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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 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. Names of archers are recorded on the previous pages.

CHN P.R. CHN P.R. China FRA DEN GBR Great Britain GBR Great Britain IND IND India ITA ITA Italy JPN Japan JPN Japan Venue KOR Korea KOR Korea Lord’s Cricket Ground MAS Malasya MEX Ticket Spectator capacity for games : 4500 MEX Mexico RUS TPE Chinese Taipei TPE Chinese Taipei Press workroom : 80 UKR UKR Ukraine Media Grand Stand : 103 USA United States of America USA United States of America Founded in 1814

Total Teams : 12 Total Teams : 12 Lord’s is named after the Ground’s original founder, Thomas LORD. The Design and Build

Total number of countries represented Lord’s has long been seen as the Home of In the London 2012 Olympic Archery Com- in team and individual events : 55. Cricket, the game’s spiritual headquarters petition, archers will shoot from the front of This is a record for archery in and perhaps the most important single place the 19th century Pavilion—a historical and Olympic history. in world cricket. Its owner, Marylebone Cric- protected building in Great Britain and whose ket Club, has been based at Lord’s since Long Room has hosted the highest dignita- 1814, and is the owner and maker of the ries over the years—and across the hallowed Laws of Cricket and guardian of the Spirit of cricket square towards the Media Centre. Cricket. The venue hosts cricket at all levels Commissioned for when Lord’s hosted the of the game, from school and village fixtures 1999 Cricket World Cup, the Media Centre to international Test. During the London 2012 has won many awards for its modern, almost Olympic Games, it will be the Home of Archery. futuristic design.

Team Participants Venue 13 Competitions

The road to London : Changes from last Games qualifications of 64 men and 64 women Individual will play matches out of 5 sets of 3 Two teams of three athletes from the host arrows. country. Tie-breaks are played out of one arrow The top 8 teams of three archers and eight closest to centre for individuals. individual archers per gender qualified based on 2011 World Championships. For teams, each team member will shoot a single extra arrow in a shoot-off. The team Thirteen athletes from various Continental with the highest score will win. If the score is Qualifications Tournaments held in 2011-12. still tied, the team that has the arrow closest Three teams of three archers from a Final to the centre wins ! Team Qualification Tournament (during World Women’s and men’s matches will alternate Cup Stage 3 in Ogden, USA, 18-24 June Competition Format during the 1/32 and 1/16 elimination rounds. Scoring 2012). The target face has 10 concentric scoring Athletes shoot a 70m Round in qualifications, At least four individuals from a Final Indivi- rings (two per colour), scoring from 1 to 10 12 ends of 6 arrows. The maximum number dual Qualification Tournament (during World points. Hence the outside scoring ring is of points is 720. Cup Stage 3 in Ogden, USA, 18-24 June worth 1 point and the inside ring is worth Archers are ranked based on the number 2012). 10 points. For all details please consult the of points. Equipment section. Three invitation places. The top 64 archers are paired for the up-co- Any NOC that qualified three archers will ming match-play (called the Olympic Round) present a team at the Olympic Games. All —the No. 1 qualifier against No. 64, No. 2 qualification places are earned by the NOC. against No. 63, etc. All archers must meet Minimum Qualifica- Out of the 12 teams participating, the top tions Standards (MQS) : they are of 1230 4 in qualifications receive a bye for the 1/8 points for men and women in a FITA Round elimination round. The No. 5 will play against and 625 points for men and 600 points for No. 12, No. 6 against No. 11, etc. women at a 70m Round. Not more than two teams of three archers from one NOC team can compete. The NOCs could qualify either a team of three athletes or one archer per gender, so a maximum of six participants.

