Equestrian events at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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Summary

NationIndividualTeamTotal
DressageEventingJumpingDressageEventingJumping
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 4X4
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 444XXX12
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 11
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1225
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 444XXX12
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 244XX10
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 11
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 11
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 22
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 4X4
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 11
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 11
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 11
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 11
Flag of France.svg  France 444XXX12
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 444XXX12
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 444XXX12
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 141X6
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 141X6
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 424XX10
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 11
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 11
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 444XXX12
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 14X5
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 11
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 11
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 11
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 11
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 11
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 4X4
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 23X5
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 11
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 11
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 414XX9
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 444XXX12
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 124X7
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 11
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 11
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 14X5
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 444XXX12
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 11
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 22
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 11
Total: 43 NOCs606575111315200

Timeline

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

Contents

EventDateVenue
Dressage
2014 FEI World Equestrian Games August 23 – September 7, 2014 Flag of France.svg Normandy
2015 Pan American Games July 11–14, 2015 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toronto
2015 European Dressage Championships August 11–16, 2015 Flag of Germany.svg Aachen
2015 FEI Groups C/F/G qualification eventSeptember 11, 2015 Flag of Germany.svg Perl
FEI ranking periodMarch 9, 2015 – March 6, 2016
Eventing
2014 FEI World Equestrian Games August 23 – September 7, 2014 Flag of France.svg Normandy
2015 Pan American Games July 16–19, 2015 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toronto
2015 European Eventing Championships September 10–13, 2015 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Blair Castle
2015 Asia-Pacific Eventing ChampionshipsOctober 8–11, 2015 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Boekelo
FEI ranking periodMarch 9, 2015 – March 6, 2016
Jumping
2014 FEI World Equestrian Games August 23 – September 7, 2014 Flag of France.svg Normandy
2015 FEI Group F qualification eventFebruary 19, 2015 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Abu Dhabi
2015 Pan American Games July 21–25, 2015 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toronto
2015 FEI Group C qualification eventAugust 2, 2015 Flag of Slovakia.svg Šamorín
2015 European Show Jumping Championships August 17–23, 2015 Flag of Germany.svg Aachen
2015 FEI Group G qualification eventAugust 25, 2015 Flag of Germany.svg Hagen
FEI ranking periodJanuary 1, 2015 – March 6, 2016

Dressage

[1]

Team

EventDateVenueVacanciesQualified
Host NationOctober 2, 2009 Flag of Denmark.svg Copenhagen 1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
2014 FEI World Equestrian Games August 24–29, 2014 Flag of France.svg Normandy 3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
2015 European Dressage Championships Groups A/B/CAugust 11–16, 2015 Flag of Germany.svg Aachen 3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of France.svg  France
2015 Pan American Games Group D/EJuly 10–14, 2015 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toronto 1Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2014 FEI World Equestrian Games Group F/GAugust 24–29, 2014 Flag of France.svg Normandy 1Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
2015 FEI Groups C/F/G qualification eventSeptember 11, 2015 Flag of Germany.svg Perl 1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Composite Teams [2] March 6, 20161Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Total11

Individual

EventVacanciesQualified
Team Members40
2015 Pan American Games, Group D1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2015 Pan American Games, Group E1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
2015 FEI Group F qualification event1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2015 FEI Group G qualification event1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
FEI Olympic Athletes Ranking – Dressage (established 6 March 2016)
Group A (North Western Europe)2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Group B (South Western Europe)2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia)2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Group D (North America; English Caribbean)1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Group E (Central & South America)1Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Group F (Africa & Middle East)1Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine
Group G (South East Asia, Oceania)1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Additional6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Total60

Eventing

Team

[3]

EventDateVenueVacanciesQualified
Host NationOctober 2, 2009 Flag of Denmark.svg Copenhagen 1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
2014 FEI World Equestrian Games August 27–31, 2014 Flag of France.svg Normandy 6Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2015 European Eventing Championships (Groups A/B/C)September 10–13, 2015 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Blair Castle 2Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
2015 Pan American Games (Groups D/E)July 16–19, 2015 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toronto 1Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2015 Asia-Pacific Eventing Championship (Groups F/G)October 8–11, 2015 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Boekelo 1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Composite Teams [4] March 6, 20162Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Total13

Individual

EventVacanciesQualified
Team Members44
FEI Olympic Athletes Ranking – Eventing (established 6 March 2016)
Group A (North Western Europe)1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Group B (South Western Europe)1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia)1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Group D (North America; English Caribbean)0*
Group E (Central & South America)1Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Group F (Africa & Middle East)1Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Group G (South East Asia, Oceania)1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Combined Groups A/B/C Ranking2Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Combined Groups D/E Ranking2Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Combined Groups F/G Ranking2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Additional9Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Total65

* 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

[5]

Team

EventDateVenueVacanciesQualified
Host NationOctober 2, 2009 Flag of Denmark.svg Copenhagen 1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
2014 FEI World Equestrian Games September 1–7, 2014 Flag of France.svg Normandy 5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
2015 European Show Jumping Championships (Groups A/B) [6] August 17–23, 2015 Flag of Germany.svg Aachen 3Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
2015 Pan American Games July 21–25, 2015 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toronto 2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
2015 FEI Group C qualification eventAugust 2, 2015 Flag of Slovakia.svg Šamorín 1Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
2015 FEI Group F qualification eventFebruary 19, 2015 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Abu Dhabi 1Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
2015 FEI Group G qualification eventAugust 25, 2015 Flag of Germany.svg Hagen 2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Total15

Individual

EventVacanciesQualified
Team Members60
2015 Pan American Games, Groups D/E6Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
2015 FEI Group G qualification event1Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
FEI Olympic Athletes Ranking – Jumping (established 6 March 2016)
Group A (North Western Europe)1Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Group B (South Western Europe)1Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia)1Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Group F (Africa & Middle East)1Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Additional4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Total75

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