Equestrian events at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The 200 quota places for equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics were divided between the three disciplines (75 for jumping, 65 for eventing, and 60 for dressage). The 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Teams in each discipline consisted of three horse and rider pairs; any NOC that qualified a team (20 teams for jumping, 15 each for eventing and dressage) also received 3 entries in the individual competition for that discipline. NOCs that did not qualify teams could earn one individual place in dressage and jumping, and up to two individual places in eventing, for a total of 15 entries in jumping and dressage and 20 for eventing. Teams qualify primarily through specific competitions (World Equestrian Games and continental tournaments), while individuals qualify through rankings. The host nation, Japan, automatically qualified a team in each discipline.

Timeline

The following is a timeline of the qualification events for the equestrian events at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Event	Date	Venue
2018 FEI World Equestrian Games	September 11–23, 2018	Tryon
Group C eventing qualification event	May 23–26, 2019	Baborówko
Groups F/G eventing qualification event		Saumur
2019 Eventing Nations Cup	May 23 – October 13, 2019	Various
Group C dressage qualification event	June 20–23, 2019	Moscow
Group C1 jumping qualification event	June 26–30, 2019
Group C2 jumping qualification event		Budapest
2019 Pan American Games	July 26 – August 11, 2019	Lima
Group G jumping qualification event	August 12–13, 2019	Valkenswaard
2019 European Dressage Championships	August 19–25, 2019	Rotterdam
2019 European Jumping Championships
2019 European Eventing Championships	August 28 – September 1, 2019	Luhmühlen
2019 Jumping Nations Cup Final	October 3–6, 2019	Barcelona
Group F jumping qualification event	October 10–13, 2019	Rabat
Group F dressage qualification event	October 24–27, 2019	Exloo
End of FEI ranking period	December 31, 2019	—

Qualification summary

Nation	Individual			Team			Total
	Dressage	Eventing	Jumping	Dressage	Eventing	Jumping
Argentinien			3				3
Australien	3	3	3				9
Österreich	3	2					5
Weißrussland		2					2
Belgien	3	1	3				7
Brasilien	1	3	3				7
Kanada	3	2	1				6
Chile	1		1				2
China		3	3				6
Kolumbien			1				1
Tschechische Republik		2	3				5
Dänemark	3	1	1				5
Dominikanische Republik	1		1				2
Ecuador		1					1
Ägypten			3				3
Estland	1						1
Finnland	1						1
Frankreich	3	3	3				9
Deutschland	3	3	3				9
Great Britain	3	3	3				9
Hongkong		1					1
Indien		1					1
Irland	1	3	3				7
Israel			3				3
Italien	1	3	1				5
Japan	3	3	3				9
Jordanien			1				1
Lettland			1				1
Luxemburg	1						1
Mexiko	1		3				4
Marokko	1		3				4
Niederlande	3	2	3				8
Neuseeland		3	3				6
Norwegen			1				1
Polen		3					3
Portugal	3		1				4
Puerto Rico		1					1
ROC	3	2					5
Singapur	1						1
Südafrika	1	1					2
Südkorea	1						1
Spanien	3	1	1				5
Sri Lanka			1				1
Schweden	3	3	3				9
Schweiz	1	3	3				7
Syria			1				1
Chinese Taipei			1				1
Thailand		3					3
Ukraine	1		1				2
Vereinigte Staaten	3	3	3				9
Total: 50 NOCs	60	65	75	15	15	20	200

Dressage

Team

Event	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	1	Japan
2018 FEI World Equestrian Games	September 11–23, 2018	Tryon	6	Deutschland  Vereinigte Staaten  Great Britain  Schweden  Niederlande  Spanien
2019 European Dressage Championships Groups A/B	August 19–25, 2019	Rotterdam	2	Dänemark  Irland2  Portugal
Group C qualification event	June 20–23, 2019	Moscow	1	ROC
2019 Pan American Games Groups D/E	July 26 – August 11, 2019	Lima	1	Kanada  Brasilien1
Group F qualification event	October 24–27, 2019	Exloo	0	Südafrika1
2018 FEI World Equestrian Games Group G	September 11–23, 2018	Tryon	1	Australien
Composite teams	December 31, 2019	-	3	Frankreich  Österreich  Belgien
Total			15

