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
Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Team eventing Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Team eventing The team eventing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 9 and 12 at the Hong Kong Sports Institute. Team eventing consisted of three phases: dressage, cross-country, and show-jumping. Scores from each phase were converted into penalty points, which were summed to give a score. Teams of up to five horse and rider pairs competed; The team with the lowest total of penalty points, after adding together the Final scores of its three best riders will be the winner. In the dressage portion, the pair performed in front of