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THE RIDERS

• Number of athletes entered (includes reserve riders): 89
• Number of athletes competing in the first qualifying competition: 75
• Number of teams: 15
• Number of countries represented: 27
• Number of individual riders: 15
• Number of reserve athletes travelling to the games: 14 (Australia is the only team without a traveling reserve horse and rider)
• Total number of male riders: 72 (80.9%)
• Total number of female riders: 17 (19.1%)
• The average age of the riders is 38 years old
• The youngest riders entered are:
  • Kara Chad – 1996 (Canada)
  • Jessica Mendoza – 1996 (Great Britain)
  • Emanuel Andrade – 1996 (Venezuela)
• The oldest riders entered are:
  • John Whitaker – 1955 (Great Britain)
  • Nick Skelton – 1957 (Great Britain)
  • Michael Whitaker – 1960 (Great Britain)

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THE RANKINGS

(Jumping – Longines Rankings – N° 186 – 30/06/2016)

• The average rank of the 89 athletes in the Longines FEI Rankings is 189
• The best ranked Riders:
  • Simon Delestre (France) #1
  • Christian Ahlmann (Germany) #2
  • McClain Ward (United States) #3
• The worst ranked Riders:
  • Reiko Takeda (Japan) #1156
  • Alonso Valdez (Peru) #1108
  • Koki Saito (Japan) #1070
• The best ranked riders that will NOT be going to the Olympic Games:
  • Scott Brash (Great Britain) #6
  • Bertram Allen (Great Britain) #9
  • Gregory Wathelet (Belgium) #10
• The best ranked reserve rider is Meredith Micheals-Beerbaum who is worlds #21
• 7 out of the top ten ranked riders will be in Rio.
• 16 out of the top twenty ranked riders will be in Rio.
• 33 out of the top fifty ranked riders will be in Rio.

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THE HORSES

• 40% of the horses entered are geldings (40 horses)
• 28% of the horses entered are mares (25 horses)
• 27% of the horses entered are stallions (24 horses)
• The youngest horses entered are 9 years old. (4 horses)
• The oldest horse is 17 years old. (Chicago Z)
• Breeding by Studbooks:

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THE TEAMS

• Number of teams: 15
• Number of teams by continent: Europe 8, Asia 2, North America 2, South America 2, Oceania 1 and Africa 0.
• Average ranking of teams in the Longines Rankings (Jumping – Longines Rankings – N° 186 – 30/06/2016)

• Average age of teams (Jumping – Longines Rankings – N° 186 – 30/06/2016)

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