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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 Germany 4 0 0 4
2 New Zealand New Zealand 1 1 1 3
3 Australia Australia 1 0 0 1
4 United States United States 0 2 2 4
5 Netherlands Netherlands 0 2 1 3
6 Switzerland Switzerland 0 1 0 1
6 Brazil Brazil 0 0 1 1
France France 0 0 1 1

Medalists[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual dressage Isabell Werth
Germany
Anky van Grunsven
Netherlands
Sven Rothenburger
Netherlands
Team dressage Germany Germany
Klaus Balkenhol
Martin Schaudt
Monica Theodorescu
Isabell Werth
Netherlands Netherlands
Tineke Bartels-de Vries
Anky van Grunsven
Gonnelien Rothenburger
Sven Rothenburger
United States United States
Robert Dover
Michelle Gibson
Steffen Peters
Guenter Seidel
Individual jumping Ulrich Kirchhoff
Germany
Willi Melliger
Switzerland
Alexandra Ledermann
France
Team jumping Germany Germany
Ludger Beerbaum
Ulrich Kirchhoff
Lars Nieberg
Franke Sloothaak
United States United States
Leslie Burr-Howard
Anne Kursinski
Peter Leone
Michael Matz
Brazil Brazil
Luiz Felipe de Azevedo
Andre Bier Johannpeter
Alvaro Alfonso de Miranda Neto
Rodrigo de Paula Pessoa
Individual eventing Blyth Tait
New Zealand
Sally Clark
New Zealand
Kerry Millikin
United States
Team eventing Australia Australia
Phillip Dutton
Andrew Hoy
Gillian Rolton
Wendy Schaeffer
United States United States
Bruce Davidson
Jill Henneberg
David O'Connor
Karen O'Connor
New Zealand 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.
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