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{{Short description|Equestrian competition}}
The '''World Dressage Championships''' is held every four years. The best horse and rider competitions in the world compete for individual and team titles. The Dressage World Championship is since 1990, held at the [[World Equestrian Games]] in conjunction with other equestrian world championships.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FEI - World Championships |url=https://www.fei.org/history/fei-world-championships# |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=FEI.org}}</ref>

==Individual Results==

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=6 align="center"|'''Individual medalists'''
|-
! Year
! Location
! Event
!style="background-color:gold;"| Gold
!style="background-color:silver;"| Silver
!style="background-color:#cc9966;"| Bronze
|-
| 1966 || {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Bern]] || Individual || {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Josef Neckermann]] on Mariano || {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Harry Boldt]] on Remus || {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Reiner Klimke]] on Dux
|-
| 1970 || {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Aachen]] || Individual || {{flagicon|URS}} [[Elena Petushkova]] on Pepel || {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Liselott Linsenhoff]] on Piaff || {{flagicon|URS}} [[Ivan Kizimov]] on Ichor
|-
| 1974 || {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Copenhagen]] || Individual || {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Reiner Klimke]] on Mehmed || {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Liselott Linsenhoff]] on Piaff || {{flagicon|URS}} [[Elena Petushkova]] on Pepel
|-
| 1978 || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Goodwood, West Sussex|Goodwood]] || Individual || {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Christine Stückelberger]] on Granat || {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Uwe Schulten-Baumer]] on Silbowitz || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jennie Loriston-Clarke]] on Dutch Courage
|-
| 1982 || {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Lausanne]] || Individual || {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Reiner Klimke]] on [[Ahlerich]] || {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Christine Stückelberger]] on Granat || {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Uwe Schulten-Baumer]] on Madras
|-
| 1986 || {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Cedar Valley, Peterborough County, Ontario|Cedar Valley]] || Individual || {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Anne Grethe Jensen]] on Marzog || {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Christine Stückelberger]] on Gauguin de Lully || {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Johann Hinnemann]] on Ideaal
|-
| [[1990 FEI World Equestrian Games|1990]] || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Stockholm]] || Individual || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Nicole Uphoff]] on [[Rembrandt (horse)|Rembrandt]] || {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kyra Kyrklund]] on Matador || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Monica Theodorescu]] on [[Ganimedes]]
|-
|rowspan=2| [[1994 FEI World Equestrian Games|1994]] ||rowspan=2| {{flagicon|NED}} [[The Hague]] || Spécial || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Isabell Werth]] on [[Gigolo FRH|Gigolo]] || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Nicole Uphoff]] on [[Rembrandt (horse)|Rembrandt]] || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Sven Rothenberger]] on Dondolo
|-
