Equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics

The equestrian events at the 1956 Summer Olympics were held in Buenos Aires. All three disciplines had both individual and team competitions. The competitions were held from 22 to 29 November 1956. There were 158 entries from 29 countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, USA and Venezuela. This would be the first appearance for Australia, Cambodia and Venezuela in equestrian events. Team eventing and team jumping have been cancelled due to bad weather condition.