Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The 200 quota places for equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics were divided between the three disciplines (75 for jumping, 65 for eventing, and 60 for dressage). The 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Teams in each discipline consisted of three horse and rider pairs; any NOC that qualified a team (20 teams for jumping, 15 each for eventing and dressage) also received 3 entries in the individual competition for that discipline. NOCs that did not qualify teams could earn one individual place in dressage and jumping, and up to two individual places in eventing, for a total of 15 entries in jumping and dressage and 20 for eventing. Teams qualify primarily through specific competitions (World Equestrian Games and continental tournaments), while individuals qualify through rankings. The host nation, Japan, automatically qualified a team in each discipline.

Timeline

The following is a timeline of the qualification events for the equestrian events at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Event	Date	Venue
2018 FEI World Equestrian Games	September 11–23, 2018	Tryon
Group C eventing qualification event	May 23–26, 2019	Baborówko
Groups F/G eventing qualification event		Saumur
2019 Eventing Nations Cup	May 23 – October 13, 2019	Various
Group C dressage qualification event	June 20–23, 2019	Moscow
Group C1 jumping qualification event	June 26–30, 2019
Group C2 jumping qualification event		Budapest
2019 Pan American Games	July 26 – August 11, 2019	Lima
Group G jumping qualification event	August 12–13, 2019	Valkenswaard
2019 European Dressage Championships	August 19–25, 2019	Rotterdam
2019 European Jumping Championships
2019 European Eventing Championships	August 28 – September 1, 2019	Luhmühlen
2019 Jumping Nations Cup Final	October 3–6, 2019	Barcelona
Group F jumping qualification event	October 10–13, 2019	Rabat
Group F dressage qualification event	October 24–27, 2019	Exloo
End of FEI ranking period	December 31, 2019	—

Qualification summary

Nation	Individual			Team			Total
	Dressage	Eventing	Jumping	Dressage	Eventing	Jumping
Argentina			3				3
Australia	3	3	3				9
Austria	3	2					5
Belarus		2					2
Belgium	3	1	3				7
Brazil	1	3	3				7
Canada	3	2	1				6
Chile	1		1				2
China		3	3				6
Colombia			1				1
Czech Republic		2	3				5
Denmark	3	1	1				5
Dominican Republic	1		1				2
Ecuador		1					1
Egypt			3				3
Estonia	1						1
Finland	1						1
France	3	3	3				9
Germany	3	3	3				9
Great Britain	3	3	3				9
Hong Kong		1					1
India		1					1
Ireland	1	3	3				7
Israel			3				3
Italy	1	3	1				5
Japan	3	3	3				9
Jordan			1				1
Latvia			1				1
Luxembourg	1						1
Mexico	1		3				4
Morocco	1		3				4
Netherlands	3	2	3				8
New Zealand		3	3				6
Norway			1				1
Poland		3					3
Portugal	3		1				4
Puerto Rico		1					1
ROC	3	2					5
Singapore	1						1
South Africa	1	1					2
South Korea	1						1
Spain	3	1	1				5
Sri Lanka			1				1
Sweden	3	3	3				9
Switzerland	1	3	3				7
Syria			1				1
Chinese Taipei			1				1
Thailand		3					3
Ukraine	1		1				2
United States	3	3	3				9
Total: 50 NOCs	60	65	75	15	15	20	200

Dressage

Team

Event	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	–	–	1	Japan
2018 FEI World Equestrian Games	September 11–23, 2018	Tryon	6	Germany  United States  Great Britain  Sweden  Netherlands  Spain
2019 European Dressage Championships Groups A/B	August 19–25, 2019	Rotterdam	2	Denmark  Ireland2  Portugal
Group C qualification event	June 20–23, 2019	Moscow	1	ROC
2019 Pan American Games Groups D/E	July 26 – August 11, 2019	Lima	1	Canada  Brazil1
Group F qualification event	October 24–27, 2019	Exloo	0	South Africa1
2018 FEI World Equestrian Games Group G	September 11–23, 2018	Tryon	1	Australia
Composite teams	December 31, 2019	–	3	France  Austria  Belgium
Total			15