| Freestyle || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Anky van Grunsven]] on [[Bonfire (horse)|Bonfire]] || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Klaus Balkenhol]] on Goldstern || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Karin Rehbein]] on Donnerhall
|-
| [[1998 FEI World Equestrian Games|1998]] || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Rome]] || Individual || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Isabell Werth]] on [[Gigolo FRH|Gigolo]] || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Anky van Grunsven]] on [[Bonfire (horse)|Bonfire]] || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Ulla Salzgeber]] on Rusty
|-
| [[2002 FEI World Equestrian Games|2002]] || {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Jerez de la Frontera]] || Individual || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Nadine Capellmann]] on Farbenfroh || {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Beatriz Ferrer-Salat]] on Beauvalais || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Ulla Salzgeber]] on Rusty
|-
|rowspan=2| [[2006 FEI World Equestrian Games|2006]] ||rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Aachen]] || Spécial || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Isabell Werth]] on Satchmo || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Anky van Grunsven]] on [[Salinero]] || {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Andreas Helgstrand]] on Matine
|-
| Freestyle || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Anky van Grunsven]] on [[Salinero]] || {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Andreas Helgstrand]] on Matine || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Isabell Werth]] on Satchmo
|-
|rowspan=2| [[2010 FEI World Equestrian Games|2010]] ||rowspan=2| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]] || Spécial || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Edward Gal]] on [[Totilas]] || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Laura Bechtolsheimer]] on [[Mistral Hojris]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Steffen Peters]] on Ravel
|-
| Freestyle || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Edward Gal]] on [[Totilas]] || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Laura Bechtolsheimer]] on [[Mistral Hojris]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Steffen Peters]] on Ravel
|-
|rowspan=2| [[2014 FEI World Equestrian Games|2014]] ||rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Normandy]] || Spécial || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Charlotte Dujardin]] on [[Valegro]] || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Helen Langehanenberg]] on Damon Hill || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Kristina Sprehe]] on Desperados
|-
| Freestyle || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Charlotte Dujardin]] on [[Valegro]] || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Helen Langehanenberg]] on Damon Hill || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Adelinde Cornelissen]] on Parzival
|-
|rowspan=2| [[2018 FEI World Equestrian Games|2018]] ||rowspan=2| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tryon, North Carolina|Tryon]] || Spécial || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Isabell Werth]] on Bella Rose || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Laura Graves]] on Verdades || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Charlotte Dujardin]] on Freestyle
|-
| Freestyle ||colspan=3 align=center|''Competition cancelled due to [[Hurricane Florence]]''
|-
|rowspan=2| [[2022 FEI World Championships|2022]] ||rowspan=2| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Herning]] || Spécial || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Charlotte Fry]] on Glamourdale || {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour]] on Vamos Amigos || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Dinja van Liere]] on Hermes
