Eventing World Championships 2022

The eventing World Championships in 2022 were held at Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy on 15-18 September, which also hosted the World Driving Championships on 22-24 September.

Pratoni del Vivaro previously hosted the 1998 World Equestrian Games, the driving World Championships for singles in 2006 and 2010, and was one of the venues used for the Rome 1960 Olympics.

The 2022 World Championships served as a qualifier in showjumping, eventing, dressage and para dressage for the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics.

Between 1990 and 2018, the eventing World Championships were hosted as part of multi-sport World Equestrian Games. The 2022 fixture in Pratoni del Vivaro will be the first time the eventing championship has happened as a stand-alone event since the 1986 World Championships in Gawler, Australia. That year, there was also an alternative worlds held at Bialy Bor, Poland, because many countries could not afford to send combinations to Australia.

The eventing World Championships have been held on a four-yearly cycle since the first one at Burghley in 1966.

Britain’s record at eventing World Championships

British riders have a strong record for winning world medals in eventing.

Six Team GB riders have won individual gold medals at eventing World Championships – Mary Gordon-Watson (1970 in Punchestown riding Cornishman V), Lucinda Green (1982 in Luhmühlen riding Regal Realm), Ginny Elliot (1986 in Gawler riding Priceless), Zara Tindall (2006 in Aachen riding Toytown), Ros Canter (2018 in Tryon riding Allstar B) and Yasmin Ingham (2022 in Pratoni on Banzai Du Loir). Ginny also won the 1986 alternative World Championships in Bialy Bor on Night Cap.

Britain has won world eventing team gold six times – 1970 in Punchestown, 1982 in Luhmühlen, 1986 in Gawler (plus team gold at alternative championship at Bialy Bor), 1994 at The Hague, 2010 in Kentucky and 2018 in Tryon. They were not on the team podium in Pratoni, 2022.