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
Spain at the 2008 Summer Olympics injury shortly before the start of the games. Spain will send one man to compete at the modern pentathlon: Jaime López Spain send one rower to the 2008 Summer Olympics – Nuria Domínguez. She competed in the women's singles event. This was her third Olympic appearance as she rowed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics. Spain qualified in 10 Olympic sailing classes and will be sending 16 athletes to the races in Qingdao, China. Only the men's team qualified to play on these Olympic Games. The team finished in fifth place. Spain at the 2008 Summer