| Event: | Equestrian |
| Games: | 2024 Summer |
| Venue: | Château de Versailles |
| Dates: | 3–7 September 2024 |
| Competitors: | 78 |
| Nations: | 29 |
| Num Events: | 11 |
| Prev: | 2020 |
| Next: | 2028 |
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.[1] [2]
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).[3]
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.
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.[4]
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team slots | |||||
| 2022 FEI World Championships[5] | 6–14 August 2022 | 7 highest ranked teams 28 athletes | |||
| 4–10 September 2023 | 1 | ||||
| FEI Para Equestrian Regional Team Ranking Allocation | 1 January – 31 December 2023 | Africa | — | ||
| Americas (1 team quota) | |||||
| Asia (1 team quota) | |||||
| Oceania (1 team quota) | |||||
| FEI Para Equestrian Team Ranking List Allocation | 2 highest ranked teams 8 athletes | ||||
| Reallocation of African regional quota | |||||
| Host country allocation | 13 September 2017 | 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 | ||||
Appointment of officials is as follows:[6]
Anne Prain (Ground Jury President)
Kristi Wysocki (Ground Jury Member)
Freddy Leyman (Ground Jury Member)
Suzanne Cunningham (Ground Jury Member)
John Robinson (Ground Jury Member)
Katherine Lucheschi (Ground Jury Member)| Equestrian events at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Classification of events | ||||||
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| DATE | SESSION | EVENT | GRADE | |||
| align=right style="border:none;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0cm;padding-left:0.053cm;padding-right:0.053cm;" | 2 September 2024 | 08:00:00 | Horse Inspection | |||
| align=right style="border:none;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0cm;padding-left:0.053cm;padding-right:0.053cm;" | 3 September 2024 | 09:00:00 | Individual Championship Test | Grade III | ||
| Individual Championship Test | Grade II | |||||
| align=right style="border:none;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0cm;padding-left:0.053cm;padding-right:0.053cm;" | Individual Championship Test | Grade I | ||||
| align=right style="border:none;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0cm;padding-left:0.053cm;padding-right:0.053cm;" | 4 September 2024 | 10:00:00 | Individual Championship Test | Grade IV | ||
| align=right style="border:none;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0cm;padding-left:0.053cm;padding-right:0.053cm;" | Individual Championship Test | Grade V | ||||
| align=right style="border:none;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0cm;padding-left:0.053cm;padding-right:0.053cm;" | 6 September 2024 | 09:30:00 | Team Test | Grade IV | ||
| align=right style="border:none;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0cm;padding-left:0.053cm;padding-right:0.053cm;" | Team Test | Grade V | ||||
| Team Test | Grade I | |||||
| align=right style="border:none;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0cm;padding-left:0.053cm;padding-right:0.053cm;" | Team Test | Grade II | ||||
| Team Test | Grade III | |||||
| align=right style="border:none;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0cm;padding-left:0.053cm;padding-right:0.053cm;" | 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 | |||||
76 athletes from 29 nations competed.
| nowrap | Individual championship test | Grade I | nowrap | |||
| Individual freestyle test | ||||||
| Individual championship test | Grade II | nowrap | ||||
| 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 | nowrap | |||||
| Team | Open | Rebecca Hart on Floratina Fiona Howard on Diamond Dunes Roxanne Trunnell on Fan Tastico H | Demi Haerkens on Daula Rixt van der Horst on Royal Fonq Sanne Voets on Demantur | Heidemarie Dresing on Dooloop Regine Mispelkamp on Highlander Delight's Anna-Lena Niehues on Quimbaya 6 |