Equestrian events at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Equestrian events at the 2012 Summer Paralympics consisted of 11 dressage events. The competitions was held in the Greenwich Park from 30 August to 4 September.

Equestrian at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	Greenwich Park
Dates	30 August – 4 September 2012
Competitors	78 from 27 nations
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Classification

Riders were given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allowed 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:^[1]

Dressage

• Kjell Myhre (Ground Jury President)
• Liliana Iannone (Ground Jury Member)
• Anne Prain (Ground Jury Member)
• Sarah Rodger (Ground Jury Member)
• Freddy Leyman (Ground Jury Member)
• Gudrun Hofinga (Ground Jury Member)
• Carlos Lopes (Ground Jury Member)

Participating nations

78 riders from 27 nations competed.

•  Argentina (1)
•  Australia (4)
•  Austria (2)
•  Belgium (4)
•  Brazil (4)
•  Canada (4)
•  Denmark (5)
•  Finland (2)
•  France (4)
•  Germany (5)
•  Great Britain (5)
•  Hong Kong (1)
•  Ireland (4)
•  Israel (1)
•  Italy (4)
•  Japan (1)
•  Latvia (1)
•  Mexico (3)
•  Netherlands (4)
•  New Zealand (2)
•  Norway (3)
•  Portugal (1)
•  Singapore (3)
•  South Africa (4)
•  Sweden (1)
•  United States (4)
•  Virgin Islands (1)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	5	5	1	11
2	Germany (GER)	2	3	2	7
3	Belgium (BEL)	2	0	0	2
4	Austria (AUT)	1	0	1	2
5	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
6	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	2	3
7	Singapore (SIN)	0	1	1	2
8	Finland (FIN)	0	1	0	1
9	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	2	2
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	2	2
Totals (10 entries)		11	11	11	33

Medal summary

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual championship test grade Ia details	Sophie Christiansen  Great Britain	Helen Kearney  Ireland	Laurentia Tan  Singapore
Individual championship test grade Ib details	Joann Formosa  Australia	Lee Pearson  Great Britain	Pepo Puch  Austria
Individual championship test grade II details	Natasha Baker  Great Britain	Britta Näpel  Germany	Angelika Trabert  Germany
Individual championship test grade III details	Hannelore Brenner  Germany	Deborah Criddle  Great Britain	Annika Dalskov  Denmark
Individual championship test grade IV details	Michèle George  Belgium	Sophie Wells  Great Britain	Frank Hosmar  Netherlands
Individual freestyle test grade Ia details	Sophie Christiansen  Great Britain	Laurentia Tan  Singapore	Helen Kearney  Ireland
Individual freestyle test grade Ib details	Pepo Puch  Austria	Katja Karjalainen  Finland	Lee Pearson  Great Britain
Individual freestyle test grade II details	Natasha Baker  Great Britain	Britta Näpel  Germany	Angelika Trabert  Germany
Individual freestyle test grade III details	Hannelore Brenner  Germany	Deborah Criddle  Great Britain	Annika Dalskov  Denmark
Individual freestyle test grade IV details	Michèle George  Belgium	Sophie Wells  Great Britain	Frank Hosmar  Netherlands
Team details	Great Britain (GBR) Lee Pearson Sophie Wells Deborah Criddle Sophie Christiansen	Germany (GER) Angelika Trabert Britta Näpel Steffen Zeibig Hannelore Brenner	Ireland (IRL) Eilish Byrne James Dwyer Geraldine Savage Helen Kearney