Equestrian at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	Greenwich Park
Dates	30 August – 4 September
Competitors	78 from 27 nations
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Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Individual championship	Ia	Ib	II	III	IV
Individual freestyle	Ia	Ib	II	III	IV
Mixed team
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Equestrian events at the 2012 Summer Paralympics consisted of 11 dressage 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: ^[1]

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	5	5	1	11
2	Germany (GER)	2	3	2	7
3	Belgium (BEL)	2	0	0	2
4	Austria (AUT)	1	0	1	2
5	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
6	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	2	3
7	Singapore (SIN)	0	1	1	2
8	Finland (FIN)	0	1	0	1
9	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	2	2
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	2	2
Totals (10 entries)		11	11	11	33

Medal summary

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual championship test grade Ia details	Sophie Christiansen   Great Britain	Helen Kearney   Ireland	Laurentia Tan   Singapore
Individual championship test grade Ib details	Joann Formosa   Australia	Lee Pearson   Great Britain	Pepo Puch   Austria
Individual championship test grade II details	Natasha Baker   Great Britain	Britta Näpel   Germany	Angelika Trabert   Germany
Individual championship test grade III details	Hannelore Brenner   Germany	Deborah Criddle   Great Britain	Annika Dalskov   Denmark
Individual championship test grade IV details	Michèle George   Belgium	Sophie Wells   Great Britain	Frank Hosmar   Netherlands
Individual freestyle test grade Ia details	Sophie Christiansen   Great Britain	Laurentia Tan   Singapore	Helen Kearney   Ireland
Individual freestyle test grade Ib details	Pepo Puch   Austria	Katja Karjalainen   Finland	Lee Pearson   Great Britain
Individual freestyle test grade II details	Natasha Baker   Great Britain	Britta Näpel   Germany	Angelika Trabert   Germany
Individual freestyle test grade III details	Hannelore Brenner   Germany	Deborah Criddle   Great Britain	Annika Dalskov   Denmark
Individual freestyle test grade IV details	Michèle George   Belgium	Sophie Wells   Great Britain	Frank Hosmar   Netherlands
Team details	Great Britain (GBR) Lee Pearson Sophie Wells Deborah Criddle Sophie Christiansen	Germany (GER) Angelika Trabert Britta Näpel Steffen Zeibig Hannelore Brenner	Ireland (IRL) Eilish Byrne James Dwyer Geraldine Savage Helen Kearney

References

• "Schedules and Results - Equestrian". London 2012. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012.

External links

• Official website of the 2012 Summer Paralympics Archived 20 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
• Official Paralympics website
• FEI:Fédération Equestre Internationale