Equestrian at the Summer Olympics

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Equestrianism made its Summer Olympics debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. It disappeared until 1912, but has appeared at every Summer Olympic Games since. The current Olympic equestrian adisciplines are Dressage, Eventing, and Jumping. In each discipline, both individual and team medals are awarded.

Until the 1952 Summer Olympics, only male cavalry officers were permitted to compete in any Olympic equestrian discipline. From 1952 onwards, however, equestrianism became one of the very few Olympic events in which men and women (civilian as well as military) compete directly against one another. In team competition, teams may have any blend of male and female competitors, and are not required to have minimum numbers of either gender; countries are free to choose the best riders, irrespective of gender.

Equestrian disciplines and the equestrian component of Modern Pentathlon are also the only Olympic events that involve animals. The horse is considered as much an athlete as the human rider.

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Nation	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	Years
Argentina (ARG)								3
Austria (AUT)							2	3		8
Belgium (BEL)		X			4	18	11	9		3
Bulgaria (BUL)							2	3		3
Chile (CHI)					2
Czechoslovakia (TCH)							11	9		9
Denmark (DEN)					4		1	3		4
Finland (FIN)						1	1	1		1
France (FRA)		X			4	24	12	9	3	9
Germany (GER)					13			8		9
Great Britain (GBR)					4		6			6
Hungary (HUN)								5		9
Italy (ITA)		X				10	5	5		6
Japan (JPN)								4	5	4
Mexico (MEX)									6
Netherlands (NED)						1	5	8	3	9
Norway (NOR)					3	5		6		6
Poland (POL)							6	5		6
Portugal (POR)							4	3		3
Romania (ROM)										5
Russia (RUS)		X			7
Spain (ESP)							4	6
Sweden (SWE)					17	22	12	9	6	9
Switzerland (SUI)							9	9		6
Turkey (TUR)										4
United States (USA)		X			4	8	5	5	8	8
Yugoslavia (YUG)							1
Nations	-	5	-	-	10	8	17	20	6	21
Horse riders	-	37-64	-	-	62	89	97	113	31	127
Year	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	23

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