Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics three equestrian disciplines that took place in Hong Kong. Zara Phillips, the reigning world eventing champion and granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, had been included in the squad until her horse, Toytown, sustained an injury, which meant she missed her second successive Olympics. Great Britain qualified three fencers for the fencing competition. Two of these came from the re-allocation of places by the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE), the governing body for Olympic fencing, after the withdrawal of other fencers. The Great Britain men's team qualified for the men's Olympic field hockey tournament after a must-win game against India in the
Jamaica at the 2008 Summer Olympics advanced to the next round. Lynch did not progress. Samantha Albert participated on Jamaica's behalf at the Beijing Olympics in an individual mixed three-day equestrian event. She was the only Jamaican participating in equestrian sports at the 2008 Olympics. Born in Montréal, Canada, Albert married Swedish equestrian Olympian Dag Albert and participated in the Beijing Olympics at age 37. At the Olympics, Albert participated first in the August 9 dressage round, which included 70 athletes in total. Out of a maximum possible score of 270, Albert and her horse Before I Do It scored 168 points on their first jump