Equestrian events at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Equestrian at the XVII Paralympic Games | |
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Venue | Château de Versailles |
Dates | 3 – 7 September 2024 |
Competitors | 78 |
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]
Competition format
[edit]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.
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 |
2023 FEI European Championships | 4–10 September 2023 | Riesenbeck | 1 | Sweden |
FEI Para Equestrian Regional Team Ranking Allocation | 1 January – 31 December 2023 | Africa |
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Americas (1 team quota) | Canada | |||
Asia (1 team quota) | Singapore | |||
Oceania (1 team quota) | Australia | |||
FEI Para Equestrian Team Ranking List Allocation | 2 highest ranked teams 8 athletes |
Austria Norway | ||
Reallocation of African regional quota | Ireland | |||
Host country allocation | 13 September 2017 | Lima | 4 | France |
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
[edit]Appointment 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
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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
[edit]76 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 | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual championship test Grade I |
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Individual championship test Grade II |
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Individual championship test Grade III |
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Individual championship test Grade IV |
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Individual championship test Grade V |
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Individual freestyle test Grade I |
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Individual freestyle test Grade II |
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Individual freestyle test Grade III |
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Individual freestyle test Grade IV |
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Individual freestyle test Grade V |
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Team open |
See also
[edit]References
[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.