# Equestrian events at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification
## Summary

| Nation | Individual | Individual | Individual | Team | Team | Team | Total |
| Nation | Dressage | Eventing | Jumping | Dressage | Eventing | Jumping | Total |
| Argentina | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Australia | 3 | 5 | 4 | X | X | X | 12 |
| Austria | 1 | 1 | | | | | 2 |
| Azerbaijan | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Belarus | 1 | 2 | | | | | 3 |
| Belgium | | 2 | 1 | | | | 3 |
| Bermuda | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Brazil | 2 | 4 | 4 | | X | X | 10 |
| Canada | 3 | 5 | 4 | X | X | X | 12 |
| Chile | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| China | 1 | 1 | 4 | | | X | 6 |
| Colombia | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Czech Republic | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1 | | X | | | 4 |
| Egypt | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Finland | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
| France | 3 | 4 | | X | X | | 7 |
| Germany | 3 | 5 | 4 | X | X | X | 12 |
| Great Britain | 3 | 5 | 4 | X | X | X | 12 |
| Guatemala | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Hong Kong | | | 3 | | | X | 3 |
| Ireland | | 5 | 1 | | X | | 6 |
| Italy | 1 | 5 | | | X | | 6 |
| Jamaica | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | X | | | 6 |
| Jordan | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Mexico | 1 | | 4 | | | X | 5 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 4 | X | | X | 8 |
| New Zealand | | 5 | 4 | | X | X | 9 |
| Norway | | | 4 | | | X | 4 |
| Poland | 1 | 2 | | | | | 3 |
| Portugal | 3 | | | X | | | 3 |
| Russia | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | | 5 |
| Saudi Arabia | | | 4 | | | X | 4 |
| South Korea | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
| Spain | 2 | | | | | | 2 |
| Sweden | 3 | 5 | 4 | X | X | X | 12 |
| Switzerland | | 1 | 4 | | | X | 5 |
| Ukraine | | | 4 | | | X | 4 |
| United Arab Emirates | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| United States | 3 | 5 | 4 | X | X | X | 12 |
| Venezuela | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Total: 42 NOCs | 47 | 70 | 77 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 194 |

## Dressage

An NOC may enter up to 3 athletes if they qualified for the team competition

### Team

| Event | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| World Equestrian Games | Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 | Aachen | 3 | Germany Netherlands United States |
| European Championship | Aug 27 - Sep 2, 2007 | Turin | 3 | Sweden Switzerland* Great Britain |
| Asia Pacific Championship Group F/G | Jan 31, 2008 Feb 4, 2008 Feb 7, 2008 | Cannes Sydney Palmerston North | 2 | Australia Japan |
| Pan-American Games Group D/E | July 13–29, 2007 | Rio de Janeiro | 2 | Canada Brazil *** |
| Composite team from Olympic rankings** | - | - | + | Denmark France Portugal |
| TOTAL | | | 11 | |
* Switzerland decided not to send a Team or an Individual to the Olympic Dressage competition after Silvia Iklé, the top rider on the Swiss team, refused to bring her horse, Salieri CH, to Hong-Kong due to the long travel and concerns over climatic conditions.
** 3 individuals qualified from the same nation from the Olympic rankings to make up a team
*** Brazil sent only two riders

### Individual

Individual qualification decided by the FEI Olympic Riders Ranking as of May 1, 2008.
| Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | 1 | China |
| Team Event | 29** | All athletes |
| North Western Europe | 1 | Finland |
| South Western Europe | 1 | France |
| Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia | 1 | Russia |
| North America | 1 | Antigua and Barbuda*** |
| Central & South America | 1 | Mexico |
| Africa & Middle East | 1 | South Africa*** |
| South East Asia; Oceania | 1 | South Korea |
| Other places* | 12+ | Denmark Austria Spain Denmark Denmark Spain Belarus Spain Italy France France Russia Poland** Portugal** Russia** Portugal*** Portugal*** |
| TOTAL | 47 | |
* Other places to complete the quota will be allocated to best ranked individuals not qualified above and invitation places.
** Switzerland decided not to send a Team and replaced by NOCs of the next highest ranked eligible athletes on the FEI Olympic Riders Ranking.
*** Unused quotas replaced by NOC of the next highest ranked eligible athletes on the FEI Olympic Riders Ranking.

