Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics was contested in the same format used since 1972. There were two events: men's individual and women's individual. Points were in a format called the double FITA round, which included 288 arrows shot over four days at four different distances: 70 meters, 60 meters, 50 meters, 30 meters for women; 90 meters, 70 meters, 50 meters, 30 meters for men. It was the fourth, and last, time that the format was used in Olympic competition.[1]

Archery
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueEl Dorado Park
Dates8–11 August
No. of events2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors109 from 35 nations

Neroli Fairhall from New Zealand, who came 35th in the Women's individual event, was the first paraplegic athlete to compete at the Olympic Games.

Medal summary

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual
 Darrell Pace (USA)  Richard McKinney (USA)  Hiroshi Yamamoto (JPN)
Women's individual
 Seo Hyang-soon (KOR)  Li Lingjuan (CHN)  Kim Jin-ho (KOR)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)1102
2 South Korea (KOR)1012
3 China (CHN)0101
4 Japan (JPN)0011
Totals (4 nations)2226


Participating nations

NationMen's IndividualWomen's IndividualTotal
 Australia112
 Austria011
 Belgium325
 Bhutan336
 Brazil101
 Canada033
 China336
 Chinese Taipei112
 Colombia101
 Finland325
 France202
 Great Britain336
 Hong Kong336
 Indonesia202
 Ireland022
 Italy213
 Japan325
 Luxembourg213
 Malta011
 Mexico112
 Monaco101
 Netherlands112
 New Zealand123
 Norway101
 Portugal101
 Puerto Rico101
 Saudi Arabia303
 South Korea336
 Spain224
 Sweden325
 Switzerland123
 Thailand202
 Turkey202
 United States336
 West Germany325
Total athletes6247109
Total NOCs312435

See also

References

  1. "Archery at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
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