1998 FEI World Equestrian Games

The 1998 FEI World Equestrian Games were held in Rome, Italy from 1 to 11 October 1998. They were the 3rd edition of the games which are held every four years and run by the FEI.

1998 FEI World Equestrian Games

Host city	Rome, Italy
Nations	42
Events	11 in 5 disciplines
Opening	1 October 1998 (1998-10-01)
Closing	11 October 1998 (1998-10-11)

Events

11 events in 5 disciplines were held in Rome.

Dressage	Driving	Eventing	Jumping	Vaulting
Individual	Individual	Individual	Individual	Individual Female
				Individual Male
Team	Team	Team	Team	Team

Medal summary

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual dressage	Isabell Werth on Gigolo Germany	Anky van Grunsven on Bonfire Netherlands	Ulla Salzgeber on Rusty 47 Germany
Team dressage	Germany (GER) Isabell Werth on Gigolo Karin Rehbein on Donerhall Nadine Capellmann on Gracioso Ulla Salzgeber on Rusty	Netherlands (NED) Anky van Grunsven on Bonfire Coby van Baalen on Ferro Ellen Bontje on Silvano Gonnelien Rothenberger on Dondolo	Sweden (SWE) Louise Nathhorst on Walk On Top Ulla Håkansson on Bobby Annette Solmell on Strauss Jan Brink on Bjorsell's Fontana
Individual driving	Ulrich Werner Switzerland	Michael Freund Germany	Ton Monhemius Netherlands
Team driving	Netherlands (NED) Ton Monhemius Ijsbrand Chardon Harry de Ruyter	Germany (GER) Michael Freund Christoph Sandmann Helmet Rolfes	Sweden (SWE) Jan-Erik Pahlsson Fredrik Persson Tomas Eriksson
Individual eventing	Blyth Tait on Ready Teddy New Zealand	Mark Todd on Broadcast News New Zealand	Paula Törnqvist on Monaghan Sweden
Team eventing	New Zealand (NZL) Blyth Tait on Ready Teddy Mark Todd on Broadcast News Vaughn Jefferis on Bounce Sally Clark on Squirrel Hill	France (FRA) Marie-Christine Duroy on Summer Song Rodolphe Scherer on Bambi de Brière Jean-Lou Bigot on Twist de la Beige Philippe Mull on Viens du Frêne	United States (USA) David O'Connor on Giltedge Kerry Milikin on Out and About Bruce Davidson Sr on Heyday Karen O'Connor on Prince Panache
Individual jumping	Rodrigo Pessoa on Gandini Lianos Brazil	Thierry Pomel on Thor des Chaines France	Franke Sloothaak on San Patrignano Jolly Germany
Team jumping	Germany (GER) Lars Nieberg on Loro Piana Esprit Markus Beerbaum on Lady Weingard Franke Sloothaak on San Patrignano Jolly Ludger Beerbaum on P.S. Priamos	France (FRA) Alexandra Ledermann on Rochet Roger-Yves Bost on Airborne Montecillo Eric Navet on Atout d'Isigny Thierry Pomel on Thor des Chaines	Great Britain (GBR) Diane Lampard on Abbervail Dream Geoff Billington on It's Otto Nick Skelton on Hopes are H. John Whitaker on Heyman
Men's vaulting	Devon Maitozo on Whisky United States	Matthias Lang on Quitus du Madon France	Henrik Ossenbrink on Panjano Germany
Women's vaulting	Nadia Zülow on Rainbow Germany	Kerith Lemon on Pasio United States	Janine Oswald on Rainbow Germany
Squad vaulting	Germany (GER)	Switzerland (SUI)	United States (USA)

Medal count

  *   Host nation (Italy)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	5	2	4	11
2	New Zealand (NZL)	2	1	0	3
3	Netherlands (NED)	1	2	1	4
4	United States (USA)	1	1	2	4
5	Switzerland (SUI)	1	1	0	2
6	Brazil (BRA)	1	0	0	1
7	France (FRA)	0	4	0	4
8	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	3	3
9	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		11	11	11	33

Officials

Appointment of (Olympic disciplines) officials is as follows:

Dressage

• Mariette Withages (Ground Jury President)
• Francis Verbeek (Ground Jury Member)
• Linda Zang (Ground Jury Member)
• Adalberto Boetti (Ground Jury Member)
• Volker Moritz (Ground Jury Member)