Equestrian events at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The 200 quota places for equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics were divided between the three disciplines (75 for jumping, 65 for eventing, and 60 for dressage). The 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Teams in each discipline consisted of three horse and rider pairs; any NOC that qualified a team (20 teams for jumping, 15 each for eventing and dressage) also received 3 entries in the individual competition for that discipline. NOCs that did not qualify teams could earn one individual place in dressage and jumping, and up to two individual places in eventing, for a total of 15 entries in jumping and dressage and 20 for eventing. Teams qualify primarily through specific competitions (World Equestrian Games and continental tournaments), while individuals qualify through rankings. The host nation, Japan, automatically qualified a team in each discipline.[2][3][4]

Timeline

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The following is a timeline of the qualification events for the equestrian events at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Event Date Venue
2018 FEI World Equestrian Games September 11–23, 2018 United States Tryon
Group C eventing qualification event May 23–26, 2019 Poland Baborówko
Groups F/G eventing qualification event France Saumur
2019 Eventing Nations Cup May 23 – October 13, 2019 Various
Group C dressage qualification event June 20–23, 2019 Russia Moscow
Group C1 jumping qualification event June 26–30, 2019
Group C2 jumping qualification event Hungary Budapest
2019 Pan American Games July 26 – August 11, 2019 Peru Lima
Group G jumping qualification event August 12–13, 2019 Netherlands Valkenswaard
2019 European Dressage Championships August 19–25, 2019 Netherlands Rotterdam
2019 European Jumping Championships
2019 European Eventing Championships August 28 – September 1, 2019 Germany Luhmühlen
2019 Jumping Nations Cup Final October 3–6, 2019 Spain Barcelona
Group F jumping qualification event October 10–13, 2019 Morocco Rabat
Group F dressage qualification event October 24–27, 2019 Netherlands Exloo
End of FEI ranking period December 31, 2019

Qualification summary

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Nation Individual Team Total
Dressage Eventing Jumping Dressage Eventing Jumping
 Argentina 3 Yes 3
 Australia 3 3 3 Yes Yes Yes 9
 Austria 3 2 Yes 5
 Belarus 2 2
 Belgium 3 1 3 Yes Yes 7
 Brazil 1 3 3 Yes Yes 7
 Canada 3 2 1 Yes 6
 Chile 1 1 2
 China 3 3 Yes Yes 6
 Colombia 1 1
 Czech Republic 2 3 Yes 5
 Denmark 3 1 1 Yes 5
 Dominican Republic 1 1 2
 Ecuador 1 1
 Egypt 3 Yes 3
 Estonia 1 1
 Finland 1 1
 France 3 3 3 Yes Yes Yes 9
 Germany 3 3 3 Yes Yes Yes 9
 Great Britain 3 3 3 Yes Yes Yes 9
 Hong Kong 1 1
 India 1 1
 Ireland 1 3 3 Yes Yes 7
 Israel 3 Yes 3
 Italy 1 3 1 Yes 5
 Japan 3 3 3 Yes Yes Yes 9
 Jordan 1 1
 Latvia 1 1
 Luxembourg 1 1
 Mexico 1 3 Yes 4
 Morocco 1 3 Yes 4
 Netherlands 3 2 3 Yes Yes 8
 New Zealand 3 3 Yes Yes 6
 Norway 1 1
 Poland 3 Yes 3
 Portugal 3 1 Yes 4
 Puerto Rico 1 1
 ROC 3 2 Yes 5
 Singapore 1 1
 South Africa 1 1 2
 South Korea 1 1
 Spain 3 1 1 Yes 5
 Sri Lanka 1 1
 Sweden 3 3 3 Yes Yes Yes 9
 Switzerland 1 3 3 Yes Yes 7
 Syria 1 1
 Chinese Taipei 1 1
 Thailand 3 Yes 3
 Ukraine 1 1 2
 United States 3 3 3 Yes Yes Yes 9
Total: 50 NOCs 60 65 75 15 15 20 200

Dressage

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Team

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Event Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1  Japan
2018 FEI World Equestrian Games September 11–23, 2018 United States Tryon 6  Germany
 United States
 Great Britain
 Sweden
 Netherlands
 Spain
2019 European Dressage Championships Groups A/B August 19–25, 2019 Netherlands Rotterdam 2  Denmark
 Ireland2
 Portugal
Group C qualification event June 20–23, 2019 Russia Moscow 1  ROC
2019 Pan American Games Groups D/E July 26 – August 11, 2019 Peru Lima 1  Canada
 Brazil1
Group F qualification event October 24–27, 2019 Netherlands Exloo 0  South Africa1
2018 FEI World Equestrian Games Group G September 11–23, 2018 United States Tryon 1  Australia
Composite teams December 31, 2019 3  France
 Austria
 Belgium
Total 15

