OLYMPIC GAMES

Important Deadlines - Jumping - Dressage - Eventing

2024

28 MARCH

NOCs/NFs to nominate long list of potential Athletes to Paris 2024 (to be submitted to the Paris2024 OC by the respective NOCs).

24 JUNE

FEI Deadline for achieving Olympic MERs for all Athlete/Horse combinations.

25 JUNE

FEI Deadline for NFs to send Certificates of Capability to FEI

08 JULY

Paris 2024 Sport Entry deadline – NOCs submit final entries.

Tickets for National Federations for Olympic Games Equestrian competitions

We are pleased to inform you that the FEI are in the position to offer a limited number of competition tickets to National Federations having obtained a qualification quota for the Olympic Games. These tickets are exclusively available for Presidents and Secretary Generals (nominative and non-transferable) and are solely for the competitions in which the qualified athletes of the respective National Federations will be participating. Tickets will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.
Should you be interested in obtaining tickets. Please kindly contact Catrin Norinder with a copy to Nitia Lazzari by 02 April 2024.

Individual Quota Places confirmation - Jumping - Dressage - Eventing

Please be informed that ALL eligible NOCs/NFs have confirmed the use of their allocated Individual quota places by the deadline of 18 March 2024. 
The current status for individual qualification quota places within each of the three Olympic disciplines – Jumping, Dressage, Eventing has been confirmed as follows. This list is subject to the completion of the respective Minimum Eligibility requirements (MERs), procedures and deadlines. 
JUMPING

• Olympic Ranking - Group A: Denmark and Norway
• Olympic Ranking - Group B: Italy and Portugal
• Olympic Ranking - Group C: Latvia and Greece
• Olympic Ranking - Group D and E: Venezuela // through Pan Am Games: Colombia, Argentina, Chile 
• Olympic Ranking - Group F: Egypt and Syria
• Olympic Ranking - Group G: Thailand and New Zealand 
• Olympic Ranking - Overall (NOC not yet qualified above): Luxembourg  

EVENTING

• Olympic Ranking - Group A: Denmark (1) and Finland (1*)
• Olympic Ranking - Group B: Spain (1*) and Austria (1)
• Olympic Ranking - Group C: Lithuania (1) and Hungary (1)
• Olympic Ranking – Groups D & E: Chile (1), Argentina (1), Ecuador (2*)
• Olympic Ranking - Group F:  South Africa (1) and Morocco (1)
• Olympic Ranking - Group G:  China (2*)
• Olympic Ranking - Overall (NOCs not yet qualified above): Spain (1*), Finland (1*), Czech Republic (1) 

* These two nations have a total of two (2) individual quota places 
DRESSAGE

• Olympic Ranking - Group A: Norway and Ireland
• Olympic Ranking - Group B: Luxembourg and Switzerland
• Olympic Ranking - Group C: Lithuania and Moldova 
• Olympic Ranking - Group D and E: Dominican Republic and Venezuela // through Pan Am Games: Brazil* and Ecuador
• Olympic Ranking - Group F: Morocco and Palestine 
• Olympic Ranking - Group G: New Zealand and Singapore 
• Olympic Ranking - Overall (NOC not yet qualified above): India 

 * Allocation of one (1) individual quota place further to team quota place withdrawal
 
The Qualification System documents including the list of NOCs having obtained Team and Individual Quota Places and Reserve NOCs for all three disciplines are available in the FEI Paris 2024 hub.

Eventing - Olympic Minimum Elegibility Requirements

Further to queries received from different National Federations, the interpretation of the terms “different events” included in Article 626.1 of the FEI Regulations for Equestrian Events at the Olympic Games has been clarified as follows.
All Athletes/Horses who take part in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Eventing Competitions, and subject to the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 below, must achieve the following minimum eligibility requirements (MERs) as a combination by obtaining “FEI qualifying results” at different events in the following level of Competition which take place from 1 January 2023 until (and including) 24 June 2024):
(i) One (1) qualifying result at a CCI5*-L;
or (ii) One (1) qualifying result in a CCI4*-L AND 1 qualifying result in a CCI4*-S
(iii) Plus one (1) qualifying result in a CCI4*-S or 4*L or 5*L to be obtained after 1 January 2024 and on or before 24 June 2024 (the “Confirmation Result”)
The legal interpretation of “Event” according to the FEI General regulations prevails: A complete meeting, "Show", "Championship" or "Games". While Olympic MERs may therefore be achieved at any events included in the list of OG MER events available here, we strongly encourage that they are obtained at different venues.
The intention of this provision is to optimise the preparation of Athletes/Horse combinations for the Olympic Cross-Country.
As a reminder, the preparation and qualification of all athletes and horses is the responsibility of the NFs.
Should you have any questions, please contact Catrin Norinder with a copy to Nitia Lazzari.

