Summary
| Nation | Individual | Team | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dressage | Eventing | Jumping | Dressage | Eventing | Jumping | ||
|  Argentina | 1 | 1 | |||||
|  Australia | 3 | 5 | 4 | X | X | X | 12 | 
|  Austria | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
|  Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | |||||
| .svg.png.webp) Belarus | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| .svg.png.webp) Belgium | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
|  Bermuda | 1 | 1 | |||||
|  Brazil | 2 | 4 | 4 | X | X | 10 | |
| .svg.png.webp) Canada | 3 | 5 | 4 | X | X | X | 12 | 
|  Chile | 1 | 1 | |||||
|  China | 1 | 1 | 4 | X | 6 | ||
|  Colombia | 1 | 1 | |||||
|  Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | |||||
|  Denmark | 3 | 1 | X | 4 | |||
|  Egypt | 1 | 1 | |||||
|  Finland | 1 | 1 | |||||
|  France | 3 | 4 | X | X | 7 | ||
|  Germany | 3 | 5 | 4 | X | X | X | 12 | 
|  Great Britain | 3 | 5 | 4 | X | X | X | 12 | 
|  Guatemala | 1 | 1 | |||||
|  Hong Kong | 3 | X | 3 | ||||
|  Ireland | 5 | 1 | X | 6 | |||
|  Italy | 1 | 5 | X | 6 | |||
|  Jamaica | 1 | 1 | |||||
|  Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | X | 6 | ||
|  Jordan | 1 | 1 | |||||
|  Mexico | 1 | 4 | X | 5 | |||
|  Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 4 | X | X | 8 | |
|  New Zealand | 5 | 4 | X | X | 9 | ||
|  Norway | 4 | X | 4 | ||||
|  Poland | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
|  Portugal | 3 | X | 3 | ||||
|  Russia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
|  Saudi Arabia | 4 | X | 4 | ||||
| .svg.png.webp) South Korea | 1 | 1 | |||||
|  Spain | 2 | 2 | |||||
|  Sweden | 3 | 5 | 4 | X | X | X | 12 | 
|  Switzerland | 1 | 4 | X | 5 | |||
|  Ukraine | 4 | X | 4 | ||||
|  United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1 | |||||
|  United States | 3 | 5 | 4 | X | X | X | 12 | 
|  Venezuela | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Total: 42 NOCs | 47 | 70 | 77 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 194 | 
Dressage
An NOC may enter up to 3 athletes if they qualified for the team competition
Team
| Event | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Equestrian Games | Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 |  Aachen | 3 |  Germany  Netherlands  United States | 
| European Championship | Aug 27 - Sep 2, 2007 |  Turin | 3 |  Sweden  Switzerland  Great Britain | 
| Asia Pacific Championship Group F/G | Jan 31, 2008 Feb 4, 2008 Feb 7, 2008 |  Cannes .svg.png.webp) Sydney  Palmerston North | 2 |  Australia  Japan | 
| Pan-American Games Group D/E | July 13–29, 2007 |  Rio de Janeiro | 2 | .svg.png.webp) Canada  Brazil | 
| Composite team from Olympic rankings** | - | - | + |  Denmark  France  Portugal | 
| TOTAL | 11 | |||
* Switzerland decided not to send a Team or an Individual to the Olympic Dressage competition after Silvia Iklé, the top rider on the Swiss team, refused to bring her horse, Salieri CH, to Hong-Kong due to the long travel and concerns over climatic conditions.
** 3 individuals qualified from the same nation from the Olympic rankings to make up a team
*** Brazil sent only two riders
Individual
Individual qualification decided by the FEI Olympic Riders Ranking as of May 1, 2008.
| Event | Vacancies | Qualified | 
|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | 1 |  China | 
| Team Event | 29** | All athletes | 
| North Western Europe | 1 |  Finland | 
| South Western Europe | 1 |  France | 
| Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia | 1 |  Russia | 
| North America | 1 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 
| Central & South America | 1 |  Mexico | 
| Africa & Middle East | 1 |  South Africa | 
| South East Asia; Oceania | 1 | .svg.png.webp) South Korea | 
| Other places* | 12+ |  Denmark  Austria  Spain  Denmark  Denmark  Spain .svg.png.webp) Belarus  Spain  Italy  France  France  Russia  Poland**  Portugal**  Russia  Portugal***  Portugal*** | 
| TOTAL | 47 | 
* Other places to complete the quota will be allocated to best ranked individuals not qualified above and invitation places.