Competitions Competitions 15 Individual Matches Team Matches Athletes play matches out of 5 sets of 3 The match will finish once the 6 set points is Each nation with 3 athletes of the same The team with the highest score at the end arrows. reached within the 5 sets. gender in the same division can also com- wins the match. pete in team competition. The winner of each set—the athlete who If the match is tied, a one-arrow (only!) In case the two teams have a tied score, gets the highest cumulative score with his shoot-off will be used to break the tie. The In the team matches, each team shoots each team member will shoot a single ex- three arrows—gets 2 set points. archer whose arrow is closest to the centre 24 arrows—4 ends of 6 arrows. They only tra arrow in a shoot-off. The team with the (if needed it will be measured) gets 1 extra have 2 minutes to shoot 6 arrows. Each highest score will win. If the score is still If the set is tied each athlete gets 1 set point. point and wins. team member shoots 2 arrows per end, tied, the team that has the arrow closest The winner of the match is determined by shooting only one arrow at a time. Teams to the centre wins ! Athletes alternate to shoot each arrow and the number of set points won, not the score alternate shooting after every 3 arrows. have 20 seconds per arrow. of the arrows. The match winner is the first to reach 6 Elimination and Final Matches are like an intense set points. tennis tournament, sometimes in one day ! The head-to-head competition combines simplicity, Here is an example of a recurve individual match excitement and suspense. First set Fifth set Athlete A shoots : 10, 10, 9 = 29 Athlete B shoots : 10, 9, 10 = 29 Athlete A shoots : 10, 10, 9, = 29 Ranking Protests/Appeals Athlete B shoots : 10, 10, 8 = 28 Both athlete A and B earn 1 set point. There will be a gold medal and a bronze A participant can appeal any unfair issue, The score is tied at 1-1. Athlete A earns the two points and ties the medal match (only one bronze medal is with the exception of the value of a judged match at 5-5. A one-arrow shoot-off is required awarded). arrow. Second set to break the tie (to earn the extra set point). The quarterfinalists are ranked first based Athlete A shoots : 10, 10, 10 = 30 Shoot-off on their set points, and then in their total Athlete B shoots : 10, 5, 7 = 22 Differences with World arrow points. Athlete A shoots : 10 Championships and World Cup Athlete A earns the two points. He leads 3-1. Athlete B shoots : 10* For the other rounds, the retired athletes/ There are more participants in the World Third set teams are all ranked in the same position, Let’s measure that the arrow of the athlete B Archery Championships (more than 500 i.e. 9th, 17th and 33rd. Athlete A shoots : 10, 10, 8, = 28 is the closest to centre and wins ! from about 80 countries) and at the World Athlete B shoots : 10, 10, 10 = 30 Cup (usually more than 300 from 50 On the match chart results, Penalties / Disqualification countries) Athlete B earns the two points. He tied the the score would be shown as : Rules match at 3-3. The archers shoot qualifications at 70 Athlete A: 5 (29, 30, 28, 27, 29; T10) There are set penalties for infractions. The metres (70m Round) or over four dis- Fourth set Athlete B: 6 (29, 22, 30, 30, 28; T10*) most common are: loss of the value of any tances (FITA Round: 90m, 70m, 50m and *Closest to centre Athlete A shoots : 10, 9, 8, = 27 arrow shot after the allocated time and ha- 30m for men and 70m, 60m, 50m and Athlete B shoots : 10, 10, 10 = 30 ving to return behind the waiting line in case 30m for women). of an incorrect relay in the team event. Athlete B takes the lead 5-3. Other archery disciplines: Indoor, Field, Ski Archery, 3D Archery.

Competitions - Individual matches format Competitions - Teams 17 World and Olympic Records Individual Men Olympic Records Individual Men World Records

Type of Record Archer Country Record Date Place Type of Record Archer Country Record Date Place

70m Round (72 Arrows) FRANGILLI M. ITA 684 28.07.1996 , USA 70m Round (72 Arrows) IM Dong Hyun KOR 696 02.05.2012 Antalya, TUR

Individual Women Olympic Records Individual Women World Records

Type of Record Archer Country Record Date Place Type of Record Archer Country Record Date Place

70m Round (72 Arrows) HERASYMENKO L. UKR 673 28.07.1996 Atlanta, USA 70m Round (72 Arrows) PARK Sung Hyun KOR 682 12.08.2004 , GRE

Team Men Olympic Records Team Men World Records

Type of Record Archers Country Record Date Place Type of Record Archers Country Record Date Place

24 Arrow Match IM Dong Hyun KOR 227 11.08.2008 Beijing, CHN 24 Arrow Match IM Dong Hyun KOR 233 04.10.2011 London, GBR LEE Chang Hwan KOR KIM Woojin KOR PARK Kyung Mo KOR OH Jin Hyek KOR

3 x 72 Arrows JANG Yong Ho KOR 2031 28.07.1996 Atlanta, USA 3 x 72 Arrows IM Dong Hyun KOR 2069 02.05.2012 Antalya, TUR 70m Round KIM Bo Ram KOR 70m Round KIM Woojin KOR OH Kyo Moon KOR OH Jin Hyek KOR

Team Women Olympic Records Team Women World Records

Type of Record Archers Country Record Date Place Type of Record Archers Country Record Date Place

