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Equestrian events at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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Summary

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Nation Individual Team Total
Dressage Eventing Jumping Dressage Eventing Jumping
 Argentina 4 X 4
 Australia 4 4 4 X X X 12
 Austria 1 1
 Belgium 1 2 2 5
 Brazil 4 4 4 X X X 12
 Canada 2 4 4 X X 10
 Chile 1 1
 China 1 1
 Colombia 2 2
 Denmark 4 X 4
 Dominican Republic 1 1
 Ecuador 1 1
 Egypt 1 1
 Finland 1 1
 France 4 4 4 X X X 12
 Germany 4 4 4 X X X 12
 Great Britain 4 4 4 X X X 12
 Ireland 1 4 1 X 6
 Italy 1 4 1 X 6
 Japan 4 2 4 X X 10
 Mexico 1 1
 Morocco 1 1
 Netherlands 4 4 4 X X X 12
 New Zealand 1 4 X 5
 Palestine 1 1
 Peru 1 1
 Poland 1 1
 Portugal 1 1
 Puerto Rico 1 1
 Qatar 4 X 4
 Russia 2 3 X 5
 South Africa 1 1
 South Korea 1 1
 Spain 4 1 4 X X 9
 Sweden 4 4 4 X X X 12
 Switzerland 1 2 4 X 7
 Chinese Taipei 1 1
 Turkey 1 1
 Ukraine 1 4 X 5
 United States 4 4 4 X X X 12
 Uruguay 1 1
 Venezuela 2 2
 Zimbabwe 1 1
Total: 43 NOCs 60 65 75 11 13 15 200

Timeline

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

Dressage

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Team

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Event Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation October 2, 2009 Denmark Copenhagen 1  Brazil
2014 FEI World Equestrian Games August 24–29, 2014 France Normandy 3  Germany
 Great Britain
 Netherlands
2015 European Dressage Championships Groups A/B/C August 11–16, 2015 Germany Aachen 3  Spain
 Sweden
 France
2015 Pan American Games Group D/E July 10–14, 2015 Canada Toronto 1  United States
2014 FEI World Equestrian Games Group F/G August 24–29, 2014 France Normandy 1  Australia
2015 FEI Groups C/F/G qualification event September 11, 2015 Germany Perl 1  Japan
Composite Teams[2] March 6, 2016 1  Denmark
Total 11

Individual

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Event Vacancies Qualified
Team Members 40
2015 Pan American Games, Group D 1  Canada
2015 Pan American Games, Group E 1  Mexico
2015 FEI Group F qualification event 1  South Africa
2015 FEI Group G qualification event 1  South Korea
FEI Olympic Athletes Ranking – Dressage (established 6 March 2016)
Group A (North Western Europe) 2  Denmark
 Denmark
Group B (South Western Europe) 2  Austria
 Belgium
Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia) 2  Russia
 Russia
Group D (North America; English Caribbean) 1  Canada
Group E (Central & South America) 1  Dominican Republic
Group F (Africa & Middle East) 1  Palestine
Group G (South East Asia, Oceania) 1  New Zealand
Additional 6  Italy
 Ireland
 Switzerland
 Denmark
 Denmark
 Ukraine
Total 60

Eventing

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Team

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Event Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation October 2, 2009 Denmark Copenhagen 1  Brazil
2014 FEI World Equestrian Games August 27–31, 2014 France Normandy 6  Germany
 Great Britain
 Netherlands
 Australia
 Ireland
 Canada
2015 European Eventing Championships (Groups A/B/C) September 10–13, 2015 United Kingdom Blair Castle 2  France
 Sweden
2015 Pan American Games (Groups D/E) July 16–19, 2015 Canada Toronto 1  United States
2015 Asia-Pacific Eventing Championship (Groups F/G) October 8–11, 2015 Netherlands Boekelo 1  New Zealand
Composite Teams[4] March 6, 2016 2  Italy
 Russia
 Switzerland
Total 13

Individual

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Event Vacancies Qualified
Team Members 44
FEI Olympic Athletes Ranking – Eventing (established 6 March 2016)
Group A (North Western Europe) 1  Finland
Group B (South Western Europe) 1  Italy
Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia) 1  Russia
Group D (North America; English Caribbean) 0*
Group E (Central & South America) 1  Chile
Group F (Africa & Middle East) 1  Zimbabwe
Group G (South East Asia, Oceania) 1  Japan
Combined Groups A/B/C Ranking 2  Belarus
 Switzerland
Combined Groups D/E Ranking 2  Puerto Rico
 Ecuador
Combined Groups F/G Ranking 2  China
 Japan
Additional 9  Belgium
 Belgium
 Russia
 Italy
 Russia
 Switzerland
 Italy
 Spain
 Switzerland
 Poland
 Italy
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

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Event Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation October 2, 2009 Denmark Copenhagen 1  Brazil
2014 FEI World Equestrian Games September 1–7, 2014 France Normandy 5  Netherlands
 France
 United States
 Germany
 Sweden
2015 European Show Jumping Championships (Groups A/B)[6] August 17–23, 2015 Germany Aachen 3  Switzerland
 Great Britain
 Spain
2015 Pan American Games July 21–25, 2015 Canada Toronto 2  Canada
 Argentina
2015 FEI Group C qualification event August 2, 2015 Slovakia Šamorín 1  Ukraine
2015 FEI Group F qualification event February 19, 2015 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 1  Qatar
2015 FEI Group G qualification event August 25, 2015 Germany Hagen 2  Japan
 Australia
Total 15

Individual

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Event Vacancies Qualified
Team Members 60
2015 Pan American Games, Groups D/E 6  Colombia
 Colombia
 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  Ireland
Group B (South Western Europe) 1  Portugal
Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia) 1  Turkey
Group F (Africa & Middle East) 1  Morocco
Additional 4  Belgium
 Italy
 Belgium
 Egypt
Total 75

References

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  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,  Denmark 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,  Italy,  Russia and  Switzerland 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.