Equestrian —Olympics: Equestrian consists of three disciplines — jumping , dressage and eventing . Eventing is a three-day event , which was restricted to military officers in the past. The other two disciplines of equestrian were open to civilians.
Equestrian in the Summer Games: Equestrian was included in the schedule of the Summer Games in the 1900 Paris Summer Games . It reappeared in the 1912 Summer Games . Since then, equestrian has been a regular event in the Summer Olympics' program. Currently, the disciplines of equestrian included in the Olympics are dressage , the three - day event and stadium jumping . In each discipline, both individual and team medals are competed for. Equestrian is the only sport in the Summer Games where men and women participate together .
Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Games: At the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing , equestrian events will be held at the equestrian venues in Hong Kong . The events will be held between 9 th august and 23 rd August . Stadium jumping will be held on 16 th , 18 th , 19 th and 22 nd August . The finals will be held on 19 th and 22 nd August . Dressage competitions are scheduled on 13 th , 14 th , 17 th and 21 st August . Eventing competition will be held from 9 th August to 12 th August . Total number of gold medals in contention for equestrian events is 6 , with 2 gold medals for each discipline . Germany , Sweden , the United States and Spain are the leading countries in the field of equestrian .
Rodrigo Pessoa, Chris Kappler, Marco Katscher, Leslie Law, Kimberly Severson, Pippa Funnell, Anky van Grunsven, Ulla Salzgeber and Beatriz Ferrer-Salat are some well known equestrian players who are the expected contenders in the twenty - ninth Summer Games .
