World Equestrian Games 2006

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 main stadium on the show grounds in the Aachen Soers on the evening of August 31, 2006.

The World Equestrian Games Aachen 2006 in equestrian sports ( World Equestrian Games 2006 ) found from August 20 to September 3, 2006 in Aachen instead.

organization

preparation

The Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein applied during the General Assembly of the World Equestrian Federation on April 25, 2002 in Rabat to host the World Equestrian Games in 2006. On September 18, 2002, the Executive Committee of the World Federation gave the Aachen application priority over the competitors from Lexington (USA ) , which will host the 2010 World Equestrian Games instead, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and the decentralized application from the United Kingdom , which included Hickstead , Badminton House and Goodwood . The Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein expected 500,000 visitors to the World Equestrian Games, which were held under the patronage of Angela Merkel , and which would bring an additional 230 million euros in economic power to the region. A week before the equestrian games began, 425,000 tickets had been sold.

During the CHIO 2003 the official World Cup logo was presented on September 17, 2003, and in December 2005 the official World Cup mascot "Karli" .

execution

On August 20, 2006, Princess Haya of Jordan opened the 2006 World Equestrian Games in Aachen. The opening ceremony with 350 horses was followed by 37,500 spectators in the Aachen main stadium of the Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein and another 1.8 million viewers on the broadcast of ZDF , which achieved a market share of 12.4 percent. On August 30th, ZDF achieved the highest rate with 3.41 million viewers (12.9 percent market share).

All in all, WDR , ARD , ZDF and Eurosport broadcast 70 hours from Aachen, and 157 broadcasts abroad. 1,200 journalists and 300 photographers reported on the 852 participating horses and 773 participating athletes from 61 nations. With 570,000 spectators at the competition venues, the expectations set in advance were exceeded despite the comparatively bad weather (73 liters of rain per m² fell during the equestrian games).

Competitions

Endurance riding

• 159 participants

As the first title holder of the Aachen World Equestrian Games, the Spaniard Miguel Vila Ubach was able to win the gold medal in endurance riding over 160 km with a time of 9 hours, 12 minutes and 27 seconds , the French Virginie Atger took second and third place (9: 16:13) and Elodie Le Labourier (9:16:14). As the best-placed Swiss, Urs Wenger (9:38:56) took tenth place, the best-placed German participant was Sabrina Arnold in thirteenth (9:59:32). As the best placed Austrian, Marguerita Fuller (11:57:37) reached the finish line in fiftieth.

The French team won the endurance team championship with 28 hours, 11 minutes and 27 seconds ahead of the teams from Switzerland (29:57:01) and Portugal (30:38:32). Germany (30:51:30) took fourth place.

Individual evaluation

rank	equestrian	horse	time
1	Miguel Vila Ubach	Hungares	9:12:27
2	Virginie Atger	Kangoo d'Aurabelle	9:16:13
3	Elodie Le Labourier	Sangho'Limousian	9:16:14
4th	Jaume Punti Badger	Elvis HB	9:22:07
5	Phillipe Benoit	Akim du Boulve	9:24:30
	...
10	Urs Wenger	Zialka	9:38:56
11	Sabrina Arnold	Madaq	9:48:15
	...
19th	Anna Lena Wagner	Tessa IV	10:09:02
20th	Nora Wagner	Temir	10:09:03
21st	Karin Maiga	Platyn	10:09:04
	...
25th	Susanne Kaufmann	Fay el Rat	10:31:37
26th	Belinda Hitzler	Iris de Soult	10:31:38
	...
50	Marguerita Fuller	Kalacsnyikov	11:57:37

Team ranking

rank	country	equestrian	time
1	France	Virginie Atger , Phillipe Benoit, Pascale Dietsch	28:11:27
2	Switzerland	Urs Wenger, Anna Lena Wagner, Nora Wagner	29:57:01
3	Portugal	Joao Raposo, Ana Margarita Costa, Ana Teresa Barbas	30:38:32
4th	Germany	Sabrina Arnold, Susanne Kaufmann, Belinda Hitzler	30:51:30
5	Netherlands	Jeanne Linneweever, Jannet van Wijk, Anita Lamsma	31:38:11

dressage

• 89 participants

At the end of the third day of the World Cup, the German team led the overall ranking of the dressage discipline . On the fourth day of the World Championships, August 23, she was able to defend this lead and became dressage world champion for the eighth time in a row with 223.625 percentage points. Second and third place went to the Netherlands (217.917 percentage points) and the United States (213.917 percentage points). Switzerland was in eighth place with 203.709 percentage points, Austria in eleventh place with 194.459 percentage points.

