The Show Jumping World Championships, or the show jumping competition at the FEI World Equestrian Games, was started in 1953, with individual competition. In 1978 Team competitions began, and men and women began competing against one another. From 1990, show jumping was brought together along with the other equestrian disciplines into the World Equestrian Games (WEG). They are held every four years.
Show jumping, also known as "stadium jumping", "open jumping", or simply "jumping", is a part of a group of English riding equestrian events that also includes dressage, eventing, hunters, and equitation. Jumping classes are commonly seen at horse shows throughout the world, including the Olympics. Sometimes shows are limited exclusively to jumpers, sometimes jumper classes are offered in conjunction with other English-style events, and sometimes show jumping is but one division of very large, all-breed competitions that include a very wide variety of disciplines. Jumping classes may be governed by various national horse show sanctioning organizations, such as the United States Equestrian Federation in the USA or the British Showjumping Association in Great Britain. International competitions are governed by the rules of the International Federation for Equestrian Sports.
The FEI World Equestrian Games are the major international championships for equestrianism, and are administered by the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI). The games have been held every four years, halfway between sets of consecutive Summer Olympic Games, since 1990. Prior to that year, all ten of the FEI's individual disciplines held separate championships, usually in separate countries. The modern WEG runs over two weeks and, like the Olympics, the location rotates to different parts of the world. Riders and horses competing at WEG go through a rigorous selection process, and each participating country sends teams that have distinguished themselves through competition as the nation's best in each respective discipline. At the 2010 Games, 57 countries were represented by 800 people and their horses.
The current historical medal count (Individual, Team and Women) since 1953 is as follows:
Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 9 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
2 | ![]() | 7 | 8 | 4 | 19 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
5 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
11 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
15 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Note 1: Medal count is sorted by total gold medals, then total silver medals, then total bronze medals, then alphabetically.
Note 2: Germany includes both Germany and West Germany.
1978 Aachen :
Derek Ricketts / Hydrophane Coldstream
Caroline Bradley / Tigre
Malcolm Pyrah / Law Court
David Broome / Philco
1982 Dublin :
Michel Robert / Ideal de la Haye
Patrick Caron / Malesan Eole IV
Frédéric Cottier / Flambeau C
Gilles B. de Balanda / Malesan Galoubet A
1986 Aachen:
Michael Matz / Chef
Conrad Homfeld / Abdullah
Katie Monahan / Amadia
Katharine Burdsall / The Natural
1990 Stockholm :
Eric Navet / M. Quito de Baussy
Hubert Bourdy / Morgat
Roger-Yves Bost / Norton de Rhuys
Pierre Durand / Jappeloup
1994 Den Haag :
Franke Sloothaak / S.P. Weihaiwej
Sören von Rönne / Taggi
Dirk Hafemeister / P.S. Priamos
Ludger Beerbaum / Almox Ratina Z
1998 Rome :
Lars Nieberg / Loro P. Esprit
Markus Beerbaum / Lady Weingard
Franke Sloothaak / SP Joly
Ludger Beerbaum / P.S. Priamos
2002 Jerez de la Frontera :
Eric Levallois / Diamant de Semilly Ecolit
Reynald Angot / Tlaloc M
Gilles Bertran de Balanda / Crocus Graverie
Eric Navet / Dollar du Murier Hts de Seine
2006 Aachen:
Piet Raymakers / Van Schijndel's Curtis
Jeroen Dubbeldam / BMC Up And Down
Albert Zoer / Okidoki
Gerco Schröder / Eurocommerce Berlin
2010 Lexington :
Marcus Ehning / Plot Blue
Janne Friederike Meyer / Cellagon Lambrasco
Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum / Checkmate
Carsten-Otto Nagel / Corradina
2014 Caen:
Maikel van der Vleuten / VDL Groep Verdi TN N.O.P.
Jeroen Dubbeldam / Zenith SFN
Jur Vrieling / VDL Bubalu
Gerco Schröder / Glock's London N.O.P
McLain Ward / Clinta
Adrienne Sternlicht / Cristalline
Devin Ryan / Eddie Blue
Laura Kraut / Zeremonie
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