Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification
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 | |||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Belarus | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
.svg.png){kind=small} 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.
** 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 | - | |
| 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 | |||