Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Equestrian at the XIV Paralympic Games

Venue	Greenwich Park
Dates	30 August – 4 September 2012

Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Individual championship	Ia	Ib	II	III	IV
Individual freestyle	Ia	Ib	II	III	IV
Mixed team

Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Paralympics consisted of 11 dressage events. The competitions was held in the Greenwich Park from 30 August to 4 September.

Classification

Riders were given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allowed riders to compete against others with a similar level of function.

Equestrian classes were:

I, for riders with impaired limb function, or poor balance and good upper limb function
II, for riders with locomotion impairment
III, for blind riders with moderate locomotion impairment
IV, for riders with some visual impairment or impaired function in one or two limbs

Events

For each of the events below, medals were contested for one or more of the above classifications. After each classification are given the dates that the event was contested. All events were mixed, meaning that men and women competed together.

Mixed individual championship
- Grade Ia
- Grade Ib
- Grade II
- Grade III
- Grade IV
Mixed individual freestyle
- Grade Ia
- Grade Ib
- Grade II
- Grade III
- Grade IV
Mixed team

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	5	5	1	11
2	Germany (GER)	2	3	2	7
3	Belgium (BEL)	2	0	0	2
4	Austria (AUT)	1	0	1	2
5	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
6	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	2	3
7	Singapore (SIN)	0	1	1	2
8	Finland (FIN)	0	1	0	1
9	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	2	2
9	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	2	2
Total		11	11	11	33

Medal summary

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual championship test grade Ia	Sophie Christiansen Great Britain	Helen Kearney Ireland	Laurentia Tan Singapore
Individual championship test grade Ib	Joann Formosa Australia	Lee Pearson Great Britain	Pepo Puch Austria
Individual championship test grade II	Natasha Baker Great Britain	Britta Näpel Germany	Angelika Trabert Germany
Individual championship test grade III	Hannelore Brenner Germany	Deborah Criddle Great Britain	Annika Dalskov Denmark
Individual championship test grade IV	Michèle George Belgium	Sophie Wells Great Britain	Frank Hosmar Netherlands
Individual freestyle test grade Ia	Sophie Christiansen Great Britain	Laurentia Tan Singapore	Helen Kearney Ireland
Individual freestyle test grade Ib	Pepo Puch Austria	Katja Karjalainen Finland	Lee Pearson Great Britain
Individual freestyle test grade II	Natasha Baker Great Britain	Britta Näpel Germany	Angelika Trabert Germany
Individual freestyle test grade III	Hannelore Brenner Germany	Deborah Criddle Great Britain	Annika Dalskov Denmark
Individual freestyle test grade IV	Michèle George Belgium	Sophie Wells Great Britain	Frank Hosmar Netherlands
Team	Great Britain (GBR) Lee Pearson Sophie Wells Deborah Criddle Sophie Christiansen	Germany (GER) Angelika Trabert Britta Näpel Steffen Zeibig Hannelore Brenner	Ireland (IRL) Eilish Byrne James Dwyer Geraldine Savage Helen Kearney

References

"Schedules and Results - Equestrian". London 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-22.

External links

Events at the 2012 Summer Paralympics (London)

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