Equestrian events at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France are held at the Château de Versailles. There are eleven gender free events: ten individual events and one mixed team event.
Competition format
Teams are made of three athletes, all of whom are also competing for individual medals. Nations without a team can be represented by one or two individual athlete(s).
The para-dressage competition starts with the Grand Prix Test A, which serves as an individual competition and in which the first individual medals are awarded. The best first 8 (eight) riders from each grade are qualified for the individual Freestyle. The second test, the Grand Prix Test B counts as Team test which serves as team competition where the team medals will be awarded. Only nations with a team can compete in the Grand Prix test B competition. The Freestyle consist of the best 8 (eight) athletes from the Grand Prix Test A competition, where again a string of three medals in each grade will be awarded. Each athlete designs their own test for the Freestyle, which must be set to music and must contain compulsory movements.
Qualification There are 78 spots for para-equestrian riders at the Paralympic Games. Teams in each discipline consisted of three horse and rider pairs; any NOC that qualified a team (15 in total) also received 3 entries in the individual competition for that discipline. NOCs that did not qualify teams could earn one or two individual spots in dressage. Teams qualify primarily through specific competitions (World Equestrian Games and continental tournaments), while individuals qualified through ranking. The host nation France automatically reserves a team spot.
Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified Team slots 2022 FEI World Championships 6–14 August 2022 Herning 7 highest ranked teams28 athletes 2023 FEI European Championships 4–10 September 2023 Riesenbeck 1 FEI Para Equestrian Regional Team Ranking Allocation 1 January – 31 December 2023 Africa (1 team quota) — Americas (1 team quota) Asia (1 team quota) Oceania (1 team quota) FEI Para Equestrian Team Ranking List Allocation 2 highest ranked teams8 athletes Reallocation of African regional quota Host country allocation 13 September 2017 Lima 4 Individual qualification Para Equestrian Individual Ranking List 1 January – 31 December 2023 — 15 Bipartite Commission Invitation Allocation 18 March 2024 — 3 Additional spots 5 August 2024 — 3 Total 78
Officials Appointment of officials is as follows:
Dressage Anne Prain (Ground Jury President) Kristi Wysocki (Ground Jury Member) Freddy Leyman (Ground Jury Member) Ineke Jansen (Ground Jury Member) Suzanne Cunningham (Ground Jury Member) John Robinson (Ground Jury Member) Katherine Lucheschi (Ground Jury Member) Jan Holger Holtschmit (Technical Delegate)
Events
Equestrian events at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Classification of events DATE SESSION EVENT GRADE 2 September 2024 08:00:00 Horse Inspection 3 September 2024 09:00:00 Individual Championship Test Grade III Individual Championship Test Grade II Individual Championship Test Grade I 4 September 2024 10:00:00 Individual Championship Test Grade IV Individual Championship Test Grade V 6 September 2024 09:30:00 Team Test Grade IV Team Test Grade V Team Test Grade I Team Test Grade II Team Test Grade III 7 September 2024 09:30:00 Individual Freestyle Test Grade III Individual Freestyle Test Grade IV Individual Freestyle Test Grade II Individual Freestyle Test Grade I Individual Freestyle Test Grade III
Participating nations 76 athletes from 30 nations competed.
Medal table
Medalists Individual championship test Grade I Individual freestyle test Individual championship test Grade II Individual freestyle test Individual championship test Grade III Individual freestyle test Individual championship test Grade IV Individual freestyle test Individual championship test Grade V Individual freestyle test Team OpenRebecca Harton FloratinaFiona Howardon Diamond DunesRoxanne Trunnellon Fan Tastico HDemi Haerkenson DaulaRixt van der Horston Royal FonqSanne Voetson DemanturHeidemarie Dresingon DooloopRegine Mispelkampon Highlander Delight'sAnna-Lena Niehueson Quimbaya 6
See also Equestrian events at the 2024 Summer Olympics
References
External links Results book