The traditional equestrian disciplines of show jumping, dressage and eventing, part of the Olympics since 1912, have been approved by the International Olympic Committee for the 2028 Los Angeles Games.
As usual, there will be individual and team medal competitions in each discipline, with 75 entries for jumping, 60 for dressage and 65 for eventing.
FEI President Ingmar De Vos noted that “The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games were a historic success for equestrian sport, which proved very popular with the live crowds and TV and online viewers worldwide. It’s great news that our numbers remain unchanged and we are looking forward to delivering exciting sport at the same level of excellence.”
The qualification systems for the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be put forward for approval by the FEI General Assembly 2025 this fall and be provided to the IOC for final review and sign off. The rumbling, meanwhile, is that Galway Downs might not be hosting the equestrian competition, although it has the tentative nod at the moment.
Equestrian will be one of the 31 sports on the program of the LA28 Olympic Games. The six medal equestrian events will be part of the 25 mixed events across all sports and the 351 events overall in LA28. The core athlete quota for LA is 10,500, with an extra 698 allocated for the five sports proposed by the LA28 Organizing Committee (Baseball/Softball, Cricket, Flag Football, Lacrosse and Squash).
A record breaking 50 nations participated in equestrian at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The number of nations in Paris 2024 was 49. Only 30 countries competed in equestrian at the 1984 Los Angeles Games.