At the team world championship, which also serves as a qualification test for the individual evaluation - the 30 best-placed dressage riders took part in the Grand Prix Special on August 25, the top-placed 15 also took part in the Grand Prix Freestyle on August 26 - the Dane Andreas Helgstrand achieved the highest number of points before the Germans Heike Kemmer (75.792 percentage points) and the tied Anky van Grunsven from the Netherlands and Isabell Werth from Germany (75,000 percentage points each).
At the Grand Prix Special on August 25, Isabell Werth finally achieved the gold medal with 79.480 percentage points ahead of Anky van Grunsven (77.800) and Andreas Helgstrand (76.560). Silvia Iklé was the best placed Swiss participant in sixth place with 73.720 percentage points, the best placed Austrian was Victoria Max-Theurer with 65.240 percentage points in 29th place.
At the Grand Prix Freestyle on August 26, Anky van Grunsven won with 86.100 percentage points ahead of Andreas Helgstrand (81.500). Third in the main stadium, which was specially equipped with a dressage arena, was Isabell Werth with 80.750 percentage points, while Silvia Iklé, again the best Swiss rider, finished eleventh (74.750 percentage points).

Individual evaluation

Special

rank	equestrian	horse	percent
1	Isabell Werth	Satchmo	79,480
2	Anky van Grunsven	Keltec Salinero	77,800
3	Andreas Helgstrand	Blue Hors Matiné	76,560
4th	Steffen Peters	Floriano	75,200
5	Nadine Capellmann	Elvis VA	74.760
6th	Silvia Iklé	Salieri CH	73.720
7th	Heike Kemmer	Bonaparte	73.200
	...
13	Hubertus Schmidt	Wansuela Suerte	71.040
	...
16	Christian Plage	regent	69.200
	...
23	Marie-Line Wettstein	Le Primeur	66,440
	...
29	Victoria Max-Theurer	Falcao	65.240

Freestyle

rank	equestrian	horse	percent
1	Anky van Grunsven	Keltec Salinero	86.100
2	Andreas Helgstrand	Blue Hors Matiné	81,500
3	Isabell Werth	Satchmo	80.750
4th	Nadine Capellmann	Elvis VA	79,900
5	Heike Kemmer	Bonaparte	78.850
	...
11	Silvia Iklé	Salieri CH	74.750
	...
14th	Christian Plage	regent	71.100

Team ranking

rank	country	equestrian	percent
1	Germany	Heike Kemmer , Isabell Werth , Nadine Capellmann , Hubertus Schmidt	223.625
2	Netherlands	Anky van Grunsven , Imke Schellekens-Bartels, Edward Gal , Laurens van Lieren	217.917
3	United States	Steffen Peters , Debbie McDonald, Guenter Seidel , Leslie Morse	213,917
4th	Denmark	Andreas Helgstrand, Anders Dahl, Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein , Lone Jörgensen	208.874
5	Sweden	Jan Brink, Tinne Vilhelmson , Louise Nathorst, Kristian von Krusenstierna	208.750
	...
8th	Switzerland	Silvia Iklé, Christian Pläge, Marie-Line Wettstein, Marcela Krinke Susmelj	203.709
	...
11	Austria	Victoria Max-Theurer , Evelyn Haim-Swarovski, Nina Stadlinger, Caroline Kottas-Heldenberg	194.459

versatility

• 79 participants

The eventing competitions began with the first part of the dressage test on the fifth day of the World Championship, August 24th, which was continued the following day and ended with three Germans in the first three places (Bettina Hoy with 36.5, Ingrid Klimke with 39, 1 and Andreas Dibowski placed tied with the American Kimberley Severson with 40.90 minus points each). With the cross-country test on August 26th, Bettina Hoy fell back to second place with 43.7 minus points behind the British Zara Phillips with 41.7 minus points, third place went to German Frank Ostholt (46.9 minus points). Zara Phillips maintained her lead through the jumping competition on August 27th and won the overall standings with 46.7 minus points, ahead of Australian Clayton Fredericks (48.9 minus points) and American Amy Tyron (50.7 minus points). Frank Ostholt came fourth as the best German, beaten by just 0.3 minus points.

