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Equestrian events at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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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 Germany Aachen 3  Germany
 Netherlands
 United States
European Championship Aug 27 - Sep 2, 2007 Italy Turin 3  Sweden
 Switzerland*
 Great Britain
Asia Pacific Championship Group F/G Jan 31, 2008
Feb 4, 2008
Feb 7, 2008
France Cannes
Australia Sydney
New Zealand Palmerston North
2  Australia
 Japan
Pan-American Games Group D/E July 13–29, 2007 Brazil 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 Germany Aachen 5  Germany
 Great Britain
 Australia
 United States
 Sweden
Pan-American Games Group D/E July 13–29, 2007 Brazil Rio de Janeiro 2  Canada
 Brazil
Asia Pacific Championship Group F/G* Oct 27-28, 2007 New Zealand Takapau 1 -
European Championship Sep 13-16 2007 Italy 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 Germany Aachen 5  Netherlands
 United States
 Germany
 Ukraine
 Switzerland
2007 FEI European Jumping Championship August 15–19, 2007 Germany Mannheim 3  Great Britain
 Sweden
 Norway
2007 Pan American Games July 13–29, 2007 Brazil 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
Germany Aachen
Qatar Doha
1  Saudi Arabia
2006 FEI World Equestrian Games Group G Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 Germany Aachen 1  Australia
Olympic Qualification Event Group G June 7–10, 2007 Germany 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 Brazil Rio de Janeiro 1  Bermuda
Pan-American Games Group E July 13–29, 2007 Brazil Rio de Janeiro 4  Venezuela
 Colombia
 Argentina
 Guatemala
World Equestrian Games Group F Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 Germany Aachen 2  Jordan
 Egypt
Qualification Event 2007 Group F March 6–10, 2007 Qatar Doha 1  United Arab Emirates
World Equestrian Games Group G Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 Germany Aachen 1  Japan
Qualification Event 2007 Group G June 7–10, 2007 Germany Balve 1  Japan
TOTAL 77