The first women competed in Olympic equestrian at the 1952 Summer Games in Helsinki. Lis Hartel of Denmark won silver in mixed individual dressage and Ida von Nagel of Germany won bronze in mixed team dressage. The other two women that competed were Else Christophersen of Norway and Marjorie Haines of the United States.
1900, per NBC's website.
London Olympics
Three Day Eventing was first introduced to the Olympics in 1912, with women being allowed to compete in 1952 - note that the Equestrian events are the only ones where women are allowed to compete against men on equal terms
To win the Equestrian you have to have the most points for dessage,jumping and eventing.
Day 4 of the 2012 Olympics was when NZ got their first medal. it was a bronze won by the NZ equestrian team.
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Galen Spencer was the oldest to receive equestrian medal.
Partial answer: The ages of the riders representing the United States in Beijing are given with their bios on the website 2008 Olympics Equestrian Cheat Sheet, http://www.theequinest.com/2008-olympics-equestrian-cheatsheet/
The first horse's to enter the Olympic was in 776BC in the ancient games, this was the first recorded Olympic event. In modern day Olympics, the first equestrian events (horse events) were held in Hong Kong in 1952.
because it requires physical exertion