World Equestrian Games

The German Post AG in 2006 on 9 February surcharge stamps for the sport output. Including a brand that refers to the 2006 World Equestrian Championships in Aachen . Here with first day cancellation from Berlin.

The World Equestrian Games ( World Equestrian Games ) were caused by the FEI discharged common world championships in six to eight disciplines equestrian sport . Since 1990, they have been organized in one place for the six equestrian sports of dressage , show jumping , eventing , endurance riding , vaulting and driving . Until then, the world championships of the individual disciplines were held in separate events.

In 2002 reining (the “ Western dressage”) was added as the seventh sport at the World Equestrian Games , and in 2010 the dressage competitions for riders with disabilities .

The World Equestrian Games were an opportunity, especially for the non-Olympic disciplines, to get public attention far beyond the usual level for their sport. However, the requirement to provide accommodation, training and sports facilities for so many horses, human athletes and spectators at the same time overwhelmed most organizers. This led to financial and organizational problems. Therefore, there were hardly any applicants for possible World Equestrian Games in the 2010s.

Stockholm 1990

The first World Equestrian Games took place in Stockholm in 1990 .

Medal table

discipline	gold	silver	bronze
Individual evaluation
Leap	Eric Navet	John Whitaker	Hubert Bourdy
dressage	Nicole Uphoff	Kyra Kyrklund	Monica Theodorescu
versatility	Blyth Tait	Ian Stark	Bruce Davidson
Drive	Tomas Eriksson	Jozsef Bozsik	-
Vaulting (men)	Michael Lehner	Christoph Lensing	Dietmar Otto
Vaulting (women)	Silke Bernhard	Silke Michelberger	Ute Schönian
Endurance riding	Becky Hart	Jane Donovan	June Petersen
Team ranking
Leap	France	Germany	United Kingdom
dressage	Germany	Soviet Union	Switzerland
versatility	New Zealand	United Kingdom	Germany
Drive	Sweden	Hungary	-
Vaulting	Switzerland	Germany	United States
Endurance riding	United Kingdom	Belgium	Spain

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Germany	4th	4th	4th	12
2	France	2		1	3
3	New Zealand	2			2
	Sweden	2			2
5	United Kingdom	1	4th	1	6th
6th	United States	1		2	3
7th	Switzerland	1		1	2
8th	Hungary		2		2
9	Finland		1		1
	Soviet Union		1		1
	Belgium		1		1
12	Spain			1	1
	Australia			1	1

The Hague 1994

The second World Equestrian Games took place in The Hague in 1994 . However, contrary to the expectations of the organizers, public interest was low.

Medal table

discipline	gold	silver	bronze
Individual evaluation
Leap	Franke Sloothaak	Michel Robert	Sören von Rönne
Dressage (special)	Isabell Werth	Nicole Uphoff	Sven Rothenberger
Dressage (freestyle)	Anky van Grunsven	Klaus Balkenhol	Karin Rehbein
versatility	Vaughn Jefferis	Dorothy Trapp	Karen Dixon
Drive	Michael friend	George Bowman	IJsbrand Chardon
Vaulting (men)	Thomas Fiskbaek	Christoph Lensing	Thomas Foecking
Vaulting (women)	Tanja Benedetto	Kerith Lemon	Mieke Lorentz
Endurance riding	Valerie Kanavy	Dennis Pesce	Stéphane Fleury
Team ranking
Leap	Germany	France	Switzerland
dressage	Germany	Netherlands	United States
versatility	United Kingdom	France	Germany
Drive	Germany	Belgium	Netherlands
Vaulting	Switzerland	Germany	Sweden
Endurance riding	France	Spain	Australia

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Germany	7th	4th	5	16
2	France	1	4th	1	6th
3	United States	1	2	1	4th
4th	Netherlands	1	1	3	5
5	United Kingdom	1	1	1	3
6th	Switzerland	1		1	2
7th	New Zealand	1			1
	Denmark	1			1
9	Belgium		1		1
	Spain		1		1
11	Sweden			1	1
	Australia			1	1

Rome 1998

The 1998 World Equestrian Games were originally supposed to take place in Dublin , but were eventually moved to Rome . After the games in The Hague four years earlier, which were disappointing in terms of media interest, the games in Rome became more successful again.

Medal table

discipline	gold	silver	bronze
Individual evaluation
Leap	Rodrigo Pessoa	Thierry Pomel	Franke Sloothaak
dressage	Isabell Werth	Anky van Grunsven	Ulla Salzgeber
versatility	Blyth Tait	Mark Todd	Paula Törnqvist
Drive	Werner Ulrich	Michael friend	Sound Monhemius
Vaulting (men)	Devon Maitozo	Matthias Lang	Henrik Ossenbrink
Vaulting (women)	Nadia Zulow	Kerith Lemon	Janine Oswald
Endurance riding	Valerie Kanavy	Fausto Fiorucci	Daisuke Yasunaga
Team ranking
Leap	Germany	France	United Kingdom
dressage	Germany	Netherlands	Sweden
versatility	New Zealand	France	United Kingdom
Drive	Netherlands	Germany	Sweden
Vaulting	Germany	Switzerland	United States
Endurance riding	New Zealand	United States	Australia

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Germany	5	2	3	10
2	New Zealand	3	1		4th
3	United States	2	2	1	5
4th	Netherlands	1	2	1	4th
5	Switzerland	1		1	2
6th	Brazil	1			1
7th	France		4th		4th
8th	Italy		1		1
9	Sweden			4th	4th
10	United Kingdom			2	2
11	Japan			1	1
	Australia			1	1

Jerez 2002

A seventh discipline, reining, was introduced for the first time in Jerez de la Frontera in 2002 .