In the team standings, Germany (122.5 minus points) led after the dressage ahead of Australia (136.1) and the United Kingdom (138.6) and remained in the lead with 143 minus points after the cross-country test. The United States took third place with 190.10 minus points behind the now second-placed team from the United Kingdom with 175 minus points. After the jumping competition, the German team secured gold in the overall ranking with 156.0 minus points, followed by the British with 180.0 minus points and the Australians (197.3 minus points) in bronze.

Individual evaluation

rank	equestrian	horse	Minus points
1	Zara Phillips	Toy Town	46.7
2	Clayton Fredericks	Ben Along Time	48.8
3	Amy Tryon	Poggio	50.4
4th	Frank Ostholt	Air Jordan 2	50.7
5	Hinrich Romeike	Marius Voigt logistics	52.7
6th	Bettina Hoy	Ringwood Cockatoo	52.8
	...
31	Harald Ambros	Miss Ferrari	92.7
	...
34	Ingrid Klimke	Sleep Late	96.7
	...
36	Harald Siegl	Fog lights	97.3

Team ranking

rank	country	equestrian	Minus points
1	Germany	Frank Ostholt , Hinrich Romeike , Bettina Hoy , Ingrid Klimke	156.0
2	United Kingdom	Zara Phillips , Daisy Dick, William Fox-Pitt, Mary King	180.0
3	Australia	Clayton Fredericks, Megan Jones, Andrew Hoy , Sonja Johnson	197.3
4th	United States	Amy Tryon , Kimberley Severson, Will Faudree, Heidi White	198.1
5	Sweden	Magnus Gällerdal, Albert Dag, Linda Algotsson, Viktoria Calerbäck	218.2
	...
10	Austria	Harald Ambros , Harald Siegl, Harald Riedl	1190.0

Vaulting

• 80 individual participants plus 80 lunge guides
• 120 group participants

The vaulting competitions in the Albert-Vahle-Halle began on August 24th with the compulsory test, in which the German team (RSV in SC 36 Neuss-Grimlinghausen) scored 7.183 points ahead of Austria (RC Wildegg; 7.169 points) and the Switzerland (St. Gallen; 6.789 points) placed. After the freestyle test on August 26th, the German team was still in the lead with 7.999 points, ahead of the teams from Austria (7.818 points) and the United States (FAME; 7.774 points). In the second freestyle test on August 27, the German team secured the gold medal with 8.189 points, ahead of the teams from the United States (8.161 points) and Austria (8.152 points). Switzerland took fourth place with 7.785 points.

In the men's competition, the French Matthias Lang placed after the compulsory exercise with 8.107 points ahead of the reigning world champion Kai Vorberg from Germany (8.096 points), in the women's competition, the American Megan Benjamin with 8.015 points ahead of the German Ines Jückstock (7.967 points ). The first of two freestyle tests took place on August 25, after the one in the men's competition Kai Vorberg (8.422 points) ahead of his compatriot Tim-Randy Sia (8.238 points) and in the women's competition Megan Benjamin with 8.237 points ahead of the Austrian Katharina Faltin (8.126 points) ) was in the lead. With the technique test that took place on the same day, both Kai Vorberg maintained their lead in the men's competition with 8.283 points and Megan Benjamin in the women's competition with 8.673 points. In the second freestyle test on August 27th, Megan Benjamin scored 8.720 points and became world champion with a total of 8.421 points ahead of Katharina Faltin (8.600; 8.311) and her compatriot Sissi Jarz (8.407; 8.254). Kai Vorberg also maintained his lead and won gold with 8.967 points in the freestyle and a total of 8.524 points ahead of Gero Meyer (8.627; 8.161) and the Slovak Ladislav Majdlen (8.780; 8.150). In March 2007 the judicial commission of the FEI decided to disqualify Sissi Jarz and to revoke her bronze medal after her horse Escudo Fox was found to have illegal substances in the doping test.

