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:
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.
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.
Individual championship test grade Ia Individual championship test grade Ib Individual championship test grade II Individual championship test grade III Individual championship test grade IV Individual freestyle test grade Ia Individual freestyle test grade Ib Individual freestyle test grade II Individual freestyle test grade III Individual freestyle test grade IV Mixed team Sophie Christiansen on Lambrusco III Anne Dunham on Teddy Lee Pearson on Gentlemen Simon Laurens on Ocean Diamond Britta Naepel on Cherubin 15 Angelika Trabert on Londria 2 Steffen Zeibig on Waldemar 27 Hannelore Brenner on Women Of The World Jens Lasse Dokkan on Lacour Mariette Garborg on Luthar Ann Cathrin Lubbe on Zanko Sigrid Rui on Nanof
See also Equestrian events at the 2008 Summer Olympics
References
External links Official site of the 2008 Summer Paralympics
FEI:Fédération Equestre Internationale