Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Equestrian at the XII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Equestrian
Venue	Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre

Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Paralympics at the Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre 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.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual championship dressage GI	Lee Pearson on Blue Circle Boy Great Britain (GBR)	Jan Pike on Dr Doolittle Australia (AUS)	Sophie Christiansen on Hotstuff Great Britain (GBR)
Individual championship dressage GII	Irene Slaettengren on Larino Sweden (SWE)	Joop Stokkel on Pegasus Netherlands (NED)	Gert Bolmer on Lodewijk Netherlands (NED) (tie)
			Nic Tustain on Prinz Heinrich Great Britain (GBR) (tie)
Individual championship dressage GIII	Deborah Criddle on Figaro IX Great Britain (GBR)	Bianca Vogel on Roquefort 16 Germany (GER)	Bettina Eistel on Aaron Germany (GER)
Individual championship dressage GIV	Ann Cathrin Lubbe on Zanko Norway (NOR)	Philippa Johnson on Burgmans Benedict South Africa (RSA)	Karen Brain on Dasskara Canada (CAN)
Individual freestyle dressage GI	Lee Pearson on Blue Circle Boy Great Britain (GBR)	Lynn Seidemann on Phoenix B United States (USA)	Jan Pike on Dr Doolittle Australia (AUS)
Individual freestyle dressage GII	Irene Slaettengren on Larino Sweden (SWE)	Hannelore Brenner on Roquefort 16 Germany (GER)	Nic Tustain on Prinz Heinrich Great Britain (GBR)
Individual freestyle dressage GIII	Deborah Criddle on Figaro IX Great Britain (GBR)	Bettina Eistel on Aaron Germany (GER)	Bert Vermeir on Den Eik Heino Belgium (BEL)
Individual freestyle dressage GIV	Ann Cathrin Lubbe on Zanko Norway (NOR)	Philippa Johnson on Burgmans Benedict South Africa (RSA)	Karen Brain on Dasskara Canada (CAN)
Team dressage	Great Britain (GBR) Deborah Criddle/Figaro IX Anne Dunham/Olret Lee Pearson/Blue Circle Boy Nic 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

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