2014 FEI World Equestrian Games

2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Host city	Normandy, France
Nations	75
Athletes	971
Events	8 disciplines
Opening	23 August
Closing	7 September
Website	www.normandy2014.com

The 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games were held in the region of Normandy, France.^[1][2] It was the seventh edition of the Games, which are held every four years and run by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI).^[3] For team events in the dressage, eventing, and show jumping disciplines, these Games were the first qualifying event for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Venues and disciplines

Competition venues in the Normandy region hosted the following disciplines:^[4]

• Caen
  • D'Ornano Stadium – Jumping, Dressage, and Eventing (stadium jumping phase only)
  • Hippodrome de la Prairie (Prairie Racecourse) – Para-equestrian Dressage, and the first venue for Combined driving
  • Zénith Indoor Arena – Vaulting and Reining
  • Valley of the River Orne – second venue for Driving
• Mont Saint-Michel Bay – Endurance
• Le Pin National Stud – Eventing (cross-country and dressage phases)
• Deauville – Polo demonstration
• Saint-Lô – Horseball demonstration

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Dressage

Event Date	Starting Time	Event Details
25 August	09:00	Grand Prix Day 1
26 August	09:00	Grand Prix Day 2
27 August	09:30	Grand Prix Special
29 August	13:30	Grand Prix Freestyle

Driving

Event Date	Starting Time	Event Details
4 September	09:30	Dressage Day 1
5 September	09:30	Dressage Day 2
6 September	09:30	Marathon
7 September	08:00	Obstacle-Cone Phase

Endurance

Event Date	Starting Time	Event Details
28 August	07:00	Team and Individual Competition

Eventing

Event Date	Starting Time	Event Details
28 August	09:30 – 17:00	Dressage Day 1
29 August	09:30 – 17:00	Dressage Day 2
30 August	10:30 – 16:20	Cross Country
31 August	14:30 – 17:00	Jumping

Jumping

Event Date	Starting Time	Event Details
2 September	10:00	Speed Competition
3 September	10:00	Team Competition Day 1
4 September	16:00	Team Competition Day 2
6 September	13:25	Individual Competition Qualification
7 September	15:00	Final Four

Reining

Event Date	Starting Time	Event Details
25 August	08:45 – 18:00	Team Competition & 1st Ind. Qual. Round 1
26 August	08:45 – 18:00	Team Competition & 1st Ind. Qual. Round 2
28 August	14:00 – 16:00	2nd Ind. Qual. Competition
30 August	20:00 – 22:00	Individual Final Competition

Vaulting

Event Date	Starting Time	Event Details
2 September	09:30 – 19:10	Compulsory Competition
3 September	09:30 – 19:10	Freestyle Competition
4 September	14:00 – 21:30	Technical Competition
5 September	10:00 – 22:00	Finals

Para-Dressage

Event Date	Starting Time	Event Details
25 August	09:00 – 17:00	Team Test Grade II & Ib
26 August	08:30 – 19:40	Team Test Grade IV, III & Ia
27 August	09:00 – 17:00	Ind. Champ. Test Grade II & Ib
28 August	08:30 – 19:40	Ind. Champ. Test Grade IV, III & Ia
29 August	09:00 – 17:00	Ind. Freestyle Test Grade II & Ia, Ib, III, IV

Officials

Appointment of (Olympic disciplines) officials is as follows:^[5]

Dressage

• Isabelle Judet (Ground Jury President)
• Dietrich Plewa (Ground Jury Member)
• Francis Verbeek- van Rooij (Ground Jury Member)
• Stephen Clarke (Ground Jury Member)
• Liselotte Fore (Ground Jury Member)
• Elizabeth McMullen (Ground Jury Member)
• Susan Hoevenaars (Ground Jury Member)
• Maribel Alonso de Quinzanos (FEI Technical Delegate)

Jumping

• Kim Morrison (Ground Jury President)
• David M. Distler (Ground Jury Member)
• Rene Billardon (Ground Jury Member)
• Joao Moura (Ground Jury Member)
• Bruno Laubscher (Ground Jury Member)
• Santiago Varela Ullastres (FEI Technical Delegate)