24 Arrow Match JOO Jyung Jung KOR 231 10.08.2008 Beijing, CHN 24 Arrow Match JOO Hyung Jung KOR 231 10.08.2008 Beijing, CHN PARK Sung Hyun KOR PARK Sung Hyun KOR YUN Ok Hee KOR Yun OK Hee KOR

3 x 72 Arrows JOO Jyung Jung KOR 2004 09.08.2008 Beijing, CHN 3 x 72 Arrows PARK Sung Hyun KOR 2030 12.08.2004 Athens, GRE 70m Round PARK Sung Hyun KOR 70m Round LEE Sung Jin KOR YUN Ok Hee KOR YUN Mi Jin KOR

World and Olympic Records World and Olympic Records 19 Olympic individual Medallists 1972-2008 women men women men

Beijing 2008 Los Angeles 1984 Gold ZHANG Juan Juan CHN RUBAN Viktor UKR Gold SEO Hyang Soon KOR PACE Darrell USA Silver PARK Sung Hyun KOR PARK Kyung Mo KOR Silver LI Lingiuan CHN McKINNEY Richard USA Bronze YUN Ok Hee KOR BADENOV Bair RUS Bronze KIM Jin Ho KOR YAMAMOTO Hiroshi JPN Athens 2004 Moscow 1980 Gold PARK Sung Hyun KOR GALIAZZO Marco ITA Gold LOSABERIDZE Keto URS POIKOLAINEN Tomi FIN Silver LEE Sung Jin KOR YAMAMOTO Hiroshi JPN Silver BOUTOUSOVA Natalia URS ISACHENKO Boris URS Bronze WILLIAMSON Alison GBR CUDDIHY Tim AUS Bronze MERILUOTO Paivi FIN FERRARI Giancarlo ITA Sydney 2000 Montreal 1976 Gold YUN Mi Jin KOR FAIRWEATHER Simon AUS Gold RYON Luann USA PACE Darrell USA Silver KIM Nan Soon KOR WUNDERLE Victor USA Silver KOVPAN Valentina URS MICHINAGA Hiroshi JPN Bronze KIM Soo Nyung KOR VAN ALTEN Wietse NED Bronze RUSTAMOVA Zebiniso URS FERRARI Giancarlo ITA Atlanta 1996 Munich 1972 Gold KIM Kyung Wook KOR HUISH Justin USA Gold WILBER Doreen USA WILLIAMS John USA Silver HE Ying CHN PETERSSON Magnus SWE Silver SZYDLOWSKA Irena POL JERVILL Gunnar SWE Bronze SADOVNYCHA Olena UKR OH Kyo Moon KOR Bronze GAPCHENKO Emma URS LAASONEN Kyosti FIN 1992 Gold CHO Youn Jeong KOR FLUTE Sebastien FRA For results of the 1900, 1904, 1908 and 1920 Olympic Games, Silver KIM Soo Nyung KOR CHUNG Jae Hun KOR please consult www.worldarchery.org Bronze VALEEVA Natalia EUN TERRY Simon GBR Seoul 1988 Gold KIM Soo Nyung KOR BARRS Jay USA Silver WANG Hee Kyung KOR SUNG Soo Park KOR Bronze YUN Young-Sook KOR ESHEEV Vladimir URS

Olympic individual Medallists 1972-2008 Olympic individual Medallists 1972-2008 21 Olympic TEAM Medallists 1972-2008 women Men women Men

Beijing 2008 Sydney 2000 Gold KOR KOR Gold KOR KOR JOO Hyun Jung IM Dong Hyun YUN Mi Jin KIM Chung Tae PARK Sung Hyun LEE Chang Hwan KIM Nam Soon OH Kyo Moon YUN Ok Hee PARK Kyung Mo KIM Soo Nyung JANG Yong Ho Silver CHN ITA Silver UKR ITA CHENG Ling DI BUO Ilario SERDYUK Kateryna FRANGILLI Michele GUO Dan GALIAZZO Marco BURDEYNA Nataliya DI BUO Ilario ZHANG Juan Juan NESPOLI Mauro SADOVNYCHA Olena BISIANI Matteo Bronze FRA CHN Bronze GER USA ARNOLD Virginie JIANG Lin PFOHL Cornelia WUNDERLE Victor DODEMONT Sophie LI Wenquan MENSING Barbara JOHNSON Richard SCHUH Berengere XU Hai Feng SACHSE Sandra WHITE Rodney