Kindly note that new Veterinary documents are now available on the FEI Paris 2024 Hub.

• Pre-Arrival Testing: all of the Pre-Arrival Testing guidance and related submission forms for the Olympic and Paralympic Games have been finalised and are now available here.  
• Medications for Team Veterinarians: The list of medications that will be available for the team vets at the on-site clinic in Versailles is available here.

Should you have any questions, please contact the FEI Veterinary Department.

PARALYMPIC GAMES

Important deadlines Para Dressage

2024

03 MAY

Deadline for Paris 2024 Organising Committee to receive accreditation application forms submitted by NPCs (“Accreditation Long List”). This deadline is for all stakeholder groups, including Athletes, NPC teams, Horse Owners etc.

19 JUNE

End of the period for Athlete/Horse combinations to attain a minimum eligibility score. Nominated Entries date – NFs deadline to send in Certificate of Capabilities.

05 AUGUST

Deadline for Paris 2024 Organising Committee to receive sport entry forms submitted by NPCs.

Allocations of Qualifications Slots

As per the Qualification Regulations, NPCs were notified of allocated qualification slots on 4 March, and had until 18 March to confirm the use of allocated places. The Qualification System document has been updated accordingly on the FEI Paris 2024 Hub.
The FEI will inform NPCs of any reallocations, and the awarding of Bipartite Commission Invitations by 25 March, after which the final list will be published.
The current status for team and individual qualification quota places for Para Dressage has been confirmed as follows. This list is subject to the completion of the respective Minimum Eligibility requirements (MERs), procedures and deadlines.

Team Qualifications (three or four slots)

• Host Country – France
• 2022 FEI World Championships – Netherlands, Denmark, USA, Great Britain, Belgium, Germany, Italy
• 2023 FEI European Championships – Sweden
• FEI Para Equestrian Regional Team Ranking allocation – Canada, Singapore*, Australia
• FEI Para Equestrian Team Ranking List Allocation – Austria, Norway
• Completion of Team Quota – Ireland

* Accepted three quota slots, one returned for reallocation

Individual Qualifications (maximum 2 slots per NPC)
ara Equestrian Individual Ranking List Allocation – Regional Distribution

• Africa – South Africa
• Americas – Brazil*, Mexico
• Asia – Hong Kong, Japan*
• Europe – Latvia, Poland, Finland*
• Oceania – New Zealand
• Completion of Quota - Hungary, Czech Republic, Finland*, Slovakia

*These nations have a total of two (2) individual quota places

Minimum Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible for selection by an NPC, Athletes must:

• Be internationally classified with a ‘Confirmed’ sport class status or a ‘Review’ sport class status with a review date after 31 December 2024.

To be eligible for selection by an NPC, Athlete/Horse combinations must:

• Have achieved at least one (1) sixty-four (64) percent score at a FEI Para Equestrian 3* or above event in an Individual or Team competition between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022, or have achieved at least one (1) sixty-four (64) percent score at a FEI Para Equestrian 3* or above event in a Grand Prix Test A or Grand Prix Test B from 1 January 2023 to 19 June 2024.

We remind National Federations to verify their Athlete’s Classification Status, and please contact the Para Dressage department if there are any questions. Athletes must meet the Eligibility requirements by the deadline of 19 June 2024.

Veterinary - New documents available

Kindly note that new Veterinary documents are now available on the FEI Paris 2024 Hub.

• Pre-Arrival Testing: all of the Pre-Arrival Testing guidance and related submission forms for the Olympic and Paralympic Games have been finalised and are now available here.  
• Medications for Team Veterinarians: The list of medications that will be available for the team vets at the on-site clinic in Versailles is available here.

Should you have any questions, please contact the FEI Veterinary Department.

GENERAL

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Summary of useful Paris 2024 links

• FEI Paris 2024 Hub
• Disciplines – Qualification Systems
• FEI Regulations for Equestrian Events at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

FEI History Hub

Who was the first woman to take part in equestrian at Olympic Games?
When did equestrian enter the Paralympic programme? 
Visit the FEI History Hub and read up on all the fun facts of past editions of Olympic and Paralympic Games since the inclusion of equestrian sports.