The reigning Olympic champion is France (Karim Laghouag, Thibaut Vallette, Mathieu Lemoine, and Astier Nicolas).

The reigning (2018) World Champion is Great Britain (Rosalind Canter, Piggy French, Tom McEwen, and Gemma Tattersall).

Michael Jung has dominated individual eventing at recent Games, winning gold in both London 2012 and Rio 2016.

There were 15 team quota places available, allocated as follows:[2] The eventing competition features all 45 riders competing in three rounds (dressage, cross-country, and jumping).

Penalties Despite three clear rounds from the defending champions Germany lifting them to fourth, the medal positions remained unchanged as Great Britain won Olympic team eventing gold for the first time since 1972. a gap of 49 years.