Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held from 23 July to 4 August 1996 at the Georgia International Horse Park.
For the first time in Olympic history, the individual and team eventing tournaments were contested separately.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 |  New Zealand |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Australia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  United States |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 |  Netherlands |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 |  Switzerland |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  Brazil |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 France |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
| Event | 
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual dressage | Isabell Werth
|
Anky van Grunsven
|
Sven Rothenburger
|
| Team dressage | Germany Klaus Balkenhol Martin Schaudt Monica Theodorescu Isabell Werth |
Netherlands Tineke Bartels-de Vries Anky van Grunsven Gonnelien Rothenburger Sven Rothenburger |
United States Robert Dover Michelle Gibson Steffen Peters Guenter Seidel |
| Individual jumping | Ulrich Kirchhoff
|
Willi Melliger
|
Alexandra Ledermann
|
| Team jumping | Germany Ludger Beerbaum Ulrich Kirchhoff Lars Nieberg Franke Sloothaak |
United States Leslie Burr-Howard Anne Kursinski Peter Leone Michael Matz |
Brazil Luiz Felipe de Azevedo Andre Bier Johannpeter Alvaro Alfonso de Miranda Neto Rodrigo de Paula Pessoa |
| Individual eventing | Blyth Tait
|
Sally Clark
|
Kerry Millikin
|
| Team eventing | Australia Phillip Dutton Andrew Hoy Gillian Rolton Wendy Schaeffer |
United States Bruce Davidson Jill Henneberg David O'Connor Karen O'Connor |
New Zealand Vaughn Jefferis Victoria Latta Andrew Nicholson Blyth Tait |
Statistics[]
- There were 219 athletes from 30 countries.
- Takeshi Shirai was the youngest participant with 19 years and 105 days.
- Fausto Puccini was the oldest participant with 63 years and 273 days.
- Andrew Hoy of Australia was the only equestrian rider chosen to be the flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- New Zealand won 3 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Brazil won its first-ever medal in the sport.