Equestrian events at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Equestrian events at the 2004 Summer Paralympics at the Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre^[1] were competed in the dressage discipline only. There were four grades of rider disability:

• Grade I - Mainly wheelchair users with poor trunk balance and or impairment of function in all four limbs, or no trunk balance and good upper limb function, or moderate trunk balance with severe impairment of all four limbs.
• Grade II - Mainly wheelchair users, or those with severe locomotor impairment involving the trunk and with good to mild upper limb function, or severe unilateral impairment.
• Grade III - Usually able to walk without support. Moderate unilateral impairment, or moderate impairment in four limbs, severe arm impairment. May need a wheelchair for longer distances or due to lack of stamina. Total loss of sight in both eyes, or intellectually impaired. Profile 36 riders were required to wear blacked out glasses or a blindfold.
• Grade IV - Impairment in one or two limbs, or some visual impairment.

Equestrian at the XII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Equestrian
Venue	Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre
Dates	21–26 September 2004
Competitors	69 from 29 nations
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Men and women competed together, and the horses were also declared medal winners.^[2]

Participating countries

•   Argentina (1)
•   Australia (4)
•   Austria (1)
•   Belgium (2)
•   Bermuda (2)
•   Brazil (1)
•   Canada (4)
•   Croatia (2)
•   Denmark (4)
•   France (3)
•   Germany (5)
•   Great Britain (7)
•   Greece (1)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Ireland (1)
•   Israel (3)
•   Italy (1)
•   Japan (1)
•   Netherlands (3)
•   New Zealand (1)
•   Norway (5)
•   Peru (1)
•   Poland (1)
•   Portugal (1)
•   Russia (2)
•   South Africa (2)
•   Sweden (4)
•   Switzerland (1)
•   United States (4)

Officials

Appointment of officials is as follows:^[3]

Dressage

•   Kathy Amos-Jacob (Ground Jury President)
•   Mary Longden (Ground Jury Member)
•   Jane Goldsmith (Ground Jury Member)
•   Inga Holdt-Mencke (Ground Jury Member)
•   Evan-Bach Joergensen (Ground Jury Member)
•   Jonquil Solt (Technical Delegate)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	5	0	3	8
2	Norway (NOR)	2	0	0	2
	Sweden (SWE)	2	0	0	2
4	Germany (GER)	0	4	1	5
5	South Africa (RSA)	0	2	0	2
6	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	2	3
7	Australia (AUS)	0	1	1	2
8	United States (USA)	0	1	0	1
9	Canada (CAN)	0	0	2	2
10	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		9	9	10	28

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual championship dressage GI details	Lee Pearson on Blue Circle Boy   Great Britain	Jan Pike on Dr Doolittle   Australia	Sophie Christiansen on Hotstuff   Great Britain
Individual championship dressage GII details	Irene Slaettengren on Larino   Sweden	Joop Stokkel on Pegasus   Netherlands	Gert Bolmer on Lodewijk   Netherlands (tie)
			Nicola Tustain on Prinz Heinrich   Great Britain (tie)
Individual championship dressage GIII details	Deborah Criddle on Figaro IX   Great Britain	Bianca Vogel on Roquefort 16   Germany	Bettina Eistel on Aaron   Germany
Individual championship dressage GIV details	Ann Cathrin Lubbe on Zanko   Norway	Philippa Johnson on Burgmans Benedict   South Africa	Karen Brain on Dasskara   Canada
Individual freestyle dressage GI details	Lee Pearson on Blue Circle Boy   Great Britain	Lynn Seidemann on Phoenix B   United States	Jan Pike on Dr Doolittle   Australia
Individual freestyle dressage GII details	Irene Slaettengren on Larino   Sweden	Hannelore Brenner on Roquefort 16   Germany	Nicola Tustain on Prinz Heinrich   Great Britain
Individual freestyle dressage GIII details	Deborah Criddle on Figaro IX   Great Britain	Bettina Eistel on Aaron   Germany	Bert Vermeir on Den Eik Heino   Belgium
Individual freestyle dressage GIV details	Ann Cathrin Lubbe on Zanko   Norway	Philippa Johnson on Burgmans Benedict   South Africa	Karen Brain on Dasskara   Canada
Team dressage details	Great Britain (GBR) Deborah Criddle/Figaro IX Anne Dunham/Olret Lee Pearson/Blue Circle Boy Nicola Tustain/Prinz Heinrich	Germany (GER) Bettina Eistel/Aaron Britta Naepel/Loverboy 9 Bianca Vogel/Roquefort 16	Netherlands (NED) Gert Bolmer/Lodewijk Joop Stokkel/Pegasus Sjerstin Vermeulen/Jeffrey STV

See also

• Equestrian events at the 2004 Summer Olympics

References

1. . Athens 2004 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 18 March 2006. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
2. "Medallists: Athens 2004 Paralympic Games: Equestrian". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
3. "Paralympic Games 2004" (PDF). Fei.org. 26 November 2019.