Julio Mendoza Loor and Jewel’s Goldstrike of Ecuador; there is still some water to go under the bridge, however at this stage Ecuador is looking likley to gain an individual slot for the dressage at Paris 2024 after the FEI announced its finalised Olympic Rankings on Tuesday 2 January. Image: FEI/Shannon Brinkman.
Countries likely to gain individual Olympic slots revealed
Following the end of the relevant qualification period at 31 December 2023, the FEI on Tuesday published the Olympic Rankings which are used as the basis for the individual qualification slots for Paris 2024.
Jumping
Overall quota: 75 Athlete/Horse Combinations – 20 Teams (60 Athlete/Horse Combinations) & 15 Individual Athlete/Horse Combinations
Teams: France (as host nation), Sweden, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Spain, Switzerland, Israel, Poland, United States of America, Canada, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Japan, Brazil.
Individuals (assuming all nations above accept their team slots):
- Olympic Ranking – Group A: Denmark and Norway
- Olympic Ranking – Group B: Italy and Portugal
- Olympic Ranking – Group C: Latvia and Greece
- Olympic Ranking – Group D and E: Venezuela // through Pan Am Games: Colombia, Argentina, Chile
- Olympic Ranking – Group F: Egypt and Syria
- Olympic Ranking – Group G: Thailand and New Zealand
- Highest ranked NOC not yet qualified: Luxembourg
Dressage
Overall quota: 60 Athlete/Horse Combinations – 15 Teams (45 Athlete/Horse Combinations) & 15 Individual Athlete/Horse Combinations
Teams: France (as host nation), Denmark, Great Britain, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, United States of America, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Poland, Brazil, Canada, Australia.
Individuals (assuming all nations above accept their team slots):
- Olympic Ranking – Group A: Norway and Finland
- Olympic Ranking – Group B: Portugal and Luxembourg
- Olympic Ranking – Group C: Lithuania and Moldova
- Olympic Ranking – Group D and E: Dominican Republic and Venezuela // through Pan Am Games: Ecuador and Chile
- Olympic Ranking – Group F: Morocco and Palestine
- Olympic Ranking – Group G: New Zealand and Singapore
- Highest ranked NOC not yet qualified: Switzerland
Eventing
Overall quota: 65 Athlete/Horse Combinations – 16 Teams (48 Athlete/Horse Combinations) & 17 Individual Athlete/Horse Combinations)
Teams: France (as host nation), Germany, United States of America, New Zealand, Great Britain, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Canada, Brazil, Australia, Japan, Italy.
Individuals (assuming all nations above accept their team slots):
- Olympic Ranking – Group A: Denmark (1) and Finland (1)
- Olympic Ranking – Group B: Spain (1) and Austria (1)
- Olympic Ranking – Group C: Lithuania (1) and Hungary (1)
- Olympic Ranking – Groups D & E: Chile (1), Argentina (1), Ecuador (2)
- Olympic Ranking – Group F: South Africa (1) and Morocco (1)
- Olympic Ranking – Group G: China (2)
- Three highest Ranked: Spain (+1), Finland (+1), Czech Republic (+1)
Source: FEI press release / Read the full press release here
Published 4 January 2024
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