Equestrian sports have been an Asian Games event since 1982 in New Delhi, India.
| Games | Year | Host city | Best nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| IX | 1982 | New Delhi, India |  India |
| X | 1986 | Seoul, South Korea |  Japan |
| XII | 1994 | Hiroshima, Japan | Japan |
| XIII | 1998 | Bangkok, Thailand | Japan |
| XIV | 2002 | Busan, South Korea |  South Korea |
| XV | 2006 | Doha, Qatar |  Qatar South Korea |
| XVI | 2010 | Guangzhou, China | South Korea |
| XVII | 2014 | Incheon, South Korea |  South Korea |
| XVIII | 2018 | Jakarta–Palembang, Indonesia |  Japan |
| XIX | 2022 | Hangzhou, China |  China |
| Event | 82 | 86 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual dressage | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 | |
| Team dressage | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 | |
| Individual endurance | X | 1 | |||||||||
| Team endurance | X | 1 | |||||||||
| Individual eventing | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 | |
| Team eventing | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 | |
| Individual jumping | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Team jumping | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 | |
| Individual tent pegging | X | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 18 | 16 | 11 | 45 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 15 | 13 | 6 | 34 |
| 3 |  Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | India (IND) | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | Qatar (QAT) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 |  Thailand (THA) | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 |  United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | China (CHN) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 |  Kuwait (KUW) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 11 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 |  Philippines (PHI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 |  Bahrain (BRN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 |  Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 |  Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Iran (IRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (18 entries) | 58 | 58 | 58 | 174 | |
The International Federation for Equestrian Sports is the international governing body of equestrian sports. The FEI headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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