Eleven teams and 20 individual riders won places in this most noble of sports, whose grace and elegance have earned in the nickname ‘horse ballet’. The qualifiers, as confirmed by FEI, are:
Teams: Brazil, Germany, Australia, Great Britain, Netherlands, USA, Spain, Sweden, France, Japan, Denmark
Individual: Denmark (4), Austria, Belgium, Russia (2), South Africa, Republic of Korea, Canada (2), Dominican Republic, Mexico, Palestine, New Zealand, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland, Ukraine.
Fifteen teams and 15 individual riders won places in this high-octane equestrian discipline, the first to be contested in the Olympic Games (in 1900). The qualifiers, as confirmed by FEI, are:
Teams: Brazil, Netherlands, France, USA, Germany, Sweden, Qatar, Canada, Argentina, Ukraine, Switzerland, Great Britain, Japan, Australia, Spain
Individual: Ireland, Portugal, Turkey, Morrocco, Venezuela (2), Colombia (2), Uruguay, Peru, Chinese Tapei, Belgium (2), Italy, Egypt.
Fourteen teams and 21 individual riders won places in the ‘equestrian triathlon’, which brings together dressage, jumping and corss-country. The qualifiers, as confirmed by FEI, are:
Teams: Brazil, Germany, Australia, Great Britain, Netherlands, Ireland, Canada, USA, France, Sweden, New Zealand, Italy, Russia, Switzerland.
Individual: Finland, Italy (3), Russia (3), Chile, Zimbabwe, Japan (2), Belarus, Switzerland (3), Puerto Rico, Ecuador, China, Belgium (2), Spain.