|-
| Freestyle || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Charlotte Fry]] on Glamourdale || {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour]] on Vamos Amigos || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Dinja van Liere]] on Hermes
|-
|rowspan=2| [[2026 FEI World Championships|2026]] ||rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Aachen]] || Spécial || || || 
|-
| Freestyle || || ||
|}

==Team results==

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=6 align="center"|'''Team medalists'''
|-
! Year
! Location
!style="background-color:gold;"| Gold
!style="background-color:silver;"| Silver
!style="background-color:#cc9966;"| Bronze
|-
| 1966 || {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Bern]] || {{FRG}}<br /><small>[[Reiner Klimke]] on Dux<br />[[Harry Boldt]] on Remus<br />[[Josef Neckermann]] on Antoinette</small> || {{SUI}}<br /><small>[[Henri Chammartin]] on Wolfdietrich<br />[[Gustav Fischer (equestrian)|Gustav Fischer]] on Wald<br />[[Marianne Gossweiler]] on Stephan</small> || {{URS}}<br /><small>[[Ivan Kizimov]] on Ikhor<br />[[Elena Petushkova]] on Pepel<br />[[Mikhael Kopeykin]] on Korbej</small>
|-
| 1970 || {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Aachen]] || {{URS}}<br /><small>[[Ivan Kalita (equestrian)|Ivan Kalita]] on Tarif<br />[[Ivan Kizimov]] on Ikhor <br />[[Elena Petushkova]] on Pepel</small> || {{FRG}}<br /><small>[[Liselott Linsenhoff]] on Piaff<br />[[Josef Neckermann]] on Mariano<br />[[Harry Boldt]] on Silverdream</small> || {{GDR}}<br /><small>[[Horst Köhler (equestrian)|Horst Köhler]] on Neuschnee <br />[[Wolfgang Müller (equestrian)|Wolfgang Müller]] on Marios<br />[[Gerhard Brockmüller]] on Tristan</small>
|-
| 1974 || {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Copenhagen]] || {{FRG}}<br /><small>[[Reiner Klimke]] on Mehmed<br />[[Liselott Linsenhoff]] on Piaff<br />[[Karin Schlüter]] on Liostro</small> || {{URS}}<br /><small>[[Elena Petushkova]] on Pepel<br />[[Ivan Kalita (equestrian)|Ivan Kalita]] on Tarif<br />[[Ivan Kizimov]] on Ikhor</small> || {{SUI}}<br /><small>[[Christine Stückelberger]] on Granat<br />[[Hermann Dür]] on Sod<br />[[Regula Pfrunder]] on Merry Boy</small>
|-
| 1978 || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Goodwood, West Sussex|Goodwood]] || {{FRG}}<br /><small>[[Uwe Schulten-Baumer]] on Silbowitz<br />[[Harry Boldt]] on Woyceck<br />[[Gabriela Grillo]] on Ultimo</small> || {{SUI}}<br /><small>[[Christine Stückelberger]] on Granat<br />[[Ulrich Lehmann]] on Widin<br />[[Claire Koch]] on Scorpio</small> || {{URS}}<br /><small>[[Irina Karacheva]] on Said<br />[[Viktor Ugryumov]] on Skkval<br />[[Elena Petushkova]] on Abakan</small>
|-
| 1982 || {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Lausanne]] || {{FRG}}<br /><small>[[Uwe Schulten-Baumer]] on Madras<br />[[Gabriela Grillo]] on Galapagos<br />[[Reiner Klimke]] on [[Ahlerich]]</small> || {{SUI}}<br /><small>[[Christine Stückelberger]] on Granat<br />[[Doris Ramseier]] on River King<br />[[Claire Koch]] on Scorpio</small> || {{DEN}}<br /><small>[[Anne Grethe Jensen]] on Marzog<br />[[Tove Jorck-Jorckston]] on Lazuly<br />[[Finn Saksö-Larsen]] on Coq d'Or</small>
|-
| 1986 || {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Cedar Valley, Peterborough County, Ontario|Cedar Valley]] || {{FRG}}<br /><small>[[Reiner Klimke]] on Pascal<br />[[Herbert Krug]] on Dukat<br />[[Gina Capellmann]] on Ampere<br />[[Johann Hinnemann]] on Ideaal</small> || {{NED}}<br /><small>[[Annemarie Sanders-Keyzer]] on Amon<br />[[Bert Rutten]] on Robby<br />[[Tineke Bartels]] on Olympic Duco<br />[[Helene Aubert]] on Mr. X</small> || {{SUI}}<br /><small>[[Christine Stückelberger]] on Gauguin<br />[[Ulrich Lehmann]] on Xanthos<br />[[Doris Ramseier]] on Rochus<br />[[Daniel Ramseier]] on Orlando</small>