Individual evaluation

Ladies

rank	Vaulters	Lunge guide	horse	Points
1	Megan Benjamin	Leave Kristensen	Leonardo	8,421
2	Katharina Faltin	Julia Nöbauer	Pitucelli	8.311
3	Nicola Ströh	Michael Grace	Lanson 16	8.110
4th	Ines Jückstock	Ruth Jückstock	Dallmer's Little Foot	8.096
5	Anja Barwig	Alexander Hartl	Arador 2	7,998
6th	Jasmin Gipperich	Klaus Haidacher	Apollo	7,936
	...
8th	Sabrina Mettler	Ursula Zosso	Carracci S	7.729

Men's

rank	Vaulters	Lunge guide	horse	Points
1	Kai Vorberg	Kirsten Graf	Picasso 202	8.524
2	Gero Meyer	Alexander Hartl	Arador 2	8.161
3	Ladislav Majdlen	Marian Pavlak	Catalin III-73	8.150
4th	Ararat Martin Ruiz	Corinna Weiss	Grateley Limelight	8.140
5	Tim-Randy Sia	Elke Schelp-Lensing	Belmondo H.	8.132
	...
7th	Stefan Csandl	Birgit Ruf	Gigolino	7,992
	...
9	Patric Looser	Alexandra Knauf	Key West	7,855
10	Gregor Stoeckl	Klaus Haidacher	Apollo	7.715
11	Lukas Wacha	Klaus Haidacher	Apollo	7.704

Team ranking

rank	country	society	Lunge guide	horse	Points
1	Germany	Team Neuss	Jessica Schmitz	Cepin	8.189
2	United States	FAME	Silke Bartel	Grand Gaudino	8.161
3	Austria	RC Wildegg	Maria Lehrmann	libretto	8,152
4th	Switzerland	St. Gallen	Annemarie Gebs	Le Grand	7.785
5	United Kingdom	Great Britain	John Eccles	WH Bentley	7.685

Leap

• 116 participants

The jumping competitions began on August 29 with a time competition, after which the Netherlands took the lead with 6.01 penalty points, ahead of the United States with 6.85 penalty points and Brazil with 6.99 penalty points. Germany took 6th place with 10.16 penalty points. After the first part of the team final (on August 30th) the Dutch were still ahead with 7.01 penalty points, the Ukrainians surprisingly came second with 13.17 penalty points, each with two native German and Belgian riders, the USA third with 14.85 penalty points. Germany had improved to fourth place and has now collected 15.16 penalty points. On August 31, in the second part of the team final, the Dutch were able to hold their position and took gold with 11.01 penalty points. The USA won silver with 18.85 penalty points, bronze went to Germany with 19.16 penalty points. Ukraine came in fourth place, beaten by just 0.01 penalty points (19.17).

In the individual ranking, after the time competition, the American Beezie Madden led with 0 errors and a time of 77.62. Second was the Canadian Eric Lamaze (0.39 fault points) and third was the Dutchman Gerco Schröder (0.43 fault points). Neither of them had any obstacle faults either, but received fault points based on the time difference to the best rider. The best German was Ludger Beerbaum in 19th place (2.70 points). The first three places remained unchanged even after the first round of the normal jumping competition (August 30th), as none of the three riders made any mistakes again. Ludger Beerbaum also crossed the finish line without penalties and improved his position to eighth place. Even after the second part of the jumping competition on August 31, Beezie Madden (0) and Gerco Schröder (0.43) were able to defend their places without any mistakes. Ludger Beerbaum (2.7) also improved to 3rd place without any additional errors. Of the other German riders, only Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum was able to qualify with 4.92 points in 6th place for the jumping competition of the best 25 riders on September 2nd . Here, too, Beezie Madden was able to keep her lead, but made an obstacle error and was then at 4 fault points. Second place was the Belgian Jos Lansink with 5.01 fault points, third Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum with 9.92 fault points. A surprising fourth and last place for the final was the Australian Edwina Alexander (10.24 penalty points), ahead of Ludger Beerbaum in fifth place (10.70 penalty points). In the final of the best 4 riders on September 3rd, in which everyone started again at 0, Jos Lansink was the only rider who did not make mistakes after a jump-off and won gold. Silver medalist Beezie Madden made an obstacle mistake, but was seconds faster than third-placed Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, who also fell a pole. Edwina Alexander was eliminated with 4 fault points before the jump-off and thus finished fourth.

