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Equestrian events at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

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Equestrian
at the XVII Paralympic Games
VenueChâteau de Versailles
Dates3 – 7 September 2024
Competitors78
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]

Competition format

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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

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Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
Team slots
2022 FEI World Championships[3] 6–14 August 2022 Denmark Herning 7 highest ranked teams
28 athletes
 Netherlands
 Denmark
 United States
 Great Britain
 Belgium
 Germany
 Italy
2023 FEI European Championships 4–10 September 2023 Germany Riesenbeck 1  Sweden
FEI Para Equestrian Regional Team Ranking Allocation 1 January – 31 December 2023 Africa (1 team quota)
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 Peru 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

 Greece
 Finland
 Czech Republic

Additional spots 5 August 2024 3

 Saudi Arabia
 New Zealand
 Mexico

Total 78

Officials

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Appointment of officials is as follows:[4]

Dressage
  • France Anne Prain (Ground Jury President)
  • United States Kristi Wysocki (Ground Jury Member)
  • Belgium Freddy Leyman (Ground Jury Member)
  • Netherlands Ineke Jansen (Ground Jury Member)
  • Australia Suzanne Cunningham (Ground Jury Member)
  • United Kingdom John Robinson (Ground Jury Member)
  • Italy Katherine Lucheschi (Ground Jury Member)
  • Germany Jan Holger Holtschmit (Technical Delegate)

Events

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Equestrian events at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Classification of events
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

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76 athletes from 29 nations competed.

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual championship test Grade I
details
Individual championship test Grade II
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Individual championship test Grade III
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Individual championship test Grade IV
details
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
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2024 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 18 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Para Equestrian - Paris 2024". Paris 2024. 20 January 2023.
  3. ^ "FEI World Championships Herning Denmark 2022". FEI. 20 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Officials" (PDF). Fei.org. 30 August 2023.