1985 World Archery Championships

The 1985 World Archery Championships was the 33rd edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Seoul, South Korea in October 1985 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA).[1] In this competition, the Korean men's team broke the United States' 26-year reign as champions. [2]

1985 World Archery Championships
Location Seoul, South Korea
Start dateOctober 1-5, 1985

Events

Recurve

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual Richard McKinney
 United States
Koo Ja-Chong
 South Korea
Takayoshi Matsushita
 Japan
Men's team  South Korea  United States  Sweden
Women's individual Irina Soldatova
 Soviet Union
Liudmila Arzhanikova
 Soviet Union
Kim Jin-Ho
 South Korea
Women's team  Soviet Union  South Korea  West Germany

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)2103
2 South Korea (KOR)1214
3 United States (USA)1102
4 Japan (JPN)0011
 Sweden (SWE)0011
 West Germany (FRG)0011
Totals (6 nations)44412


References

  1. https://worldarchery.org/competition/14785/seoul-1985-world-archery-championships#/
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-06-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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