Equestrian events at the Summer Olympics

Equestrian events at the Summer Olympics
IOC Discipline CodeEQU
Governing bodyFEI
Events6 (mixed)
Games
  • 2028
  • 2032
  • 2036
  • 2040
  • 2044
  • 2048

Equestrian sports were first included in the Olympic Games in the Summer Olympics of 1900 in Paris.[1] They were again included in 1912, and have been included in every subsequent edition of the Games.[2] Currently, the Olympic equestrian disciplines are dressage, eventing, and show jumping.[3] In each discipline, both individual and team medals are awarded. Since the XV Olympiad in Helsinki in 1952, women and men compete on equal terms.[2]

Together with the equestrian component of Modern Pentathlon, it is the only Olympic event that involves animals.[4] The horses are considered to be athletes as much as the riders.[5]

The international governing body for equestrian sports is the Fédération Équestre Internationale. The first Olympics held under its authority were in 1924.[6]

  1. ^ "Strange but true: long and high jump at Paris 1900 – on horseback!". Olympics. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Equestrian Sport: History of Equestrian Sport at the Olympic Games" (PDF). The Olympic Studies Centre. OSC Reference Collection. International Olympic Committee. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Equestrian Events at the Olympic Games". www.topendsports.com. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Olympic Sports Involving Animals". www.topendsports.com. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  5. ^ Hobbs, Sarah Jane; Clayton, Hilary M (June 2022). "The Olympic motto through the lens of equestrian sports". Animal Frontiers. 12 (3): 45–53. doi:10.1093/af/vfac025. PMC 9197309. PMID 35711501.
  6. ^ "Olympic Fever: From Paris 1924 to Paris 2024". FEI. 3 June 2024.