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Walk the Rio Olympics cross-country course: pictures of every fence

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    • Want to walk the Rio Olympics cross-country course but your bank account wouldn’t quite allow for the airfare to Brazil? No problem! Our fence by fence pictures are the next best thing to taking a stroll around the Deodoro venue yourself.

    The track has been designed by France’s Pierre Michelet and in line with the rules for the the modified four-star format used at the Olympics the optimum time will be between 10 and 11 minutes.

    The Olympic eventing starts on Saturday (6 August) with two days of dressage. The cross-country takes place on Monday (8 August) with the final showjumping on Tuesday (9 August). Swat up on the format here.

    Fence 1: Copacabana Flower Bed

    1
    Fence 2: Arch Of Lapa

    2
    Fence 3: Picnic Table

    3
    Fence 4abcd: Botanical Garden

    Fence a

    4A
    Fence 4bc
    4BAlt 4BC-2 4BC
    Alternative fence 4c

    4CAlt

    Back of alternative fence c

    4CAlt-Back

    Fence d

    4D
    Fence 5: Pine Wood Ramp

    5
    Fence 6ab: Corners Question
    6A

    6B
    Fence 7: Burghley Fence
    7
    Fence 8abc/9: Sugar Loaf
    Fence 8ab
    8AB
    8AB-2
    Fence 8c
    8C
    8C-2
    Fence 9
    8C-3
    9
    Fence 10: Bamboo Keyhole
    10
    Fence 11ab/12: Pan Am Wall Combination
    Fence 11a
    11A
    11A-2
    Fence 11b
    11B
    11B-2
    Fence 12
    12
    Fence 13: Amazonian Log
    13
    Fence 14ab: Narrows Wood Piles
    Fence 14a
    14A
    Fence 14b
    14B
    Fence 15: Log Pile And Ditch
    15
    Fence 16abc: Old Water Complex
    Fence 16a
    16A
    Fence 16b
    16B
    Fence 16c
    16C
    Fence 17: Palm Tree Question
    Fence 17a
    17A
    Fence 17b
    17B
    Fence 18: Flower Box
    18
    Fence 19/20ab: Ski Jump
    Fence 19
    19
    Fence 20ab
    20A
    20A-2
    Fence 21: Wood Pile Launch
    21
    Fence 22: White Oxer
    22
    Fence 23/24: Malmesbury Cottage
    Quick route over fence 23
    23-2
    Slow route over fence 23
    23
    Fence 24
    24
    Fence 25ab: Web Water Jump
    Fence 25a
    25A
    Fence 25b
    25B
    Fence 26: Bamboo Vertical
    26
    Continued below…

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    Fence 27: Fruit Wagon
    27
    Fence 28/29ab/30: Fisherman’s Lake
    Fence 28
    28
    Fence 29ab
    29AB
    Fence 30
    30
    Fence 31: Knowledge Bridge
    31
    Fence 32: Brush Fence
    32
    Fence 33: Sambodromo
    33
    Full report of the Olympic eventing from Rio in H&H next week, out on Friday, 12 August. H&H is published on Friday instead of Thursday next week to allow us to report the full eventing from the Games.

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    Pippa Roome
    Pippa Roome

    H&H magazine editor and eventing editor
    Pippa is a true eventing geek and has been H&H’s eventing editor since 2005. She has first-hand experience of competing up to British Eventing intermediate and international CCI2*-L level, and has worked in the industry on a top event yard. Pippa enjoys nothing more than immersing herself in the sport at the highest level, reporting from the five-stars and international championships, including the Olympics.
    Pippa Roome

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