** Switzerland decided not to send a Team and replaced by NOCs of the next highest ranked eligible athletes on the FEI Olympic Riders Ranking.
*** Unused quotas replaced by NOC of the next highest ranked eligible athletes on the FEI Olympic Riders Ranking.
Eventing
An NOC may enter up to 5 athletes if they qualified for the team competition, or up to 2 athletes if they didn't.
Team
| Team Competition | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Equestrian Games | Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 |  Aachen | 5 |  Germany  Great Britain  Australia  United States  Sweden | 
| Pan-American Games Group D/E | July 13–29, 2007 |  Rio de Janeiro | 2 | .svg.png.webp) Canada  Brazil | 
| Asia Pacific Championship Group F/G* | Oct 27-28, 2007 |  Takapau | - | |
| European Championship | Sep 13-16 2007 |  Pratoni del Vivaro | 2 |  France  Italy | 
| Composite team from Olympic rankings** | - | - | + |  New Zealand  Ireland | 
| TOTAL | 11 | |||
* Event not held
** made up of minimum 3 to a maximum of 5 individuals qualified from the same nation from the Olympic rankings to make up a team
Individual
Individual qualification will be decided by the FEI Olympic Riders Ranking as of May 1, 2008.
| Event | Vacancies | Qualified | 
|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | 1 |  China | 
| Team Event | 43 | All athletes | 
| North Western Europe | 1 |  Denmark | 
| South Western Europe | 1 | .svg.png.webp) Belgium | 
| Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia | 1 |  Poland | 
| North America | 1 |  Jamaica | 
| Central & South America | 1 |  Chile | 
| Africa & Middle East | 1 |  South Africa | 
| South East Asia; Oceania | 1 |  New Zealand | 
| Other places* | 22+ |  New Zealand  New Zealand  New Zealand  New Zealand  Austria .svg.png.webp) Belgium  Switzerland .svg.png.webp) Belarus  Japan  Ireland  Russia  Poland .svg.png.webp) Belarus  Ireland  Russia  Ireland  Argentina  Netherlands  Netherlands  Ireland  Ireland  Chile  Czech Republic** | 
| TOTAL | 70 | 
* Other places to complete the quota will be allocated to best ranked individuals not qualified above and invitation places.
** Unused quota replaced by NOC of the next highest ranked eligible athletes on the FEI Olympic Riders Ranking.
Jumping
An NOC may enter up to 4 athletes if they qualified for the team competition, or up to 2 athletes if they didn't.
Team
| Event | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | - | - | 2 |  China  Hong Kong | 
| 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games | Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 |  Aachen | 5 |  Netherlands  United States  Germany  Ukraine  Switzerland | 
| 2007 FEI European Jumping Championship | August 15–19, 2007 |  Mannheim | 3 |  Great Britain  Sweden  Norway | 
| 2007 Pan American Games | July 13–29, 2007 |  Rio de Janeiro | 3 |  Brazil .svg.png.webp) Canada  Mexico | 
| 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games / Qualification Event 2007 (combined) Group F | Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 March 6–10, 2007 |  Aachen  Doha | 1 |  Saudi Arabia | 
| 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games Group G | Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 |  Aachen | 1 |  Australia | 
| Olympic Qualification Event Group G | June 7–10, 2007 |  Balve | 1 |  New Zealand | 
| TOTAL | 16 | |||
Individual
| Team Competition | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Event | - | - | 63 | All athletes | 
| Olympic Riders Ranking Group A/B | May 1, 2008 | - | 2 |  Ireland .svg.png.webp) Belgium | 
| Olympic Riders Ranking Group C | May 1, 2008 | - | 3 |  Russia  Russia  Azerbaijan | 
| Pan-American Games Group D | July 13–29, 2007 |  Rio de Janeiro | 1 |  Bermuda | 
| Pan-American Games Group E | July 13–29, 2007 |  Rio de Janeiro | 4 |  Venezuela  Colombia  Argentina  Guatemala | 
| World Equestrian Games Group F | Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 |  Aachen | 2 |  Jordan  Egypt | 
| Qualification Event 2007 Group F | March 6–10, 2007 |  Doha | 1 |  United Arab Emirates | 
| World Equestrian Games Group G | Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 |  Aachen | 1 |  Japan | 
| Qualification Event 2007 Group G | June 7–10, 2007 |  Balve | 1 |  Japan | 
| TOTAL | 77 | |||
