1969 World Field Archery Championships


The 1969 World Field Archery Championships were held in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, United States. This was the inaugural World Field Championships and differed from normal target archery played at Olympic and Commonwealth level. Field archery involved different sized targets, distances and gradients on a field course. [1] [2] [3]

1969 World Field Archery Championships
Location Pennsylvania, United States
Start date18 August
End date19 August
Competitors59 from 13 nations

Medal summary (Men's individual)
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Barebow Men's individual
 Warren Cowles Emil Lehan Pekka Mertanen
Freestyle Men's individual
 Richard Branstetter Jr. Hans Wright Kyösti Laasonen

Medal summary (Women's individual)
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Barebow Women's individual
 Raye Dabelow Ingegard Grandqvist La Rue Bruce
Freestyle Women's individual
 Irma Danielsson Kerstin Beije Janet Ashbaugh

Medal summary (team events)

No team event held at this championships.


References
  1. "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. "Results" (PDF). World Archery.
  3. "Past Results" (PDF). Olympic Information Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-12. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
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