Individual

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
Team Members	45	See above
FEI Olympic Athletes Ranking – Dressage
Group A (North Western Europe)	1	Finland  Norway3
Group B (South Western Europe)	2	Luxembourg  Switzerland
Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia)	2	Ukraine  Belarus3  Estonia
Groups D/E (Americas)	4	Dominican Republic  Bermuda4  Mexico  Brazil1  Chile
Group F (Africa & Middle East)	2	South Africa1  Morocco
Group G (South East Asia, Oceania)	2	New Zealand3  South Korea  Singapore
Additional	2	Ireland  Italy
Total	60

^1 – Brazil and South Africa initially qualified a team, but failed to provide the NOC Certificate of Capability by December 31, 2019. As a result, their team quotas got reallocated to Composite teams, while Brazil and South Africa received one individual spot each from the respective regional groups.

^2 – Ireland withdrew their team spot, which got reallocated to Belgium.

^3 – Norway, Belarus and New Zealand withdrew their individual spots, which got reallocated to Italy, Estonia and Singapore, respectively.

^4 – Bermuda failed to confirm the minimum eligibility requirements (MER). Their quota place got reallocated to Chile.

Eventing

Team

Event	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	–	–	1	Japan
2018 FEI World Equestrian Games	September 11–23, 2018	Tryon	6	Great Britain  Ireland  France  Germany  Australia  New Zealand
2019 European Eventing Championships Groups A/B	August 28 – September 1, 2019	Luhmühlen	2	Sweden  Italy
Group C qualification event	May 23–26, 2019	Baborowko	1	Poland
2019 Pan American Games Groups D/E	July 26 – August 11, 2019	Lima	2	United States  Brazil
Groups F/G qualification event	May 23–26, 2019	Saumur	2	China  Thailand
2019 Eventing Nations Cup	May 23 – October 13, 2019	Various	1	Switzerland
Total			15

Individual

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
Team Members	45	See above
FEI Olympic Athletes Ranking – Eventing
Group A (North Western Europe)	2	Netherlands  Netherlands
Group B (South Western Europe)	2	Belgium  Spain
Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia)	2	ROC  ROC
Group D (North America; English Caribbean)	2	Canada  Canada
Group E (Central & South America)	2	Chile5  Puerto Rico  Ecuador
Group F (Africa & Middle East)	1	South Africa  Pakistan5
Group G (South East Asia, Oceania)	2	India  Hong Kong
Additional	7	Czech Republic  Belarus  Belarus  Denmark  Czech Republic  Austria  Austria
Total	65

^5 – Chile and Pakistan failed to confirm the minimum eligibility requirements (MER). Their quota places got reallocated to Ecuador and Austria, respectively.

Jumping

Team

Event	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	–	–	1	Japan
2018 FEI World Equestrian Games	September 11–23, 2018	Tryon	6	United States  Sweden  Germany  Switzerland  Netherlands  Australia
2019 European Jumping Championships Groups A/B	August 19–25, 2019	Rotterdam	3	Belgium  Great Britain  France
Group C1 qualification event	June 26–30, 2019	Moscow	1	Israel
Group C2 qualification event		Budapest	1	Ukraine6  Czech Republic
2019 Pan American Games Groups D/E	July 26 – August 11, 2019	Lima	3	Brazil  Mexico  Canada7  Argentina
Group F qualification event	October 10–13, 2019	Rabat	2	Egypt  Qatar7  Morocco
Group G qualification event	August 12–13, 2019	Valkenswaard	2	New Zealand  China
2019 Jumping Nations Cup Final	October 3–6, 2019	Barcelona	1	Ireland
Total			20

Individual

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
Team Members	60	See above
2019 Pan American Games	4	Colombia  Dominican Republic  Canada  Chile
FEI Olympic Athletes Ranking – Jumping
Group A (North Western Europe)	2	Denmark  Norway
Group B (South Western Europe)	2	Italy  Portugal
Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia)	2	Latvia  Ukraine6
Group F (Africa & Middle East)	2	Syria  Jordan
Group G (South East Asia, Oceania)	2	Chinese Taipei  Sri Lanka
Additional	1	Spain
Total	75

^6 – Ukraine initially qualified a team, but failed to provide the NOC Certificate of Capability by December 31, 2019. As a result, their team quota got reallocated to Czech Republic, while Ukraine received an individual spot from the respective regional group.

^7 – Canada and Qatar were disqualified from the respective qualifiers due to positive doping cases.