Tokyo 2020
Equestrian
Equestrian made its official debut at Stockholm 1912 after being featured in Paris 1900. Until 1948, only men could compete as the riders had to be military officers. Women have competed with men in the mixed events since Helsinki 1952, first in dressage then in other disciplines.
Men and women compete on equal terms in three disciplines, in individual and team events.
JULY
AUGUST
SCHEDULE
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Qualification
Dressage
Eventing
Jumping
Medal
SCHEDULE
Qualification
Medal
JULY
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Dressage
Eventing
Jumping
AUGUST
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Dressage
Eventing
Jumping
Dressage
Most artistic of equestrian disciplines, it tests horse and athlete in athletic prowess and supreme elegance
WALK
Slow, symmetrical,
four-beat gait
TROT
Rapid, symmetrical,
two-beat diagonal gait
CANTER
Fast, asymmetrical,
three-beat gait
Eventing
Composed of Jumping, Dressage and Cross Country tests. Typical cross-country obstacles:
Elephant trap
Log pile
Rails
Water jump
Lane crossing
Jumping
A spectacular mix of courage, control and technical ability that requires horse and athlete to complete
a course with 12 to 15 obstacles laid out in a particular order
Gate
Stone wall
Brush and rails
Hog’s back
Triple bars
Dressage
Most artistic of equestrian disciplines, it tests horse and athlete in athletic prowess and supreme elegance
WALK
Slow, symmetrical,
four-beat gait
TROT
Rapid, symmetrical,
two-beat diagonal gait
CANTER
Fast, asymmetrical,
three-beat gait
Eventing
Composed of Jumping, Dressage and Cross Country tests. Typical cross-country obstacles:
Elephant trap
Lane crossing
Log pile
Rails
Water jump
Jumping
A spectacular mix of courage, control and technical ability that requires horse and athlete to complete a course with 12 to 15 obstacles laid out in a particular order
Gate
Brush and rails
Stone wall
Hog’s back
Triple bars
History of events
Equestrian debuted in the olympics in 1900 with 5 events. There are currently 6 medal events.
Most gold medals
Reiner KLIMKE and Isabell WERTH are tied for the most gold medals with 6 each.
Medal counts
Olympians from Germany have won the most gold medals historically with 64 wins, of 114 total medals in equestrian.
G-S-B
64-23-27
37-24-24
32-26-20
30-49-53
29-13-20
26-34-23
18-31-7
17-7-12
16-7-6
13-9-7
10-17-19
9-4-12
5-28-15
4-5-8
4-1-12
3-7-1
3-5-15
1-10-4
1-4-1
1-0-8
1-0-0
1-0-0
0-4-4
0-4-0
0-3-0
0-3-0
0-1-3
0-1-0
0-0-9
0-0-5
0-0-1
0-0-1
Sources: International Olympic Committee; Tokyo2020; Sports: The Complete Visual Reference