A history of Equestrian Olympic Games at the
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he Olympic Games is an international event that covers a wide range of different sports. The equestrian sports held at the event are dressage, showjumping and eventing with both team and individual medals awarded for each discipline. Equestrian sport has been part of the Olympics for over 100 years with showjumping, dressage and eventing being introduced at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm. This came a massive 2 592 years after horse sport made its debut at the Ancient Olympic Games in 680BC. The three equestrian disciplines from 1912 remain on the programme today. Equestrian has produced some of the most memorable moments in Olympic history including the performance by Hans Gunter Winkler and Halla in 1956, the 1952 Dressage medal ceremony with Lis Hartel and the demonstration of Australian team spirit at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, to name just a few.
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WHEN ARE THE OLYMPICS The Olympic Games are held every four years. MOTTO The Olympic motto is "Citius Altius Fortius", which means faster, higher, stronger. SYMBOL The Olympic rings are the symbol of the event. They were designed in 1913 and adopted in 1914. They were first used in the Antwerp Olympics in 1920.
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