Individual evaluation

rank	equestrian	horse	Failure points	final
1	Jos Lansink	Cumano	5.01	0
2	Beezie Madden	Authentic	4.00	4th
3	Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum	Shutterfly	9.92	4th
4th	Edwina Alexander	Pialotta	10.24	4th
5	Ludger Beerbaum	L'Espoir	10.70
	...
10	Niklaus Schurtenberger	Cantus	14.64
	...
13	Christina Liebherr	No Mercy	18.52

Team ranking

rank	country	equestrian	Failure points
1	Netherlands	Gerco Schröder, Jeroen Dubbeldam , Albert Zoer , Piet Raijmakers	11.01
2	United States	Beezie Madden , McLain Ward, Laura Kraut, Margie Engle	18.85
3	Germany	Ludger Beerbaum , Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum , Christian Ahlmann , Marcus Ehning	19.16
4th	Ukraine	Katharina Offel , Gregory Wathelet, Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe , Björn Nagel	19.17
5	Switzerland	Niklaus Schurtenberger , Christina Liebherr , Werner Muff, Beat Mändli	24.89
	...
14th	Austria	Stefan Eder, Roland Englbrecht, Jürgen Krackow, Gerfried Puck	35.05

Drive

• 49 participants

After the individual dressage test on August 30th and 31st, Chester Weber from the USA was in the lead with 38.87 penalty points (75.8%), ahead of the Dutch IJsbrand Chardon (41.22 penalty points; 74.2%) and the German Michael Freund (41.60 penalty points; 74.0%). In the marathon on September 1st, IJsbrand Chardon took the lead with 145.3 penalty points, followed by Felix Marie Brasseur from Belgium (146.37 penalty points) and the Swede Thomas Eriksson (153.24 penalty points). The best German was Christoph Sandmann in fourth place (154.17 penalty points). The obstacle driving took place on September 2nd, in which Felix Marie Brasseur won the world championship title with a total of 146.37 penalty points. IJsbrand Chardon (149.18 penalty points) and Christoph Sandmann (154.19 penalty points) followed in the places.

After the team dressage on August 31, the USA took the lead with 82.04 points. Second were the Belgians with 88.07 error points, third the Germans with 88.19 error points. After running the marathon on September 1st, the Germans took the lead with 311.84 penalty points. The Netherlands are in second place (315.03 penalty points) and the Belgians slide down to third (315.95 penalty points). In obstacle driving on September 2nd, the Germans received no further penalty points and thus won the gold medals with 311.84 penalty points. Belgium and the Netherlands received silver and bronze with 316.55 penalty points and 319.32 penalty points, respectively.

Individual evaluation

rank	driver	Horses	Penalty points
1	Felix Marie Brasseur	Odorso, Orpheu, Quixote, Tulipa	146.73
2	IJsbrand Charon	Argus, Camacho, Ferdinand, Kelvin, Zidane	149.18
3	Christoph Sandmann	Dicky, Dinard, Gerlof, Haut Marnais, Erwood	154.17
4th	Thomas Eriksson	Filur, Janosch, Justice, Klaroen, Quito	154.23
5	Michael friend	Fors Flambo, Bill 22, Pir, Primus, Squire 4	162.98
	...
7th	Stefan Klay	Boss, Dooitzen, Emis John, Leander VII, Spitfire	168.72
	...
11	Daniel Würgler	Bismarck II, Favory Pastora, Nando IX, Sacramoso Emphatica, Tom IX	171.47
	...
16	Rainer Duen	Campo, Con Air, Magun, Monaco, Santo	178.74
17th	Josef-Niklaus Zeitler	Felix, Lines, Mr. Bexter, Pobey, Vadapoi	179.08
	...
19th	Ludwig Weinmayr	Harris Bey, Landlord, Libero, Limerick, Red Run	185.09
	...
24	Albert Pointl	Baron 4, Favory 212, Galbrino, Vito 3	198.73
	...
32	Josef Leibetseder	Gemma 29, Olaf, Rudolfo, Tina 9, Wendy 8	243.00

