2012 ARCHERY MEDIA GUIDE Discover the World Archery Stars Longines • Visual: NE1_SI1 • Magazine: Event - Archery Shangai Media Guide • Issue: 15.3.2012 • Doc size: 148 x 210 mm • Calitho #: 03-12-72803 • AOS #: LON_01031 ARCHERY MEDIA GUIDE 2012 P12 Equipment The Stars P18 Recurve Men P20 Recurve Women Elegance is an attitude P4 Olympic Games P14 World Archery University Champioships P22 Compound Men P24 Compound Women P5 Paralympic Games P15 World Archery Field Champioships P6 Archery World Cup P27 The World P29 World Archery OFFICIAL TIMEKEEPER P16 Media P8 World Cup Competition Format P30 Sponsor Thanks / Contacts Setting our sight on new targets The Longines Saint-Imier Collection www.longines.com 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 with cumu- a permanent part of the Olympic pro- lative scoring. They have only 2 minutes to gramme. shoot those 6 arrows. Each team member PARALYMPIC shoots 2 arrows per end, shooting only one There are 64 men and 64 women compe- London 2012 Paralympic Games, arrow at a time. Teams alternate shooting GAMES ting in the recurve division, for Individual and 29 August - 9 September (Archery : 30 August - 5 September) after every 3 arrows. Team events in London. There will be 4 new Olympic champions: There are 136 para-archers competing — There are 9 Paralympic titles: In the Ranking Round, the athletes shoot Men’s Individual, Women’s Individual, Men’s 88 men and 48 women — in London. 72 arrows at a distance of 70 metres. Individual Recurve Men W1/W2 Team, and Women’s Team. The venue for archery will be the Royal Artillery In the Olympic Round (matches), the number Individual Recurve Men Standing The archery competition will take place at Barracks. 1 individual qualifier (seed) shoots against the famous Lord’s Cricket Ground. Individual Compound Men W1 number 64, and so on… For more details on competition Individual Compound Men Open Individual matches are best of five sets of format, please consult the three arrows. The athletes shoot in alternate Individual Recurve Women W1/W2 World Cup section. format and have 20 seconds per arrow. The Individual Recurve Women Standing first archer to six set points is the winner. If after five sets the scores are tied at 5-5, Individual Compound Women Open the match goes to sudden death, where both Team Recurve Men Open archers shoot one arrow each (alternately). The arrow closest to the centre wins Team Recurve Women Open Each nation that qualified 3 athletes of Archery was one of the original Paralympic the same gender can also compete sports contested in Rome in 1960. in the team competition. Olympic Games World Archery Paralympic Games 5 ARCHERY WORLD CUP ’ 12 Archery World Cup Stage 1 Archery World Cup Stage 2 Archery World Cup Stage 3 Archery World Cup Final Shanghai (CHN), 10-15 April Antalya (TUR), 1-6 May Ogden (USA), 18-24 June Tokyo (JPN), 22-23 September (Final Olympic Qualification Tournament) An innovative concept — aiming high — the World Cup Consistently enhances the archery Hosts a grand World Cup Final in an Categories 2011 World Cup Winners competitions by showcasing the events extraordinary venue. Recurve Men Brady ELLISON (USA) at some of the world’s most spectacular Develops a strong sponsorship platform. Recurve Women CHENG Ming (CHN) locations. Gives archery more media exposure. Compound Men Rodger WILLETT Jr. (USA) Involves top-level archers all year long. Compound Women Erika ANSCHUTZ (USA) From the Stages — to the World Cup Final ! Longines Prize for Precision Four Stages allow archers to gather points. The famous Swiss watch brand Longines is awarding prizes for the most precise archers in the year. Brady ELLISON (USA) and Justyna MOSPINEK (POL) won the award in the recurve division in At the end of the four Stages, eight archers — the top seven, plus one wild card — in each category qualify for the World Cup Final. 