Equestrian at the XII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Equestrian
Venue	Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre
Dates	21–26 September 2004
Competitors	69 from 29 nations

Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Paralympics at the Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre^[1] was competed in the dressage discipline only. There were four grades of rider disability:

• Grade I - Mainly wheelchair users with poor trunk balance and or impairment of function in all four limbs, or no trunk balance and good upper limb function, or moderate trunk balance with severe impairment of all four limbs.
• Grade II - Mainly wheelchair users, or those with severe locomotor impairment involving the trunk and with good to mild upper limb function, or severe unilateral impairment.
• Grade III - Usually able to walk without support. Moderate unilateral impairment, or moderate impairment in four limbs, severe arm impairment. May need a wheelchair for longer distances or due to lack of stamina. Total loss of sight in both eyes, or intellectually impaired. Profile 36 riders were required to wear blacked out glasses or a blindfold.
• Grade IV - Impairment in one or two limbs, or some visual impairment.

Men and women competed together, and the horses were also declared medal winners.^[2]

Participating countries

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	5	0	3	8
2	Norway (NOR)	2	0	0	2
	Sweden (SWE)	2	0	0	2
4	Germany (GER)	0	4	1	5
5	South Africa (RSA)	0	2	0	2
6	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	2	3
7	Australia (AUS)	0	1	1	2
8	United States (USA)	0	1	0	1
9	Canada (CAN)	0	0	2	2
10	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		9	9	10	28

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual championship dressage GI	Lee Pearson on Blue Circle Boy  Great Britain	Jan Pike on Dr Doolittle  Australia	Sophie Christiansen on Hotstuff  Great Britain
Individual championship dressage GII	Irene Slaettengren on Larino  Sweden	Joop Stokkel on Pegasus  Netherlands	Gert Bolmer on Lodewijk  Netherlands (tie)
			Nicola Tustain on Prinz Heinrich  Great Britain (tie)
Individual championship dressage GIII	Deborah Criddle on Figaro IX  Great Britain	Bianca Vogel on Roquefort 16  Germany	Bettina Eistel on Aaron  Germany
Individual championship dressage GIV	Ann Cathrin Lubbe on Zanko  Norway	Philippa Johnson on Burgmans Benedict  South Africa	Karen Brain on Dasskara  Canada
Individual freestyle dressage GI	Lee Pearson on Blue Circle Boy  Great Britain	Lynn Seidemann on Phoenix B  United States	Jan Pike on Dr Doolittle  Australia
Individual freestyle dressage GII	Irene Slaettengren on Larino  Sweden	Hannelore Brenner on Roquefort 16  Germany	Nicola Tustain on Prinz Heinrich  Great Britain
Individual freestyle dressage GIII	Deborah Criddle on Figaro IX  Great Britain	Bettina Eistel on Aaron  Germany	Bert Vermeir on Den Eik Heino  Belgium
Individual freestyle dressage GIV	Ann Cathrin Lubbe on Zanko  Norway	Philippa Johnson on Burgmans Benedict  South Africa	Karen Brain on Dasskara  Canada
Team dressage	Great Britain (GBR) Deborah Criddle/Figaro IX Anne Dunham/Olret Lee Pearson/Blue Circle Boy Nicola Tustain/Prinz Heinrich	Germany (GER) Bettina Eistel/Aaron Britta Naepel/Loverboy 9 Bianca Vogel/Roquefort 16	Netherlands (NED) Gert Bolmer/Lodewijk Joop Stokkel/Pegasus Sjerstin Vermeulen/Jeffrey STV

See also

• Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics

References