1988
For more info, see : http://history1900s.about.com/library/weekly/aa081000y.htm
1900 1900
1992 Dream team
Women were officially first allowed to compete in Olympic sports in the Second Olympiad, held in 1900 in Paris, France.
1896, for the modern olympics.
396 BC Cynisca of Sparta was permitted to enter her horses in the Olympics. Back then it was the owner of the horses not the riders that were awarded with victory in the Olympics. Cynisca won the 4 horse chariot race. In a bit of irony women were not allowed to watch the Olympics and she most likely never even witnessed her win. PCH- 1912
Lesoto?
yes!
1938
In the year 1900.
Dorothy Hamill competed in the Olympics in 1976.
You must be 16 or turning 16 the year of Olympics to compete in them.
Equestrian sports made their debut in the Summer Olympics in 1900. Back then only Calvary / military officers were allowed to compete. It was removed for a short period and resumed in 1912. Civilian riders were allowed to compete beginning in the 1952 games and is one of very few sports that allow men and women to compete against each other on equal footing.