Athens 2004 Atlanta 1996 Gold KOR KOR Gold KOR USA PARK Sung Hyun IM Dong Hyun KIM Jo Sun HUISH Justin LEE Sung Jin PARK Kyung Mo KIM Kyung Wook JOHNSON Richard YUN Mi Jin JANG Yong Ho YOUN Hye Young WHITE Rodney Silver CHN TPE Silver GER KOR HE Ying CHEN Szu-Yuan MENSING Barbara OH Kyo Moon ZHANG Juan Juan LIU Ming-Huang PFOHL Cornelia JANG Yong Ho LIN Sang WANG Cheng-Pang WAGNER Sandra KIM Bo Ram Bronze TPE UKR Bronze POL ITA YUAN Shu-Chi HRACHOV Dmytro DZIECIOL Iwona PARENTI Andrea WU Hui-Ju RUBAN Viktor KLATA Katarzyna FRANGILLI Michele CHEN Li-Ju SERDYUK Oleksandr NOWICKA Joanna BISIANI Matteo

Olympic Team Medallists 1972-2008 Olympic Team Medallists 1972-2008 23 Olympic Games Medal Table women Men Olympic Games 1900-2008 Barcelona 1992 Gold KOR ESP Individual and Team

LEE Eun Kyung HOLGADO Juan Carlos Rank NOC NOC G(M) S(M) B(M) T(M) G(W) S(W) B(W) T(W) G S B T Rank Code by CHO Youn Jeong VAZQUEZ Antonio total KIM Soo Nyung MENENDEZ Antonio 1 KOR Korea 4 4 1 9 12 5 4 21 16 9 5 30 1 Silver CHN F fin 2 USA United States 9 6 5 20 4 2 3 9 13 8 8 29 2 WANG Hong FALCK Ismo 3 BEL 10 6 3 19 0 0 0 0 10 6 3 19 4 WANG Xiaozhu LIPPONEN Jari 4 FRA France 6 10 6 22 0 0 1 1 6 10 7 23 3 MA Xiangjun POIKOLAINEN Tomi 5 GBR Great Britain 1 1 3 5 1 1 2 4 2 2 5 9 5 Bronze EUN GBR 6 CHN China 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 6 1 5 1 7 =6 VALEEVA Natalia PRIESTMAN Richard 7 URS 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 1 3 3 7 =6 ARZANIKOVA Ludmila HALLARD Steve 8 ITA Italy 1 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 6 8 KURIVISHVILI Khatuna TERRY Simon 9 FIN Finland 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 4 =9

Seoul 1988 9 UKR Ukraine 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 4 =9 Gold KOR KOR 11 AUS 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 =12 KIM Soo Nyung CHUN In Soo 11 NED 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 =12 WANG Hee Kyung LEE Han Sup 13 ESP Spain 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 =19 YUN Young Sook PARK Sung Soo 14 JPN Japan 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 11 Silver INA USA 15 SWE 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 =12 HANDAYANI Lilies BARRS Jay 16 TPE Chinese Taipei 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 =12 SAIMAN Nurfitriyana McKINNEY Richard 16 GER 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 =12 WARDHANI Kusuma PACE Darrell 16 POL 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 =12 Bronze USA GBR 19 INA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 =19 OCHS Debra HALLARD Steve 20 EUN* Unified Team 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 =12 PARKER Denise PRIESTMAN Richard 21 RUS Russia 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 =19 SKILLMAN Melanie WATSON Leroy TOTAL 36 36 29 101 19 19 19 57 55 55 48 158

*EUN / Unified Team (teams from former Soviet Union, 1992)

Olympic Team Medallists 1972-2008 Olympic Games Medal Table 25 World Championships World Cup Final 2009-2011 2008-2011 Individual Events Individual Events (only)

women men women men

Turin 2011 Istanbul 2011 Gold VAN LAMOEN Denisse CHI KIM Woojin KOR Gold CHENG Ming CHN ELLISON Brady USA Silver ESEBUA Kristine GEO OH Jin Hyek KOR Silver KUMARI Deepika IND DAI Xiaoxiang CHN Bronze FANG Yuting CHN ELLISON Brady USA Bronze SCHUH Berengere FRA HRACHOV Dmytro UKR Ulsan 2009 Edinburgh 2010 Gold JOO Hyun Hung KOR LEE Chang Hwan KOR Gold YUN Ok Hee KOR ELLISON Brady USA Silver KWAK Ye Ji KOR IM Dong Hyun KOR Silver KOVAL Victoriya UKR IM Dong Hyun KOR Bronze SANCHEZ Natalia COL RUBAN Viktor UKR Bronze KI Bo Bae KOR TALUKDAR Jayanta IND Copenhagen 2009 Gold KWAK Ye Ji KOR GALIAZZO Marco ITA TEAM Events Silver ZHAO Ling CHN TERRY Simon GBR women m Men Bronze YUN Ok Hee KOR GIROUILLE Romain FRA Turin 2011 Lausanne 2008 Gold Italy Korea Gold MOSPINEK Justyna POL IM Dong Hyun KOR Silver India France Silver PARK Sung Hyun KOR RUBAN Viktor UKR Bronze Korea Italy Bronze YUN Ok Hee KOR GIROUILLE Romain FRA Ulsan 2009 Gold Korea Korea Silver Japan France Bronze Russia Japan

