The United States won more equestrian medals than any other team at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens with a total of 5 medals from six possible opportunities.

For the second time in U.S. Olympic Equestrian history, and the first time in an Olympic games outside of the United States, the U.S. Equestrian Team won team medals in each discipline, Eventing, Dressage and Show Jumping. This was achieved only once before in the 1996 Atlanta Games. 2004 was also the third time the U.S. has won 5 Olympic medals, the previous being at the 1984 Los Angeles Games and the 1932 Los Angeles Games. The five medals won in Athens are the first time the U.S. has achieved this outside of our country, in fact, outside of Los Angeles.

The only medal opportunity missed was in Individual Dressage, and Debbie McDonald came in fourth giving up an individual bronze medal by just 1.014 point.

"I think this speaks to the commitment made to our long-term high performance plan and the focus and dedication of our athletes, our staff, the owners who so generously lent their horses to the team, and the many contributors to the USET Foundation," said John Long, Chief Executive Officer of the United States Equestrian Federation. "Although we're very proud, we aren't going to rest on these laurels. We must keep improving our program with today's athletes and develop young riders for the future. We have to look far, far down the road."

Dressage/Team Bronze
Debbie McDonald, Hailey, Idaho and Brentina
Guenter Seidel, Del Mar, CA and Aragon
Robert Dover, Lebanon, NJ and Wellington, FL and FBW Kennedy
Lisa Wilcox, Cloppenburg, Germany and Relevant

Show Jumping/Team Silver
Chris Kappler, Pittstown, NJ and Royal Kaliber/ Individual Bronze
Peter Wylde, Maastricht, The Netherlands and Fein Cera
Beezie Madden, Cazenovia, NY and Authentic
McLain Ward, Brewster, NY and Sapphire

Eventing/Team Bronze
Darren Chiacchia, Springville, NY and Windfall 2
Julie Burns Richards, Newnan, GA and Jacob Two Two
Kimberly Severson, Keene, VA and Winsome Adante/ Individual Silver
Amy Tryon, Duvall, WA and Poggio II
John Williams, Middleburg, VA and Carrick.

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The United States Equestrian Federation Inc.(USEF), as the National Equestrian Federation of the U.S., is the regulatory body for the Olympic and World Championship sports of dressage, driving, endurance, eventing, reining, show jumping, and vaulting, as well as 20 other breeds and disciplines of equestrian competition. As the country's largest multi-breed organization, the Federation has over 80,000 members and recognizes more than 2,800 competitions nationwide each year. It governs all aspects of competition, including educating and licensing all judges, stewards, and technical delegates who officiate at these shows.

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The vision of the United States Equestrian Federation is to provide leadership for equestrian sport in the United States of America, promoting the pursuit of excellence from the grass roots to the Olympic Games, based on a foundation of fair, safe competition and the welfare of its horses, and embracing this vision, to be the best national equestrian federation in the world.