Equestrian Sports for the 2012 Olympicswill be staged at a new purpose-built equestrian sports arena at Greenwich Park, London in July and August.
The three disciplines of the Equestrian Sports at the Olympics are competed for as individuals and teams Dressage is the balance between horse and rider expressed in movement
Every horse and rider pair perform a battery of movements and the best three scores from each team's four pairs were added together to give a score for each team. The medal winners of the 2008 Olympics were: Gold Germany (GER) Silver Germany (GER) Bronze Denmark
1. Dressage - 2. Cross Country - 3. Show Jumping - Every rider completes each section and penalty points are awarded. The best three scores from up to 5 pairs for each team are added together to give a final score for each team. The medal winners of the 2008 Olympics were: Gold Germany (GER) Silver Australia (AUS) Bronze Great Britain (GBR) 
Team jumping The second and third rounds of show-jumping from the individual jumping event were used to determine scores for the team round. The best three scores from teams having more than three competing pairs were used to determine the team score. The medal winners of the 2008 Olympics were: Gold United States (USA) Silver Canada (CAN) Bronze Switzerland (SUI)
1. Each rider performs a battery of movements and the 25 riders with the highest marks awarded by five judges go on to the next round. 2. The top 25 riders again perform the tests and the 15 riders with the highest marks awarded by the five judges go on to the final round. 3. This round consistes of a Freestyle Test choreographed by each rider and set to music. The judges scores are based on artisitic and technical merit and the final scores are based on the average results of the Freestyle and Tests of the previous round. The medal winners of the 2008 Olympics were: Gold Anky van Grunsven on Salinero Netherlands (NED) Silver Isabell Werth on Satchmo Germany (GER) Bronze Heike Kemmer on Bonaparte Germany (GER) Individual eventing is contested in 4 sections: 1. Dressage - Three judges give each rider a score out of 10 for 10 separate elements. The scores are then averaged and the result subtracted from 100 and multiplied by 1.5 to give a number of penalty points. 2. Cross Country - The rider must complete a 4.56km course of 29 obstacles in 8 minutes. Four penalty points are awarded for every second above that time and twenty penalty points for every obstacle not cleanly jumped. 3. Show Jumping (1) - The rider must complete a course of obstacles. One penalty point is awarded for every second above the maximum time for the course and four penalty points for every obstacle not cleanly jumped or refused. 4. Show Jumping (2) - The top 25 riders after the first jumping section(limited to three pairs per nation) contest the second section of jumping; the scores from this are added to the scores of the first three phases to give a grand total. The medal winners of the 2008 Olympics were: Gold Hinrich Romeike on Marius Germany (GER) Silver Gina Miles on McKinlaigh United States (USA) Bronze Kristina Cook on Miners Frolic Great Britain (GBR)
Rounds 1-3 eliminate all but the top 35 riders Round 4 eliminates all but the top 20 riders Round 5 the scores of this final round are added to the score of the previous round to give a grand total. The medal winners of the 2008 Olympics were: Gold Eric Lamaze on Hickstead Canada (CAN) Silver Rolf-Göran Bengtsson on Ninja Sweden (SWE) Bronze Beezie Madden on Authentic United States (USA)
Eventing [Team and individual] Sat 28 July: 10.00-16.15 Dressage, day 1 Sun 29 July: 10.00-16.15 Dressage, day 2 Mon 30 July: 12.30-17.30 Cross-country Tues 31 July: 10.30-16.00 Showjumping and medal ceremonies Dressage Thurs 2 Aug: 11.00-15.30 Team dressage: day 1 Fri 3 Aug: 11.00-15.30 Team dressage: day 2 Tues 7 Aug: 10.00-16.15 Team dressage: finals and medal ceremony Thurs 9 Aug: 12.30-16.30 Individual dressage: GP freestyle and medal ceremony Jumping Sat 4 Aug: 10.30-14.15 Individual: 1st qualifier Team: qualifier for round 1 Sun 5 Aug: 11.00-14.30 Team: round 1 Mon 6 Aug: 14.00-17.30 Team: round 2 and medal ceremony Wed 8 Aug: 12.00-16.35 Individual: final rounds and medal ceremony Riders to note UK Piggy French - winner of the Olympic Test Event 2011 and a member of the UK World Class Squad Carl Hester winner of the equestrian "Olympic athlete of the year" award 2011 and part of the gold medal-winning team at the European Dressage Championships Mary King crowned eventing's world number one 2011 Useful Equestrian Sports Links:
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