Olympic Games - London ARCHERY 2012 MEDIA GUIDE ARCHERY MEDIA GUIDE LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES P4 Olympic Games P13 Venue P25 Olympic Games LOrd’s : Tom DIELEN Medal Table THE HOME OF ARCHERY World Archery Secretary General P26 World Championships Medallists 2009-2011 The world famous Lord’s Cricket Ground, com- In terms of the competition format, we will see monly referred to as The Home of Cricket, will the set system for the individual competition for welcome a new sport into its domain this sum- the first time at the Olympics. It was success- mer. On 27 July 2012, Lord’s will become The fully used in Singapore for the Youth Olympic P5 Paralympic Games P14 Competitions Home of Archery for the London Olympic Games. Games and at all major competitions since 2010. Much has changed in the archery family since the Beijing Olympic Games and participants Lord’s is a magical venue where sports history P27 World Cup Final Medallists 2008-2011 from a record of 55 countries will compete for has already been made. It has been said that archery’s four Olympic gold medals in what will there was already an archery demonstration by the Sioux Indians that was organised by be the most competitive field yet encountered. P18 Records the venue’s namesake, Thomas LORD, in the P6 Competition Schedule Archery’s history is linked to Britain: the five 19th century. Although the sport has changed colours on the target originated in the English considerably since those days, the heritage of Archery Rounds. Although we have since added our sport will be linked to the Pavilion, which is P28 Equipment more scoring rings, the target’s size of 122cm truly a fantastic place. Walking out of the Pavi- The Stars has never changed. We are also coming to the lion to go to the field of play is magic that will P30 Recurve Men home country of the former World Archery Pre- be experienced by all of the athletes at these P32 Recurve Women sident, Mrs Inger K. FRITH. Mrs FRITH brought Olympic Games. P8 Men Participants P20 Olympic Individual P10 Women Participants Medallists 1972-2008 archery back to the Olympic Games in 1972. She would have likely been proud of her sport com- We would like to wish good luck to all the peting at Lord’s, although she probably would athletes and we would like to thank really eve- have preferred the All Whites rule for uniforms ryone involved in this archery competition at the that is maintained for Cricket Test Events. London 2012 Olympic Games. We are looking forward to a memorable time at Lord’s, where P34 Olympic History The Paralympic Games originated in Stoke Man- the historical field contrasts the state-of-the-art P36 Worldwide Sport deville. We look forward to hosting Paralympic media centre. Just like archery—a modern sport P12 Team Participants P22 Olympic Team P37 World Archery Archery at the Royal Artillery Barracks. We are with a strong heritage. Medallists1998-2008 P38 Calendar eagerly anticipating the Paralympic Games, P39 Contacts which demonstrate the incredible level of com- petition that athletes who have disability are able to achieve. Welcome to Lord’s, Home of Archery for the London 2012 Olympic Games Olympic Games OLYMPIC GAMES London 2012 Olympic Games, 27 July - 12 August ( Archery : 27 July – 3 August ) Archery was a sport in the Olympic Games In the team matches, each team shoots 24 from 1900–1920. In 1972, archery became arrows—4 ends of 6 arrows. They have only a permanent part of the Olympic programme. 