Dressage-News

LONDON, Feb. 15–The complete competition schedule and ticket prices for the London Olympic Games in 2012 were released Monday, a month in advance of applications for tickets from Mar. 15 to April 26. Complete details of equestrian competitions, dressage, jumping and eventing, are below.

The complete schedule is available by clicking LOC Equestrian Schedule Ticketing Guide Schedules PRESS v2-11. It gives the date, time and venue for every one of the +640 sessions across the 26 Olympic sports.

Equestrian sports will be at Greenwich Park which can be reached from central London by both rail and river ferry.

Dressage schedule (with ticket prices in British pounds £, US$ and € at current exchange rates):

Aug. 2 11 am-3:30 pm-Team Dressage Day 1-£95 ($152/€113) – £65 ($104/€77) – £40 ($64/€48) – £20 ($32/€24)

Aug. 3 11 am-3:30 pm-Team Dressage Day 2-£95 ($152/€113) – £65 ($104/€77) – £40 ($64/€48) – £20 ($32/€24)

Aug. 7 10 am-4:15 pm-Team Dressage Final-£150 – ($240/€178) – £95 ($152/€113) – £55 ($88/€65) – £35 ($56/€42)

Aug. 9 12:30-4:30 pm-Individual Freestyle-£275 ($440/€327) £175 – ($280/€208) – £95 ($152/€113) – £65 ($104/€77)

Jumping

Aug. 4 10:30 am-2:15 pm-Ind. 1st Qual/Rd 1 Team Qual-£95 ($152/€113)-£65 ($104/€77)-£40 ($64/€48)-£20 ($32/€24)

Aug. 5 11 am-2:30 pm-Team Jumping Round 1-£95 ($152/€113) – £65 ($104/€77) – £40 ($64/€48) – £20 ($32/€24)

Aug. 6 2-5:30 pm-Team Jumping Rd 2 Final-£150 – ($240/€178) – £95 ($152/€113) – £55 ($88/€65) – £35 ($56/€42)

Aug. 8 12-4:35 pm – Individ. Jumping Final – £275 ($440/€327) – £175 ($280/€208) – £95 ($152/€113) – £65 ($104/€77)

Eventing

July 28 10 am-4:15 pm-Ind. & Team Dressage Day 1-£95 ($152/€113)-£65 ($104/€77)-£40 ($64/€48)-£20 ($32/€24)

July 29 10 am-4:15 pm-Ind. & Team Dressage Day 2-£95 ($152/€113) – £65 ($104/€77) – £40 ($64/€48) – £20 ($32/€24)

July 30 12:30-5:30 pm-Ind. & Team cross-country-£55 ($88/€65)

July 31 10:30 am-4 pm-Ind. & Team jumping Finals-£150 ($240/€178)-£95 ($152/€113)-£55 ($88/€65)-£35 ($56/€42)

Eleven nations have already qualified for Olympic equestrian events, based on results at the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky last year. Great Britain, as the host nation, is automatically qualified. The other nations so far are:

Dressage – The Netherlands, Germany, USA.
Eventing – Canada, New Zealand, USA, Germany, Belgium
Jumping – Germany, France, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Australia

Details of other nations that qualify for London will be available following the completion of the 2011 qualifiers which include the European Championships at Rotterdam, The Netherlands, in August and the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, in October.

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) said that the number of athletes per discipline is:

Dressage – 50 athletes (4 per nation)
Eventing – 75 athletes (5 per nation)
Jumping – 75 athletes (4 per nation)