Equestrian events at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Summary

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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

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

Team

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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