Equestrian events at the 2004 Summer Olympics explained

Event:Equestrian
Games:2004 Summer
Venue:Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre
Dates:16–27 August 2004
Competitors:203
Nations:38
Prev:2000
Next:2008

Equestrian events at the 2004 Summer Olympics featured three equestrian disciplines: dressage, eventing and jumping. All three disciplines are further divided into individual and team contests for a total of six events.[1]

The Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre, on the outskirts of Markopoulo in the Attica region of Greece, hosted the dressage and jumping events while the eventing took place in the nearby Eventing Park.

Medalists

Individual dressage
Team dressage

Heike Kemmer
on Bonaparte
Hubertus Schmidt
on Wansuela Suerte
Martin Schaudt
on Weltall
Ulla Salzgeber
on Rusty

Beatriz Ferrer-Salat
on Beauvalais
Juan Antonio Jiménez
on Guizo
Ignacio Rambla
on Oleaje
Rafael Soto
on Invasor

Lisa Wilcox
on Relevant 5
Günter Seidel
on Aragon
Deborah McDonald
on Brentina
Robert Dover
on Kennedy
Individual eventing
Team eventing

Arnaud Boiteau
on Expo du Moulin
Cédric Lyard
on Fine Merveille
Didier Courrèges
on Débat D'Estruval
Jean Teulère
on Espoir de la Mare
Nicolas Touzaint
on Galan de Sauvegère

Jeanette Brakewell
on Over To You
Mary King
on King Solomon III
Leslie Law
on Shear L'Eau
Pippa Funnell
on Primmore's Pride
William Fox-Pitt
on Tamarillo

Kimberly Severson
on Winsome Andante
Darren Chiacchia
on Windfall II
John Williams
on Carrick
Amy Tryon
on Poggio II
Julie Richards
on Jacob Two Two
Individual jumping
Team jumping

Peter Wylde
on Fein Cera
McLain Ward
on Sapphire
Beezie Madden
on Authentic
Chris Kappler
on Royal Kaliber

Rolf-Göran Bengtsson
on Mac Kinley
Malin Baryard
on Butterfly Flip
Peter Eriksson
on Cardento
Peder Fredericson
on Magic Bengtsson

Otto Becker
on Cento
Marco Kutscher
on Montender 2
Christian Ahlmann
on Cöster

Schedule

Equestrian events took place over 14 days, from 14 August to 27 August. Eventing was held on the first five days, while the other two disciplines overlapped for most of the rest of the schedule.

  1. 14 August
    • Eventing - first horse inspection
  2. 15 August
    • Eventing - dressage
  3. 16 August
    • Eventing - dressage
  4. 17 August
    • Eventing - cross country
  5. 18 August
    • Eventing - second horse inspection
    • Eventing - first round of jumping (used for team jumping portion and individual qualification)
    • Eventing - individual jumping final
  6. 19 August
    • Dressage - horse inspection
    • Jumping - training
  7. 20 August
    • Dressage - grand prix
    • Jumping - first horse inspection
  8. 21 August
    • Dressage - grand prix
  9. 22 August
    • Jumping - first qualifier
  10. 23 August
    • Dressage - grand prix special
  11. 24 August
    • Jumping - second qualifier (first team round)
    • Jumping - third qualifier (second team round)
    • Jumping - team jump-off
  12. 25 August
    • Dressage - grand prix freestyle
  13. 26 August
    • Jumping - second horse inspection
  14. 27 August
    • Jumping - final round A
    • Jumping - final round B
    • Jumping - jump-off

Officials

Appointment of officials was as follows:[2]

Dressage
Jumping
Eventing

External links

Notes and References

  1. Equestrianism at the 2004 Athens Equestrian Games . 9 May 2020 . 11 December 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081211093701/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2004/EQU/ . dead .
  2. Web site: Olympic Games 2004 FEI.org. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200606113113/https://www.fei.org/history/olympic-games/2004-athens-greece . 6 June 2020 .