Medal table

discipline	gold	silver	bronze
Individual evaluation
Leap	Dermott Lennon	Eric Navet	Peter Wylde
dressage	Nadine Capellmann	Beatriz Ferrer Salad	Ulla Salzgeber
versatility	Jean Teulère	Jeanette Brakewell	Piia Pantsu
Drive	IJsbrand Chardon	Christoph Sandmann	Tomas Eriksson
Vaulting (men)	Matthias Lang	Gero Meyer	Devon Maitozo
Vaulting (women)	Nadia Zulow	Rikke Laumann	Ines Jückstock
Endurance riding	Sheikh Ahmed Bin Mohd Al Maktoum	Antonio Rosi	Sunny Demedy
Reining	Shawn Flarida	Tom McCutcheon	Shawna Sapergia
Team ranking
Leap	France	Sweden	Belgium
dressage	Germany	United States	Spain
versatility	United States	France	United Kingdom
Drive	Netherlands	United States	Germany
Vaulting	Germany	Switzerland	Sweden
Endurance riding	France	Italy	Australia
Reining	United States	Canada	Italy

Demonstration at the World Equestrian Games 2002

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Germany	4th	2	3	9
2	France	4th	2	1	7th
3	United States	3	3	2	8th
4th	Netherlands	2			2
5	Ireland	1			1
	UAE	1			1
7th	Italy		2	1	3
8th	Sweden		1	2	3
9	Canada		1	1	2
	United Kingdom		1	1	2
	Spain		1	1	2
12	Denmark		1		1
	Switzerland		1		1
14th	Australia			1	1
	Belgium			1	1
	Finland			1	1

Aachen 2006

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The 2006 World Equestrian Games took place in Aachen from August 20th to September 3rd .

Medal table

discipline	gold	silver	bronze
Individual evaluation
Leap	Jos Lansink	Beezie Madden	Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum
Dressage (special)	Isabell Werth	Anky van Grunsven	Andreas Helgstrand
Dressage (freestyle)	Anky van Grunsven	Andreas Helgstrand	Isabell Werth
versatility	Zara Phillips	Clayton Frederick	Amy Tyron
Drive	Felix Marie Brasseur	IJsbrand Chardon	Christoph Sandmann
Vaulting (men)	Kai Vorberg	Gero Meyer	Ladislav Majdlen
Vaulting (women)	Megan Benjamin	Katharina Faltin	Nicola Ströh
Endurance riding	Miguel Vila Ubach	Virginie Atger	Elodie Le Labourier
Reining	Duane Latimer	Tim McQuay	Aaron Ralston
Team ranking
Leap	Netherlands	United States	Germany
dressage	Germany	Netherlands	United States
versatility	Germany	United Kingdom	Australia
Drive	Germany	Belgium	Netherlands
Vaulting	Germany	United States	Austria
Endurance riding	France	Switzerland	Portugal
Reining	United States	Canada	Italy

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Germany	6th	1	5	12
2	United States	2	4th	3	9
3	Netherlands	2	3	1	6th
4th	Belgium	2	1		3
5	France	1	1	1	3
6th	United Kingdom	1	1		2
	Canada	1	1		2
8th	Spain	1			1
9	Austria		1	1	2
	Denmark		1	1	2
	Australia		1	1	2
12	Switzerland		1		1
13	Portugal			1	1
	Italy			1	1
	Slovakia			1	1

Kentucky 2010

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The 2010 World Equestrian Games were held in Lexington , Kentucky from September 25th to October 10th . As a further discipline, the dressage competitions for riders with disabilities were added to the program for the first time .