2 minutes in which to shoot 6 arrows. Each PARALYMPIC team member shoots 2 arrows per end, There are 64 men and 64 women compe- shooting only one arrow at a time. Teams GAMES London 2012 Paralympic Games, ting in the recurve division, for individual and alternate shooting after every 3 arrows. 29 August - 9 September (Archery : 30 August - 5 September) team events in London. There will be four new Olympic champions : Individual Men, Indivi- The archery competition will take place There are 140 para-archers competing — There are 9 Paralympic titles awarded : dual Women, Team Men, and Team Women. at the famous Lord’s Cricket Ground. 88 men and 52 women — in London. Individual Recurve Men W1/W2 In the Ranking Round, the athletes shoot For more details please refer to the The venue for archery will be the Royal Artillery 72 arrows at a distance of 70 metres. Competition and Equipment Individual Recurve Men Standing Barracks. sections. In the Olympic Round (matches), the number Individual Compound Men W1 1 individual qualifier (seed) shoots against Individual Compound Men Open number 64, and so on… Individual Recurve Women W1/W2 Individual matches are best of five sets of three arrows. The athletes shoot in alternate Individual Recurve Women Standing format and have 20 seconds per arrow. The Individual Compound Women Open first archer to six set points is the winner. If after five sets the scores are tied at 5-5, Team Recurve Men Open the match goes to sudden death, where both Team Recurve Women Open archers shoot one arrow each (alternately). The arrow closest to the centre wins. Archery was one of the original Paralympic sports contested in Rome in 1960. Each nation that qualified three athletes of the same gender can also compete in the For more information about the Paralympic team competition. Games please check www.worldarchery.org and www.london2012.com/paralympics Olympic Games Paralympic Games 5 COMPETITION SCHEDULE 27 July Day 1 31 July Day 5 09:00-11:00 Men’s Ranking Round / 70-metre Round 09:00-12:55 Men’s & Women’s Individual 1/32 & 1/16 Eliminations 13:00-15:00 Women’s Ranking Round / 70-metre Round 15:00-17:40 Men’s & Women’s Individual 1/32 & 1/16 Eliminations 28 July Day 2 1 August Day 6 09:00-10:40 Men’s Team 1/8 Eliminations 09:00-12:55 Men’s & Women’s Individual 1/32 & 1/16 Eliminations 15:00-16:40 Men’s Team Quarterfinals 15:00-18:55 Men’s & Women’s Individual 1/32 & 1/16 Eliminations 16:40-17:30 Men’s Team Semifinals 2 August Day 7 17:33-17:58 Men’s Team Bronze Medal Match 09:00-10:45 Women’s Individual 1/8 Eliminations 18:01-18:26 Men’s Team Gold Medal Match 14:00-14:52 Women’s Individual Quarterfinals 18:31-18:41 Men’s Team Victory Ceremony 14:52-15:18 Women’s Individual Semifinals 29 July Day 3 15:21-15:34 Women’s Individual Bronze Medal Match 09:00-10:40 Women’s Team 1/8 Eliminations 15:37-15:50 Women’s Individual Gold Medal Match 15:00-16:40 Women’s Team Quarterfinals 15:55-16:05 Women’s Individual Victory Ceremony 16:40-17:30 Women’s Team Semifinals 3 August Day 7 17:33-17:58 Women’s Team Bronze Medal Match 09:00-10:45 Men’s