Individual

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Event Vacancies Qualified
Team Members 45 See above
FEI Olympic Athletes Ranking – Dressage
Group A (North Western Europe) 1  Finland
 Norway3
Group B (South Western Europe) 2  Luxembourg
 Switzerland
Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia) 2  Ukraine
 Belarus3
 Estonia
Groups D/E (Americas) 4  Dominican Republic
 Bermuda4
 Mexico
 Brazil1
 Chile
Group F (Africa & Middle East) 2  South Africa1
 Morocco
Group G (South East Asia, Oceania) 2  New Zealand3
 South Korea
 Singapore
Additional 2  Ireland
 Italy
Total 60
^1 – Brazil and South Africa initially qualified a team, but failed to provide the NOC Certificate of Capability by December 31, 2019. As a result, their team quotas got reallocated to Composite teams, while Brazil and South Africa received one individual spot each from the respective regional groups.
^2 – Ireland withdrew their team spot, which got reallocated to Belgium.
^3 – Norway, Belarus and New Zealand withdrew their individual spots, which got reallocated to Italy, Estonia and Singapore, respectively.
^4 – Bermuda failed to confirm the minimum eligibility requirements (MER). Their quota place got reallocated to Chile.

Eventing

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Team

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Event Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1  Japan
2018 FEI World Equestrian Games September 11–23, 2018 United States Tryon 6  Great Britain
 Ireland
 France
 Germany
 Australia
 New Zealand
2019 European Eventing Championships Groups A/B August 28 – September 1, 2019 Germany Luhmühlen 2  Sweden
 Italy
Group C qualification event May 23–26, 2019 Poland Baborowko 1  Poland
2019 Pan American Games Groups D/E July 26 – August 11, 2019 Peru Lima 2  United States
 Brazil
Groups F/G qualification event May 23–26, 2019 France Saumur 2  China
 Thailand
2019 Eventing Nations Cup May 23 – October 13, 2019 Various 1  Switzerland
Total 15

Individual

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Event Vacancies Qualified
Team Members 45 See above
FEI Olympic Athletes Ranking – Eventing
Group A (North Western Europe) 2  Netherlands
 Netherlands
Group B (South Western Europe) 2  Belgium
 Spain
Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia) 2  ROC
 ROC
Group D (North America; English Caribbean) 2  Canada
 Canada
Group E (Central & South America) 2  Chile5
 Puerto Rico
 Ecuador
Group F (Africa & Middle East) 1  South Africa
 Pakistan5
Group G (South East Asia, Oceania) 2  India
 Hong Kong
Additional 7  Czech Republic
 Belarus
 Belarus
 Denmark
 Czech Republic
 Austria
 Austria
Total 65
^5 – Chile and Pakistan failed to confirm the minimum eligibility requirements (MER). Their quota places got reallocated to Ecuador and Austria, respectively.

Jumping

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Team

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Event Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1  Japan
2018 FEI World Equestrian Games September 11–23, 2018 United States Tryon 6  United States
 Sweden
 Germany
 Switzerland
 Netherlands
 Australia
2019 European Jumping Championships Groups A/B August 19–25, 2019 Netherlands Rotterdam 3  Belgium
 Great Britain
 France
Group C1 qualification event June 26–30, 2019 Russia Moscow 1  Israel
Group C2 qualification event Hungary Budapest 1  Ukraine6
 Czech Republic
2019 Pan American Games Groups D/E July 26 – August 11, 2019 Peru Lima 3  Brazil
 Mexico
 Canada7
 Argentina
Group F qualification event October 10–13, 2019 Morocco Rabat 2  Egypt
 Qatar7
 Morocco
Group G qualification event August 12–13, 2019 Netherlands Valkenswaard 2  New Zealand
 China
2019 Jumping Nations Cup Final October 3–6, 2019 Spain Barcelona 1  Ireland
Total 20

Individual

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Event Vacancies Qualified
Team Members 60 See above
2019 Pan American Games 4  Colombia
 Dominican Republic
 Canada
 Chile
FEI Olympic Athletes Ranking – Jumping
Group A (North Western Europe) 2  Denmark
 Norway
Group B (South Western Europe) 2  Italy
 Portugal
Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia) 2  Latvia
 Ukraine6
Group F (Africa & Middle East) 2  Syria
 Jordan
Group G (South East Asia, Oceania) 2  Chinese Taipei
 Sri Lanka
Additional 1  Spain
Total 75
^6 – Ukraine initially qualified a team, but failed to provide the NOC Certificate of Capability by December 31, 2019. As a result, their team quota got reallocated to Czech Republic, while Ukraine received an individual spot from the respective regional group.
^7 – Canada and Qatar were disqualified from the respective qualifiers due to positive doping cases.

References

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  1. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". IOC. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Dressage" (PDF). FEI. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Eventing" (PDF). FEI. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Jumping" (PDF). FEI. 14 October 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2019.