Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Summary

Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics was contested in the format used since 1972. There were two events: men's individual and women's individual. 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. It was the fourth, and last, time that the format was used in Olympic competition.[1]

Archery
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueEl Dorado Park
Dates8–11 August 1984
No. of events2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors109 from 35 nations
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Neroli Fairhall from New Zealand, who came 35th in the Women's individual event, was the first paraplegic athlete to compete at the Olympic Games.

Medal summary edit

Events edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual
details
Darrell Pace
  United States
Richard McKinney
  United States
Hiroshi Yamamoto
  Japan
Women's individual
details
Seo Hyang-soon
  South Korea
Li Lingjuan
  China
Kim Jin-ho
  South Korea

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)1102
2  South Korea (KOR)1012
3  China (CHN)0101
4  Japan (JPN)0011
Totals (4 entries)2226

Participating nations edit

Nation Men's Individual Women's Individual Total
  Australia 1 1 2
  Austria 0 1 1
  Belgium 3 2 5
  Bhutan 3 3 6
  Brazil 1 0 1
  Canada 0 3 3
  China 3 3 6
  Chinese Taipei 1 1 2
  Colombia 1 0 1
  Finland 3 2 5
  France 2 0 2
  Great Britain 3 3 6
  Hong Kong 3 3 6
  Indonesia 2 0 2
  Ireland 0 2 2
  Italy 2 1 3
  Japan 3 2 5
  Luxembourg 2 1 3
  Malta 0 1 1
  Mexico 1 1 2
  Monaco 1 0 1
  Netherlands 1 1 2
  New Zealand 1 2 3
  Norway 1 0 1
  Portugal 1 0 1
  Puerto Rico 1 0 1
  Saudi Arabia 3 0 3
  South Korea 3 3 6
  Spain 2 2 4
  Sweden 3 2 5
  Switzerland 1 2 3
  Thailand 2 0 2
  Turkey 2 0 2
  United States 3 3 6
  West Germany 3 2 5
Total athletes 62 47 109
Total NOCs 31 24 35

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Archery at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

External links edit

  • Official Olympic Report