Equestrian at the 2015 Pan American Games – Team eventing

The team eventing competition of the equestrian events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place July 17–19 at the Caledon Equestrian Park. The cross-country portion of eventing took place at nearby Will O' Wind Farm (Pan Am Cross-Country Centre), which is located in Mono.[1]

Team eventing at the XVII Pan American Games
Venues	Caledon Equestrian Park Pan Am Cross-Country Centre (Cross country–eventing)
Dates	July 17–19, 2015.
Competitors	40 from 11 nations
Medalists
Marilyn Little on Rf Scandalous Boyd Martin on Pancho Villa Phillip Dutton on Fernhill Fugitive Lauren Kieffer on Meadowbrooks Scarlett   United States   Ruy Fonseca on Tom Bombadill Too Carlos Parro on Caulcourt Landline Márcio Jorge on Lissy Mac Wayer Henrique Plombon on Land Quenotte   Brazil   Kathryn Robinson on Let It Bee Jessica Phoenix on Pavarotti Colleen Loach on Qorry Blue D'Argouges Waylon Roberts on Bill Owen   Canada
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Team eventing consisted of three phases: dressage, cross-country, and show-jumping. Scores from each phase were converted into penalty points, which were summed to give a score. Teams of up to five horse and rider pairs competed; for each team, the best three scores in each phase counted towards the team score. In the dressage portion, the pair performed in front of three judges. The judges gave marks of between 0 and 10 for each of ten required elements; the scores for the judges were averaged to give a score between 0 and 100. That score was then subtracted from 100 and multiplied by 1.5 to give the number of penalty points. The cross-county portion consisted of a 5.225 kilometre course with 30 efforts including 17 obstacles. The target time was nine and a half minutes; pairs received .4 penalty points for every second above that time. They also received 20 penalty points for every obstacle not cleanly jumped. Riders did not complete the course in under nineteen minutes were eliminated and given a score of 1000 penalty points. The final phase was the show-jumping; pairs had to negotiate a course of obstacles. The pair received 4 penalty points for each obstacle at which there was a refusal or a knockdown of the obstacle. One penalty point was also assessed for each second taken above the maximum time for the course.

In addition, 1000 points are given to any rider that did not complete a competition. This includes withdrawing/not-starting (WD), retiring during the competition (RD) or being eliminated in the cross county event (EL). The results of the team phase were also used in the individual eventing event, though that event added a second jumping phase as a final.

The top team not already qualified in the dressage team events qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, along with the top two placed teams (not already qualified) in the show jumping competition. In the individual dressage competition, the top nation (not qualified in the team event) in groups IV and V each qualified one quota. The top six athletes (not qualified in the team event) also qualified for the show jumping competition.[2][3][4]