# Equestrian events at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification
## Summary

| Nation | Individual | Individual | Individual | Team | Team | Team | Total |
| Nation | Dressage | Eventing | Jumping | Dressage | Eventing | Jumping | Total |
| Australia | 3 | 5 | 4 | X | X | X | 12 |
| Austria | 2 | 1 | | | | | 3 |
| Azerbaijan | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Argentina | | | 2 | | | | 2 |
| Belarus | | 2 | | | | | 2 |
| Belgium | 1 | 5 | 4 | | X | X | 10 |
| Bermuda | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Brazil | 1 | 5 | 4 | | X | X | 10 |
| Canada | 3 | 5 | 4 | X | X | X | 12 |
| Chile | | | 4 | | | X | 4 |
| Colombia | | | 2 | | | | 2 |
| Denmark | 4 | | | X | | | 4 |
| Ecuador | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| Egypt | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Finland | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
| France | 1 | 5 | 4 | | X | X | 10 |
| Germany | 4 | 5 | 4 | X | X | X | 13 |
| Great Britain | 4 | 5 | 4 | X | X | X | 13 |
| Ireland | 1 | 5 | 2 | | X | | 8 |
| Italy | 1 | 2 | | | | | 3 |
| Jamaica | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| Japan | 1 | 5 | 2 | | X | | 8 |
| Jordan | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Morocco | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
| Mexico | | | 4 | | | X | 4 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 4 | X | X | X | 11 |
| Norway | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 5 | | | X | | 7 |
| Poland | 3 | 1 | | X | | | 4 |
| Portugal | 1 | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Russia | | 2 | 1 | | | | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | | | 4 | | | X | 4 |
| South Africa | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| Spain | 3 | | | X | | | 3 |
| Sweden | 3 | 5 | 4 | X | X | X | 12 |
| Switzerland | | | 4 | | | X | 4 |
| Syria | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Thailand | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| Ukraine | 1 | | 4 | | | X | 5 |
| United States | 4 | 5 | 4 | X | X | X | 13 |
| Total: 40 NOCs | 50 | 75 | 75 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 200 |

## Dressage

An NOC may enter 3 athletes if they qualified for the team competition. The quota places for top ranked riders in the geographic groups must go to riders from nations without a qualified team. The additional individual qualifying spots are based on the FEI Ranking and can go to any NOC, up to a maximum of 4 riders. If a team obtains 3 individual quota places, it may also be allowed to enter the team competition.

### Team

| Event | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | – | | 1 | Great Britain |
| World Equestrian Games | Sep 25 – Oct 10, 2010 | Lexington | 3 | Netherlands Germany United States |
| European Championship Groups A, B & C | Aug 17 – 21, 2011 | Rotterdam | 3 | Sweden Spain Denmark |
| Pan-American Games Group D/E | Oct 14 – 30, 2011 | Guadalajara | 1 | Canada Colombia** |
| Group F/G Qualifiers | October 28, 2011 | Sydney | 1 | Australia New Zealand* |
| Group F/G Qualifiers | November 2, 2011 | Ermelo | 1 | Australia New Zealand* |
| Composite Teams | | | | Poland* |
| TOTAL | | | 9 | |

### Individual

| FEI Rankings (March 1, 2012) | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Team Members | 27 | |
| FEI Olympic Athletes Ranking – Dressage (established March 1, 2012) |||
| Top Ranked Group A (North Western Europe) | 1 | Norway |
| Top Ranked Group B (South Western Europe) | 1 | Austria |
| Top Ranked Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia) | 1 | Ukraine |
| Top Ranked Group D (North America; English Caribbean) | 1 | Antigua and Barbuda*** |
| Top Ranked Group E (Central & South America) | 1 | Brazil |
| Top Ranked Group F (Africa & Middle East) | 1 | Morocco |
| Top Ranked Group G (South East Asia, Oceania) | 1 | Japan |
| Additional | 17 | Germany Italy Great Britain Portugal Belgium Poland Poland France Netherlands Finland New Zealand* New Zealand* Poland* Ireland** United States** Austria** Denmark*** Finland* |
| TOTAL | 50 | |
* New Zealand withdrew its team and decided to nominate only two individual riders. As a result, Poland qualified a third individual rider and was admitted into the team competition. New Zealand later withdrew one of those individual quotas allowing Finland to qualify.
** No riders from the Colombian team reached the minimum qualification standard, so three individual quota places were added.
*** No riders from Antigua and Barbuda reached the minimum qualification standard, so one individual quota place was added.

