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I don't think it changes much, more or less on the same level. Sam is actually the horse with whom Jung won 2012 Olympic gold, among other things, so he's not a slouch.

Michael Jung had to switch his horse for Rio from Takinou to Sam. Takinou sustained a minor infection.

Andrew Chetcuti (Swimming) Source: http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20160721/sport/olympics-luke-bezzina-replaces-kevin-moore-after-doping-case.619562

Updated with swimming and weightlifting. The list is getting huge.

Yes, if I'm not mistaken Ivory Coast's quota should have gone to Africa. So I guess we have to assume that South Africa, Morocco, Algeria, Chad and Benin all declined the quota.

Corrections are just coming. And I was naive enough to think that all entries will be known by July 18th and that we will have a quiet two weeks before Rio.

Ok, so and got the remaining men's tripartite places. Haiti now has all combat sports + weightlifting. Meanwhile, looks like Iraq refused women's place, which went to Kyrgyzstan. The weird part is that this 2nd women's wild card that Iraq refused!! No idea how Austria got that men's quota.

Here we go! List of quota by NOC Entry list by weight

Very weird, something like 12 athletes had to withdraw for him to get invited. Maybe it's another Greek mistake. And one of the athletes that is in front of Greek is Slovakian javelin thrower. I'm sure hckosice would post as soon as he could if he got invited.

Solomon Islands will apparently have a female 5000m runner in Rio. Considering that her PB is 18:36, we are going to have one long heat in Rio.

Fresh from the oven.

Kuwait was also suspended during 2010 YOG. Back then their team was officially called "Athletes from Kuwait".

62 https://www.nrk.no/sport/ekspertene_-dette-er-norges-medaljehap-i-rio-1.13042142

Seychelles also got wild card in weightlifting (men's -62kg). And also, Austria apparently got reallocation in weightlifting.

Maybe they did mistake on purpose then.

[hide] Preliminary Round August 3rd - August 9th, 2016 12 Nations, 3 Groups, 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group and 2 best 3rd ranked Nations between all Groups will qualify for Quarterfinals Group E Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 3rd 2016, h. 13:00, Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Sweden 2 0 South Africa August 3rd 2016, h. 16:00, Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 2 0 China August 6th 2016, h. 19:00, Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro South Africa 1 3 China August 6th 2016, h. 22:00, Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1 1 Sweden August 9th 2016, h. 22:00, Amazonia Arena, Manaus South Africa 0 2 Brazil August 9th 2016, h. 22:00, Mane Garrincha Stadium, Brasilia China 1 2 Sweden Group F Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 3rd 2016, h. 15:00, Corinthians Arena, Sao Paulo Canada 1 0 Australia August 3rd 2016, h. 18:00, Corinthians Arena, Sao Paulo Zimbabwe 0 4 Germany August 6th 2016, h. 15:00, Corinthians Arena, Sao Paulo Canada 3 0 Zimbabwe August 6th 2016, h. 18:00, Corinthians Arena, Sao Paulo Germany 1 0 Australia August 9th 2016, h. 16:00, Fonte Nova Arena, Salvador Germany 1 0 Canada August 9th 2016, h. 16:00, Mane Garrincha Stadium, Brasilia Australia 3 1 Zimbabwe Group G Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 3rd 2016, h. 19:00, Mineirao, Belo Horizonte United States 3 1 New Zealand August 3rd 2016, h. 22:00, Mineirao, Belo Horizonte France 2 0 Colombia August 6th 2016, h. 17:00, Mineirao, Belo Horizonte United States 2 1 France August 6th 2016, h. 20:00, Mineirao, Belo Horizonte Colombia 1 1 New Zealand August 9th 2016, h. 19:00, Amazonia Arena, Manaus Colombia 0 3 United States August 9th 2016, h. 19:00, Fonte Nova Arena, Salvador New Zealand 1 3 France [/hide]

Some stats. Overall there will be 124 male athletes and 76 female athletes. Jumping is least balanced. Dressage - 20 M, 40 W Eventing - 41 M, 24 W Jumping - 63 M, 12 W And here are some detailed stats for dressage. http://www.dressage-news.com/?p=37353 Australia is the only one with all-female dressage team. Julie Brougham (NZL) oldest at 62, Giovanna Pass (BRA) youngest at 18. Two horses are older than Giovanna (Parzival and Chablis). Two nine-year old horses are the youngest (Dante Weltino and Cosmo). Overview by horse breed: Dutch Warmblood (KWPN) - 19 horses Oldenburg, Hanoverian - 9 horses Danish Warmblood, Lusitano - 5 horses Westfalen - 3 horses German Sport Horse, Swedish Warmblood - 2 horses Belgian Warmblood, Finnish Warmblood, Hungarian Sport Horse, Rhinelander, Trakehner, Pura Raza Espanyola - 1 horse each

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Hey Argentina, see you on August 9th. HANDBALL - Men's Group Stage vs - 21:50-23:15 (02:50-04:15 CET) BASKETBALL - Men's Group Stage vs - 22:30-00:15 (03:30-05:15 CET)

Now that we have entry list. Team dressage - Germany favourite for gold, followed by Great Britain. Bronze probably between Netherlands, USA and Sweden, with Dutch being the favourites. Individual dressage - probably between Charlotte Dujardin and the Germans, outside chances mainly for the Dutch, Ferrer-Salat (ESP), Vilhelmson-Silfven (SWE) and the Americans Team eventing - Germany should be in front. Other teams to look out for are New Zealand, Great Britain, Australia, USA and France. Dark horses could be Ireland and Netherlands (Dutch are bronze medalist from 2014 WEG but their chances are not looking too good when either Alice Naber's or Theo van de Vendel's score will have to count , they really do miss Elaine Pen..). Individual eventing - Michael Jung (GER) they say, although he is not that unbeatable this year apparently. Others are Auffarth (GER), Klimke (GER), Fox-Pitt (GBR), Tattersall (GBR), New Zealand's Mark Todd and Jonelle Price, USA's Clark Montgomery, Australia's Shane Rose (and Chris Burton), Sweden's Ludwig Svennersatl (who defeated Jung last month), colonel Vallette from France... A lot could depend on the cross-country course. Team jumping - I see Netherlands, France, USA and Germany, followed by Great Britain and Switzerland. Sweden and Canada could be dark horses. Ukraine and Brazil also, their quality is a bit "unknown" Individual jumping - this is just way to open , basically every big team has couple of good candidates. But let's mention Steve Guerdat, the defending champion, who is a bit of an expert for the big stage events and also McLain Ward from the USA, who is having a great year with new horse Azur...

I just noticed this on our schedule, it's on 9th August. HANDBALL - Men's Group Stage vs - 21:50-23:15 (02:50-04:15 CET) BASKETBALL - Men's Group Stage vs - 22:30-00:15 (03:30-05:15 CET)

It's A option, best three out of four overall (team sizes have been reduced from 5 to 4 for this Olympics).

I don't know. I don't think so though.

FEI published the definite entries. Dressage Eventing Jumping

Ah thanks. I didn't think there's water polo on day 1.