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In the jumping event, competitors complete a course of 15-20 obstacles within a specific time. The object is to navigate the course with the fewest penalties, which are given for knocking down obstacles, balking at jumps, or falls by rider and/or horse. The obstacles include fences up to 5 1/4 ft. high and 6ft. wide. A tie for first place is settled by a jump-off over a shorter, faster course. Three-day eventing is the most grueling of the Olympic equestrian events, combining dressage, show jumping, and a cross-country phase. On the first day, riders demonstrate the training and obedience of their horses in a dressage test. The next day they compete in the exciting cross-country phase where they gallop 5,700m over varying terrain and jump up to 45 obstacles. While these obstacles are not as high as those in show jumping they are more solid and include ditches and fences in water. On the final day horse-and-rider teams compete over a show jumping course. This last phase demonstrates the fitness of the horses and how quickly they can recover from the previous day's trial. Eventing competitors do not win points, but instead incur penalty points during each phase. The winners are the rider and team with the fewest penalty points.

Although initially only military cavalry officers could compete in Equestrian events from 1912 until 1952, and the IOC did not allow women or even civilian men to compete until the 1952 Summer Olympics. Along with sailing, Equestrian is now one of the very few Olympic events where individual men and women compete directly against one another with no split of men's and women's divisions. In team competition, there is no requirement for mixed divisions with balanced numbers of men and women; a team may have any mix of male and female competitors. Equestrian and the Equestrian component of Modern Pentathlon are also the only Olympic events that involve animals. The horse is as much an athlete as the humans.

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