|-
| [[1990 FEI World Equestrian Games|1990]] || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Stockholm]] || {{GER}}<br /><small>[[Nicole Uphoff]] on [[Rembrandt (horse)|Rembrandt]]<br />[[Monica Theodorescu]] on [[Ganimedes]]<br />[[Sven Rothenberger]] on Ideaal<br />[[Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff]] on Golfstom</small> || {{URS}}<br /><small>[[Olga Klimko]] on Shipovnik<br />[[Valery Tishkov (equestrian)|Valery Tishkov]] on Kholst<br />[[Nina Menkova]] on Dikson<br />[[Yuriy Kovshov]] on Bouket</small> || {{SUI}}<br /><small>[[Samuel Schatzmann]] on Rochus<br />[[Christine Stückelberger]] on Gauguin<br />[[Silvia Iklé]] on Spada<br />[[Daniel Ramseier]] on Random</small>
|-
| [[1994 FEI World Equestrian Games|1994]] || {{flagicon|NED}} [[The Hague]] || {{GER}}<br /><small>[[Isabell Werth]] on [[Gigolo (horse)|Gigolo]]<br />[[Klaus Balkenhol]] on Goldstern<br />[[Karin Rehbein]] on [[Donnerhall]]<br />[[Nicole Uphoff]] on [[Rembrandt (horse)|Rembrandt]]</small> || {{NED}}<br /><small>[[Sven Rothenberger]] on Dondolo<br />[[Anky van Grunsven]] on [[Bonfire (horse)|Bonfire]]<br />[[Ellen Bontje]] on Heuriger</small> || {{USA}}<br /><small>[[Robert Dover (equestrian)|Robert Dover]] on Devereaux<br />[[Gary Rockwell]] on Suna<br />[[Carol Lavell]] on Gifted<br />[[Kathleen Raine (equestrian)|Kathleen Raine]] on Avontuur</small>
|-
| [[1998 FEI World Equestrian Games|1998]] || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Rome]] || {{GER}}<br /><small>[[Ulla Salzgeber]] on Rusty<br />[[Nadine Capellmann]] on Gracioso<br />[[Karin Rehbein]] on [[Donnerhall]]<br />[[Isabell Werth]] on [[Gigolo (horse)|Gigolo]]</small> || {{NED}}<br /><small>[[Gonnelien Rothenberger]] on Dondolo<br />[[Ellen Bontje]] on Silvano<br />[[Coby van Baalen]] on Ferro<br>[[Anky van Grunsven]] on [[Bonfire (horse)|Bonfire]]</small> || {{SWE}}<br /><small>[[Annette Solmell]] on Strauss<br />[[Ulla Håkansson]] on Bobby<br />[[Louise Nathhorst]] on Walk On Top<br />[[Jan Brink]] on Fontana</small>
|-
| [[2002 FEI World Equestrian Games|2002]] || {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Jerez de la Frontera]] || {{GER}}<br /><small>[[Nadine Capellmann]] on Farbenfroh<br />[[Ulla Salzgeber]] on Rusty<br />[[Klaus Husenbeth]] on Picollino<br />[[Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff]] on Renoir</small> || {{USA}}<br /><small>[[Debbie McDonald]] on [[Brentina]]<br />[[Lisa Wilcox (equestrian)|Lisa Wilcox]] on Relevant<br />[[Susan Blinks]] on Flim Flam<br>[[Günter Seidel]] on Nikolaus</small> || {{ESP}}<br /><small>[[Beatriz Ferrer-Salat]] on Beauvalais<br />[[Rafael Soto]] on Invasor<br />[[Juan Antonio Jimenez]] on Guizo<br />[[Ignacio Rambla]] on Granadero</small>
|-
| [[2006 FEI World Equestrian Games|2006]] || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Aachen]] || {{GER}}<br /><small>[[Nadine Capellmann]] on Elvis VA<br />[[Isabell Werth]] on Satchmo<br />[[Heike Kemmer]] on Bonaparte<br />[[Hubertus Schmidt]] on Wansuela Suerte</small> || {{NED}}<br /><small>[[Imke Schellekens-Bartels]] on Sunrise<br />[[Laurens van Lieren]] on Ollright<br />[[Edward Gal]] on Lingh<br>[[Anky van Grunsven]] on [[Salinero]]</small> || {{USA}}<br /><small>[[Steffen Peters]] on Floriano<br />[[Debbie McDonald]] on [[Brentina]]<br />[[Leslie Morse]] on Tip Top<br />[[Günter Seidel]] on Aragon</small>
|-