Eventing

• Gillian Rolton (Ground Jury President)
• Alain James (Ground Jury Member)
• Ernst Topp (Ground Jury Member)
• Alec Lochore (FEI Technical Delegate)

Para-Dressage

• Anne Prain (Ground Jury President)
• Marco Orsini (Ground Jury Member)
• Freddy Leyman (Ground Jury Member)
• Eva Maria Bachinger (Ground Jury Member)
• Hanneke Gerritsen (Ground Jury Member)
• Alison Pauline King (Ground Jury Member)
• Kjell Myhre (Ground Jury Member)
• Sarah Leitch (Ground Jury Member)
• Marc Urban (FEI Technical Delegate)

Medal summary

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual special dressage details	Charlotte Dujardin on Valegro  Great Britain	Helen Langehanenberg on Damon Hill  Germany	Kristina Sprehe on Desperados  Germany
Individual freestyle dressage details	Charlotte Dujardin on Valegro  Great Britain	Helen Langehanenberg on Damon Hill  Germany	Adelinde Cornelissen on Parzival  Netherlands
Team dressage details	Germany (GER) Isabell Werth on Bella Rose Helen Langehanenberg on Damon Hill Kristina Sprehe on Desperados Fabienne Lütkemeier on D'Agostino	Great Britain (GBR) Charlotte Dujardin on Valegro Carl Hester on Nip Tuck Michael Eilberg on Half Moon Delphi Gareth Hughes on Stenkjers Nadonna	Netherlands (NED) Adelinde Cornelissen on Parzival Hans Peter Minderhoud on Johnson Diederik van Silfhout on Arlando Edward Gal on Voice
Individual driving details	Boyd Exell  Australia	Chester Weber  United States	Theo Timmerman  Netherlands
Team driving details	Netherlands (NED) IJsbrand Chardon Koos de Ronde Theo Timmerman	Germany (GER) Michael Brauchle Christoph Sandmann Georg von Stein	Hungary (HUN) Jószef Dobrovitz Jószef Dobrovitz jr. Zoltán Lázár
Individual endurance details	Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum on Yamamah  United Arab Emirates	Marijke Visser on Laiza de Jalima  Netherlands	Abdulrahman Al Sulaiteen on Koheilan Kincso  Qatar
Team endurance details	Spain (ESP) Jaume Punti on Novisaad d'Aqui Jordi Arboix on Mystair des Aubus Javier Cervera on Strawblade	France (FRA) Jean-Philippe Frances on Secret de Mon Coeur Franck Laousse on Niky de la Fontaine Nicolas Ballarin on Lemir de Gargassan Denis Le Guillou on Otimmins Armour	Switzerland (SUI) Barbara Lissarrague on Preume de Paute Sonja Fritshi on Okkarina d'Alsace Andrea Amacher on Rustik d'Alsace
Individual eventing details	Sandra Auffarth on Opgun Louvo  Germany	Michael Jung on Fischerrocana FST  Germany	William Fox-Pitt on Chilli Morning  Great Britain
Team eventing details	Germany (GER) Sandra Auffarth on Opgun Louvo Michael Jung on Fischerrocana Fst Ingrid Klimke on Frh Escada Js Dirk Schrade on Hop And Skip	Great Britain (GBR) William Fox-Pitt on Chilli Morning Zara Phillips on High Kingdom Tina Cook on De Novo News Harry Meade on Wild Lone	Netherlands (NED) Elaine Pen on Vira Tim Lips on Keyflow N.O.P. Merel Blom on Rumour Has It Andrew Heffernan on Boleybawn Ace
Individual jumping details	Jeroen Dubbeldam on Zenith FN  Netherlands	Patrice Delaveau on Orient Express HDC  France	Beezie Madden on Cortes "C"  United States
Team jumping details	Netherlands (NED) Jeroen Dubbeldam on Zenith FN Maikel van der Vleuten on VDL Groep Verdi TN NOP Jur Vrieling on VDL Bubalu Gerco Schröder on Glock's London NOP	France (FRA) Simon Delestre on Qlassic Bois Margot Penelope Leprevost on Flora de Mariposa Kevin Staut on Reveur de Hurtebise HDC Patrice Delaveau on Orient Express HDC	United States (USA) McLain Ward on Rothchild Kent Farrington on Voyeur Lucy Davis on Barron Beezie Madden on Cortes "C"
Individual reining details	Shawn Flarida on Spooks Gotta Whiz  United States	Andrea Fappani on Custom Cash Advance  United States	Mandy McCutcheon on Yellow Jersey  United States
