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| Nation | Individual | Team | Total | ||||||||
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| width=70 | Dressage | width=70 | Eventing | width=70 | Jumping | width=70 | Dressage | width=70 | Eventing | width=70 | Jumping |
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| 1 | 5 | 4 | X | X | 10 | ||||||
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| 3 | 5 | 4 | X | X | X | 12 | |||||
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| 4 | 5 | 4 | X | X | X | 13 | |||||
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| 1 | 5 | 2 | X | 8 | |||||||
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| 4 | 3 | 4 | X | X | X | 11 | |||||
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| 4 | 5 | 4 | X | X | X | 13 | |||||
| Total: 40 NOCs | 50 | 75 | 75 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 200 | ||||
An NOC may enter 3 athletes if they qualified for the team competition. The quota places for top ranked riders in the geographic groups must go to riders from nations without a qualified team. The additional individual qualifying spots are based on the FEI Ranking and can go to any NOC, up to a maximum of 4 riders. If a team obtains 3 individual quota places, it may also be allowed to enter the team competition.
| Event | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | – | 1 | |||
| Sep 25 – Oct 10, 2010[1] | 3 | | |||
| European Championship Groups A, B & C | Aug 17 – 21, 2011 | 3 | | ||
| Oct 14 – 30, 2011 | 1 | ||||
| Group F/G Qualifiers | October 28, 2011 | 1 | |||
| November 2, 2011 | Ermelo | ||||
| Composite Teams | |||||
| TOTAL | 9 | ||||
| FEI Rankings (March 1, 2012) | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team Members | 27 | ||
| FEI Olympic Athletes Ranking – Dressage (established March 1, 2012) | |||
| Top Ranked Group A (North Western Europe) | 1 | ||
| Top Ranked Group B (South Western Europe) | 1 | ||
| Top Ranked Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia) | 1 | ||
| Top Ranked Group D (North America; English Caribbean) | 1 | ||
| Top Ranked Group E (Central & South America) | 1 | ||
| Top Ranked Group F (Africa & Middle East) | 1 | ||
| Top Ranked Group G (South East Asia, Oceania) | 1 | ||
| Additional | 17 | * * ** ** ** *** * | |
| TOTAL | 50 | ||
* New Zealand withdrew its team and decided to nominate only two individual riders. As a result, Poland qualified a third individual rider and was admitted into the team competition. New Zealand later withdrew one of those individual quotas allowing Finland to qualify.
** No riders from the Colombian team reached the minimum qualification standard, so three individual quota places were added.
*** No riders from Antigua and Barbuda reached the minimum qualification standard, so one individual quota place was added.
An NOC may enter up to 5 athletes if they qualified for the team competition. Individual qualification quota places may only go to nations without a qualified team, up to a maximum of 5. Should an NOC obtain 3 or more quota places in this manner, it may be allowed to participate in the team competition. The Netherlands, Australia and Ireland have qualified a team by this route.
| Team Competition | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | – | 1 | ||||
| Sep 25 – Oct 10, 2010 | 5 | |||||
| European Eventing Championship Groups A, B & C | Aug 25 – 28, 2011 | 2 | ||||
| Oct 13 – 30, 2011 | 1 | |||||
| FEI Group F/G Eventing championship | Sep 8 – 11 2011 |  Blenheim (Oxon)[2] | 1 | |||
| Qualification through multiple individual qualifications | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | 3 | |
| TOTAL | 13 | |||||
| FEI Rankings (March 1, 2012) | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team Members | up to 50 | ||
| Top Ranked Group A (North Western Europe) | 1 | ||
| Top Ranked Group B (South Western Europe) | 1 | ||
| Top Ranked Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia) | 1 | ||
| Top Ranked Group D (North America; English Caribbean) | 1 | ||
| Top Ranked Group E (Central & South America) | 1 | ||
| Top Ranked Group F (Africa & Middle East) | 1 | ||
| Top Ranked Group G (South East Asia, Oceania) | 1 | ||
| Additional | 13+5* | ||
| TOTAL | 75 |
An NOC may enter up to 4 athletes if they qualified for the team competition. Individual qualification quota places may only go to nations without a qualified team, up to a maximum of 2.
| Team Competition | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=340 | Host Nation | – | 1 | ||
| World Equestrian Games 5 best ranked teams | Sep 25 – Oct 10, 2010 | 5 | |||
| World Equestrian Games – best Group C or G team | 1 | ||||
| July 10, 2011 | 1 | ||||
| European Jumping Championship Groups A & B | Sep 13 – 18, 2011 | 3 | |||
| Oct 13 – 30, 2011 | 3 | ||||
| Best combined score from World Equestrian Games and 2011 FEI selected Olympic Qualification event (Group F) | Dec 27 – 30, 2011 | 1 | |||
| TOTAL | 15 | ||||
| Individual Competition | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team members | 60 | – | |||
| World Equestrian Games, Group F | Sep 25 – Oct 10, 2010 | 2 | | ||
| World Equestrian Games, Group G | 1 | ||||
| July 10, 2011 | 1 | ||||
| Pan-American Games, Group D | Oct 13 – 30, 2011 | 1 | |||
| Pan-American Games, Group E | 4 | ||||
| Group F FEI Select Olympic Qualification event | Dec 27 – 30, 2011 | 1 | |||
| Olympic Qualification Ranking, Group A & B | March 1, 2012 | – | 3 | ||
| Olympic Qualification Ranking, Group C | 2 | ||||
| TOTAL | 75 | ||||