Team ranking

rank	country	driver	Penalty points
1	Germany	Christoph Sandmann , Michael Freund , Rainer Duen	311.84
2	Belgium	Felix Marie Brasseur, Geert de Brauwer, Gert Schrijvers	316.55
3	Netherlands	IJsband Chardon, Theo Timmerman, Koos de Ronde	319.32
4th	Hungary	Joszef Dobrovitz, Zoltán Lazar, Attila Bardos	330.01
5	Sweden	Thomas Eriksson, Jan Eric Palsson, Fredrik Persson	338.17
6th	Switzerland	Stefan Klay, Daniel Würgler	340.19
	...
11	Austria	Albert Pointl, Josef Leibetseder, Fred Obernauer	441.73

Reining

• 81 participants

The team placement was already decided in the first test on September 1st. Here the USA secured gold with 665.0 points, silver went to Canada (664.0 points) and bronze to Italy (656.0 points). With 655.5 points, Germany slipped just past the medal ranks and finished fourth.

After the first part of the individual ranking on September 1st, the Canadian Duane Latimer was ahead with 225.5 points, ahead of the two Americans Aaron Ralston (223.5 points) and Tim McQuay (222.5 points). The best of the German riders was Sylvia Rzepka in sixth place (219.5 points). In the final of the best nineteen riders on September 3, Duane Latimer was able to secure the gold medal after a jump-off against Tim McQuay (both had 230.0 points) with 228.0 points in the jump-off. Tim McQuay got silver with 226.0 points in the jump-off ahead of his compatriot Aaron Ralston. The best German rider, Sylvia Rzepka, slipped to 8th place with 219.5.

Individual evaluation

rank	equestrian	horse	Points
1	Duane Latimer	Hang Ten Surprize	230.0 (228.0)
2	Tim McQuay	Mister Nicadual	230.0 (226.0)
3	Aaron Ralston	Smart Paul Olena	227.5
4th	Matt Mills	Easy Otie Whiz	224.5
5	Dell Hendricks	Starbucks sidekick	221.0
	...
8th	Sylvia Rzepka	Golden Mc Jack	219.5
9	Nico Hörmann	Lil shout Cody	219.0
	...
12	Evelyne Röthlisberger	Gallo Pequeno	217.5
	...
14th	Selina Schultheiss	Dun It Sugar Quixote	217.0
	...
17th	Jeanette Krähenbühl	ARC Golden Boy	209.5

Team ranking

rank	country	equestrian	Points
1	United States	Aaron Ralston , Tim McQuay , Dell Hendricks , Matt Mills	665.0
2	Canada	Duane Latimer , François Gauthier , Luke Gagnon , Lance Griffin	664.0
3	Italy	Christian Perez , Dario Carmignani , Adriano Meacci , Marco Ricotta	656.0
4th	Germany	Sylvia Rzepka , Grischa Ludwig , Nico Hörmann	655.5
5	Switzerland	Evelyne Röthlisberger , Selina Schultheiss , Jeanette Krähenbühl , Carmen Schultheiss	651.5
	...
9	Austria	Rudi Kronsteiner , Tina Künstner-Mantl , Dennis Schulz , Markus Morawitz	639.5

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

literature

• German Equestrian Association, Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein (Hrsg.): FEI World Equestrian Games Aachen 2006 . FN-Verlag, Warendorf 2006. ISBN 3-88542-484-3

Web links

Commons : World Equestrian Games 2006  - Collection of images

• 2006 World Equestrian Games website

Individual evidence

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3. ^ Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein: Riding World Championships: 425,000 tickets have been sold. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 22, 2006 ; Retrieved September 6, 2006 . 
4. ^ Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein: Equestrian World Championships Aachen 2006 also a success in terms of ratings. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 22, 2006 ; Retrieved September 6, 2006 . 
5. ^ Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein: Numbers and quotations. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 27, 2007 ; Retrieved September 6, 2006 . 
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