Summary Nation Individual Team Total Dressage Eventing Jumping Dressage Eventing Jumping 1 1 354XXX 12 11 2 1 1 12 3 21 3 1 1 244 XX 10 354XXX 12 1 1 114 X 6 1 1 1 1 31 X 4 1 1 1 1 34 XX 7 354XXX 12 354XXX 12 1 1 3 X 3 51 X 6 15 X 6 1 1 312X 6 1 1 1 4 X 5 314X X 8 54 XX 9 4 X 4 12 3 3 X 3 221 5 4 X 4 1 1 2 2 354XXX 12 14 X 5 4 X 4 1 1 354XXX 12 1 1 Total: 42 NOCs 47 70 77 11 11 16 194
Dressage An NOC may enter up to 3 athletes if they qualified for the team competition
Team
Event Date Venue Vacancies Qualified World Equestrian Games Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 Aachen 3 European Championship Aug 27 - Sep 2, 2007 Turin 3 * Asia Pacific Championship Group F/G Jan 31, 2008Feb 4, 2008Feb 7, 2008 Cannes Sydney Palmerston North 2 Pan-American Games Group D/E July 13–29, 2007 Rio de Janeiro 2 *** Composite team from Olympic rankings** - - + TOTAL 11 * Switzerland decided not to send a Team or an Individual to the Olympic Dressage competition after Silvia Iklé, the top rider on the Swiss team, refused to bring her horse, Salieri CH, to Hong-Kong due to the long travel and concerns over climatic conditions.
** 3 individuals qualified from the same nation from the Olympic rankings to make up a team
*** Brazil sent only two riders
Individual
Individual qualification decided by the FEI Olympic Riders Ranking as of May 1, 2008.
Event Vacancies Qualified Host Nation 1 Team Event 29** All athletes North Western Europe 1 South Western Europe 1 Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia 1 North America 1 *** Central & South America 1 Africa & Middle East 1 *** South East Asia; Oceania 1 Other places* 12+ ** ** ** *** *** TOTAL 47
* Other places to complete the quota will be allocated to best ranked individuals not qualified above and invitation places.
** Switzerland decided not to send a Team and replaced by NOCs of the next highest ranked eligible athletes on the FEI Olympic Riders Ranking.
*** Unused quotas replaced by NOC of the next highest ranked eligible athletes on the FEI Olympic Riders Ranking.
Eventing An NOC may enter up to 5 athletes if they qualified for the team competition, or up to 2 athletes if they didn't.
Team Team Competition Date Venue Vacancies Qualified World Equestrian Games Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 Aachen 5 Pan-American Games Group D/E July 13–29, 2007 Rio de Janeiro 2 Asia Pacific Championship Group F/G* Oct 27-28, 2007 Takapau 1 - European Championship Sep 13-16 2007 Pratoni del Vivaro 2 Composite team from Olympic rankings** - - + TOTAL 11 * Event not held
** made up of minimum 3 to a maximum of 5 individuals qualified from the same nation from the Olympic rankings to make up a team
Individual Individual qualification will be decided by the FEI Olympic Riders Ranking as of May 1, 2008.
Event Vacancies Qualified Host Nation 1 Team Event 43 All athletes North Western Europe 1 South Western Europe 1 Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia 1 North America 1 Central & South America 1 Africa & Middle East 1 ** South East Asia; Oceania 1 Other places* 22+ ** TOTAL 70 * Other places to complete the quota will be allocated to best ranked individuals not qualified above and invitation places.
** Unused quota replaced by NOC of the next highest ranked eligible athletes on the FEI Olympic Riders Ranking.
Jumping
An NOC may enter up to 4 athletes if they qualified for the team competition, or up to 2 athletes if they didn't.
Team Event Date Venue Vacancies Qualified Host Nation - - 2 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 Aachen 5 2007 FEI European Jumping Championship August 15–19, 2007 Mannheim 3 2007 Pan American Games July 13–29, 2007 Rio de Janeiro 3 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games / Qualification Event 2007 (combined) Group F Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006March 6–10, 2007 Aachen Doha 1 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games Group G Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 Aachen 1 Olympic Qualification Event Group G June 7–10, 2007 Balve 1 TOTAL 16
Individual
Team Competition Date Venue Vacancies Qualified Team Event - - 63 All athletes Olympic Riders Ranking Group A/B May 1, 2008 - 2 Olympic Riders Ranking Group C May 1, 2008 - 3 Pan-American Games Group D July 13–29, 2007 Rio de Janeiro 1 Pan-American Games Group E July 13–29, 2007 Rio de Janeiro 4 World Equestrian Games Group F Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 Aachen 2 Qualification Event 2007 Group F March 6–10, 2007 Doha 1 World Equestrian Games Group G Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 Aachen 1 Qualification Event 2007 Group G June 7–10, 2007 Balve 1 TOTAL 77