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An Olympics.com preview of equestrian (all events) provided the following overview: Germany has won the most gold medals in Olympic equestrian sports, reflecting the country's equestrian heritage and passion for the sport. Michael Jung has dominated individual eventing at recent Games, winning gold in both London 2012, Rio 2016 and Paris 2024.
The Summer Olympics have included 2,129 equestrian participants, including 1,751 men and 378 women, from 69 countries. [1] [note 1], of which 564 won a medal. As of the 2008 Olympics, 395 medals have been awarded to 31 NOCs.
An Olympics.com preview of equestrian (all events) provided the following overview: Germany has won the most gold medals in Olympic equestrian sports (26 to be exact), reflecting the country's equestrian heritage and passion for the sport. Michael Jung has dominated individual eventing at recent Games, winning gold in both London 2012 and Rio 2016.
British rider Carl Hester went as far as saying the sport's Olympic survival was at stake. Werth won a gold and a silver in Paris, extending her equestrian-record tally to 14 Olympic medals ...
The 200 quota places for equestrians were divided among the three disciplines (75 for jumping, 65 for eventing, and 60 for dressage). Teams in each discipline consisted of three horse and rider pairs; any NOC that qualified a team (20 teams for jumping, 16 for eventing, and 15 for dressage) also received 3 entries in the individual competition for that discipline.
Dressage has changed dramatically since the 1912 Olympics. [13] The dressage horse no longer has to jump, but the test on the flat has become increasingly difficult, emphasizing the piaffe and the passage. Today's horses are specifically bred for dressage and have movement far more extravagant when compared to the horses of the early 20th century.
The 39-year-old Dujardin won gold at the 2012 London Olympics in team and individual dressage and won another individual gold at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. She took bronze in team and ...
Dujardin won two of her three gold medals in 2012, winning the team and individual dressage events. She would go on to win gold in the individual event in 2016 in Rio as well as a silver medal in ...