Guide Note

Archery debuted at the Summer Olympics in 1900.¹ Individual and team medal sets are awarded to the top male and female athletes.²

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, archery events were held from August 9 to August 15, 2008, at the Olympic Green Archery Field.² South Korea led all other nations in archery medals, taking home five. China won three medals and the Ukraine, Russia, Italy and France each earned a single medal.³

Fast Facts

Introduced in 1900¹
Events: Men's individual and team, women's individual and team²
Shooting distance: 70 meters⁴
Governed by the International Archery Federation⁵
Individuals and teams compete in a ranking round, then a single-elimination tournament⁴

History

Archery made its first appearance at the Summer Games in 1900. It continued as an Olympic sport in 1904, 1908 and 1920, then was discontinued. Archery returned as a full medal sport in 1972 and included men's and women's individual events. The men's and women's team events were added in 1988.⁶

Related Pages on Mahalo

Archery | Olympics | Summer Olympics | Summer Olympics 2008 | US Olympic Archery 2008

Categories

Sports | Olympics

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Olympic Archery

The Mahalo Top 7

Official Site: International Archery Federation
International Olympic Committee: Archery
Wikipedia: Archery at the Summer Olympics
United States Olympic Committee: USA Archery
NBC Olympics: Archery Basics
The Sports Network: 2008 Summer Olympic Games Preview - Archery (July 17, 2008)
YouTube Video: 2008 Beijing Olympic Games - Archery Promotional Trailer (Time: 0:57)

Olympic Archery News and Articles

IndiaTimes Sports: Archers Already in Competition Mode (July 20, 2008)
International Olympic Committee: Beijing 2008: Archery Olympic Qualification... (July 2, 2008)
VOA News: US Archer Nichols Aims for Olympic Gold (June 26, 2008)
Google News: Olympic Archery Search

2008 Olympic Archery

Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Archery
NBC Olympics: 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics - Archery
Wikipedia: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Olympic Archery Medal Winners

Event	Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal
Archery
Men's individual	Viktor Ruban - Ukraine	Park Sung-Hyun - South Korea	Bair Badenov - Russia
Men's team	South Korea	Italy	China
Women's individual	Zhang Juanjuan - China	Park Sung-Hyun - South Korea	Yun Ok-Hee - South Korea
Women's team	South Korea	China	France

Olympic Archery History

International Olympic Committee: Olympic Archery History
NBC Olympics: Olympic Archery History

Olympic Archery Photos

Google Images: Olympic Archery Photos
Flickr: Olympic Archery Photos
Yahoo! Images: Olympic Archery Photos
Live Search Images: Olympic Archery Photos

Olympic Archery Videos

YouTube Video: Archery Olympics Techical Film - Archives 1996 (Time: 25:48)
YouTube Video: Olympic Archery Finale 2004 (Time: 5:55)
YouTube Video: Archery-Olympics 2004 Athens (Time: 7:55)
YouTube: Olympic Archery Videos