Usman Khan and Azad Kashmir competing at Goulburn International
The FEI has now formally confirmed quota places for team and individual eventing, jumping and dressage competitions at Tokyo 2020 with three nations – Luxembourg (Dressage individual), Pakistan (Eventing individual) and Israel (Jumping team) – qualifying for the Olympic Games for the first time.
Usman Khan qualified Pakistan for their first ever Olympic eventing competition at Goulburn International Horse Trials in Australia (watch our interview with Usman here). The Czech Republic and Hong Kong, which have both qualified for an individual place in Eventing, are planning to return to the Games for the first time since Beijing 2008.
The new formats have opened the door for more nations to compete at the Games, with Jumping going up from 27 in Rio to 35 in Tokyo, Dressage increasing from 25 to 30 and Eventing rising from 24 to 30. In total, the number of flags has risen from 43 in Rio to 48 in Tokyo.
The deadline to achieve the Minimum Eligibility Requirements (MERs) is 1 June, after which the FEI will confirm approval of the FEI Certificates of Capability to the National Federations. The final athlete/horse combinations for the three disciplines will be announced on 6 July 2020.
The Olympic equestrian events get underway the day after the Opening Ceremony in Tokyo on 24 July. Dressage will be the first discipline to hold its competitions (July 25-29), followed by Eventing (31 July to 3 August) and then Jumping (4-8 August). The competitions will take place at the Baji Koen Equestrian Park and the Sea Forest Cross Country venue.
View the full list of quota allocations here (Updated May 20th)
