At the 2003 European Dressage Championships in Hickstead, England, Great Britain, Austria and Canada have qualified a team for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, joining Germany, USA, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland and the Netherlands which earned their qualifications already last year at the World Equestrian Games in Jerez.

Ireland qualified one individual, as Heike Holstein, who finished 20th of the overall individual classification, was the best placed individual in the Grand Prix not yet qualified through the World Equestrian Games 2002.

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