# 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games

The 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games were held in Aachen, Germany from 20 August to 3 September 2006. They were the 5th edition of the games which are held every four years and run by the FEI. It was held in the Soers, a district of Aachen. The main stadium of this event was the Hauptstadion.

## Host selection

On 18 September 2002 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, the FEI awarded the 2006 Games to Aachen. The only other host city applicant was Lexington, Kentucky, United States (which was later awarded the following edition of the Games in 2010).

## Events

16 events in 7 disciplines were held in Aachen.
| Dressage | Driving | Endurance | Eventing | Jumping | Reining | Vaulting |
| Individual Freestyle | Individual | Individual | Individual | Individual | Individual | Individual Female |
| Individual Special | Individual | Individual | Individual | Individual | Individual | Individual Male |
| Team | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team |

## Participating nations

59 National Equestrian Federations sent athletes to the Aachen games.
| Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Australia Austria Bahrain Belarus Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile Colombia Croatia Czech Republic Denmark | Dominican Republic Egypt El Salvador Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan | Jordan Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Mexico Namibia Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Norway Oman Poland Portugal Qatar | Russia Saudi Arabia Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Syria Ukraine United Arab Emirates United States Venezuela |

## Medal summary
### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual special dressage details | Isabell Werth on Satchmo Germany | Anky van Grunsven on Salinero Netherlands | Andreas Helgstrand on Blue Hors Matine Denmark |
| Individual freestyle dressage details | Anky van Grunsven on Salinero Netherlands | Andreas Helgstrand on Blue Hors Matine Denmark | Isabell Werth on Satchmo Germany |
| Team dressage details | Germany (GER) Hubertus Schmidt on Wansuela Suerte Heike Kemmer on Bonaparte Nadine Capellmann on Elvis VA Isabell Werth on Satchmo | Netherlands (NED) Laurens van Lieren on Hexagon's Ollright Imke Schellekens-Bartels on Sunrise Anky van Grunsven on Salinero Edward Gal on Lingh | United States (USA) Leslie Morse on Tip Top Guenter Seidel on Aragon Steffen Peters on Floriano Debbie McDonald on Brentina |
| Individual driving details | Felix-Marie Brasseur Belgium | Ijsbrand Chardon Netherlands | Christoph Sandmann Germany |
| Team driving details | Germany (GER) Christoph Sandmann Michael Freund Rainer Duen | Belgium (BEL) Felix-Marie Brasseur Gert Schrijvers Geert de Brauwer | Netherlands (NED) Ijsbrand Chardon Theo Timmerman Koos de Ronde |
| Individual endurance details | Miguel Vila Ubach on Hungares Spain | Virginie Atger on Kangoo d'Aurabelle France | Elodie Le Labourier on Sangho'Limousian France |
| Team endurance details | France (FRA) Virginie Atger on Kangoo d'Aurabelle Philippe Benoit on Akim Du Boulve Pascale Dietsch on Hifrane Du Barthas | Switzerland (SUI) Urs Wenger on Zialka Anna Lena Wagner on Tessa IV Nora Wagner on Temir | Portugal (POR) Joao Raposo on Sultao Ana Margarida Costa on Gozlane Du Somail Ana Barbas on Piperino |
| Individual eventing details | Zara Phillips on Toytown Great Britain | Clayton Fredericks on Ben Along Time Australia | Amy Tryon on Poggio II United States |
| Team eventing details | Germany (GER) Frank Ostholt on Air Jordan Hinrich Romeike on Marius Bettina Hoy on Ringwood Cockatoo Ingrid Klimke on Sleep Late | Great Britain (GBR) Zara Phillips on Toytown Daisy Dick on Spring Along William Fox-Pitt on Tamarillo Mary King on Call Again Cavalier | Australia (AUS) Clayton Fredericks on Ben Along Time Megan Jones on Kirby Park Irish Jester Andrew Hoy on Master Monarch Sonja Johnson on Ringwood Jaguar |
| Individual jumping details | Jos Lansink on Cavalor Cumano Belgium | Beezie Madden on Authentic United States | Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum on Shutterfly Germany |
| Team jumping details | Netherlands (NED) Gerco Schröder on Eurocommerce Albert Zoer on Okidoki Jeroen Dubbeldam on BMC Up and Down Piet Raijmakers on Van Schijndel's | United States (USA) Beezie Madden on Authentic McLain Ward on Sapphire Laura Kraut on Miss Independent Margie Goldstein-Engle on Quervo Gold | Germany (GER) Ludger Beerbaum on L'Espoir Marcus Ehning on Noltes Kuchengirl Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum on Shutterfly Christian Ahlmann on Cöster |
| Individual reining details | Duane Latimer on Hang Ten Surprise Canada | Tim McQuay on Mister Nicadual United States | Aaron Ralston on Smart Paul Olena United States |
| Team reining details | United States (USA) Dell Hendricks on Starbucks Sidekick Tim McQuay on Mister Nicadual Matt Mills on Easy Otie Whiz Aaron Ralston on Smart Paul Olena | Canada (CAN) Luke Gagnon on Lil Santana François Gauthier on Show Gun Lance Griffin on Whiz'n'Tag Chex Duane Latimer on Hang Ten Surprise | Italy (ITA) Dario Carmignani on Skeets Dun Adriano Meacci on Docs Tivio Hancock Christian Perez on Dualin For Me Marco Ricotta on Pappy Secolo |
| Men's vaulting details | Kai Vorberg on Picasso Germany | Gero Meyer on Arador Germany | Ladislav Majdlen on Catalin III-73 Slovakia |
| Women's vaulting details | Megan Benjamin on Leonardo United States | Katharina Faltin on Pitucelli Austria | Sissa Jarz on Escudo Fox Austria |
| Squad vaulting details | Germany (GER) | United States (USA) | Austria (AUT) |

### Medal count

* Host nation (Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER)* | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Belgium (BEL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |

## Officials

The Ground Jury during the 2006 World Equestrian Games was nominated as follows;

### Dressage

* Dieter Schüle (Ground Jury President)
* Linda Zang (Ground Jury Member)
* Ghislain Fouarge (Ground Jury Member)
* Stephen Clarke (Ground Jury Member)
* Bernard Maurel (Ground Jury Member)
* Wojtek Markowski (Ground Jury Member)
* Mary Seefried (Ground Jury Member)
* Mariette Withages (Technical Delegate)

### Jumping

* Hanno Dohn (Ground Jury President)
* Sven Holmberg (Ground Jury Member)
* Pablo Mayorga (Ground Jury Member)
* Ronan Sugrue (Ground Jury Member)
* Frank Rothenberger (Course Designer)
* Frédéric Cottier (Technical Delegate)

### Eventing

* Angela Tucker (Ground Jury President)
* Brian Ross (Ground Jury Member)
* Martin Plewa (Ground Jury Member)
* Rüdiger Schwarz (Course Designer)
* Tom Ryckewaert (Technical Delegate)

## Broadcasting rights

The television broadcasting rights to the 2006 Games were held by the following networks:
* CBC Country Canada
* Eurosport
* Equidia
* ARD, WDR, ZDF
* RAI
* NOS
* SF, TSI, TSR
* SVT
* Dubai TV
* BBC
* HorseTV