Equestrian at the 2026 Summer Youth Olympics will be held from 2 to 5 November. The event will take place at the Equestrian Centre in Diamniadio, Senegal.
Qualification Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) could nominate a maximum of one participant. Senegal, as the host nation, received one guaranteed quota place. Athletes had to be born between November 14, 2008, and December 31, 2011 in order to be eligible to participate.
Furthermore, athletes must have accumulated fewer than 8 penalty points at one of the following competitions held between April 1, 2025, and May 15, 2026:
2025 Junior European Championships 2025 Junior North American Championships 2025 Junior South American Championships Grand Prix events of classes CSI1*, CSI2*, CSIJ, CSIY, or CSIU25
Four quota places are allocated per region, with one African quota place already allocated to the host nation. These regions were:
Europe North and Central America including the Caribbean South America Africa Asia Oceania
Qualification summary In May 2026, the Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI) published the list of invited NOCs. Unlike the originally published qualification criteria, Oceania was not listed as a separate group. Instead, an intercontinental group was included. ContinentNOKAfricaEuropeNorth AmericaSouth AmericaAsiaIntercontinental
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