Equestrian at The 1928 Summer Olympics

Equestrian At The 1928 Summer Olympics

The Equestrian Events at the 1928 Summer Olympics included Dressage, Eventing, and Show Jumping. All three disciplines had both individual and team competitions. The competitions were held from August 8, 1928 to August 12, 1928. Teams were now fielded by three riders, rather than four, the purpose being to reduce pressure on National Federations to find that many riders in order to compete for team medals. Riders had to be considered amateurs, which was defined as either an actively-serving professional officer, or as a gentleman rider as defined by the rules of that rider's national governing body. A total of 121 entries were present from 20 nations: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Netherland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the USA. This was the first appearance for Hungary, Japan and Argentina in equestrian events at an Olympics. Additionally, after 2 years of being shut out, Germany also returned to the Games to win a few medals in the equestrian events.

Horses were stabled in Hilversum, a town 30-km from Amsterdam and the location of the majority of the equestrian competition, with two jumping competitions taking place in the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. The equestrian competitions produced an income of over 150,000 florins, out of a total of 1,435,000 florins income for the entire Games.