Equestrian events at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Equestrian events at the 2008 Summer Paralympics consisted of eleven dressage events. The competitions were held in the Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Centre from 7 September to 11 September.

Classification

Riders were given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows riders to compete against others with a similar level of function.

Equestrian classes were:

• I, for riders with impaired limb function, or poor balance and good upper limb function
• II, for riders with locomotion impairment
• III, for blind riders with moderate locomotion impairment
• IV, for riders with some visual impairment or impaired function in one or two limbs

Events

For each of the events below, medals were contested for one or more of the above classifications. After each classification are given the dates that the event was contested. All events were mixed, meaning that men and women competed together.

• Mixed individual championship
  • Grade Ia
  • Grade Ib
  • Grade II
  • Grade III
  • Grade IV
• Mixed individual freestyle
  • Grade Ia
  • Grade Ib
  • Grade II
  • Grade III
  • Grade IV
• Mixed team

Officials

Appointment of officials is as follows:^[1]

Dressage

• Hanneke Gerritsen (Ground Jury President)
• Liliana Iannone (Ground Jury Member)
• Anne Prain (Ground Jury Member)
• Tarja Huttunen (Ground Jury Member)
• Janet Geary (Ground Jury Member)
• Gudrun Hofinga (Ground Jury Member)
• Kjell Myhre (Ground Jury Member)
• Alison Mastin (Ground Jury Member)

Qualification

There were 73 athletes from 28 nations taking part in this sport.

•  Australia (5)
•  Austria (1)
•  Belgium (2)
•  Bermuda (1)
•  Brazil (4)
•  Canada (5)
•  China (1)
•  Croatia (2)
•  Denmark (4)
•  Finland (1)
•  France (2)
•  Germany (5)
•  Great Britain (7)
•  Hong Kong (1)
•  Ireland (1)
•  Israel (1)
•  Italy (3)
•  Japan (1)
•  Netherlands (4)
•  Norway (5)
•  Poland (1)
•  Portugal (1)
•  Russia (1)
•  Singapore (1)
•  Slovakia (1)
•  South Africa (4)
•  Sweden (3)
•  United States (5)

Medal summary

Medal table

This ranking sorts countries by the number of gold medals earned by their riders (in this context a country is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.

Medalists

Laurentia Tan of Singapore won her country's first Paralympic medals, two bronzes, in the individual championship and freestyle grade Ia events.

See also

• Equestrian events at the 2008 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Paralympic Games 2008". Fei.org. 26 November 2019.

• "Schedules and Results - Equestrian". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2008-09-10. Retrieved 2008-09-10.

External links

• Official site of the 2008 Summer Paralympics
• [1]
• FEI:Fédération Equestre Internationale