| [[2010 World Equestrian Games|2010]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]] || {{NED}}<br /><small>[[Edward Gal]] on [[Totilas]]<br />[[Imke Schellekens-Bartels]] on Sunrise<br />[[Hans Peter Minderhoud]] on Nadine<br />[[Adelinde Cornelissen]] on Parzival</small> || {{GBR2}}<br /><small>[[Laura Bechtolsheimer]] on [[Mistral Hojris]]<br />[[Carl Hester]] on Liebling II<br />[[Fiona Bigwood]] on Atlantico<br>[[Maria Eilberg]] on Two Sox</small> || {{GER}}<br /><small>[[Isabell Werth]] on Warum Nicht<br />[[Christoph Koschel]] on Donnperignon<br />[[Matthias Alexander Rath]] on Sterntaler<br />[[Anabel Balkenhol]] on Dablino</small>
|-
| [[2014 World Equestrian Games|2014]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Normandy]] || {{GER}}<br /><small>[[Isabell Werth]] on Bella Rose<br />[[Helen Langehanenberg]] on Damon Hill<br />[[Kristina Sprehe]] on Desperados<br />[[Fabienne Lütkemeier]] on d'Agostino</small> || {{GBR2}}<br /><small>[[Charlotte Dujardin]] on [[Valegro]]<br />[[Carl Hester]] on Nip Tuck<br />[[Michael Eilberg]] on Half Moon Delphi<br>[[Gareth Hughes (equestrian)|Gareth Hughes]] on Nadonna</small> || {{NED}}<br /><small>[[Adelinde Cornelissen]] on Parzival<br />[[Hans Peter Minderhoud]] on Johnson<br />[[Diederik van Silfhout]] on Arlando<br />[[Edward Gal]] on Voice</small>
|-
| [[2018 FEI World Equestrian Games|2018]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tryon, North Carolina|Tryon]] || {{GER}}<br /><small>[[Jessica von Bredow-Werndl]] on Dalera<br />[[Dorothee Schneider]] on Showtime<br />[[Sönke Rothenberger]] on Cosmo<br />[[Isabell Werth]] on Bella Rose</small> || {{USA}}<br /><small>[[Steffen Peters]] on Suppenkasper<br />[[Adrienne Lyle]] on Salvino<br />[[Kasey Perry-Glass]] on Dublet<br>[[Laura Graves]] on Verdades</small> || {{GBR2}}<br /><small>[[Spencer Wilton]] on Super Nova<br />[[Emile Faurie]] on Dono di Maggio<br />[[Carl Hester]] on Delicato<br />[[Charlotte Dujardin]] on Freestyle</small>
|-
| [[2022 FEI World Championships (dressage, jumping, vaulting, para-dressage)|2022]] || {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Herning]] || {{DEN}}<br /><small>[[Nanna Skodborg Merrald|Nanna Merrald Rasmussen]] on Blue Hors Zack<br />[[Carina Cassøe Krüth]] on Heiline's Danciera<br />[[Daniel Bachmann Andersen]] on Marshall-Bell<br />[[Cathrine Dufour|Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour]] on Vamos Amigos</small> || {{GBR2}}<br /><small>[[Richard Davison (equestrian)|Richard Davison]] on Bubblingh<br />[[Gareth Hughes (equestrian)|Gareth Hughes]] on Classic Briolinca<br />[[Charlotte Dujardin]] on Imhotep<br />[[Charlotte Fry]] on Glamourdale</small> || {{GER}}<small><br />[[Ingrid Klimke]] on Franziskus<br />[[Benjamin Werndl]] on Famoso<br />[[Isabell Werth]] on Quantaz<br />[[Frederic Wandres]] on Duke of Britain</small>
|}

==Medal count==
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = flagcountry
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_GER = 21 | silver_GER = 9 | bronze_GER = 11
 | gold_NED = 5 | silver_NED = 6 | bronze_NED = 5
 | gold_GBR = 4 | silver_GBR = 5 | bronze_GBR = 3
 | gold_URS = 2 | silver_URS = 2 | bronze_URS = 4 | name_URS = ''{{URS}}''
 | gold_DEN = 2 | silver_DEN = 3 | bronze_DEN = 2
 | gold_SUI = 1 | silver_SUI = 5 | bronze_SUI = 3
 | gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 3 | bronze_USA = 4
 | gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 1 | bronze_ESP = 1
 | gold_FIN = 0 | silver_FIN = 1 | bronze_FIN = 0
 | gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 0 | bronze_SWE = 1
 | gold_GDR = 0 | silver_GDR = 0 | bronze_GDR = 1 | name_GDR = ''{{GDR}}''
}}
* <small>Note 1: Medal count is sorted by total gold medals, then total silver medals, then total bronze medals, then alphabetically.</small>
* <small>Note 2: Germany includes both Germany and West Germany.</small>

== References ==
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==External links==
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