World Championships Medallists 2009-2011 World Cup Final Medallists 2008-2011 27 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Equipment

Target Regular target Recurve The target face at 70 metres is 122 cm in diameter.The target face is attached to the Bows Arrows target butt. Two kinds of bows are used during archery Arrows are usually made of a combination of The target face has 10 concentric scoring events, the recurve and compound bows. Du- aluminium and carbon fibre.The arrowhead or rings. Each ring is 6.1 cm in width. Hence, the ring the Olympic Games, only the point is the part of the arrow that sticks into the inside scoring ring (the 10 ring) is 12.2 cm in is allowed. Its limbs curve away from the archer. target. The nock is the end of the arrow that fits diameter. The outside scoring ring is worth It is also called a classic bow. onto the bow string. The feathers on an arrow 1 point and the inside ring is worth 10 points. 5 6 7 8 9 10 For information, the compound bow has pul- are called the fletching or fletch. leys and cables to make the holding weight There are five colours on the target — white for Every arrow must be identified with an archer’s less than half of the draw weight. It is a very name or initials. the two outside rings (1 and 2-point rings), then precise and competitive bow that also provides black (3 and 4), light blue (5 and 6), red (7 and 8), exciting matches during World Championships Arrows can fly at more than 250 km/h. and gold (9 and 10). Should an arrow land on 6-ring target and World Cups. the line dividing two rings, it scores the higher The bow is constructed of high-tech material. score. Modern risers (handles) are usually made of (For your information within the 10 ring is a The target is positioned so that its centre is aluminium or carbon fibre; the limbs are lami- smaller, lighter circle called the X10. It is only 130 cm above ground give or take 5 cm. A nated fibreglass, carbon fibre and a wood or synthetic core. The string is a high-strength, used as tie-breaker during qualifications on for wind flag is positioned above the centre of low-stretch material. Other features on a bow world records. The very centre of the target is each butt. This flag is essential to archers include a stabilizer, a sight, upper and lower called the bull’s eye.) because wind affects their aim. A windsock is limbs, a handle riser, a grip, a nock point, an also visible on the Field of Play. arrow rest, a plunger button and a clicker. For the 50 m Round and the Compound Round, athletes shoot at a target face with 6 rings (scores of 10-5), 42 cm wide.

Equipment Equipment 29 The stars

Recurve Men Extracted results - Complete biographies are published on www.worldarchery.org.

Brady ELLISON (USA) IM Dong Hyun (KOR) Simon TERRY (GBR) Juan Rene SERRANO (MEX) Born 27 October 1988 Born 12 May 1986 Born 27 March 1974 Born 23 Feb 1984

1st Ind. World Cup Shanghai 2012 1st Ind. World Cup Antalya 2012 3rd Team World Cup Ogden 2012 2nd Team Pan American Games Guadalajara 2011 1st Ind. Indoor World Cup Final Las Vegas 2012 1st Team World Championships Turin 2011 1st Team World Cup Antalya 2012 1nd Mix. World Championships Turin 2011 1st Team World Indoor Championships Las Vegas 2012 2nd Ind. World Cup Final Edinburgh 2010 3rd Mix. European Championships Rovereto 2010 1st Ind., Team, Mix. CACG Mayaguez 2010 1st Ind. Pan American Games 2011 1st Team Asian Games Guangzhou 2010 2nd Ind. World Cup Final Copenhagen 2009 1st Team Arizona Cup Phoenix 2010 1st Ind. London Archery Classic/Olympic Test Event 2011 1st Team World Championships Ulsan 2009 1st Ind. World Cup Antalya 2009 3rd Team World Indoor Championships Rzeszow 2009 1st Ind. World Cup Final Istanbul 2011 1st Ind. World Cup Final Lausanne 2008 2nd Team World Championships Leipzig 2007 2nd Ind. World Cup Final Dubai 2007 1st Ind. World Cup Final Edinburgh 2010 1st Ind. World Championships Leipzig 2007 3rd Ind. Olympic Games Barcelona 1992 3rd Ind. World Cup Antalya 2007 1st Ind. Arizona Cup 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 1st Team Olympic Games 2004-2008 3rd Team Olympic Games Barcelona 1992 2nd Ind. Pan American Champ. Rio de Janeiro 2006

