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Because Australia had very strict quarantine regulations. There was a 6-month pre-shipment period, meaning that the horses, and their riders, could not train at all before the event.
The IOC thus decided, in 1954, to pick Stockholm and its Olympic Stadium as an alternate venue.
What else can I help you with?
What year did Sweden have the Olympics?
The 1912 Summer Olympics were in Stockholm, Sweden. The 1956 Summer Olympics held their equestrian events in Sweden.
What years were summer Olympics heldin Sweden?
1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. The equestrian events of the 1956 Summer Olympics were held in Stockholm.
At the 1956 olympic games in Melbourne Australia's quarantine laws meant that?
Horses that were to be ridden in equestrian events were not allowed into the country. Therefore, equestrian events in the 1956 Summer Olympics were held in Stockholm, Sweden.
Did Sweden ever host the Olympics?
The 1912 Summer Olympics were held in Stockholm, Sweden and the equestrian events of the 1956 Summer Games were also held in Stockholm.
What events are in the summer Olympics games?
Three events in the Summer Olympic Games include: - Aquatics - Equestrian - Fencing
What city and country were the equestrian events of the 1956 summer olympic games held?
Stockholm, Sweden.
Which is not one of the four constant events in the Olympics?
equestrian events
Which Olympics where equestrian events held in a different country?
Australian quarantine rules were too strict at the time to allow the horses into the country so the equestrian events were held in Stockholm, Sweden in June, five months before the rest of the Games.
Did India ever take part in equestrian events in the Olympics?
No.
Where did the equestrian events in the ancient Olympics take place?
In the stadium.
Which event was played overseas in the 1956 Olympics?
Equestrian events in the 1956 Games were held in Stockholm, Sweden due to quarantine regulations that did not allow the horses to be brought into Australia.
What equestrian events will be at the 2012 Olympics?
Eventing, show jumping and dressage.
