Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games Long Lists

The FEI has today published the long lists (FEI nominated entries) of athletes and horses for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The full nominated entries are available at these links (see the “Nations Participating” section at each link):

Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

The 43 nations that have earned their Rio 2016 Olympic Games slots will now focus on making their final selection of teams and individual athletes from these nominated entries, and these will be submitted by the National Olympic Committees to the Rio 2016 Organising Committee by the deadline of July 18th.

The 30 nations heading to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games will also be deciding on the selection of their 78 athletes, with National Paralympic Committees handing this final list to the Rio 2016 Organising Committee by the deadline of August 15th.

The final lists of athletes heading to the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be published on the FEI website.

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