The jumping competition is contested over several rounds to decide team and individual honours. In each round, horse and rider combinations tackle set courses of knockable fences, with the aim being to leave the fences up and finish inside the optimum time.
In Aachen, all rounds of jumping will take place on grass in the Main Stadium.
There are two sets of medals available for jumping at an FEI World Championship:
Nations may enter a maximum of five horse and rider combinations. Of these, teams are made up of three or four combinations, with the three highest scores counting towards the team medals. Any remaining pairs act as travelling reserves. If a nation can’t field a team, they may send up to two individual competitiors.
Horse inspection: All horses are presented to the ground jury to ensure that they're fit and well prior to the start of competition. The ground jury will view the horses from a standstill, then watch them trot away, turn a small circle, then trot back again. If they have any concerns over a horse's ability to compete, that horse is sent to the hold box to be examined by the on-site vet. The findings are reported to the ground jury, then the athlete may choose to either represent their horse or withdraw from the hold box. If the horse is represented and the ground jury is still not willing to accept it, then the horse may not start the competition. The horse inspection is repeated prior to the final day of competition.
Speed round (day one): All competitors contest one round against the clock. The final scores are converted into points – the rider with the fastest time and fewest accrued penalties for fences down or refusals is given zero penalties, with all athletes then given penalties dependent on the difference between their score and the rider on zero penalties.
Team competition and individual qualifer (day two and three): All combinations complete an initial qualifying round, before the top-10 best teams and the top 60 athletes go forward to compete in another round that acts as a second individual qualifier and also as the final of the team competition. The team result is calculated by adding together the three best-placed athlete scores after the first and second qualifying rounds.
Individual final (day four): The individual final is split into two rounds – A and B. Round A is contested by the top-25 combinations following the second round of competition. The 12 best-placed combinations after Round A go through to Round B to decide the individual placings. The combination with the lowest number of penalties at the end of the competition is declared the winner.
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