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
Norway at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Cecilie Ore was replaced by Silje Gillund, as Ore's horse received an injury before the Paralympic Games. There were no separate events for men and women. 5 competitors: Individual Team '#' denotes scores that did not count toward the team total. 4 competitors: 1 competitor: Women 5 competitors: 2 competitors: Men Individual Team Norway at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Norway sent a delegation of 24 competitors, (14 men and 10 women,) to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, from September 6 to September 17, 2008. Norwegian competitors took part in nine different sports: archery, athletics, boccia, cycling, equestrian,