2010, whereas Rodger WILLET Jr. (USA) and Erika ANSCHUTZ (USA) were the compound winners in 2011. The top mixed teams in each division meet the host country’s mixed teams in the Final. Prize Money will be awarded — over 200,000 USD ! The Archery World Cup Final 2006 took place at the ancient Mayapan Pyramids in Merida (MEX). The Archery World Cup Final 2007 took place at the magnificent Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai (UAE). The Archery World Cup Final 2008 took place in picturesque Lausanne (SUI), the Olympic Capital. The Archery World Cup Final 2009 took place on the historic canal of Nyhavn in Copenhagen (DEN). The Archery World Cup Final 2010 took place at East Princes Street Gardens in the heart of Scotland’s capital city Edinburgh (GBR). The Archery World Cup Final 2011 took place at the Kucuksu Pavilion in Istanbul (TUR), on the Asian banks of the Bosphorus Strait. Archery World Cup 2012 Archery World Cup 2011 7 The winner of the match is determined by the number of set points won, not the score of the arrows. The match winner is the first to reach 6 set points. The match will finish once the 6 set points is reached within the 5 sets. If the match is tied at 5-5 set points, a one-arrow ( only ! ) shoot-off will be used to break the tie. The archer whose arrow is closest to the centre ( if needed it will be measured ) gets 1 extra point WORLD CUP and wins. Until the field of play of finals, the athletes usually shoot their arrows simultaneously and have CompETITION 2 minutes to shoot 3 arrows. FORmat In final matches, athletes alternate to shoot each arrow and have 20 seconds per arrow. About 300 archers participate in each World Cup Stage. Here is an example of a recurve individual match Qualifications Athlete A shoots 10, 10, 9 = 29 Firtst set At all stages, recurve archers shoot a 70m Round in qualifications, 12 ends of 6 arrows. Athlete B shoots 10, 9, 10 = 29 The maximum number of points is 720. They follow with the Olympic Round. Both athlete A and B earn 1 set point. The score is tied at 1-1 Athlete A shoots 10, 10, 10 = 30 At all stages, compound archers shoot a 50m Round in qualifications, 12 ends of 6 arrows. Second set The maximum number of points is 720. They follow with the Compound Round. Athlete B shoots 10, 5, 7 = 22 Athlete A earns the two points. He leads 3-1. Archers are ranked based on the number of points. Athlete A shoots 10, 10, 8, = 28 Third set Athlete B shoots 10, 10, 10 = 30 The top 104 archers, 16 teams and 16 mixed teams per category from the qualifications are Athlete B earns the two points. He tied the match at 3-3. paired — the No. 1 qualifier against No. 16, etc. Athlete A shoots 10, 9, 8 = 27 rd Fourth set In the indivual match charts (104 archers), the top 8 are preseeded in 1/16 of eliminations (3 round). Athlete B shoots 10, 10, 10 = 30 Athlete B takes the lead 5-3 ! Individual Elimination Matches for Recurve : Athlete A shoots 10, 10, 9 = 29 Firtst set Set System, Olympic Round Athlete B shoots 10, 10, 8 = 28 Athlete A earns the two points and ties the match at 5-5 ! 5 sets of 3 arrows per set. One arrow shoot-off is required to break the tie ( to earn the extra set point ). Athlete A shoots 10 The winner of each set — the athlete who gets the highest cumulative score with his 3 arrows — Shoot-Off gets 2 set points. Athlete B shoots 10* *Let’s measure that the arrow of the athlete B is the closest to centre and wins ! If the set is tied each athlete gets 1 set point. On the match chart results, the score would be shown as : Athlete A : 5 (29, 30, 28, 27, 29 ; T10) / Athlete B : 6 ( 29, 22, 30, 30, 28; T10* ) *Closest to centre Archery World Cup 2011 Archery World Cup 2011 9 Mixed Teams (Recurve and Compound) This competition has the same format as for teams, however there are only two athletes per team competing — one man and one woman per country. Individual Elimination Matches for Compound : The mixed team shoots a total of 4 ends, with each team member shooting 2 arrows per end for Compound Round a total of 16 arrows (max score 160). Athletes shoot 5 ends of 3 arrows. Each team has 80 seconds to shoot 4 arrows. The winner has the most total points after 15 arrows –– the score of each arrow is cumulative. The team format applies for alternating arrows and order of shooting. If the match is tied, a one-arrow shoot-off will be used to break the tie. In the tiebreak, the archer There are World Cup rankings for the two mixed team divisions (recurve and compound). whose arrow is closest to the centre wins. The winners of each division play the host country’s teams at the World Cup Final. Until the field of play of finals, the athletes usually shoot their arrows simultaneously and have 2 minutes to shoot 3 arrows. World Cup Points In final matches, athletes alternate to shoot each arrow and have 20 seconds per arrow. Individual Team Mixed Teams 1st place 25 points 1st place 40 points 1st place 16 points Teams ( Recurve and Compound ) 2nd place 21 points 2nd place 32 points 2nd place 12 points 3rd place 18 points 3rd place 26 points 3rd place 10 points Each nation with 3 athletes of the same gender in the same division can also compete in team 4th place 15 points 4th place 20 points 4th place 8 points competition.