The events of the equestrian at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
featured three
equestrian
The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse".
Horseback riding (or Riding in British English)
Examples of this are:
* Equestrian sports
*Equestrian order, one of the upper classes i ...
disciplines:
dressage
Dressage ( or ; a French term, most commonly translated to mean "training") is a form of horse riding performed in exhibition and competition, as well as an art sometimes pursued solely for the sake of mastery. As an equestrian sport defined b ...
,
eventing
Eventing (also known as three day eventing or horse trials) is an equestrian event where a single horse and rider combine and compete against other competitors across the three disciplines of dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. Thi ...
and
jumping
Jumping or leaping is a form of locomotion or movement in which an organism or non-living (e.g., robotic) mechanical system propels itself through the air along a ballistic trajectory. Jumping can be distinguished from running, galloping and o ...
. All three disciplines are further divided into individual and team contests for a total of six events.
The
Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre
The Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre hosted the equestrian events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The venue is located at Markópoulo on the outskirts of the Athens suburbs. It was completed in December 2003 and officially opene ...
, on the outskirts of
Markopoulo in the
Attica
Attica ( el, Αττική, Ancient Greek ''Attikḗ'' or , or ), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the city of Athens, the capital of Greece and its countryside. It is a peninsula projecting into the Aegean Se ...
region of
Greece
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, hosted the dressage and jumping events while the eventing took place in the nearby Eventing Park.
Medal table
Medalists
Schedule
Equestrian events took place over 14 days, from 14 August to 27 August. Eventing was held on the first five days, while the other two disciplines overlapped for most of the rest of the schedule.
# 14 August
#* Eventing - first horse inspection
# 15 August
#* Eventing - dressage
# 16 August
#* Eventing - dressage
# 17 August
#* Eventing - cross country
# 18 August
#* Eventing - second horse inspection
#* Eventing - first round of jumping (used for team jumping portion and individual qualification)
#* Eventing - individual jumping final
# 19 August
#* Dressage - horse inspection
#* Jumping - training
# 20 August
#* Dressage - grand prix
#* Jumping - first horse inspection
# 21 August
#* Dressage - grand prix
# 22 August
#* Jumping - first qualifier
# 23 August
#* Dressage - grand prix special
# 24 August
#* Jumping - second qualifier (first team round)
#* Jumping - third qualifier (second team round)
#* Jumping - team jump-off
# 25 August
#* Dressage - grand prix freestyle
# 26 August
#* Jumping - second horse inspection
# 27 August
#* Jumping - final round A
#* Jumping - final round B
#* Jumping - jump-off
Officials
Appointment of officials was as follows:
;Dressage
* Mariëtte Withages (Ground Jury President)
* Vincenzo Truppa (Ground Jury Member)
* Francis Verbeek-van Rooy (Ground Jury Member)
* Wojktek Markowski (Ground Jury Member)
* Dieter Schüle (Ground Jury Member)
* Beatrice Bürchler-Keller (Ground Jury Member)
* Stephen Clarke (Ground Jury Member)
;Jumping
* Sven Holmberg (Ground Jury President)
* José Alvarez de Bohorques (Ground Jury Member)
* Francois Ferland (Ground Jury Member)
* Leonidas Georgopoulos (Ground Jury Member)
* Leopoldo Palacios (Technical Delegate)
;Eventing
* Christoph Hess (Ground Jury President)
* Angela Tucker (Ground Jury Member)
* Cara Whitham (Ground Jury Member)
* Albino Garbari (Course Designer)
* Michael Etherington-Smith (Technical Delegate)
References
External links
Official result book – Equestrian
{{Equestrian at the Summer Olympics
2004
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Events January
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2004 Summer Olympics events