| Event: | Equestrian |
| Games: | 2024 Summer |
| Venue: | Château de Versailles |
| Dates: | 3 – 7 September 2024 |
| Competitors: | 78 |
| Prev: | 2020 |
Equestrian events at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France will be held at the Château de Versailles. There will be 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).
The para-dressage competition starts with the Grand Prix Test A, which serves as an individual competition. The second test, the Grand Prix Test B counts as Team test which serves as team competition were the team medals will be awarded. Only nations with a team can compete in the Grand Prix test B competition. The best 8 (eight) athletes from the Grand Prix Test A competition, in each grade, are able to compete in the individual final freestyle were again a string of three medals in each grade will be awarded.
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team slots | |||||
| 2022 FEI World Championships[3] | 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:[4]
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.
| Individual championship test Grade I | ||||
| Individual championship test Grade II | ||||
| Individual championship test Grade III | ||||
| Individual championship test Grade IV | ||||
| Individual championship test Grade V | ||||
| Individual freestyle test Grade I | ||||
| Individual freestyle test Grade II | ||||
| Individual freestyle test Grade III | ||||
| Individual freestyle test Grade IV | ||||
| Individual freestyle test Grade V | ||||
| Team open |