Equestrian events at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
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]
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| Venue | Château de Versailles |
| Dates | 3 – 7 September 2024 |
| Competitors | 78 |
Competition format
editTeams 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.
Qualification
edit| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
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| Team slots | ||||
| 2022 FEI World Championships[3] | 6–14 August 2022 |  Herning |
7 highest ranked teams 28 athletes |
 Netherlands Denmark United States Great Britain Belgium Germany Italy
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| 2023 FEI European Championships | 4–10 September 2023 |  Riesenbeck |
1 |  Sweden
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| FEI Para Equestrian Regional Team Ranking Allocation | 1 January – 31 December 2023 | Africa |
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| Americas (1 team quota) |  Canada
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| Asia (1 team quota) |  Singapore
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| Oceania (1 team quota) |  Australia
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| FEI Para Equestrian Team Ranking List Allocation | 2 highest ranked teams 8 athletes |
 Austria Norway
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| Reallocation of African regional quota |  Ireland
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| Host country allocation | 13 September 2017 |  Lima |
4 |  France
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| Individual qualification | ||||
| Para Equestrian Individual Ranking List | 1 January – 31 December 2023 | — | 15 |  Latvia Brazil Hong Kong Poland Finland Hungary Brazil Czech Republic Finland South Africa Slovakia Switzerland Japan Japan Poland |
| Bipartite Commission Invitation Allocation | 18 March 2024 | — | 3 | |
| Additional spots | 5 August 2024 | — | 3 | |
| Total | 78 | |||
Officials
editAppointment of officials is as follows:[4]
- Dressage
Anne Prain (Ground Jury President)
Kristi Wysocki (Ground Jury Member)
Freddy Leyman (Ground Jury Member)
Ineke Jansen (Ground Jury Member)
Suzanne Cunningham (Ground Jury Member)
John Robinson (Ground Jury Member)
Katherine Lucheschi (Ground Jury Member)
Jan Holger Holtschmit (Technical Delegate)
Events
edit| Equestrian events at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Classification of events | |||||
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| DATE | SESSION | EVENT | GRADE | ||
| 2 September 2024 | 08:00:00 | Horse Inspection | |||
| 3 September 2024 | 09:00:00 | Individual Championship Test | Grade III | ||
| Individual Championship Test | Grade II | ||||
| Individual Championship Test | Grade I | ||||
| 4 September 2024 | 10:00:00 | Individual Championship Test | Grade IV | ||
| Individual Championship Test | Grade V | ||||
| 6 September 2024 | 09:30:00 | Team Test | Grade IV | ||
| Team Test | Grade V | ||||
| Team Test | Grade I | ||||
| Team Test | Grade II | ||||
| Team Test | Grade III | ||||
| 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 | ||||
Participating nations
edit76 athletes from 29 nations competed.
Australia (4)
Austria (4)
Belgium (4)
Brazil (2)
Canada (3)
Czech Republic (2)
Denmark (4)
Finland (3)
France (4)
Germany (4)
Great Britain (4)
Greece (1)
Hong Kong (1)
Hungary (1)
Ireland (4)
Italy (4)
Japan (2)
Saudi Arabia (1)
Latvia (1)
Mexico (1)
Netherlands (4)
Norway (4)
New Zealand (1)
Poland (1)
South Africa (1)
Singapore (3)
Slovakia (1)
Sweden (4)
Switzerland (1)
United States (4)
Medalists
edit| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual championship test |
Grade I | |||
| Individual freestyle test |
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| Individual championship test |
Grade II | |||
| Individual freestyle test |
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| Individual championship test |
Grade III | |||
| Individual freestyle test |
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| Individual championship test |
Grade IV | |||
| Individual freestyle test |
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| Individual championship test |
Grade V | |||
| Individual freestyle test |
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| Team |
Open |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "2024 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 18 November 2023.
- ^ "Para Equestrian - Paris 2024". Paris 2024. 20 January 2023.
- ^ "FEI World Championships Herning Denmark 2022". FEI. 20 January 2023.
- ^ "Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Officials" (PDF). Fei.org. 30 August 2023.