Equestrian events at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Summary

Nation	Individual			Team			Total
Nation	Dressage	Eventing	Jumping	Dressage	Eventing	Jumping	Total
Argentinien			4			X	4
Australien	4	4	4	X	X	X	12
Österreich	1						1
Belgien	1	2	2				5
Brasilien	4	4	4	X	X	X	12
Kanada	2	4	4		X	X	10
Chile		1					1
China		1					1
Kolumbien			2				2
Dänemark	4			X			4
Dominikanische Republik	1						1
Ecuador		1					1
Ägypten			1				1
Finnland		1					1
Frankreich	4	4	4	X	X	X	12
Deutschland	4	4	4	X	X	X	12
Great Britain	4	4	4	X	X	X	12
Irland	1	4	1		X		6
Italien	1	4	1		X		6
Japan	4	2	4	X		X	10
Mexiko	1						1
Marokko			1				1
Niederlande	4	4	4	X	X	X	12
Neuseeland	1	4			X		5
Palestine	1						1
Peru			1				1
Polen		1					1
Portugal			1				1
Puerto Rico		1					1
Katar			4			X	4
Russland	2	3			X		5
Südafrika	1						1
Südkorea	1						1
Spanien	4	1	4	X		X	9
Schweden	4	4	4	X	X	X	12
Schweiz	1	2	4			X	7
Chinese Taipei			1				1
Türkei			1				1
Ukraine	1		4			X	5
Vereinigte Staaten	4	4	4	X	X	X	12
Uruguay			1				1
Venezuela			2				2
Simbabwe		1					1
Total: 43 NOCs	60	65	75	11	13	15	200

Timeline

The following is a timeline of the qualification events for the equestrian events at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Event	Date	Venue
Dressage
2014 FEI World Equestrian Games	August 23 – September 7, 2014	Normandy
2015 Pan American Games	July 11–14, 2015	Toronto
2015 European Dressage Championships	August 11–16, 2015	Aachen
2015 FEI Groups C/F/G qualification event	September 11, 2015	Perl
FEI ranking period	March 9, 2015 – March 6, 2016	—
Eventing
2014 FEI World Equestrian Games	August 23 – September 7, 2014	Normandy
2015 Pan American Games	July 16–19, 2015	Toronto
2015 European Eventing Championships	September 10–13, 2015	Blair Castle
2015 Asia-Pacific Eventing Championships	October 8–11, 2015	Boekelo
FEI ranking period	March 9, 2015 – March 6, 2016	—
Jumping
2014 FEI World Equestrian Games	August 23 – September 7, 2014	Normandy
2015 FEI Group F qualification event	February 19, 2015	Abu Dhabi
2015 Pan American Games	July 21–25, 2015	Toronto
2015 FEI Group C qualification event	August 2, 2015	Šamorín
2015 European Show Jumping Championships	August 17–23, 2015	Aachen
2015 FEI Group G qualification event	August 25, 2015	Hagen
FEI ranking period	January 1, 2015 – March 6, 2016	—

Dressage

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Team

Event	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	October 2, 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brasilien
2014 FEI World Equestrian Games	August 24–29, 2014	Normandy	3	Deutschland Great Britain Niederlande
2015 European Dressage Championships Groups A/B/C	August 11–16, 2015	Aachen	3	Spanien Schweden Frankreich
2015 Pan American Games Group D/E	July 10–14, 2015	Toronto	1	Vereinigte Staaten
2014 FEI World Equestrian Games Group F/G	August 24–29, 2014	Normandy	1	Australien
2015 FEI Groups C/F/G qualification event	September 11, 2015	Perl	1	Japan
Composite Teams^[2]	March 6, 2016		1	Dänemark
Total			11

Individual

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
Team Members	40
2015 Pan American Games, Group D	1	Kanada
2015 Pan American Games, Group E	1	Mexiko
2015 FEI Group F qualification event	1	Südafrika
2015 FEI Group G qualification event	1	Südkorea
FEI Olympic Athletes Ranking – Dressage (established 6 March 2016)
Group A (North Western Europe)	2	Dänemark Dänemark
Group B (South Western Europe)	2	Österreich Belgien
Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia)	2	Russland Russland
Group D (North America; English Caribbean)	1	Kanada
Group E (Central & South America)	1	Dominikanische Republik
Group F (Africa & Middle East)	1	Palestine
Group G (South East Asia, Oceania)	1	Neuseeland
Additional	6	Italien Irland Schweiz Dänemark Dänemark Ukraine
Total	60

Eventing

Team

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Event	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	October 2, 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brasilien
2014 FEI World Equestrian Games	August 27–31, 2014	Normandy	6	Deutschland Great Britain Niederlande Australien Irland Kanada
2015 European Eventing Championships (Groups A/B/C)	September 10–13, 2015	Blair Castle	2	Frankreich Schweden
2015 Pan American Games (Groups D/E)	July 16–19, 2015	Toronto	1	Vereinigte Staaten
2015 Asia-Pacific Eventing Championship (Groups F/G)	October 8–11, 2015	Boekelo	1	Neuseeland
Composite Teams^[4]	March 6, 2016		2	Italien Russland ~~Schweiz~~
Total			13