Individual

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
Team Members	45	See above
FEI Olympic Athletes Ranking – Dressage
Group A (North Western Europe)	1	Finnland  Norwegen3
Group B (South Western Europe)	2	Luxemburg  Schweiz
Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia)	2	Ukraine  Weißrussland3  Estland
Groups D/E (Americas)	4	Dominikanische Republik  Bermuda4  Mexiko  Brasilien1  Chile
Group F (Africa & Middle East)	2	Südafrika1  Marokko
Group G (South East Asia, Oceania)	2	Neuseeland3  Südkorea  Singapur
Additional	2	Irland  Italien
Total	60

^1 – Brazil and South Africa initially qualified a team, but failed to provide the NOC Certificate of Capability by December 31, 2019. As a result, their team quotas got reallocated to Composite teams, while Brazil and South Africa received one individual spot each from the respective regional groups.

^2 – Ireland withdrew their team spot, which got reallocated to Belgium.

^3 – Norway, Belarus and New Zealand withdrew their individual spots, which got reallocated to Italy, Estonia and Singapore, respectively.

^4 – Bermuda failed to confirm the minimum eligibility requirements (MER). Their quota place got reallocated to Chile.

Eventing

Team

Event	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	1	Japan
2018 FEI World Equestrian Games	September 11–23, 2018	Tryon	6	Great Britain  Irland  Frankreich  Deutschland  Australien  Neuseeland
2019 European Eventing Championships Groups A/B	August 28 – September 1, 2019	Luhmühlen	2	Schweden  Italien
Group C qualification event	May 23–26, 2019	Baborowko	1	Polen
2019 Pan American Games Groups D/E	July 26 – August 11, 2019	Lima	2	Vereinigte Staaten  Brasilien
Groups F/G qualification event	May 23–26, 2019	Saumur	2	China  Thailand
2019 Eventing Nations Cup	May 23 – October 13, 2019	Various	1	Schweiz
Total			15

Individual

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
Team Members	45	See above
FEI Olympic Athletes Ranking – Eventing
Group A (North Western Europe)	2	Niederlande  Niederlande
Group B (South Western Europe)	2	Belgien  Spanien
Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia)	2	ROC  ROC
Group D (North America; English Caribbean)	2	Kanada  Kanada
Group E (Central & South America)	2	Chile5  Puerto Rico  Ecuador
Group F (Africa & Middle East)	1	Südafrika  Pakistan5
Group G (South East Asia, Oceania)	2	Indien  Hongkong
Additional	7	Tschechische Republik  Weißrussland  Weißrussland  Dänemark  Tschechische Republik  Österreich  Österreich
Total	65

^5 – Chile and Pakistan failed to confirm the minimum eligibility requirements (MER). Their quota places got reallocated to Ecuador and Austria, respectively.

Jumping

Team

Event	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	1	Japan
2018 FEI World Equestrian Games	September 11–23, 2018	Tryon	6	Vereinigte Staaten  Schweden  Deutschland  Schweiz  Niederlande  Australien
2019 European Jumping Championships Groups A/B	August 19–25, 2019	Rotterdam	3	Belgien  Great Britain  Frankreich
Group C1 qualification event	June 26–30, 2019	Moscow	1	Israel
Group C2 qualification event		Budapest	1	Ukraine6  Tschechische Republik
2019 Pan American Games Groups D/E	July 26 – August 11, 2019	Lima	3	Brasilien  Mexiko  Kanada7  Argentinien
Group F qualification event	October 10–13, 2019	Rabat	2	Ägypten  Katar7  Marokko
Group G qualification event	August 12–13, 2019	Valkenswaard	2	Neuseeland  China
2019 Jumping Nations Cup Final	October 3–6, 2019	Barcelona	1	Irland
Total			20

Individual

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
Team Members	60	See above
2019 Pan American Games	4	Kolumbien  Dominikanische Republik  Kanada  Chile
FEI Olympic Athletes Ranking – Jumping
Group A (North Western Europe)	2	Dänemark  Norwegen
Group B (South Western Europe)	2	Italien  Portugal
Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia)	2	Lettland  Ukraine6
Group F (Africa & Middle East)	2	Syria  Jordanien
Group G (South East Asia, Oceania)	2	Chinese Taipei  Sri Lanka
Additional	1	Spanien
Total	75

^6 – Ukraine initially qualified a team, but failed to provide the NOC Certificate of Capability by December 31, 2019. As a result, their team quota got reallocated to Czech Republic, while Ukraine received an individual spot from the respective regional group.

^7 – Canada and Qatar were disqualified from the respective qualifiers due to positive doping cases.