Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Archery
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueHwarang Archery Field
Dates27 September – 1 October 1988
No. of events4 (2 men, 2 women)
Competitors146 from 41 nations
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Four events were contested in archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. These events included team competitions for the first time in modern Olympic archery. Men's and women's individual competitions continued to be part of the schedule as well.

The format for the individual competition was altered for the first time since the 1972 Summer Olympics. In Seoul, instead of all archers using the double FITA round to determine rankings, a sort of elimination plan was introduced. Each archer shot a single FITA round to determine initial rankings. Most archers were cut from the competition after this, with only 24 advancing. These archers then shot one-fourth the number of arrows normal for a FITA round, with these scores being used to drop more archers. This process was repeated until only 8 archers finished the fourth segment of the second round.

Competition format

Individual

84 archers competed in the men's individual competition while 62 competed in the women's event with a maximum of 3 athletes from each country in each event. A preliminary ranking round was held where each archer shot a single FITA round. The top 24 ranked archers from the preliminary round advanced to eighth-final. In this round archers shot one-fourth the number of arrows normal for a FITA round with the top 18 advancing to the quarterfinals. The top 12 archers from the quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals where only the top 8 advanced to the final.

Team

Each country that had three archers in the individual competition may also compete in the team competition. In the first round the archers shot a single FITA round with the top 12 teams advancing to the semifinal. The top 8 teams from the semifinal advanced to the final.

Medal summary

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual
Jay Barrs
 United States
Park Sung-soo
 South Korea
Vladimir Yesheyev
 Soviet Union
Men's team
 South Korea
Chun In-soo
Lee Han-sup
Park Sung-soo
 United States
Jay Barrs
Richard McKinney
Darrell Pace
 Great Britain
Steven Hallard
Richard Priestman
Leroy Watson
Women's individual
Kim Soo-nyung
 South Korea
Wang Hee-kyung
 South Korea
Yun Young-sook
 South Korea
Women's team
 South Korea
Kim Soo-nyung
Wang Hee-kyung
Yun Young-sook
 Indonesia
Lilies Handayani
Nurfitriyana Saiman
Kusuma Wardhani
 United States
Deborah Ochs
Denise Parker
Melanie Skillman

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Korea (KOR)3216
2 United States (USA)1113
3 Indonesia (INA)0101
4 Great Britain (GBR)0011
 Soviet Union (URS)0011
Totals (5 entries)44412

Participating nations

Nation Men's Individual Men's Team Women's Individual Women's Team Total
 Argentina 2 0 0 0 2
 Australia 3 X 0 0 3
 Belgium 3 X 0 0 3
 Bhutan 3 X 0 0 3
 Brazil 2 0 0 0 2
 Canada 3 X 1 0 4
 China 3 X 3 X 6
 Chinese Taipei 3 X 3 X 6
 Denmark 3 X 0 0 3
 Finland 3 X 3 X 6
 France 3 X 3 X 6
 Great Britain 3 X 3 X 6
 Hong Kong 2 0 1 0 3
 India 3 X 0 0 3
 Indonesia 1 0 3 X 4
 Ireland 2 0 1 0 3
 Italy 3 X 0 0 3
 Japan 3 X 3 X 6
 Jordan 0 0 1 0 1
 Luxembourg 0 0 1 0 1
 Malta 0 0 1 0 1
 Mexico 3 X 1 0 4
 Monaco 1 0 0 0 1
 Mongolia 0 0 3 X 3
 Netherlands 1 0 2 0 3
 New Zealand 0 0 1 0 1
 Philippines 1 0 1 0 2
 Poland 0 0 3 X 3
 Portugal 2 0 1 0 3
 Puerto Rico 1 0 1 0 2
 Saudi Arabia 2 0 0 0 2
 Solomon Islands 1 0 0 0 1
 South Korea 3 X 3 X 6
 Soviet Union 3 X 3 X 6
 Spain 3 X 1 0 4
 Sweden 3 X 3 X 6
 Switzerland 0 0 2 0 2
 Turkey 3 X 3 X 6
 United States 3 X 3 X 6
 West Germany 3 X 3 X 6
 Zimbabwe 3 X 1 0 4
Total athletes 84 66 62 45 146
Total NOCs 34 22 30 15 41

References

  1. ^ "Archery at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

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