Team reining details	United States (USA) Shawn Flarida on Spooks Gotta Whiz Mandy McCutcheon on Yellow Jersey Andrea Fappani on Custom Cash Advance Jordan Larson on HF Mobster	Belgium (BEL) Ann Poels on Nic Ricochet Cira Baeck on Colonels Shining Gun Bernard Fonck on Sail On Top Whizard Piet Mestdagh on Spat Mano War	Austria (AUT) Martin Mühlstätter on Wimpys Little Buddy Rudi Kronsteiner on Dr Lee Hook Tina Künstner-Mantl on Cashn Rooster Markus Morawitz on Dun It Whiz Jerry
Men's vaulting details	Jacques Ferrari on Poivre Vert lunged by François Athimon  France	Nicholas Andreani on Just a Kiss HN lunged by Marina Joosten Dupon  France	Erik Oese on Calvador 5 lunged by Andreas Bassler  Germany
Women's vaulting details	Joanne Eccles on WH Bentley lunged by John Eccles  Great Britain	Anna Cavallaro on Harley lunged by Nelson Vidoni  Italy	Simone Jaiser on Luk lunged by Rita Blieske  Switzerland
Squad vaulting details	Germany (GER) Paulina Riedel Mona Pavetic Janika Derks Milena Hieman Julia Dammer Johannes Kay on Delia 99 lunged by Jessica Schmitz	Switzerland (SUI) Nadia Buttiker Martina Buttiker Ramona Naf Tajiana Prassl Nathalie Bienz Sally Stuckl on Will Be Good lunged by Monika Winkler-Bischofberger	France (FRA) Robin Krause Anthony Presle Nathalie Bitz Dlement Taillez Remy Hombecq Christine Haennel on Watriano R lunged by Fabrice Holzberger
Pas-de-deux vaulting details	Jasmin Lindner and Lukas Wacha on Bram lunged by Klaus Haidacher  Austria	Pia Engelberty and Torben Jacobs on Danny Boy 25 lunged by Patrick Looser  Germany	Hannah Eccles and Joanne Eccles on WH Bentley lunged by John Eccles  Great Britain
Individual para-dressage championship test grade Ia details	Sophie Christiansen on Janeiro  Great Britain	Sara Morganti on Royal Delight  Italy	Laurentia Tan on Ruben James 2  Singapore
Individual para-dressage championship test grade Ib details	Lee Pearson on Zion  Great Britain	Pepo Puch on Fine Feeling  Austria	Nicole den Dulk on Wallace  Netherlands
Individual para-dressage championship test grade II details	Rixt van der Horst on Uniek  Netherlands	Natasha Baker on Cabral  Great Britain	Lauren Barwick on Off to Paris  Canada
Individual para-dressage championship test grade III details	Hannelore Brenner on Women of the World  Germany	Sanne Voets on Vedet  Netherlands	Susanne Jensby Sunesen on Thy's Que Faire  Denmark
Individual para-dressage championship test grade IV details	Michèle George on FBW Rainman  Belgium	Sophie Wells on Valerius  Great Britain	Frank Hosmar on Alphaville NOP  Netherlands
Individual para-dressage freestyle test grade Ia details	Sara Morganti on Royal Delight  Italy	Sophie Christiansen on Janeiro  Great Britain	Elke Philipp on Regaliz  Germany
Individual para-dressage freestyle test grade Ib details	Lee Pearson on Zion  Great Britain	Pepo Puch on Fine Feeling  Austria	Nicole den Dulk on Wallace  Netherlands
Individual para-dressage freestyle test grade II details	Rixt van der Horst on Uniek  Netherlands	Lauren Barwick on Off to Paris  Canada	Demi Vermeulen on Vaness  Netherlands
Individual para-dressage freestyle test grade III details	Sanne Voets on Vedet  Netherlands	Hannelore Brenner on Women of the World  Germany	Annika Lykke Risum on Aros A Ferris  Denmark
Individual para-dressage freestyle test grade IV details	Michèle George on FBW Rainman  Belgium	Sophie Wells on Valerius  Great Britain	Frank Hosmar on Alphaville NOP  Netherlands
Team para-dressage details	Great Britain (GBR) Sophie Christiansen on Janeiro Lee Pearson on Zion Natasha Baker on Cabral Sophie Wells on Valerius	Netherlands (NED) Frank Hosmar on Alphaville NOP Sanne Voets on Vedet PB NOP Rixt van der Horst on Uniek Demi Vermeulen on Vaness	Germany (GER) Elke Philipp on Regaliz Hannelore Brenner on Women of the World Carolin Schnarre on Del Rusch Britta Napel on Let's Dance 89

