Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Summary[]

Nation	Individual			Team			Total
Nation	Dressage	Eventing	Jumping	Dressage	Eventing	Jumping	Total
Argentina			4			X	4
Australia	4	4	4	X	X	X	12
Austria	1						1
Belgium	1	2	2				5
Brazil	4	4	4	X	X	X	12
Canada	2	4	4		X	X	10
Chile		1					1
China		1					1
Colombia			2				2
Denmark	4			X			4
Dominican Republic	1						1
Ecuador		1					1
Egypt			1				1
Finland		1					1
France	4	4	4	X	X	X	12
Germany	4	4	4	X	X	X	12
Great Britain	4	4	4	X	X	X	12
Ireland	1	4	1		X		6
Italy	1	4	1		X		6
Japan	4	2	4	X		X	10
Mexico	1						1
Morocco			1				1
Netherlands	4	4	4	X	X	X	12
New Zealand	1	4			X		5
Palestine	1						1
Peru			1				1
Poland		1					1
Portugal			1				1
Puerto Rico		1					1
Qatar			4			X	4
Russia	2	3			X		5
South Africa	1						1
South Korea	1						1
Spain	4	1	4	X		X	9
Sweden	4	4	4	X	X	X	12
Switzerland	1	2	4			X	7
Chinese Taipei			1				1
Turkey			1				1
Ukraine	1		4			X	5
United States	4	4	4	X	X	X	12
Uruguay			1				1
Venezuela			2				2
Zimbabwe		1					1
Total: 43 NOCs	60	65	75	11	13	15	200

Timeline[]

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

Event	Date	Venue
Dressage
2014 FEI World Equestrian Games	August 23 – September 7, 2014	Normandy
2015 Pan American Games	July 11–14, 2015	Toronto
2015 European Dressage Championships	August 11–16, 2015	Aachen
2015 FEI Groups C/F/G qualification event	September 11, 2015	Perl
FEI ranking period	March 9, 2015 – March 6, 2016	N/A
Eventing
2014 FEI World Equestrian Games	August 23 – September 7, 2014	Normandy
2015 Pan American Games	July 16–19, 2015	Toronto
2015 European Eventing Championships	September 10–13, 2015	Blair Castle
2015 Asia-Pacific Eventing Championships	October 8–11, 2015	Boekelo
FEI ranking period	March 9, 2015 – March 6, 2016	N/A
Jumping
2014 FEI World Equestrian Games	August 23 – September 7, 2014	Normandy
2015 FEI Group F qualification event	February 19, 2015	Abu Dhabi
2015 Pan American Games	July 21–25, 2015	Toronto
2015 FEI Group C qualification event	August 2, 2015	Šamorín
	August 17–23, 2015	Aachen
2015 FEI Group G qualification event	August 25, 2015	Hagen
FEI ranking period	January 1, 2015 – March 6, 2016	N/A

Dressage[]

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Team[]

Event	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	October 2, 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil
2014 FEI World Equestrian Games	August 24–29, 2014	Normandy	3	Germany Great Britain Netherlands
2015 European Dressage Championships Groups A/B/C	August 11–16, 2015	Aachen	3	Spain Sweden France
2015 Pan American Games Group D/E	July 10–14, 2015	Toronto	1	United States
2014 FEI World Equestrian Games Group F/G	August 24–29, 2014	Normandy	1	Australia
2015 FEI Groups C/F/G qualification event	September 11, 2015	Perl	1	Japan
Composite Teams^[2]	March 6, 2016		1	Denmark
Total			11

Individual[]

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
Team Members	40
2015 Pan American Games, Group D	1	Canada
2015 Pan American Games, Group E	1	Mexico
2015 FEI Group F qualification event	1	South Africa
2015 FEI Group G qualification event	1	South Korea
FEI Olympic Athletes Ranking – Dressage (established 6 March 2016)
Group A (North Western Europe)	2	Denmark Denmark
Group B (South Western Europe)	2	Austria Belgium
Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia)	2	Russia Russia
Group D (North America; English Caribbean)	1	Canada
Group E (Central & South America)	1	Dominican Republic
Group F (Africa & Middle East)	1	Palestine
Group G (South East Asia, Oceania)	1	New Zealand
Additional	6	Italy Ireland Switzerland Denmark Denmark Ukraine
Total	60

Eventing[]

Team[]