Medal table

discipline	gold	silver	bronze
Individual evaluation
Leap	Philippe Le Jeune	Abdullah al-Sharbatly	Eric Lamaze
Dressage (special)	Edward Gal	Laura Bechtolsheimer	Steffen Peters
Dressage (freestyle)	Edward Gal	Laura Bechtolsheimer	Steffen Peters
versatility	Michael Jung	William Fox-Pitt	Andrew Nicholson
Drive	Boyd Exell	IJsbrand Chardon	Tucker Johnson
Vaulting (men)	Patric Looser	Kai Vorberg	Nicolas Andréani
Vaulting (women)	Joanne Eccles	Antje Hill	Simone Wiegele
Endurance riding	Maria Mercedes Alvarez pontoon	Sheikh Muhammad bin Raschid Al Maktum	Sheikh Hamdan bin Muhammad Al Maktum
Reining	Tom McCutcheon	Craig Schmersal	Duane Latimer
Dressage for riders with disabilities, Grade Ia championship test	Sophie Christiansen	Anne Dunham	Emma Sheardown
Dressage for riders with disabilities, grade Ia freestyle	Emma Sheardown	Sophie Christiansen	Anne Dunham
Dressage of riders with disabilities, Grade Ib championship test	Lee Pearson	Ricky Balshaw	Jens Lasse Dokkan
Dressage for riders with disabilities, Grade Ib freestyle	Lee Pearson	Stinna Tange Kaastrup	Katja Karjalainen
Dressage for riders with disabilities, Grade II championship test	Petra van de Sande	Britta Näpel	Caroline Cecilie Nielsen
Dressage for riders with disabilities, Grade II freestyle	Germany	Gert Bolmer	Jo Pitt
Dressage for riders with disabilities, Grade III championship test	Hannelore Brenner	Annika Lykke Dalskov	Sharon Jarvis
Dressage for riders with disabilities, Grade III freestyle	Hannelore Brenner	Annika Lykke Dalskov	Sharon Jarvis
Dressage of riders with disabilities, Grade IV championship test	Sophie Wells	Frank Hosmar	Henrik Weber Sibbesen
Dressage for riders with disabilities, Grade IV freestyle	Sophie Wells	Michèle George	Frank Hosmar
Team ranking
Leap	Germany	France	Belgium
dressage	Netherlands	United Kingdom	Germany
versatility	United Kingdom	Canada	New Zealand
Drive	Netherlands	United States	Germany
Vaulting	United States	Germany	Austria
Endurance riding	United Arab Emirates	France	Germany
Reining	United States	Belgium	Italy
Dressage for disabled riders	United Kingdom	Germany	Denmark

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Great Britain	9	7th	3	19th
2	Germany	5	5	4th	14th
3	Netherlands	5	3	1	9
4th	United States	3	2	3	8th
5	Belgium	1	2	1	4th
6th	United Arab Emirates	1	1	1	3
7th	Australia	1		2	3
8th	Spain	1			1
	Switzerland	1			1
10	Denmark		3	3	6th
11	France		2	1	3
12	Canada		1	2	3
13	Saudi Arabia		1		1
14th	New Zealand			2	2
15th	Italy			1	1
	Finland			1	1
	Austria			1	1
	Norway			1	1

Normandy 2014

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The 2014 World Equestrian Games took place from 23 August to 7 September in the northern French region of Lower Normandy . A new addition to the program of the World Equestrian Games in 2014 is double vaulting (pas de deux).

The city of Caen was the main venue . The show jumping and dressage competitions were held in the Stade Michel-d'Ornano . The endurance rider's route was within sight of the famous monastery island of Mont-Saint-Michel , while the eventing riders competed in dressage and cross-country riding at the Haras du Pin stud . Two demonstration sports were held in Saint Lô and Deauville, horseball and polo .

Tryon 2018

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On June 9, 2014, the FEI awarded the 2018 World Equestrian Games to Bromont, Canada. The venue was to be the Bromont Olympic Equestrian Park, where most of the Olympic equestrian competitions were held in 1976 . In July 2016 it was announced that the organizers would have to terminate the contract with the FEI for financial reasons.

The FEI therefore re-awarded the World Equestrian Games in November 2016. The bid went to North Carolina in the United States of America. The 2018 World Equestrian Games were held here at the Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, located in Polk County . The event was held from September 11th to September 23rd, 2018.

World Championships 2022

After organizational problems at the last two World Equestrian Games and a lack of applicants due to clear financial problems of almost all organizers of the previous World Championships, the FEI decided to deviate from the concept of the World Equestrian Games. Multisport world championships in eight disciplines were no longer required of the possible organizers.

At the FEI General Assembly 2019, the Danish city ​​of Herning was awarded the contract for joint world championships in show jumping, vaulting, dressage riding and para-dressage riding. The other disciplines organize their own world championships, for example in eventing Pratoni del Vivaro in the area of ​​the town of Rocca di Papa in the outskirts of Rome.

Web links

Commons : World Equestrian Games  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• World Equestrian Games Kentucky 2010 website
• Website of the World Equestrian Games Normandy 2014 (English / French)
• Facts and results of the World Equestrian Games on the FEI website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FEI: Several championships awarded until 2024 , Julia Basic / Deutsche Reiterliche Vereinigung, October 16, 2019
2. ↑ Website of the World Equestrian Games 2014 ( Memento of February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (English / French)
3. ↑ Comité Régional de Tourisme de Normandie (CRT Normandie)
4. ↑ FEI Bureau allocates FEI World Equestrian Games ™ 2018 to Canada , FEI press release, June 9, 2014 (English)
5. ↑ 2018 World Equestrian Games in Bromont definitely canceled - FEI looking for alternatives , equinet.ch, July 26, 2016
6. ↑ Tryon will host the 2018 World Equestrian Games , St. Georg, November 3, 2016
7. ↑ FEI announces hosts for World Championships and World Cup Finals , inside.fei.org, November 16, 2019