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| Host city | Aachen, Germany |
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| Nations | 59 |
| Athletes | 767 |
| Events | 16 in 7 disciplines |
| Opening | 20 August 2006 |
| Closing | 3 September 2006 |
| Website | www |
The 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games were held in Aachen, Germany from 20 August to 3 September 2006. They were the 5th edition of the games which are held every four years and run by the FEI. It was held in the Soers, a district of Aachen. The main stadium of this event was the Hauptstadion.
On 18 September 2002 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, the FEI awarded the 2006 Games to Aachen. The only other host city applicant was Lexington, Kentucky, United States [1] (which was later awarded the following edition of the Games in 2010).
16 events in 7 disciplines were held in Aachen.
59 National Equestrian Federations sent athletes to the Aachen games.
* Host nation (Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Germany (GER)* | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 |  Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 |  Belgium (BEL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 |  France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 |  Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 8 |  Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 |  Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 |  Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 | |
The Ground Jury during the 2006 World Equestrian Games was nominated as follows; [2]
Dieter Schüle (Ground Jury President) Linda Zang (Ground Jury Member) Ghislain Fouarge (Ground Jury Member) Stephen Clarke (Ground Jury Member) Bernard Maurel (Ground Jury Member)
Wojtek Markowski (Ground Jury Member) Mary Seefried (Ground Jury Member) Mariette Withages (Technical Delegate) Hanno Dohn (Ground Jury President)
Sven Holmberg (Ground Jury Member)
Pablo Mayorga (Ground Jury Member)
Ronan Sugrue (Ground Jury Member) Frank Rothenberger (Course Designer) Frédéric Cottier (Technical Delegate) Angela Tucker (Ground Jury President) Brian Ross (Ground Jury Member) Martin Plewa (Ground Jury Member) Rüdiger Schwarz (Course Designer) Tom Ryckewaert (Technical Delegate)The television broadcasting rights to the 2006 Games were held by the following networks: [3]
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