Jayanta TALUKDAR (IND) (ITA) Romain GIROUILLE (FRA) (UKR) Born 2 March 1986 Born 7 May 1983 Born 26 April 1988 Born 24 May 1981

2nd Team World Cup Ogden 2012 2nd Team European Championships Amsterdam 2012 2nd Team World Cup Shanghai 2012 3rd Team European Championships Amsterdam 2012 2nd Team World Cup Shanghai, Antalya 2012 1st Ind. World Indoor Championships Las Vegas 2012 1st Ind. Asian Grand Prix Bangkok 2011, 2012 3rd Team World Cup Shanghai 2012 1st Mix. Asian Grand Prix Bangkok 2012 1st Team World Cup Porec 2010 2nd Team World Championships Turin 2011 3rd Team World Indoor Championships Las Vegas 2012 3rd Ind. World Cup Final Edinburgh 2010 1st Mix. European Championships Rovereto 2010 1st Ind. European Championships Rovereto 2010 3rd Ind. World Championships Ulsan 2009 3rd Ind. New 2010 1st Ind. World Cup Final Copenhagen 2009 2nd Team World Championships Ulsan 2009 1st Ind. Summer Universiade Belgrade 2009 3rd Team Commonwealth Games New Delhi 2010 2nd Ind. World Cup Porec 2009 3rd Ind. World Cup Final Copenhagen 2009 1st Ind. Olympic Games Beijing 2008 3rd Team Asian Games Guangzhou 2010 2nd Team Olympic Games Beijing 2008 3rd Ind. World Cup Final Lausanne 2008 2nd Ind. World Cup Final Lausanne 2008 1st Ind. World Cup Porec 2006, 2009 1st Ind. Olympic Games Athens 2004 1st Ind. World Cup Porec 2008 3rd Team Olympic Games Athens 2004

Recurve Men Recurve Men 31 The stars

Recurve Women Extracted results - Complete biographies are published on www.worldarchery.org.

KI Bo Bae (KOR) LEE Sung Jin (KOR) Inna STEPANOVA (RUS) Miranda LEEK (USA) Born 20 February 1988 Born 7 March 1985 Born 17 April 1990 Born 18 May 1993

1st Team World Cup Shanghai, Antalya 2012 2nd Ind. World Cup Antalya 2012 1st Team World Cup Ogden 2012 3rd Team World Cup Ogden 2012 1st Ind. World Cup Shanghai 2012 1st Team, Mix. World Cup Antalya 2012 1st Ind. World Cup Shanghai 2011 4th Ind. World Cup Shanghai 2012 1st Ind., Team, Mix. Universiade Shenzhen 2011 1st Team World Cup Shanghai 2012 2nd Team World Cup Porec 2011 1st Ind. Arizona Cup 2012 1st Mix. World Championships Turin 2011 1st Ind., Team Asian Championships Xi’an 2007 1st Team European Grand Prix Antalya 2011 1st Team Ind. World Championships Las Vegas 2012 3rd Team World Championships Turin 2011 1st Ind. Universiade Izmir 2005 1st Ind. Asian Grand Prix Bangkok 2011 2nd Ind. Ind. World Championships Las Vegas 2012 1st Team Asian Games Guangzhou 2010 1st Ind., Team World Championships Madrid 2005 1st Team European Championships Rovereto 2010 2nd Ind., Team Pan American Games Guadalajara 2011 1st Ind., Team, Mix. World Cup Shanghai 2010 2nd Ind. Olympic Games Athens 2004 2nd Ind. European Championships Rovereto 2010 1st Mix. World Cup Ogden 2011 1st Team World Cup Ogden 2010 1st Team Olympic Games Athens 2004 3rd Ind. World University Championships Tainan 2008 9th Ind. Youth Olympic Games Singapore 2010

Record of Record of (IND) six Olympic (ITA) Berengere SCHUH (FRA) six Olympic Alison WILLIAMSON (GBR) Born 16 September 1994 participations Born 15 November 1969 Born 6 October 1984 participations Born 3 November 1971

