Archery at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Summary

At the 1976 Summer Olympics two archery events were contested. It was the second iteration of the modern archery competition in the Olympics, following the same format as in the 1972 Summer Olympics. The two events were men's individual and women's individual, and the competition in each event consisted of a double FITA round. Archers shot a total of 288 arrows at 4 different distances (90, 70, 50, and 30 meters for men; 70, 60, 50, and 30 metres for women).[1]

Archery
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Archery Field, Joliette
Dates27–30 July 1976
No. of events2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors64 from 24 nations
← 1972
1980 →

Medal summary edit

The United States repeated its sweep of the two gold medals. Japan and Italy claimed their first archery medals in the men's competition. The Soviet Union took the silver and bronze medals in the women's competition, adding to the bronze they had earned four years earlier.

Events edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual
details
Darrell Pace
  United States
Hiroshi Michinaga
  Japan
Giancarlo Ferrari
  Italy
Women's individual
details
Luann Ryon
  United States
Valentina Kovpan
  Soviet Union
Zebiniso Rustamova
  Soviet Union

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)2002
2  Soviet Union (URS)0112
3  Japan (JPN)0101
4  Italy (ITA)0011
Totals (4 entries)2226

Participating nations edit

Nation Men's Individual Women's Individual Total
  Australia 2 2 4
  Austria 1 0 1
  Belgium 2 0 2
  Canada 2 2 4
  Costa Rica 2 0 2
  Denmark 1 0 1
  Finland 2 0 2
  France 1 1 2
  Great Britain 2 2 4
  Indonesia 1 1 2
  Ireland 1 0 1
  Italy 2 2 4
  Japan 2 2 4
  Mongolia 2 2 4
  North Korea 0 2 2
  Norway 1 0 1
  Poland 2 2 4
  Puerto Rico 1 1 2
  Soviet Union 1 2 3
  Sweden 2 2 4
  Thailand 2 1 3
  United States 2 2 4
  West Germany 2 1 3
  Yugoslavia 1 0 1
Total athletes 37 27 64
Total NOCs 23 16 24

References edit

  1. ^ "Archery at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

External links edit

  • Official Olympic Report