Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics
The events of the equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics featured three equestrian disciplines: dressage, eventing and jumping. All three disciplines are further divided into individual and team contests for a total of six events.[1]
| Equestrian at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre |
| Dates | 16–27 August 2004 |
| Competitors | 203 from 38 nations |
| Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dressage | individual | team |
| Eventing | individual | team |
| Jumping | individual | team |
The Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre, on the outskirts of Markopoulo in the Attica region of Greece, hosted the dressage and jumping events while the eventing took place in the nearby Eventing Park.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 |  Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (8 nations) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
Medalists
Schedule
Equestrian events took place over 14 days, from 14 August to 27 August. Eventing was held on the first five days, while the other two disciplines overlapped for most of the rest of the schedule.
- 14 August
- Eventing - first horse inspection
- 15 August
- Eventing - dressage
- 16 August
- Eventing - dressage
- 17 August
- Eventing - cross country
- 18 August
- Eventing - second horse inspection
- Eventing - first round of jumping (used for team jumping portion and individual qualification)
- Eventing - individual jumping final
- 19 August
- Dressage - horse inspection
- Jumping - training
- 20 August
- Dressage - grand prix
- Jumping - first horse inspection
- 21 August
- Dressage - grand prix
- 22 August
- Jumping - first qualifier
- 23 August
- Dressage - grand prix special
- 24 August
- Jumping - second qualifier (first team round)
- Jumping - third qualifier (second team round)
- Jumping - team jump-off
- 25 August
- Dressage - grand prix freestyle
- 26 August
- Jumping - second horse inspection
- 27 August
- Jumping - final round A
- Jumping - final round B
- Jumping - jump-off
Officials
Appointment of officials was as follows:[2]
- Dressage
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Mariëtte Withages (Ground Jury President)
Vincenzo Truppa (Ground Jury Member)- Francis Verbeek-van Rooy (Ground Jury Member)
Wojktek Markowski (Ground Jury Member)- Dieter Schüle (Ground Jury Member)
Beatrice Bürchler-Keller (Ground Jury Member)- Stephen Clarke (Ground Jury Member)
- Jumping
- Sven Holmberg (Ground Jury President)
- José Alvarez de Bohorques (Ground Jury Member)
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Francois Ferland (Ground Jury Member)
Leonidas Georgopoulos (Ground Jury Member)
Leopoldo Palacios (Technical Delegate)
- Eventing
- Christoph Hess (Ground Jury President)
- Angela Tucker (Ground Jury Member)
- Cara Whitham (Ground Jury Member)
- Albino Garbari (Course Designer)
- Michael Etherington-Smith (Technical Delegate)
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Equestrianism at the 2004 Athens Equestrian Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- https://www.fei.org/history/olympic-games/2004-athens-greece
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