The individual championship test, grade III, para-equestrian dressage event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics was held on 3 September, 2024 at the Palace of Versailles in Paris.[1]
| Equestrian – Individual championship test, grade III at the XVII Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Palace of Versailles | ||||||||||||
| Date | 3 September 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 13 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 77.900 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The competition was assessed by a ground jury composed of five judges placed at locations designated E, H, C, M, and B. Each judge rated the competitors' performances with a percentage score. The five scores from the jury were then averaged to determine a rider's total percentage score.[2]
Classification
editGrade III[3] riders are described by the IPC as "athletes [that] have severe impairments in both legs with minimal or no impairment of the trunk or moderate impairment of the arms and legs and trunk."[4]
Results
editRiders performed one test apiece. In addition to being an event in its own right, the Championship test was the qualification round for the Freestyle event, with the top eight riders progressing to the second final. 13 Riders started the event.[5][6]
| Rank | Rider Horse |
Nation | Scores | Total | FSQ | ||||
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| E | H | C | M | B | |||||
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Rebecca Hart riding Floratina |
 United States (USA) |
75.000 | 78.667 | 81.500 | 74.833 | 79.500 | 77.900 | Q |
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Rixt van der Horst riding Royal Fonq |
 Netherlands (NED) |
76.667 | 77.000 | 78.333 | 72.500 | 77.667 | 76.433 | Q |
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Natasha Baker riding Dawn Chorus |
 Great Britain (GBR) |
72.500 | 70.167 | 72.833 | 75.333 | 75.000 | 73.167 | Q |
| 4 | Francesca Salvade riding Escari |
 Italy (ITA) |
72.500 | 70.333 | 71.833 | 69.833 | 73.333 | 71.566 | Q |
| 5 | Chiara Zenati riding Swing Royal |
 France (FRA) |
71.667 | 69.833 | 67.500 | 70.333 | 73.333 | 70.533 | Q |
| 6 | Karla Dyhm-Junge riding Miss Daisy |
 Denmark (DEN) |
69.333 | 69.167 | 68.333 | 71.667 | 69.500 | 69.600 | Q |
| 7 | Barbara Minneci riding Stuart |
 Belgium (BEL) |
66.333 | 67.167 | 68.667 | 65.833 | 70.333 | 67.667 | Q |
| 8 | Renee Claesson-Ribring riding Zapp Vs |
 Sweden (SWE) |
68.000 | 65.333 | 69.167 | 66.833 | 68.167 | 67.500 | Q |
| 9 | Kate Kerr-Horan riding Lykkebo's Don Akino |
 Ireland (IRL) |
66.667 | 64.333 | 65.333 | 68.000 | 65.000 | 65.867 | |
| 10 | Jessica McKenna riding Davidoff 188 |
Ireland (IRL) |
62.833 | 65.333 | 62.167 | 68.000 | 66.833 | 65.033 | |
| 11 | Thomas Haller riding Espalion |
 Austria (AUT) |
62.000 | 63.333 | 62.667 | 62.833 | 67.833 | 63.733 | |
| 12 | Hilary Su Hui'En riding Gambler |
 Singapore (SGP) |
62.500 | 63.833 | 58.333 | 63.000 | 60.833 | 61.700 | |
| 13 | Ignacio Trevino Fuerte riding Kukul Ls La Silla |
 Mexico (MEX) |
59.500 | 62.167 | 58.167 | 63.167 | 63.333 | 61.267 | |