Danske Thomas Velin og Carnute sluttede første kvalifikationsrunde i Athen med en flot 0 runde. Thomas og Carnute er hermed videre til 2. runde, der rides d. 24 august.
Dagens kvalifikationsrunde havde 10 fejlfrie ryttere, de fejlfrie var:
Peter Wylde (USA)
Juan Carlos Garcia (ITA)
Thomas Velin (DEN)
Malin Baryard (SWE)
Antonis Petris (GRE)
Peder Fredericson (SWE)
Ludo Philippaerts (BEL)
Beezie Madden (USA)
Wim Schroder (NED)
Thomas Velin udtaler til OL's hjemmeside (på engelsk):
"I am quite satisfied. I tried not to think that we are in the Olympic Games, I only tried to focus solely on riding. The ground was very good and the course wasn't as big as I thought it would be. Todays' perfomance is a nice way to get started in the Jumping competition".