World Eventing Championships
(Redirected from Eventing World Championships)
The World Eventing Championships, or the eventing competition in the World Equestrian Games (WEG), began in 1966. It includes both a team and individual competition for the best horses and riders in the sport of eventing. The World Championship is held every four years, and is held at the CCI**** level, the highest level of eventing competition.
Past winners
[edit]Individual results
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Team results
[edit]Medal count
[edit]The current historical medal count since 1966 is as follows:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Great Britain | 12 | 9 | 6 | 27 |
| 2 |  Germany | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 |  New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 |  United States | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 |  France | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 |  Ireland | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 |  Argentina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 9 |  Australia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 |  Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 30 | 30 | 28 | 88 | |
- Note 1: Medal count is sorted by total gold medals, then total silver medals, then total bronze medals, then alphabetically.
- Note 2: Germany includes both Germany and West Germany.
Incidents
[edit]- 2010: Four horses and six riders fell during the cross-country portion of the event. Inonothing, ridden by Paul Tapner (AUS) fractured his left hind patella in a fall. Iman de Golfe, ridden by Juan Carlos Garcia (Italy) was hospitalized after he fell and suffered a deep laceration.[1]
- 2014: Maxime Livio (FRA) was disqualified from the eventing competition when her mount Qalao des Mers was found to be positive for a banned substance, Hydroxyethylpromazine sulfoxide. Their positive result resulted in the disqualification of the entire French eventing team from participation, subsequently preventing their participation at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.[2]
- 2018: Box Qutie ridden by Anna Freskgård (SWE) was euthanized after becoming injured while participating in cross-country. [3]
External links
[edit]- FEI Eventing World Championship by Ronaldo and Sharon White's Website.
- ^ "ALLTECH FEI WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES™ - DAY 8 - EVENTING CROSS COUNTRY". FEI. 2010-10-02. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ^ "FEI Tribunal disqualifies Maxime Livio (FRA) and French Eventing team". FEI. 2015-04-23. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
- ^ "Statement on Box Qutie (SWE)". FEI. 2018-09-19. Retrieved 2024-05-13.