Equestrian is the latest sport to confirm its line-up for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Following in the recent footsteps of handball and women’s football, the three equestrian disciplines – dressage, jumping and eventing – have seen all their berths allocated, the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has confirmed. 

The places are allocated to National Olympic and Paralympic Committees, who decide whether to use the quotas and which athletes to send.

Six nations will be making debuts at Rio 2016: Chinese Taipei and Qatar in jumping, the Dominican Republic and Palestine in dressage, Zimbabwe in eventing, and Uruguay in the Paralympic equestrian competition, which is dressage only.

A total of 43 nations will compete in the Olympic equestrian events, while 30 countries will be represented in the Paralympic events.

“We are thrilled to be welcoming new nations to the Olympic and Paralympic equestrian family,” said FEI President Ingmar De Vos. “The Olympic and Paralympic Games are the pinnacle of our sport and we are looking forward to absolutely top-class equestrian action during both Games.”

Check out which countries have qualified to compete for medals in each discipline at the Olympic Equestrian Centre in Deodoro Olympic Park this August:

Dressage

Eleven teams and 20 individual riders won places in this most noble of sports, whose grace and elegance have earned in the nickname ‘horse ballet’. The qualifiers, as confirmed by FEI, are:

Teams: Brazil, Germany, Australia, Great Britain, Netherlands, USA, Spain, Sweden, France, Japan, Denmark

Individual: Denmark (4), Austria, Belgium, Russia (2), South Africa, Republic of Korea, Canada (2), Dominican Republic, Mexico, Palestine, New Zealand, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland, Ukraine. 

Become a dressage expert with our interactive infographic
 

Jumping

Fifteen teams and 15 individual riders won places in this high-octane equestrian discipline, the first to be contested in the Olympic Games (in 1900). The qualifiers, as confirmed by FEI, are:

Teams: Brazil, Netherlands, France, USA, Germany, Sweden, Qatar, Canada, Argentina, Ukraine, Switzerland, Great Britain, Japan, Australia, Spain

Individual: Ireland, Portugal, Turkey, Morrocco, Venezuela (2), Colombia (2), Uruguay, Peru, Chinese Tapei, Belgium (2), Italy, Egypt.

Become an jumping expert with our interactive infographic

Eventing

Fourteen teams and 21 individual riders won places in the ‘equestrian triathlon’, which brings together dressage, jumping and corss-country. The qualifiers, as confirmed by FEI, are:

Teams: Brazil, Germany, Australia, Great Britain, Netherlands, Ireland, Canada, USA, France, Sweden, New Zealand, Italy, Russia, Switzerland.

Individual: Finland, Italy (3), Russia (3), Chile, Zimbabwe, Japan (2), Belarus, Switzerland (3), Puerto Rico, Ecuador, China, Belgium (2), Spain.

Become an eventing expert with our interactive infographic

Paralympic

Fourteen teams won places in the Paralympic Games dressage competition, while 15 nations will be represented by individuals only. The qualifiers, as confirmed by FEI, are:

Teams: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, USA.
 
*Two nations can field ‘composite’ teams because they won three or more individual places: France (4) and Russia (3).
 
Nations represented by individuals only: Argentina, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Mexico, Portugal, Slovakia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay.  

Become a Paralympic equestrian expert with our interactive infographic
 

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Rio2016.com is not an absolute authority on qualification for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which is an ongoing process. Final places will only be confirmed in July 2016 (for the Olympic Games) and August 2016 (for the Paralympic Games). The qualification systems are defined by each sport’s respective International Federation and the International Olympic Committee or International Paralympic Committee, and are subject to change. When an athlete or team wins a quota place for their nation, the final decision on whether this ‘slot’ is used and which athletes are sent is taken by the respective National Olympic Committee or National Paralympic Committee (NOC or NPC). Even when athletes win a ‘nominal’ place for themselves, NOCs/NPCs may have to decide who to send if the number of qualified athletes from one country exceeds the quota.