Medals table

  *   Host nation (France)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	7	6	2	15
2	Netherlands (NED)	6	3	9	18
3	Germany (GER)	5	6	4	15
4	United States (USA)	2	2	3	7
5	Belgium (BEL)	2	1	0	3
6	France (FRA)*	1	4	1	6
7	Austria (AUT)	1	2	1	4
8	Italy (ITA)	1	2	0	3
9	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
	Spain (SPA)	1	0	0	1
	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	1	0	0	1
12	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	2	3
13	Canada (CAN)	0	1	1	2
14	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	2	2
15	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	Qatar (QTR)	0	0	1	1
	Singapore (SIN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		28	28	28	84

Participating nations

74 nations participated at the games.^[6]

• Algeria (1)
• Argentina (14)
• Australia (41)
• Austria (36)
• Azerbaijan (1)
• Bahrain (5)
• Belarus (1)
• Belgium (29)
• Bermuda (1)
• Brazil (34)
• Canada (32)
• Chile (9)
• China (3)
• Chinese Taipei (1)
• Colombia (12)
• Costa Rica (5)
• Czech Republic (21)
• Denmark (21)
• Dominican Republic (2)
• Ecuador (3)
• Egypt (4)
• Estonia (3)
• Finland (17)
• France (54)
• Georgia (1)
• Germany (49)
• Great Britain (35)
• Greece (2)
• Guatemala (2)
• Hong Kong (9)
• Hungary (16)
• India (1)
• Ireland (20)
• Israel (3)
• Italy (42)
• Japan (11)
• Jordan (1)
• Kazakhstan (7)
• Latvia (2)
• Lithuania (1)
• Luxembourg (6)
• Malaysia (5)
• Mauritius (1)
• Mexico (8)
• Morocco (6)
• Netherlands (32)
• New Zealand (21)
• Norway (16)
• Oman (5)
• Palestine (1)
• Pakistan (5)
• Peru (1)
• Poland (22)
• Portugal (17)
• Qatar (9)
• Russia (25)
• Saudi Arabia (3)
• Singapore (3)
• Slovakia (13)
• Slovenia (1)
• South Africa (23)
• South Korea (2)
• Spain (20)
• Sweden (36)
• Switzerland (37)
• Syria (3)
• Thailand (2)
• Tunisia (3)
• Turkey (2)
• Ukraine (7)
• United Arab Emirates (6)
• United States (49)
• Uruguay (7)
• Venezuela (4)
• Virgin Islands (1)

References

1. Graves, Will (24 September 2010). "World Equestrian Games gamble on Kentucky". USA Today. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
2. Hall, Gregory A. (30 September 2010). "Kentuckians strut stuff in World Equestrian Games freestyle reining exhibition". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
3. "FEI's 2014 WEG Page". Archived from the original on April 21, 2013.
4. "Normandy 2014 Competition Venues". Archived from the original on 2013-04-22. Retrieved 2013-03-09.
5. "FEI World Equestrian Games". FEI Database. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
6. "Nominated entries confirm record number of nations for Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2014". fei.org. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.

External links

• FEI website
• 2014 World Equestrian Games official site