Equestrian at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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Equestrian at the Games of the IX Olympiad
The Netherlands won the team eventing gold medal and are saluting the audience
Venue	Hilversum Olympic Stadium
Dates	8–12 August 1928
No. of events	6
Competitors	113 from 20 nations
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Equestrian at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Dressage	individual	team
Eventing	individual	team
Jumping	individual	team
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The equestrian events at the 1928 Summer Olympics included dressage, eventing, and show jumping. All three disciplines had both individual and team competitions. The competitions were held from 8 to 12 August 1928. Teams were now fielded by three riders, rather than four, the purpose being to reduce pressure on national federations to find that many riders in order to compete for team medals. Riders had to be considered amateurs, which was defined as either an actively serving professional officer, or as a gentleman rider as defined by the rules of that rider's national governing body. A total of 113 entries were present from 20 nations: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the USA. This was the first appearance for Hungary, Japan and Argentina in equestrian events at an Olympics. Additionally, after being shut out from two Olympic competitions, Germany also returned to the Games to win a few medals in the equestrian events.[1]

Horses were stabled in Hilversum, a town 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Amsterdam and the location of the majority of the equestrian competition, with two jumping competitions taking place in the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. The equestrian competitions produced an income of over 150,000 guilders, out of a total of 1,435,000 guilders income for the entire Games.