1961 World Archery Championships

The 1961 World Archery Championships was the 21st edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Oslo, Norway in August 1961 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA). [1][2]

1961 World Archery Championships
Location Oslo, Norway
Start date10 August 1961
End date13 August 1961
Competitors126

Events

Recurve
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual Joe Thornton
 United States		 Clayton Sherman
 United States		 Jorma Sandelin
 Finland
Men's team  United States
Joe Thornton
Clayton Sherman
W. Bednar		  Belgium
Rene Boussu
Henri Verhoeven
Charles Sophie		  Finland
Jorma Sandelin
Väinö Skarp
P. Luoto
Women's individual Nancy Vonderheide
 United States		 Laurie Fowler
 Great Britain		 Bozena Deptova
 Czechoslovakia
Women's team  United States
Nancy Vonderheide
Grace Frye
Victoria Cook		  Great Britain
Laurie Fowler
J. Heywood
Shirley Lyons		  South Africa
Anita Schlebusch
Margaret Harriman
E. Caknis

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)4105
2 Great Britain (GBR)0202
3 Belgium (BEL)0101
4 Finland (FIN)0022
5 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0011
 South Africa (SAF)0011
Totals (6 nations)44412

References
  1. Ludivine. "Microsoft Word - WM61.doc" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-20. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
  2. https://www.si.com/vault/1963/08/05/595709/she-started-at-the-top
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