Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Individual freestyle test grade I explained

The individual freestyle test, grade I, para-equestrian dressage event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics was contested on the afternoon of 7 September 2024 at the Palace of Versailles, Paris.^{[1] [2]}

The competition was assessed by a ground jury composed of five judges placed at locations designated E, H, C, M, and B. Each judge rated the competitors' performances with a percentage score across two areas - technique and artistry. The ten scores from the jury were then averaged to determine a rider's total percentage score.

Ground jury

width=100	Judge at E	Hanneke Gerritsen
Judge at H	Anne Prain
Judge at C	Sarah Leitch, jury president
Judge at M	Marc Urban
Judge at B	Alison King

Classification

Grade I^[3] riders are described by the IPC as " athletes [that] have severe impairments affecting all limbs and the trunk. ".^[4]

Results

Riders performed one test apiece. Unlike the Championship test, riders and horses are marked on both technical ('Tech.') and artistic criteria ('Art.'). All five marks in both categories are then averaged for the final score. As with all freestyle finals, 8 Riders started the event.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Rank	Rider Horse	Nationality	Section	E	H	C	M	B	Avg	Result
	Rihards Snikus on King Of The Dance			83.80	80.83	83.83	83.80	80.17		82.49
			Tech.	81.00	78.67	83.67	81.00	78.33	80.53
			Art.	86.60	83.00	84.00	86.60	82.00	84.44
	Sara Morganti on Mariebelle			77.77	80.17	82.23	83.50	83.37		81.41
			Tech.	80.33	81.33	81.67	81.00	80.33	80.93
			Art.	78.40	79.00	82.80	86.00	86.40	82.52
	Mari Durward-Akhurst on Athene Lindebjerg			80.70	77.17	79.27	74.67	76.93		77.75
			Tech.	78.00	76.33	78.33	72.33	75.67	76.13
			Art.	83.40	78.00	80.20	77.00	78.20	79.36
4	Annemarieke Nobel on Doo Schufro			77.30	79.17	75.17	80.67	75.77		77.61
			Tech.	75.00	79.33	73.33	78.33	73.33	75.87
			Art.	79.60	79.00	77.00	83.00	78.20	79.36
5	Roxanne Trunnell on Fan Tastico H			75.60	75.17	75.80	81.00	78.97		77.31
			Tech.	72.00	74.33	73.00	77.00	76.33	74.53
			Art.	79.20	76.00	78.60	85.00	81.60	80.08
6	Carola Semperboni on Paul			75.10	74.67	73.50	72.87	76.63		74.55
			Tech.	70.00	73.33	72.00	69.33	72.67	71.47
			Art.	80.20	76.00	75.00	76.40	80.60	77.64
7	Stella Barton on Lord Larmarque			74.13	70.17	77.67	73.13	74.70		73.96
			Tech.	69.67	69.33	76.33	71.67	72.00	71.80
			Art.	78.60	71.00	79.00	74.60	77.40	76.12
8	Laurentia Tan on Hickstead			74.97	73.00	75.17	69.97	72.77		73.17
			Tech.	71.33	71.00	71.33	68.33	70.33	70.47
			Art.	78.60	75.00	79.00	71.60	75.20	75.88

Notes and References

1. Web site: Individual Freestyle Event - Grade III medal results - Paris Paralympics 2024 . 2024-10-11 . BBC Sport . en-GB.
2. https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/results/para-equestrian/individual-freestyle-event---grade-i/fnl-000100--
3. https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/paralympic-games/paralympic-classification Paris 2024 : Para Equestrian : Classification
4. https://inside.fei.org/sites/default/files/Guidelines%20for%20organising%20Classification%20at%20Para%20Equestrian%20Events.pdf FEI Classification of Para-events
5. Web site: Individual Freestyle Event - Grade I medal results - Paris Paralympics 2024 . 2024-10-12 . BBC Sport . en-GB.
6. Web site: FEI : Para equestrian results : Paris 2024 . FEI.org.
7. Web site: Paris 2024 : Para - Equestrian : Results Championship Grade I . Olympic.org.