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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. Olympic archery is governed by the World Archery Federation (WA; formerly FITA). Recurve archery is the only discipline of archery featured at the Olympic Games. Archery is also an event at the Summer ...
2008 Olympic gold medallist Viktor Ruban carries two recurve bows at the 2012 Olympic Games. In archery, a recurve bow is one of the main shapes a bow can take, with limbs that curve away from the archer when unstrung. A recurve bow stores more energy and delivers energy more efficiently than the equivalent straight-limbed bow, giving a greater ...
Early Olympic archery competitions (1900–1920) included events unique for each Games. 1900 Paris. Event Gold Silver Bronze Au cordon doré, 50 metres
The archery schedule began on 30 July and ended on 2 August. Points were in a format called the double FITA round, which included 288 arrows shot over four days at four different distances: 70 meters, 60 meters, 50 meters, 30 meters for women; 90 meters, 70 meters, 50 meters, 30 meters for men.
The men's individual archery event at the 1976 Summer Olympics was part of the archery programme. The event consisted of a double FITA round. The event consisted of a double FITA round. For each round, the archer shot 36 arrows at each of four distances—90, 50, 70, and 30 metres.
The men's individual was an archery event held as part of the Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics programme. Like other archery events at the Olympics, it featured the recurve discipline. All archery was done at a range of 70 metres. 64 archers competed. [1] The same competition format as in 1992 was used, though there were some significant ...
A total of sixteen type 108 were built. One prototype (1A) for windtunnel tests in 1991, as well as three frames with improved shape (proto 2A, 2B and 2C) of which two (proto 2A and 2C) had been actively used at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. After the Olympics, a further twelve factory replicas were offered for sale at £15,000 each. [2]
A total of 22 nations competed in the men's team event at the 1988 Summer Olympics as part of the archery programme. The ranking round score for a team was the sum of the three scores earned by the individual archers in the individual ranking round. The top twelve nations competed in the semifinals, with the top eight advancing to the finals. [1]