Olympic rankings to make up a team

*** Brazil sent only two riders

Individual

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

Event Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1 China
Team Event 29** All athletes
North Western Europe 1 Finland
South Western Europe 1 France
Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia 1 Russia
North America 1 Antigua and Barbuda***
Central & South America 1 Mexico
Africa & Middle East 1 South Africa***
South East Asia; Oceania 1 South Korea
Other places* 12+ Denmark
Austria
Spain
Denmark
Denmark
Spain
Belarus
Spain
Italy
France
France
Russia
Poland**
Portugal**
Russia**
Portugal***
Portugal***
TOTAL 47

* Other places to complete the quota will be allocated to best ranked individuals not qualified above and invitation places.

** Switzerland decided not to send a Team and replaced by NOCs of the next highest ranked eligible athletes on the FEI Olympic Riders Ranking.

*** Unused quotas replaced by NOC of the next highest ranked eligible athletes on the FEI Olympic Riders Ranking.

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

Team Competition Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
World Equestrian Games Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 Aachen 5 Germany
Great Britain
Australia
United States
Sweden
Pan-American Games Group D/E July 13-29, 2007 Rio de Janeiro 2 Canada
Brazil
Asia Pacific Championship Group F/G* Oct 27-28, 2007 Takapau 1 -
European Championship Sep 13-16 2007 Pratoni del Vivaro 2 France
Italy
Composite team from Olympic rankings** - - + New Zealand
Ireland
TOTAL 11

* Event not held

** made up of minimum 3 to a maximum of 5 individuals qualified from the same nation from the Olympic rankings to make up a team

Individual

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

Event Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1 China
Team Event 43 All athletes
North Western Europe 1 Denmark
South Western Europe 1 Belgium
Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia 1 Poland
North America 1 Jamaica
Central & South America 1 Chile
Africa & Middle East 1 South Africa**
South East Asia; Oceania 1 New Zealand
Other places* 22+ New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand
Austria
Belgium
Switzerland
Belarus
Japan
Ireland
Russia
Poland
Belarus
Ireland
Russia
Ireland
Argentina
Netherlands
Netherlands
Ireland
Ireland
Chile
Czech Republic**
TOTAL 70

* Other places to complete the quota will be allocated to best ranked individuals not qualified above and invitation places.

** Unused quota replaced by NOC of the next highest ranked eligible athletes on the FEI Olympic Riders Ranking.

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

Event Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation - - 2 China
Hong Kong
2006 FEI World Equestrian Games Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 Aachen 5 Netherlands
United States
Germany
Ukraine
Switzerland
2007 FEI European Jumping Championship August 15-19, 2007 Mannheim 3 Great Britain
Sweden
Norway
2007 Pan American Games July 13-29, 2007 Rio de Janeiro 3 Brazil
Canada
Mexico
2006 FEI World Equestrian Games / Qualification Event 2007
(combined) Group F
Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006
March 6-10, 2007
Aachen
Doha
1 Saudi Arabia
2006 FEI World Equestrian Games Group G Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 Aachen 1 Australia
Olympic Qualification Event Group G June 7-10 2007 Balve 1 New Zealand
TOTAL 16

Individual

Team Competition Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Team Event - - 63 All athletes
Olympic Riders Ranking Group A/B May 1, 2008 - 2 Ireland
Belgium
Olympic Riders Ranking Group C May 1, 2008 - 3 Russia
Russia
Azerbaijan
Pan-American Games Group D July 13-29, 2007 Rio de Janeiro 1 Bermuda
Pan-American Games Group E July 13-29, 2007 Rio de Janeiro 4 Venezuela
Colombia
Argentina
Guatemala
World Equestrian Games Group F Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 Aachen 2 Jordan
Egypt
Qualification Event 2007 Group F March 6-10, 2007 Doha 1 United Arab Emirates
World Equestrian Games Group G Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 Aachen 1 Japan
Qualification Event 2007 Group G June 7-10 2007 Balve 1 Japan
TOTAL 77

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