Equestrian events at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Equestrian
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Equestrian, Athens 2004.png
Venue Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre
Dates16–27 August 2004
Competitors203 from 38 nations
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Equestrian events at the 2004 Summer Olympics featured three equestrian disciplines: dressage, eventing and jumping. All three disciplines are further divided into individual and team contests for a total of six events. [1]

The Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre, on the outskirts of Markopoulo in the Attica region of Greece, hosted the dressage and jumping events while the eventing took place in the nearby Eventing Park.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)1225
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)1124
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)1113
4Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)1001
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)1001
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)1001
7Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)0112
8Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)0101
Totals (8 entries)66618

Medalists

GamesGoldSilverBronze
Individual dressage
details 		Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Anky van Grunsven
on Salinero  (NED)		Flag of Germany.svg  Ulla Salzgeber
on Rusty (GER)		Flag of Spain.svg  Beatriz Ferrer-Salat
on Beauvalais (ESP)
Team dressage
details 		Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Heike Kemmer
on Bonaparte
Hubertus Schmidt
on Wansuela Suerte
Martin Schaudt
on Weltall
Ulla Salzgeber
on Rusty		Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)
Beatriz Ferrer-Salat
on Beauvalais
Juan Antonio Jiménez
on Guizo
Ignacio Rambla
on Oleaje
Rafael Soto
on Invasor		Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Lisa Wilcox
on Relevant 5
Günter Seidel
on Aragon
Deborah McDonald
on Brentina
Robert Dover
on Kennedy
Individual eventing
details 		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Leslie Law
on Shear L'Eau (GBR)		Flag of the United States.svg  Kimberly Severson
on Winsome Andante  (USA)		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Philippa Funnell
on Primmore's Pride  (GBR)
Team eventing
details 		Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Arnaud Boiteau
on Expo du Moulin
Cédric Lyard
on Fine Merveille
Didier Courrèges
on Débat D'Estruval
Jean Teulère
on Espoir de la Mare
Nicolas Touzaint
on Galan de Sauvegère		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Jeanette Brakewell
on Over To You
Mary King
on King Solomon III
Leslie Law
on Shear L'Eau
Pippa Funnell
on Primmore's Pride
William Fox-Pitt
on Tamarillo 		Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Kimberly Severson
on Winsome Andante
Darren Chiacchia
on Windfall II
John Williams
on Carrick
Amy Tryon
on Poggio II
Julie Richards
on Jacob Two Two
Individual jumping
details 		Flag of Brazil.svg  Rodrigo Pessoa
on Baloubet du Rouet  (BRA)		Flag of the United States.svg  Chris Kappler
on Royal Kaliber  (USA)		Flag of Germany.svg  Marco Kutscher
on Montender 2 (GER)
Team jumping
details 		Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Peter Wylde
on Fein Cera
McLain Ward
on Sapphire
Beezie Madden
on Authentic
Chris Kappler
on Royal Kaliber 		Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)
Rolf-Göran Bengtsson
on Mac Kinley
Malin Baryard
on Butterfly Flip
Peter Eriksson
on Cardento
Peder Fredericson
on Magic Bengtsson		Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Otto Becker
on Cento
Marco Kutscher
on Montender 2
Christian Ahlmann
on Cöster

Schedule

Equestrian events took place over 14 days, from 14 August to 27 August. Eventing was held on the first five days, while the other two disciplines overlapped for most of the rest of the schedule.

  1. 14 August
    • Eventing - first horse inspection
  2. 15 August
    • Eventing - dressage
  3. 16 August
    • Eventing - dressage
  4. 17 August
    • Eventing - cross country
  5. 18 August
    • Eventing - second horse inspection
    • Eventing - first round of jumping (used for team jumping portion and individual qualification)
    • Eventing - individual jumping final
  6. 19 August
    • Dressage - horse inspection
    • Jumping - training
  7. 20 August
    • Dressage - grand prix
    • Jumping - first horse inspection
  8. 21 August
    • Dressage - grand prix
  9. 22 August
    • Jumping - first qualifier
  10. 23 August
    • Dressage - grand prix special
  11. 24 August
    • Jumping - second qualifier (first team round)
    • Jumping - third qualifier (second team round)
    • Jumping - team jump-off
  12. 25 August
    • Dressage - grand prix freestyle
  13. 26 August
    • Jumping - second horse inspection
  14. 27 August
    • Jumping - final round A
    • Jumping - final round B
    • Jumping - jump-off

Officials

Appointment of officials was as follows: [2]

Dressage
Jumping
Eventing

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References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Equestrianism at the 2004 Athens Equestrian Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Olympic Games 2004 | FEI.org". Archived from the original on 6 June 2020.
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