Ekuestrian pada Sukan Olimpik Beijing 2008

Acara ekuestrian di Beijing Sukan Olimpik 2008 akan diadakan bermula 9 Ogos hingga 20 Ogos 2008 di Institut Sukan Hong Kong.

Acara

6 set pingat akan dianugerahkan mengikut acara berikut:

• Individual Dressage
• Team Dressage
• Individual Jumping
• Team Jumping
• Individual Eventing
• Team Eventing

Kriteria Kelayakan

Dressage

Setiap NOC hanya boleh menghantar 3 atlet jika mereka berkelayakan bagi pertandingan berpasukan, atau hanya 2 atlet jika tidak.

Pertandingan Berpasukan	Tarikh	Venue	Kekosongan	Kelayakan
World Equestrian Games	Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006	Aachen	3	Germany Netherlands United States
European Championship	Aug 27 - Sep 2, 2007	Torino	3	Sweden Great Britain Denmark*
Asia Pacific Championship Group F/G	Jan 31, 2008 Feb 4, 2008 Feb 7, 2008	Cannes Sydney Palmerston North	2	Australia  Jepun
Pan-American Games Group D/E	July 13-29, 2007	Rio de Janeiro	2	Canada Brazil
JUMLAH			10

* 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. [1]

Individual qualification will be decided by the FEI Olympic Riders Ranking as of May 1, 2008.

• The Host Nations will be awarded 1 place if not qualified (  China /  Hong Kong )
• 1 place for the best ranked NOC in each of the following regions:
  • North Western Europe
  • South Western Europe
  • Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia
  • North America
  • Central & South America
  • Africa & Middle East
  • South East Asia; Oceania
• Other places to complete the quota will be allocated to best ranked individuals not qualified above and invitation places.

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

For individual competition, 15 places will be reserved for nations not qualified in the team competition as follows:

Team Competition	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	1*/1*
Olympic Riders Ranking Group A/B	-	-	2
Olympic Riders Ranking Group C	-	-	3
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
Invitation Places	-	-	+
TOTAL			15+

* Should a Host Nation not enter a team it shall qualify 1 or 2 riders

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 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	Kanada Brazil
Asia Pacific Championship Group F/G	Oct 27-28, 2007	Takapau*	1	New Zealand
European Championship	Sep 13-16 2007	Pratoni del Vivaro	2	France Italy
TOTAL			10

* Was originally held in Blenheim from Sept 6-9 but due to the withdrawal of Japan, team qualification is rescheduled to Takapau, New Zealand (minimum of three group F/G teams)

Individual qualification will be decided by the FEI Olympic Riders Ranking as of May 1, 2008.

• The Host Nations will be awarded 1 place if not qualified (  China /  Hong Kong )
• 1 place for the best ranked NOC in each of the following regions:
  • North Western Europe
  • South Western Europe
  • Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia
  • North America
  • Central & South America
  • Africa & Middle East
  • South East Asia; Oceania
• Other places to complete the quota will be allocated to best ranked individuals not qualified above and invitation places.

Rujukan

• Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics
• Beijing 2008 Olympic Equestrian
• Federation Equestre Internationale
• FEI Eventing Qualification Rules