## Eventing

An NOC may enter up to 5 athletes if they qualified for the team competition, or up to 2 athletes if they didn't.

### Team

| Team Competition | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| World Equestrian Games | Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 | Aachen | 5 | Germany Great Britain Australia United States Sweden |
| Pan-American Games Group D/E | July 13–29, 2007 | Rio de Janeiro | 2 | Canada Brazil |
| Asia Pacific Championship Group F/G* | Oct 27-28, 2007 | Takapau | 1 | - |
| European Championship | Sep 13-16 2007 | Pratoni del Vivaro | 2 | France Italy |
| Composite team from Olympic rankings** | - | - | + | New Zealand Ireland |
| TOTAL | | | 11 | |
* Event not held
** made up of minimum 3 to a maximum of 5 individuals qualified from the same nation from the Olympic rankings to make up a team

### Individual

Individual qualification will be decided by the FEI Olympic Riders Ranking as of May 1, 2008.
| Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | 1 | China |
| Team Event | 43 | All athletes |
| North Western Europe | 1 | Denmark |
| South Western Europe | 1 | Belgium |
| Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia | 1 | Poland |
| North America | 1 | Jamaica |
| Central & South America | 1 | Chile |
| Africa & Middle East | 1 | South Africa** |
| South East Asia; Oceania | 1 | New Zealand |
| Other places* | 22+ | New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand Austria Belgium Switzerland Belarus Japan Ireland Russia Poland Belarus Ireland Russia Ireland Argentina Netherlands Netherlands Ireland Ireland Chile Czech Republic** |
| TOTAL | 70 | |
* Other places to complete the quota will be allocated to best ranked individuals not qualified above and invitation places.
** Unused quota replaced by NOC of the next highest ranked eligible athletes on the FEI Olympic Riders Ranking.

## Jumping

An NOC may enter up to 4 athletes if they qualified for the team competition, or up to 2 athletes if they didn't.

### Team

| Event | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | - | - | 2 | China Hong Kong |
| 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games | Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 | Aachen | 5 | Netherlands United States Germany Ukraine Switzerland |
| 2007 FEI European Jumping Championship | August 15–19, 2007 | Mannheim | 3 | Great Britain Sweden Norway |
| 2007 Pan American Games | July 13–29, 2007 | Rio de Janeiro | 3 | Brazil Canada Mexico |
| 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games / Qualification Event 2007 (combined) Group F | Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 March 6–10, 2007 | Aachen Doha | 1 | Saudi Arabia |
| 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games Group G | Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 | Aachen | 1 | Australia |
| Olympic Qualification Event Group G | June 7–10, 2007 | Balve | 1 | New Zealand |
| TOTAL | | | 16 | |

### Individual

| Team Competition | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Team Event | - | - | 63 | All athletes |
| Olympic Riders Ranking Group A/B | May 1, 2008 | - | 2 | Ireland Belgium |
| Olympic Riders Ranking Group C | May 1, 2008 | - | 3 | Russia Russia Azerbaijan |
| Pan-American Games Group D | July 13–29, 2007 | Rio de Janeiro | 1 | Bermuda |
| Pan-American Games Group E | July 13–29, 2007 | Rio de Janeiro | 4 | Venezuela Colombia Argentina Guatemala |
| World Equestrian Games Group F | Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 | Aachen | 2 | Jordan Egypt |
| Qualification Event 2007 Group F | March 6–10, 2007 | Doha | 1 | United Arab Emirates |
| World Equestrian Games Group G | Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 | Aachen | 1 | Japan |
| Qualification Event 2007 Group G | June 7–10, 2007 | Balve | 1 | Japan |
| TOTAL | | | 77 | |