Equestrian Events At The 2012 Summer Paralympics
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2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...
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events. The competitions was held in the Greenwich Park from 30 August to 4 September.


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: ;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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


Medal table


Medal summary


Medalists


References

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External links


Official website of the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Official Paralympics websiteFEI:Fédération Equestre Internationale
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