Julio Mendoza Loor and Jewel’s Goldstrike of Ecuador; there is still some water to go under the bridge, however at this stage Ecuador is looking likley to gain an individual slot for the dressage at Paris 2024 after the FEI announced its finalised Olympic Rankings on Tuesday 2 January. Image: FEI/Shannon Brinkman.

Countries likely to gain individual Olympic slots revealed

Following the end of the relevant qualification period at 31 December 2023, the FEI on Tuesday published the Olympic Rankings which are used as the basis for the individual qualification slots for Paris 2024.

Jumping

Overall quota: 75 Athlete/Horse Combinations – 20 Teams (60 Athlete/Horse Combinations) & 15 Individual Athlete/Horse Combinations

Teams: France (as host nation), Sweden, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Spain, Switzerland, Israel, Poland, United States of America, Canada, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Japan, Brazil.

Individuals (assuming all nations above accept their team slots):

Olympic Ranking – Group A: Denmark and Norway
Olympic Ranking – Group B: Italy and Portugal
Olympic Ranking – Group C: Latvia and Greece
Olympic Ranking – Group D and E: Venezuela // through Pan Am Games: Colombia, Argentina, Chile
Olympic Ranking – Group F: Egypt and Syria
Olympic Ranking – Group G: Thailand and New Zealand
Highest ranked NOC not yet qualified: Luxembourg

Dressage

Overall quota: 60 Athlete/Horse Combinations – 15 Teams (45 Athlete/Horse Combinations) & 15 Individual Athlete/Horse Combinations

Teams: France (as host nation), Denmark, Great Britain, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, United States of America, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Poland, Brazil, Canada, Australia.

Individuals (assuming all nations above accept their team slots):

Olympic Ranking – Group A: Norway and Finland
Olympic Ranking – Group B: Portugal and Luxembourg
Olympic Ranking – Group C: Lithuania and Moldova
Olympic Ranking – Group D and E: Dominican Republic and Venezuela // through Pan Am Games: Ecuador and Chile
Olympic Ranking – Group F: Morocco and Palestine
Olympic Ranking – Group G: New Zealand and Singapore
Highest ranked NOC not yet qualified: Switzerland

Eventing

Overall quota: 65 Athlete/Horse Combinations – 16 Teams (48 Athlete/Horse Combinations) & 17 Individual Athlete/Horse Combinations)

Teams: France (as host nation), Germany, United States of America, New Zealand, Great Britain, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Canada, Brazil, Australia, Japan, Italy.

Individuals (assuming all nations above accept their team slots):