Individual

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
Team Members	44
FEI Olympic Athletes Ranking – Eventing (established 6 March 2016)
Group A (North Western Europe)	1	Finnland
Group B (South Western Europe)	1	Italien
Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia)	1	Russland
Group D (North America; English Caribbean)	0*	—
Group E (Central & South America)	1	Chile
Group F (Africa & Middle East)	1	Simbabwe
Group G (South East Asia, Oceania)	1	Japan
Combined Groups A/B/C Ranking	2	~~Weißrussland~~ Schweiz
Combined Groups D/E Ranking	2	Puerto Rico Ecuador
Combined Groups F/G Ranking	2	China Japan
Additional	9	Belgien Belgien Russland Italien Russland Schweiz Italien Spanien ~~Schweiz~~ Polen Italien
Total	65

* With Canada and the United States being the only nations eligible to compete in the individual eventing, no other rider from the North America and Caribbean continent is registered to Group D; thus, the unused berth has been redistributed to the next rider in the Individual Olympic Rankings.

Jumping

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Team

Event	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	October 2, 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brasilien
2014 FEI World Equestrian Games	September 1–7, 2014	Normandy	5	Niederlande
				Frankreich
				Vereinigte Staaten
				Deutschland
				Schweden
2015 European Show Jumping Championships (Groups A/B)^[6]	August 17–23, 2015	Aachen	3	Schweiz
				Great Britain
				Spanien
2015 Pan American Games	July 21–25, 2015	Toronto	2	Kanada
2015 Pan American Games	July 21–25, 2015	Toronto	2	Argentinien
2015 FEI Group C qualification event	August 2, 2015	Šamorín	1	Ukraine
2015 FEI Group F qualification event	February 19, 2015	Abu Dhabi	1	Katar
2015 FEI Group G qualification event	August 25, 2015	Hagen	2	Japan
2015 FEI Group G qualification event	August 25, 2015	Hagen	2	Australien
Total			15

Individual

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
Team Members	60
2015 Pan American Games, Groups D/E	6	Kolumbien
		Kolumbien
		Peru
		Uruguay
		Venezuela
		Venezuela
2015 FEI Group G qualification event	1	Chinese Taipei
FEI Olympic Athletes Ranking – Jumping (established 6 March 2016)
Group A (North Western Europe)	1	Irland
Group B (South Western Europe)	1	Portugal
Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia)	1	Türkei
Group F (Africa & Middle East)	1	Marokko
Additional	4	Belgien
		Italien
		Belgien
		Ägypten
Total	75

References

^ "Rio 2016 – FEI Equestrian Qualification System (Dressage)" (PDF). FEI. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
^ Under the qualification rules for the 2016 Games, an NOC which failed to gain a specific team place, but did qualify three individual riders, was entitled to enter those riders as a 'composite' team in the team event. In the event, Dänemark was the only nation to achieve this, and was therefore granted an entry in the team event.
^ "Rio 2016 – FEI Equestrian Qualification System (Eventing)" (PDF). FEI. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
^ Under the qualification rules for the 2016 Games, an NOC which failed to gain a specific team place, but did qualify three individual riders, was entitled to enter those riders as a 'composite' team in the team event. In the event, Italien, Russland and Schweiz were the nations to achieve this, and were each therefore granted an entry in the team event. Switzerland later declined one of the individual quotas what resulted in withdrawing from team competition as well.
^ "Rio 2016 – FEI Equestrian Qualification System (Jumping)" (PDF). FEI. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
^ GB qualify with Swiss, Spanish for Rio.

[1] "Rio 2016 – FEI Equestrian Qualification System (Dressage)" (PDF). FEI. Retrieved 7 January 2016.

[2] Under the qualification rules for the 2016 Games, an NOC which failed to gain a specific team place, but did qualify three individual riders, was entitled to enter those riders as a 'composite' team in the team event. In the event, Dänemark was the only nation to achieve this, and was therefore granted an entry in the team event.

[3] "Rio 2016 – FEI Equestrian Qualification System (Eventing)" (PDF). FEI. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

[4] Under the qualification rules for the 2016 Games, an NOC which failed to gain a specific team place, but did qualify three individual riders, was entitled to enter those riders as a 'composite' team in the team event. In the event, Italien, Russland and Schweiz were the nations to achieve this, and were each therefore granted an entry in the team event. Switzerland later declined one of the individual quotas what resulted in withdrawing from team competition as well.

[5] "Rio 2016 – FEI Equestrian Qualification System (Jumping)" (PDF). FEI. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

[6] GB qualify with Swiss, Spanish for Rio.

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