## Eventing

An NOC may enter up to 5 athletes if they qualified for the team competition. Individual qualification quota places may only go to nations without a qualified team, up to a maximum of 5. Should an NOC obtain 3 or more quota places in this manner, it may be allowed to participate in the team competition. The Netherlands, Australia and Ireland have qualified a team by this route.

### Team

| Team Competition | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | – | | 1 | Great Britain |
| World Equestrian Games | Sep 25 – Oct 10, 2010 | Lexington | 5 | Canada New Zealand United States Germany Belgium |
| European Eventing Championship Groups A, B & C | Aug 25 – 28, 2011 | Luhmühlen | 2 | France Sweden |
| Pan-American Games Group D/E | Oct 13 – 30, 2011 | Guadalajara | 1 | Brazil Argentina* |
| FEI Group F/G Eventing championship | Sep 8 – 11 2011 | Blenheim (Oxon) | 1 | Japan |
| Qualification through multiple individual qualifications | - | - | 3 | Australia Ireland Netherlands |
| TOTAL | | | 13 | |

### Individual

| FEI Rankings (March 1, 2012) | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Team Members | up to 50 | |
| Top Ranked Group A (North Western Europe) | 1 | Netherlands |
| Top Ranked Group B (South Western Europe) | 1 | Italy |
| Top Ranked Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia) | 1 | Belarus |
| Top Ranked Group D (North America; English Caribbean) | 1 | Jamaica |
| Top Ranked Group E (Central & South America) | 1 | Ecuador |
| Top Ranked Group F (Africa & Middle East) | 1 | South Africa |
| Top Ranked Group G (South East Asia, Oceania) | 1 | Australia |
| Additional | 13+5* | Australia Australia Australia Australia Netherlands Netherlands Thailand Italy Ireland Austria Ireland Russia Ireland Ireland* Poland* Ireland* Belarus* Russia* |
| TOTAL | 75 | |
* Argentina withdrew its team.

## Jumping

An NOC may enter up to 4 athletes if they qualified for the team competition. Individual qualification quota places may only go to nations without a qualified team, up to a maximum of 2.

### Team

| Team Competition | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | – | | 1 | Great Britain |
| World Equestrian Games 5 best ranked teams | Sep 25 – Oct 10, 2010 | Lexington | 5 | Germany France Belgium Brazil Canada |
| World Equestrian Games – best Group C or G team | Sep 25 – Oct 10, 2010 | Lexington | 1 | Australia |
| Best Group C or G team from the 2011 FEI selected Olympic Qualification event | July 10, 2011 | Aachen | 1 | Ukraine |
| European Jumping Championship Groups A & B | Sep 13 – 18, 2011 | Madrid | 3 | Netherlands Sweden Switzerland |
| Pan-American Games | Oct 13 – 30, 2011 | Guadalajara | 3 | United States Mexico Chile |
| Best combined score from World Equestrian Games and 2011 FEI selected Olympic Qualification event (Group F) | Dec 27 – 30, 2011 | Doha | 1 | Saudi Arabia |
| TOTAL | | | 15 | |

### Individual

| Individual Competition | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Team members | | | 60 | – |
| World Equestrian Games, Group F | Sep 25 – Oct 10, 2010 | Lexington | 2 | Egypt Syria |
| World Equestrian Games, Group G | Sep 25 – Oct 10, 2010 | Lexington | 1 | Japan |
| Group G FEI Select Olympic Qualification event | July 10, 2011 | Aachen | 1 | Japan |
| Pan-American Games, Group D | Oct 13 – 30, 2011 | Guadalajara | 1 | Bermuda |
| Pan-American Games, Group E | Oct 13 – 30, 2011 | Guadalajara | 4 | Colombia Colombia Argentina Argentina |
| Group F FEI Select Olympic Qualification event | Dec 27 – 30, 2011 | Doha | 1 | Jordan |
| Olympic Qualification Ranking, Group A & B | March 1, 2012 | – | 3 | Ireland Ireland Portugal |
| Olympic Qualification Ranking, Group C | March 1, 2012 | – | 2 | Azerbaijan Russia |
| TOTAL | | | 75 | |