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Archery had its debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics and has been contested in 18 Olympiads. 105 nations have competed in the Olympic archery events, with France appearing the most often at 15 times. The most noticeable trend has been the excellence of South Korean archers, who have won 32 out of 44 gold medals in archery events since 1984.
Panathinaiko Stadium hosted the archery competitions and the marathon finish for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Sambódromo hosted the archery competitions and the marathon finish for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. For the Summer Olympics, there are 20 venues that have been or will be used for archery.
The archery competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris took place over seven days, from 25 July to 4 August, at Les Invalides. [1] [2] 128 archers (64 for each gender) competed across five events, with the mixed team recurve returning to the Olympic program for the second time.
Early Olympic archery competitions (1900–1920) included events unique for each Games. 1900 Paris. Event Gold Silver Bronze Au cordon doré, 50 metres
The list shown below is showing the archers who competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The archers played in a set of 5 events: Men's Individual, Team; Womenʻs Individual, Team; [1] and the Mixed Team. [2] [3] 65 archers made their Olympic debuts in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Evangelia Psarra qualified for her sixth Olympic games. [4]
There were 128 qualifying places available for archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics: 64 for men and 64 for women. The qualification standards were released by World Archery in March 2018. [2] Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) is permitted to enter a maximum of six competitors, three per gender. NOCs that qualify teams for a particular gender ...
Organising Committee for the Olympic Games Athens 2004. August 2004. pp. 29, 57. ISBN 960-88101-7-5 "Archery Day 1 Review: Republic of Korea women break Olympic record". Beijing 2008. 2008-08-09. Archived from the original on 2008-08-12 "Olympic Archery records broken". London 2012. 2012-07-27.
Competitive archery in the United States is governed by USA Archery and National Field Archery Association (NFAA), which also certifies instructors. [ 72 ] Para-archery is an adaptation of archery for athletes with a disability, governed by the World Archery (WA) and is one of the sports in the Summer Paralympic Games . [ 73 ]