Equestrian sport in the program of the Olympic games in modern times

This study is devoted to the main indicators and performances results of different countries representatives at the Olympic equestrian competitions in the late XX - early XXI centuries. Data reflecting the number of countries and participants of this type of the Olympic program, leadership of representatives of different countries, as well as the quantitative indicators of the number of medals won by the athletes have been presented and analyzed in the paper. The chronological framework of the study is determined in accordance with social and geopolitical conditions, which were taken as the basis for division into periods of the Olympic Movement as a whole - from 1990 to the present. Thus, the equestrian competitions as part of the Olympics Games of 1992-2016 have been studied and reviewed. The research methods: gathering data, analysis and systematization of the source base (archival materials, statistical data, Internet sources, etc.), inductive and deductive methods. Theoretical materials, obtained as a result of the study, have wide practical application in the implementation of academic historical and sports disciplines: «Olympic education», «History of the international sports and Olympic Movement» and others.