Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Archery
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Olympic Green Archery Field
Dates September 9–15

Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics consists of nine events, five for men and four for women. The competitions were held at the Olympic Green Archery Field from September 9 to September 15, 2008.

Classification

Archers are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows archers to compete against others with a similar level of function.

Archery classes are:

  • Wheelchair 1 (W1)
  • Wheelchair 2 (W2)
  • Standing (ST)

Events

For each of the events below, medals are contested for one or more of the above classifications.

  • Men's individual compound
    • Open
    • W1
  • Men's individual recurve
    • Standing
    • W1/W2
  • Men's team recurve
    • Open
  • Women's individual compound
    • Open
  • Women's individual recurve
    • Standing
    • W1/W2
  • Women's team recurve
    • Open

Participating countries

There were 134 athletes (86 males, 48 females) from 28 countries competing in this sport.

Medal summary

Medal table

This ranking sorts countries by the number of gold medals earned by their archers (in this context a country is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)2327
2 Great Britain (GBR)2114
3 South Korea (KOR)2103
4 Czech Republic (CZE)1012
5 Mongolia (MGL)1001
 Turkey (TUR)1001
7 Italy (ITA)0213
8 France (FRA)0101
 Japan (JPN)0101
10 United States (USA)0022
11 Chinese Taipei (TPE)0011
 Switzerland (SUI)0011
Totals (12 nations)99927

Men's events

Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Individual compound
 open John Stubbs
 Great Britain		 Alberto Simonelli
 Italy		 Philippe Horner
 Switzerland
W1 David Drahoninsky
 Czech Republic		 John Cavanagh
 Great Britain		 Jeff Fabry
 United States
Individual recurve
 standing Baatarjav Dambadondog
 Mongolia		 Fabrice Meunier
 France		 Chen Yegang
 China
W1/W2 Cheng Changjie
 China		 Marco Vitale
 Italy		 Tseng Lung-Hui
 Chinese Taipei
Team recurve
 open  South Korea (KOR)
Cho Hyun Kwan
Kim Hong Kyu
Lee Hong Gu		  China (CHN)
Chen Yegang
Cheng Changjie
Dong Zhi		  Italy (ITA)
Oscar De Pellegrin
Mario Esposito
Marco Vitale

Women's events

Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Individual compound
 open Danielle Brown
 Great Britain		 Chieko Kamiya
 Japan		 Mel Clarke
 Great Britain
Individual recurve
 standing Lee Hwa-Sook
 South Korea		 Gao Fangxia
 China		 Lindsey Carmichael
 United States
W1/W2 Gizem Girişmen
 Turkey		 Fu Hongzhi
 China		 Xiao Yanhong
 China
Team recurve
 open  China (CHN)
Fu Hongzhi
Goa Fangxia
Xiao Yanhong		  South Korea (KOR)
Kim Ki-Hee
Kim Ran-Sook
Lee Hwa-Sook		  Czech Republic (CZE)
Miroslava Cerna
Lenka Kuncova
Marketa Sidkova

See also

References

    • "Schedules and Results - Archery". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 11 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-10.


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