Equestrian events at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification explained

See main article: Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Nation	Individual			Team			Total
Nation	width=70	Dressage	width=70	Eventing	width=70	Jumping	Total	width=70	Dressage	width=70	Eventing	width=70	Jumping
			4			X	4
	4	4	4	X	X	X	12
	1						1
	1	2	2				5
	4	4	4	X	X	X	12
	2	4	4		X	X	10
		1					1
		1					1
			2				2
	4			X			4
	1						1
		1					1
			1				1
		1					1
	4	4	4	X	X	X	12
	4	4	4	X	X	X	12
	4	4	4	X	X	X	12
	1	4	1		X		6
	1	4	1		X		6
	4	2	4	X		X	10
	1						1
			1				1
	4	4	4	X	X	X	12
	1	4			X		5
	1						1
			1				1
		1					1
			1				1
		1					1
			4			X	4
	2	3			X		5
	1						1
	1						1
	4	1	4	X		X	9
	4	4	4	X	X	X	12
	1	2	4			X	7
			1				1
			1				1
	1		4			X	5
	4	4	4	X	X	X	12
			1				1
			2				2
		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
	August 23 – September 7, 2014	Normandy
	July 11–14, 2015	Toronto
	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
Eventing
	August 23 – September 7, 2014	Normandy
	July 16–19, 2015	Toronto
	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
Jumping
	August 23 – September 7, 2014	Normandy
2015 FEI Group F qualification event	February 19, 2015	Abu Dhabi
	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

Dressage

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Team

Event	Date	Vacancies
Host Nation	October 2, 2009	1
	August 24–29, 2014	3
2015 European Dressage Championships Groups A/B/C	August 11–16, 2015	3
2015 Pan American Games Group D/E	July 10–14, 2015	1
2014 FEI World Equestrian Games Group F/G	August 24–29, 2014	1
2015 FEI Groups C/F/G qualification event	September 11, 2015	1
Composite Teams^[2]	March 6, 2016	1
Total		11

Individual

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
Team Members	40
2015 Pan American Games, Group D	1
2015 Pan American Games, Group E	1
2015 FEI Group F qualification event	1
2015 FEI Group G qualification event	1
FEI Olympic Athletes Ranking – Dressage (established 6 March 2016)
Group A (North Western Europe)	2
Group B (South Western Europe)	2
Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia)	2
Group D (North America; English Caribbean)	1
Group E (Central & South America)	1
Group F (Africa & Middle East)	1
Group G (South East Asia, Oceania)	1
Additional	6
Total	60

Eventing

Team

^[3]

Event	Date	Vacancies
Host Nation	October 2, 2009	1
	August 27–31, 2014	6
2015 European Eventing Championships (Groups A/B/C)	September 10–13, 2015	2
2015 Pan American Games (Groups D/E)	July 16–19, 2015	1
2015 Asia-Pacific Eventing Championship (Groups F/G)	October 8–11, 2015	1
Composite Teams^[4]	March 6, 2016	2
Total		13

Individual

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
Team Members	44
FEI Olympic Athletes Ranking – Eventing (established 6 March 2016)
Group A (North Western Europe)	1
Group B (South Western Europe)	1
Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia)	1
Group D (North America; English Caribbean)	0*	—
Group E (Central & South America)	1
Group F (Africa & Middle East)	1
Group G (South East Asia, Oceania)	1
Combined Groups A/B/C Ranking	2
Combined Groups D/E Ranking	2
Combined Groups F/G Ranking	2
Additional	9
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
width=340	Host Nation	October 2, 2009		1
	September 1–7, 2014		5




2015 European Show Jumping Championships (Groups A/B)^[6]	August 17–23, 2015		3


	July 21–25, 2015		2
	July 21–25, 2015		2
2015 FEI Group C qualification event	August 2, 2015		1
2015 FEI Group F qualification event	February 19, 2015		1
2015 FEI Group G qualification event	August 25, 2015		2
2015 FEI Group G qualification event	August 25, 2015		2
Total			15

Individual

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
Team Members	60
2015 Pan American Games, Groups D/E	6





2015 FEI Group G qualification event	1
FEI Olympic Athletes Ranking – Jumping (established 6 March 2016)
Group A (North Western Europe)	1
Group B (South Western Europe)	1
Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia)	1
Group F (Africa & Middle East)	1
Additional	4



Total	75

Notes and References

Web site: Rio 2016 – FEI Equestrian Qualification System (Dressage). FEI. 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, was the only nation to achieve this, and was therefore granted an entry in the team event.
Web site: Rio 2016 – FEI Equestrian Qualification System (Eventing). FEI. 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,, and 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.
Web site: Rio 2016 – FEI Equestrian Qualification System (Jumping). FEI. 9 March 2016.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/equestrian/34023781 GB qualify with Swiss, Spanish for Rio.