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Event	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	October 2, 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil
2014 FEI World Equestrian Games	August 27–31, 2014	Normandy	6	Germany Great Britain Netherlands Australia Ireland Canada
2015 European Eventing Championships (Groups A/B/C)	September 10–13, 2015	Blair Castle	2	France Sweden
2015 Pan American Games (Groups D/E)	July 16–19, 2015	Toronto	1	United States
2015 Asia-Pacific Eventing Championship (Groups F/G)	October 8–11, 2015	Boekelo	1	New Zealand
Composite Teams^[4]	March 6, 2016		2	Italy Russia ~~Switzerland~~
Total			13

Individual[]

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
Team Members	44
FEI Olympic Athletes Ranking – Eventing (established 6 March 2016)
Group A (North Western Europe)	1	Finland
Group B (South Western Europe)	1	Italy
Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia)	1	Russia
Group D (North America; English Caribbean)	0*	—
Group E (Central & South America)	1	Chile
Group F (Africa & Middle East)	1	Zimbabwe
Group G (South East Asia, Oceania)	1	Japan
Combined Groups A/B/C Ranking	2	~~Belarus~~ Switzerland
Combined Groups D/E Ranking	2	Puerto Rico Ecuador
Combined Groups F/G Ranking	2	China Japan
Additional	9	Belgium Belgium Russia Italy Russia Switzerland Italy Spain ~~Switzerland~~ Poland Italy
Total	65

* 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[]

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Team[]

Event	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	October 2, 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil
2014 FEI World Equestrian Games	September 1–7, 2014	Normandy	5	Netherlands
				France
				United States
				Germany
				Sweden
(Groups A/B)^[6]	August 17–23, 2015	Aachen	3	Switzerland
				Great Britain
				Spain
2015 Pan American Games	July 21–25, 2015	Toronto	2	Canada
2015 Pan American Games	July 21–25, 2015	Toronto	2	Argentina
2015 FEI Group C qualification event	August 2, 2015	Šamorín	1	Ukraine
2015 FEI Group F qualification event	February 19, 2015	Abu Dhabi	1	Qatar
2015 FEI Group G qualification event	August 25, 2015	Hagen	2	Japan
2015 FEI Group G qualification event	August 25, 2015	Hagen	2	Australia
Total			15

Individual[]

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
Team Members	60
2015 Pan American Games, Groups D/E	6	Colombia
		Colombia
		Peru
		Uruguay
		Venezuela
		Venezuela
2015 FEI Group G qualification event	1	Chinese Taipei
FEI Olympic Athletes Ranking – Jumping (established 6 March 2016)
Group A (North Western Europe)	1	Ireland
Group B (South Western Europe)	1	Portugal
Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia)	1	Turkey
Group F (Africa & Middle East)	1	Morocco
Additional	4	Belgium
		Italy
		Belgium
		Egypt
Total	75

References[]

^ "Rio 2016 – FEI Equestrian Qualification System (Dressage)" (PDF). FEI. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
^ Under the qualification rules for the 2016 Games, an NOC which failed to gain a specific team place, but did qualify three individual riders, was entitled to enter those riders as a 'composite' team in the team event. In the event, Denmark was the only nation to achieve this, and was therefore granted an entry in the team event.
^ "Rio 2016 – FEI Equestrian Qualification System (Eventing)" (PDF). FEI. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
^ Under the qualification rules for the 2016 Games, an NOC which failed to gain a specific team place, but did qualify three individual riders, was entitled to enter those riders as a 'composite' team in the team event. In the event, Italy, Russia and Switzerland were the nations to achieve this, and were each therefore granted an entry in the team event. Switzerland later declined one of the individual quotas what resulted in withdrawing from team competition as well.
^ "Rio 2016 – FEI Equestrian Qualification System (Jumping)" (PDF). FEI. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
^ GB qualify with Swiss, Spanish for Rio.

[1] "Rio 2016 – FEI Equestrian Qualification System (Dressage)" (PDF). FEI. Retrieved 7 January 2016.

[2] Under the qualification rules for the 2016 Games, an NOC which failed to gain a specific team place, but did qualify three individual riders, was entitled to enter those riders as a 'composite' team in the team event. In the event, Denmark was the only nation to achieve this, and was therefore granted an entry in the team event.

[3] "Rio 2016 – FEI Equestrian Qualification System (Eventing)" (PDF). FEI. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

[4] Under the qualification rules for the 2016 Games, an NOC which failed to gain a specific team place, but did qualify three individual riders, was entitled to enter those riders as a 'composite' team in the team event. In the event, Italy, Russia and Switzerland were the nations to achieve this, and were each therefore granted an entry in the team event. Switzerland later declined one of the individual quotas what resulted in withdrawing from team competition as well.

[5] "Rio 2016 – FEI Equestrian Qualification System (Jumping)" (PDF). FEI. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

[6] GB qualify with Swiss, Spanish for Rio.

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