1st Ind. World Cup Antalya 2012 1st Mix. European Championships Amsterdam 2012 1st Team European Championships Amsterdam 2012 6th Ind. European Championships Amsterdam 2012 2nd Team World Cup Shanghai 2012 1st Ind. World Indoor Championships Las Vegas 2012 3rd Ind. World Cup Final Istanbul 2011 1st Ind. European Grand Prix Antalya 2011 2nd Team Asian Grand Prix Bangkok 2012 1st Team World Championships Turin 2011 4th Ind. World Championships Turin 2011 2nd Ind., Team Commonwealth Games New Delhi 2010 2nd Ind. World Cup Final Istanbul 2011 1st Ind. World Cup Santo Domingo 2008, 2009 2nd Ind. World Cup Shanghai 2009 2nd Ind. World Cup Santo Domingo 2009 1st Ind. Junior World Championships Legnica 2011 1st Ind. World Championships Leipzig 2007 3rd Team Olympic Games Beijing 2008 3rd Team World Championships Leipzig 2007 2nd Team World Championships Turin 2011 1st Ind. World Championships Djakarta 1995 1st Ind. European Championships Vittel 2008 4th Ind. World Cup Final Merida 2006 3rd Team Asian Games Guangzhou 2010 3rd Ind., Team Olympic Games Barcelona 1992 1st Team Indoor World Championships Izmir 2007 3rd Ind. Olympic Games Athens 2004 1st Ind., Team Commonwealth Games New Delhi 2010 1st Ind. World Indoor Champ. 91, 95, 99, 2001 1st Ind. Indoor World Championships Nîmes 2003 2nd Ind. World Championships Riom 1999

Recurve Women Recurve Women 33 Olympic History Archery Olympic History Atlanta 1996 Archery first appeared in the Olympic Games The Atlanta 1996 Games marked a new in 1900 and was contested again in 1904, milestone for the exposure of archery. Never 1908, and 1920. Women competed in the before have so many spectators been able to 1904 Olympics, making archery one of the first watch archery live on television or in the stands sports competitions to include women. In those as 54,680 spectators attended the competi- four Games it was possible for an archer to tions. The Atlanta archery coverage won the compete in numerous events and win several Golden Rings Award from the IOC for the best medals. Hubert VAN INNIS from Belgium is the Olympic Sports coverage. most decorated archer in Olympic history, win- ning six gold medals and three silvers in 1900 and 1920. Sydney 2000 Athens 2004 One change from the 1996 Olympics was Archery was re-introduced to the Olympic pro- In Athens, archery athletes had the unique that the team competition was held on two gram in 1972 with individual events for men chance of competing in the Panathinaiko Sta- days rather than the one-day format used in and for women in which and dium where the first Olympic Games of the Atlanta. This new format for the team compe- Doreen WILBER, of the USA, captured the gold modern area took place in 1896. The Pana- tition allowed for the men and women to have medals. In Seoul 1988, the team competition thinaiko Stadium was built on the ruins of an their own full day of matches. This change was added to the medal programme. Barce- ancient stadium built in 329 B.C. enhanced the enjoyment of the spectators and lona 1992 was the first time that archery fea- the worldwide television audience. This will still «I think we had the best venue of them all!» Beijing 2008 tured exciting head-to-head competition and be the case for Beijing 2008. said Jim EASTON, President of the Internatio- Two dedicated archery stadiums and a revam- single elimination matches. nal Archery Federation (now World Archery) ped competition schedule (teams matches in 2004. «The staging of our sport in such a were played first and the 1/32 and 1/16 indi- historic place certainly added something very vidual eliminations were held in succession) special. The Olympic Games in themselves made archery very attractive for the fans and are already a unique occasion for an athlete, the TV stations worldwide. Some may remem- so adding this extra dimension of being able ber the women’s team finals under heavy rain to compete in this beautiful marble stadium (when every other outdoor sports stopped!). where the first Games of the modern era Then Italy posed a real challenge to Korea in took place--well, you could say it marks yet the men’s team final that went down to the last another place in history, one which I am sure arrow! Individually, ZHANG Juan Juan (CHN) each athlete treasured. And no doubt it was made history becoming the first woman to very special for the spectators, both on-site defeat three Korean athletes in a row to take and watching on the TV networks around the the title. Finally, Viktor RUBAN (UKR) prevented world. I believe we were able to put on a show one more time that Korean male won the indi- worthy of the venue--something which makes vidual gold! everyone very proud.»

