# 1998 FEI World Equestrian Games

The 1998 FEI World Equestrian Games were held in Rome, Italy from 1 to 11 October 1998. They were the 3rd edition of the games which are held every four years and run by the FEI.

## Events

11 events in 5 disciplines were held in Rome.
| Dressage | Driving | Eventing | Jumping | Vaulting |
| Individual | Individual | Individual | Individual | Individual Female |
| Individual | Individual | Individual | Individual | Individual Male |
| Team | Team | Team | Team | Team |

## Medal summary
### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual dressage details | Isabell Werth on Gigolo Germany | Anky van Grunsven on Bonfire Netherlands | Ulla Salzgeber on Rusty 47 Germany |
| Team dressage details | Germany (GER) Isabell Werth on Gigolo Karin Rehbein on Donerhall Nadine Capellmann on Gracioso Ulla Salzgeber on Rusty | Netherlands (NED) Anky van Grunsven on Bonfire Coby van Baalen on Ferro Ellen Bontje on Silvano Gonnelien Rothenberger on Dondolo | Sweden (SWE) Louise Nathhorst on Walk On Top Ulla Håkansson on Bobby Annette Solmell on Strauss Jan Brink on Bjorsell's Fontana |
| Individual driving details | Ulrich Werner Switzerland | Michael Freund Germany | Ton Monhemius Netherlands |
| Team driving details | Netherlands (NED) Ton Monhemius Ijsbrand Chardon Harry de Ruyter | Germany (GER) Michael Freund Christoph Sandmann Helmet Rolfes | Sweden (SWE) Jan-Erik Pahlsson Fredrik Persson Tomas Eriksson |
| Individual eventing details | Blyth Tait on Ready Teddy New Zealand | Mark Todd on Broadcast News New Zealand | Paula Törnqvist on Monaghan Sweden |
| Team eventing details | New Zealand (NZL) Blyth Tait on Ready Teddy Mark Todd on Broadcast News Vaughn Jefferis on Bounce Sally Clark on Squirrel Hill | France (FRA) Marie-Christine Duroy on Summer Song Rodolphe Scherer on Bambi de Brière Jean-Lou Bigot on Twist de la Beige Philippe Mull on Viens du Frêne | United States (USA) David O'Connor on Giltedge Kerry Milikin on Out and About Bruce Davidson Sr on Heyday Karen O'Connor on Prince Panache |
| Individual jumping details | Rodrigo Pessoa on Gandini Lianos Brazil | Thierry Pomel on Thor des Chaines France | Franke Sloothaak on San Patrignano Jolly Germany |
| Team jumping details | Germany (GER) Lars Nieberg on Loro Piana Esprit Markus Beerbaum on Lady Weingard Franke Sloothaak on San Patrignano Jolly Ludger Beerbaum on P.S. Priamos | France (FRA) Alexandra Ledermann on Rochet Roger-Yves Bost on Airborne Montecillo Eric Navet on Atout d'Isigny Thierry Pomel on Thor des Chaines | Great Britain (GBR) Diane Lampard on Abbervail Dream Geoff Billington on It's Otto Nick Skelton on Hopes are H. John Whitaker on Heyman |
| Men's vaulting details | Devon Maitozo on Whisky United States | Matthias Lang on Quitus du Madon France | Henrik Ossenbrink on Panjano Germany |
| Women's vaulting details | Nadia Zülow on Rainbow Germany | Kerith Lemon on Pasio United States | Janine Oswald on Rainbow Germany |
| Squad vaulting details | Germany (GER) | Switzerland (SUI) | United States (USA) |

### Medal count

* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | New Zealand (NZL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |

## Officials

Appointment of (Olympic disciplines) officials is as follows:

### Dressage

* Mariette Withages (Ground Jury President)
* Francis Verbeek (Ground Jury Member)
* Linda Zang (Ground Jury Member)
* Adalberto Boetti (Ground Jury Member)
* Volker Moritz (Ground Jury Member)