* With Canada and the United States being the only nations eligible to compete in the individual eventing, no other rider from the North America and Caribbean continent is registered to Group D; thus, the unused berth has been redistributed to the next rider in the Individual Olympic Rankings.
^Under the qualification rules for the 2016 Games, an NOC which failed to gain a specific team place, but did qualify three individual riders, was entitled to enter those riders as a 'composite' team in the team event. In the event, Denmark was the only nation to achieve this, and was therefore granted an entry in the team event.
^Under the qualification rules for the 2016 Games, an NOC which failed to gain a specific team place, but did qualify three individual riders, was entitled to enter those riders as a 'composite' team in the team event. In the event, Italy, Russia and Switzerland were the nations to achieve this, and were each therefore granted an entry in the team event. Switzerland later declined one of the individual quotas what resulted in withdrawing from team competition as well.
