1985 World Archery Championships

The 1985 World Archery Championships was the 33rd edition of the event. It was held in Seoul, South Korea on 1–5 October 1985 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA).[1]

1985 World Archery Championships
LocationSeoul, South Korea
Start date1 October
End date5 October

In this competition, the Korean men's team broke the United States' 26-year reign as champions.[2]

Medals summary edit

Recurve edit

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

Medals table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union2103
2  South Korea1214
3  United States1102
4  Japan0011
  Sweden0011
  West Germany0011
Totals (6 entries)44412

References edit

  1. ^ "Seoul 1985 World Archery Championships".
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-06-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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