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The equestrian events at the 1984
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. The equestrian sports were held primarily at
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, which offered stabling for up to 2100 horses, a grandstand with almost 16000 seats, and was managed by experienced horsemen.
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hosted the endurance portions of the three-day event. Horses were required to be at least six years old. Up to 14 riders and 22 horses were permitted per country. In total 157 entries from thirty nations (Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), Great Britain, Guatemala, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States, the Virgin Islands, and Yugoslavia) competed. Due to the
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, the Soviet Union and its satellite nations were absent.


Medal summary


Medal table


Officials

Appointment of officials was as follows: ;Dressage * Donald Thackeray (Ground Jury President) * Johanna Hall (Ground Jury Member) * Wolfgang Niggli (Ground Jury Member) * Elena Kondratieva (Ground Jury Member) * Heinz Schütte (Ground Jury Member) ;Jumping * Knud Larsen (Ground Jury President) * Eryk Brabec (Ground Jury Member) * Jaap Rijks (Ground Jury Member) * John Ammermann (Ground Jury Member) * Bertalan de Nemethy (Course Designer) * Arno Gego (Technical Delegate) ;Eventing * Anton Bühler (Ground Jury President) * Jonathan Burton (Ground Jury Member) * François Lucas (Ground Jury Member) * Neil Ayer (Course Designer) * Ewen B. Graham (Technical Delegate)


See also

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Equestrian at the Friendship Games Equestrianism, Equestrian events at the Friendship Games included show jumping, dressage and eventing in both individual and team competitions. Events were held on three venues in People's Republic of Poland, Poland: Jumping events were held in So ...


References


External links


Official Olympic Report
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