Olympic History Photo © CIO-Richard Juillart

Prof Dr Ugur ERDENER President IOC Member NOC President in The World World Archery Headquarter at the Maison du Sport International 8 million archers worldwide World Archery 149 countries — World Archery Members Associations Federation Top countries all over the world, include : Asia : Korea, India, China, Japan, Malaysia The World Archery Federation (WA) was Archery was part of the Olympic Movement Europe : Russia, Italy, Great Britain, France, Turkey, Ukraine, Poland founded under the name of Internatio- from 1900 – 1920 and has been permanently Americas : USA, Canada, Mexico, San Salvador, Brazi, Chile nal Archery Federation (FITA) in 1931 at a a part of Olympic Games since 1972, when Oceania : Australia, New Zealand meeting in Lwow, Poland. Seven founding the IOC returned the elegant sport of archery nations were present : France, Italy, Hungary, to the Olympic program. Women competed in Poland, Sweden, the United States and the the 1904 Olympics, making archery one of the former Czechoslovakia. The head office for first sports competitions to include women. In A truly worldwide sport WA is in Lausanne, . In 2005, 1961, WA became the first International Sports Prof Dr Ugur ERDENER (TUR) was elected pres- Federation to elect a woman president. ident. Dr ERDENER is also an IOC Member and World Archery has held World Championships the President of the National Olympic Committee since 1931. Since 1991, WA has included in Turkey. eight disciplines. In 2006, WA started the Arche- According to its Constitution, WA’s main objective ry World Cup — staging intense competitions in is “to promote and encourage archery throughout spectacular places. the world in conformity with the Olympic prin- In 2009, the forward-focused World Archery ciples.” brand was launched to represent the sport World Archery makes and interprets the Rules of archery to both sports enthusiasts and the Book ; supervises the organization of World worldwide market beyond the archery family, Championships and other international com- promoting archery at every level with passion. petitions ; and promotes archery through the In July 2011, a large majority of the Congress media and sponsors. held in Turin, Italy, voted to change the name from FITA to World Archery Federation (WA).

The World World Archery Federation 37 WA Key PersonS Calendar in London

2012 President Prof Dr Ugur ERDENER (TUR) 14-19 Aug World Archery Field Championships Val d’Isere (FRA) Secretary General Tom DIELEN (BEL / SUI) 29 Aug-9 Sep Paralympic Games (Para-Archery : 30 August-5 September) London (GBR) First Vice-President Mario SCARZELLA (ITA) 22-23 Sep Final 2012 Tokyo (JPN) Vice-President Philippe BOUCLET (FRA) 8-9 Dec Indoor World Cup 2012-13 Stage 1 Singapore (SIN) Vice-President Sanguan KOSAVINTA (THA) Technical Delegate Juan Carlos HOLGADO (ESP) 2013 14-19 May Archery World Cup Stage 1 Shanghai (CHN) Technical Delegate Eva THESEN (NOR) 10-16 June (TBC) Archery World Cup Stage 2 Antalya (TUR) Chair of Judge Commission Dion Buhagiar (MLT) 20-30 June Mediterranean Games (Archery: 25-28 June) Mersin (TUR) Clean Sport Administrator Emin ERGEN (TUR) 9-14 July Archery World Cup Stage 3 (TBC) Communication Director Didier MIEVILLE (SUI) 25 July - 4 Aug World Games (Compound: 27-28 July; Field Recurve and Barebow: 30 July-1 Aug) Cali (COL) (TBC) Archery World Cup Stage 4 (TBC) 1-8 Sep World Archery Youth Championships Wuxi (CHN) 21-22 Sep Archery World Cup Final Paris (FRA) Contacts 27-28 Sep World Archery Congress Antalya (TUR) World Archery Federation 29 Sep - 6 Oct World Archery Championships Antalya (TUR) Didier MIEVILLE Juan-Carlos Holgado Oct-Nov (TBC) World Archery Para Championships Bangkok (THA) Marketing & Communication Director Event Director, Technical Delegate Maison du Sport International Maison du Sport International Av. de Rhodanie 54 Av. de Rhodanie 54 CH-1007 Lausanne CH-1007 Lausanne Switzerland Switzerland Phone +41 (0)21 614 3050 Phone +41 (0)21 614 3050 Mobile +41 (0)79 823 9291 Mobile +41 (0)79 590 0761 Fax +41 (0)21 614 3055 Fax +41 (0)21 614 3055 [email protected] [email protected]

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