Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Equestrian at the XIII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Equestrian
Venue	Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Centre
Dates	7–11 September 2008

Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Individual championship	Ia	Ib	II	III	IV
Individual freestyle	Ia	Ib	II	III	IV
Mixed team

Equestrian 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.

Classfication

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

Qualification

There were 70 athletes taking part in this sport.

Qualification Slots

• Ref:

NPC	Numbers	Athletes in Teams
Argentina	1
Australia	5	4
Austria	1
Belgium	2
Bermuda	1
Brazil	4	4
Canada	5	4
China	1
Croatia	2
Denmark	4	4
Finland	1
France	2
Great Britain	7	5
Germany	5	5
Hong Kong	1
Ireland	1
Israel	1
Italy	3
Japan	1
Netherlands	4	4
Norway	5	5
Peru	1
Poland	1
Portugal	1
South Africa	4
Russia	2
Singapore	1
Slovakia	1
Sweden	3
United States	5	5
Total	76	40

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.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	5	5	0	10
2	Germany (GER)	3	1	2	6
3	South Africa (RSA)	2	0	0	2
4	Canada (CAN)	1	1	0	2
5	Norway (NOR)	0	3	1	4
6	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	2	3
7	Australia (AUS)	0	0	2	2
8	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	2	2
8	Singapore (SIN)	0	0	2	2
Total		11	11	11	33

Medalists

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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual championship test grade Ia	Anne Dunham on Teddy Great Britain (GBR)	Sophie Christiansen on Lambrusco III Great Britain (GBR)	Laurentia Tan on Nothing To Lose Singapore (SIN)
Individual championship test grade Ib	Lee Pearson on Gentlemen Great Britain (GBR)	Jens Dokkan on Lacour Norway (NOR)	Marcos Alves on Luthenay De Varnay Brazil (BRA)
Individual championship test grade II	Britta Naepel on Cherubin 15 Germany (GER)	Lauren Barwick on Maile Canada (CAN)	Caroline Cecile Nielsen on Rostorn's Hatim-Tinn Denmark (DEN)
Individual championship test grade III	Hannelore Brenner on Women Of The World Germany (GER)	Annika Lykke Dalskov on Alfarvad April Z Denmark (DEN)	Bettina Eistel on Fabuleux 5 Germany (GER)
Individual championship test grade IV	Philippa Johnson on Benedict South Africa (RSA)	Ann Cathrin Lubbe on Zanko Norway (NOR)	Georgia Bruce on V Salute Australia (AUS)
Individual freestyle test grade Ia	Sophie Christiansen on Lambrusco III Great Britain (GBR)	Anne Dunham on Teddy Great Britain (GBR)	Laurentia Tan on Nothing To Lose Singapore (SIN)
Individual freestyle test grade Ib	Lee Pearson on Gentlemen Great Britain (GBR)	Ricky Balshaw on Deacons Giorgi Great Britain (GBR)	Marcos Alves on Luthenay De Varnay Brazil (BRA)
Individual freestyle test grade II	Lauren Barwick on Maile Canada (CAN)	Felicity Coulthard on Roffelaar Great Britain (GBR)	Britta Naepel on Cherubin 15 Germany (GER)
Individual freestyle test grade III	Hannelore Brenner on Women Of The World Germany (GER)	Simon Laurens on Ocean Diamond Great Britain (GBR)	Annika Lykke Dalskov on Alfarvad April Z Denmark (DEN)
Individual freestyle test grade IV	Philippa Johnson on Benedict South Africa (RSA)	Ann Cathrin Lubbe on Zanko Norway (NOR)	Georgia Bruce on V Salute Australia (AUS)
Overall team	Great Britain (GBR) Sophie Christiansen on Lambrusco III Anne Dunham on Teddy Lee Pearson on Gentlemen Simon Laurens on Ocean Diamond	Germany (GER) Britta Naepel on Cherubin 15 Angelika Trabert on Londria 2 Steffen Zeibig on Waldemar 27 Hannelore Brenner on Women Of The World	Norway (NOR) Jens Dokkan on Lacour Mariette Garborg on Luthar Ann Cathrin Lubbe on Zanko Sigrid Rui on Nanof

External links

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