Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Four events were contested in archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. These events included team competitions for the first time in modern Olympic archery. Men's and women's individual competitions continued to be part of the schedule as well.[1]

Archery
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueHwarang Archery Field
Dates27 September – 1 October
No. of events4 (2 men, 2 women)
Competitors146 from 41 nations

The format for the individual competition was altered for the first time since the 1972 Summer Olympics. In Seoul, instead of all archers using the double FITA round to determine rankings, a sort of elimination plan was introduced. Each archer shot a single FITA round to determine initial rankings. Most archers were cut from the competition after this, with only 24 advancing. These archers then shot one-fourth the number of arrows normal for a FITA round, with these scores being used to drop more archers. This process was repeated until only 8 archers finished the fourth segment of the second round.

Competition Format

Individual

84 archers competed in the men's individual competition while 62 competed in the women's event with a maximum of 3 athletes from each country in each event. A preliminary ranking round was held where each archer shot a single FITA round. The top 24 ranked archers from the preliminary round advanced to eighth-final. In this round archers shot one-fourth the number of arrows normal for a FITA round with the top 18 advancing to the quarterfinals. The top 12 archers from the quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals where only the top 8 advanced to the final.

Team

Each country that had three archers in the individual competition may also compete in the team competition. In the first round the archers shot a single FITA round with the top 12 teams advancing to the semifinal. The top 8 teams from the semifinal advanced to the final.

Medal summary

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual
Jay Barrs
 United States
Park Sung-soo
 South Korea
Vladimir Yesheyev
 Soviet Union
Men's team
 South Korea (KOR)
Chun In-soo
Lee Han-sup
Park Sung-soo
 United States (USA)
Jay Barrs
Richard McKinney
Darrell Pace
 Great Britain (GBR)
Steven Hallard
Richard Priestman
Leroy Watson
Women's individual
Kim Soo-nyung
 South Korea
Wang Hee-kyung
 South Korea
Yun Young-sook
 South Korea
Women's team
 South Korea (KOR)
Kim Soo-nyung
Wang Hee-kyung
Yun Young-sook
 Indonesia (INA)
Lilies Handayani
Nurfitriyana Saiman
Kusuma Wardhani
 United States (USA)
Deborah Ochs
Denise Parker
Melanie Skillman

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Korea (KOR)3216
2 United States (USA)1113
3 Indonesia (INA)0101
4 Great Britain (GBR)0011
 Soviet Union (URS)0011
Totals (5 nations)44412

Participating nations

NationMen's IndividualMen's TeamWomen's IndividualWomen's TeamTotal
 Argentina20002
 Australia3X003
 Belgium3X003
 Bhutan3X003
 Brazil20002
 Canada3X104
 China3X3X6
 Chinese Taipei3X3X6
 Denmark3X003
 Finland3X3X6
 France3X3X6
 Great Britain3X3X6
 Hong Kong20103
 India3X003
 Indonesia103X4
 Ireland20103
 Italy3X003
 Japan3X3X6
 Jordan00101
 Luxembourg00101
 Malta00101
 Mexico3X104
 Monaco10001
 Mongolia003X3
 Netherlands10203
 New Zealand00101
 Philippines10102
 Poland003X3
 Portugal20103
 Puerto Rico10102
 Saudi Arabia20002
 Solomon Islands10001
 South Korea3X3X6
 Soviet Union3X3X6
 Spain3X104
 Sweden3X3X6
 Switzerland00202
 Turkey3X3X6
 United States3X3X6
 West Germany3X3X6
 Zimbabwe3X104
Total athletes84666245146
Total NOCs3422301541

References

  1. "Archery at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
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