Equestrian sport has been part of the Olympic Games since 1912.
Equestrian Competition at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be held between 7-19 August in the Deodoro Olympic Park, the second largest Olympic cluster, alongside basketball, BMX, canoe slalom, fencing, hockey, modern pentathlon, mountain biking, rugby sevens and shooting.
Team and individual medals are awarded in three disciplines - Dressage, Eventing and Jumping.
The countries represented in Equestrian in Rio are: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Palestine, Poland, Peru, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of South Africa, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
They will compete in:
- Jumping: 27 countries, 15 teams, 75 horse/rider combinations
- Eventing: 24 countries, 13 teams, 65 horse/rider combinations
- Dressage: 25 countries, 11 teams, 60 horse/rider combinations
- 78 Para-Dressage horses will travel to Rio for the Paralympic Games.