Individual 1/8 Eliminations 18:01-18:26 Women’s Team Gold Medal Match 14:00-14:52 Men’s Individual Quarterfinals 18:31-18:41 Women’s Team Victory Ceremony 14:52-15:18 Men’s Individual Semifinals 30 July Day 4 15:21-15:34 Men’s Individual Bronze Medal Match 09:00-12:55 Men’s’ & Women’s Individual 1/32 & 1/16 Eliminations 15:37-15:50 Men’s Individual Gold Medal Match 15:00-17:40 Men’s & Women’s Individual 1/32 & 1/16 Eliminations 15:55-16:05 Men’s Individual Victory Ceremony Competition Schedule Competition Schedule 7 INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANTS MEN PaRTICIPANTS MEN PaRTICIPANTS NOC Name NOC Name NOC Name NOC Name AUS WORTH Taylor GBR GODFREY Laurence KAZ GANKIN Denis PHI JAVIER Mark BAN MILON Md Emdadul Haque TERRY Simon KOR IM Dong Hyun POL DOBROWOLSKI Rafal BRA REZENDE XAVIER Daniel WILLS Alan KIM Bubmin SLO STRAJHAR Klemen BUL HRISTOV Yavor Vasilev GER MAYR Camilo OH Jin Hyek SMR GUIDI Emanuele CAN DUENAS Crispin HKG LEE Kar Wai Calvin LUX HENCKELS Jeff SUI MULLER Axel CHN DAI Xiaoxiang IND TALUKDAR Jayanta MAS CHENG Chu Sian THA THAMWONG Witthaya LIU Zhaowu BANERJEE Rahul KAMARUDDIN Haziq TPE CHEN Yu-Cheng XING Yu RAI Tarundeep MOHAMAD Khairul Anuar KUO Cheng-Wei CIV KOUASSI Rene Philippe IRI VAZIRI TEYMOORLOOEI MDA OLARU Dan WANG Cheng-Pang COL PINEDA Daniel Felipe Milad MEX ALVAREZ Luis UKR RUBAN Viktor CUB STEVENS Juan Carlos ITA GALIAZZO Marco VELEZ Luis Eduardo HRACHOV Dmytro EGY EL-NEMR Ahmed FRANGILLI Michele SERRANO Juan Rene IVASHKO Markiyan ESP CUESTA Elias NESPOLI Mauro MGL GANTUGS Jantsan USA ELLISON Brady FIJ ELDER Robert JPN KIKUCHI Hideki MYA Myo AUNG Nay KAMINSKI Jake FRA FAUCHERON Thomas FURUKAWA Takaharu NED VAN DER VEN Rick WUKIE Jacob GIROUILLE Romain ISHIZU Yu NOR NESTENG Baard VEN MALAVE Elias PREVOST Gael Individual Men Participants Individual Men Participants 9 INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANTS WOMEN PaRTICIPANTS WOMEN PaRTICIPANTS NOC Name NOC Name NOC Name NOC Name AUS BARNARD Elisa GBR FOLKARD Naomi KAZ BANNOVA Anastassiya SAM TUIMALEALIIFANO Maureen BHU ZAM Sherab OLIVER Amy KOR CHOI Hyeonju SUI DIELEN Nathalie BLR TIMOFEYEVA Ekaterina WILLIAMSON Alison KI Bo Bae SWE BJERENDAL Christine CAN BEAUDET Marie-Pier GEO ESEBUA Kristine LEE Sung Jin TPE LE Chien-Ying CHI VAN LAMOEN Denisse GER RICHTER Elena MAS SyafiiQAH Nurul Hashim TAN Ya-Ting CHN CHENG Ming GRE PSARRA Evangelia MEX AVITIA Mariana LIN Chia-En FANG Yuting INA ROCHMAWATI Ika Yuliana ROMAN Aida TUR LOKLUOGLU Begul XU Jing IND LAISHRAM Bombayla Devi VALENCIA Alejandra UKR SICHENIKOVA Lidiia COL RENDON Ana Maria KUMARI Deepika MGL URANTUNGALAG Bishindee PALEKHA Kateryna DEN CHRISTIANSEN Carina SWURO Chekrovolu PHI CABRAL Rachelle Anne DOROKHOVA Tetyana JAGER Maja IRI DEHGHANABNAVI Zahra POL LESNIAK Natalia USA LEEK Miranda LAURSEN Louise IRQ AL-MASHHADANI Rand PRK KWON Un Sil LORIG Khatuna EGY KAMEL Nada ITA VALEEVA Natalia RSA HULTZER Karen NICHOLS Jennifer ESP GRANDAL Iria TOMASI Jessica RUS PEROVA Ksenia VEN BRITO Leidys EST PARNAT Reena LIONETTI Pia STEPANOVA Inna FRA SCHUH Berengere JPN HAYAKAWA Ren TIMOFEEVA Kristina KANIE Miki KAWANAKA Kaori Individual Women Participants Individual Women Participants 11 TEam PaRTICIPANTS Men’s WOMen’s TEAM PaRTICIPANTS TEAM PaRTICIPANTS All teams consist of three athletes.