Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's individual

The women's individual was one of two events for women out of four total events on the archery programme at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]

Women's individual
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueHwarang Archery Field
Dates27–30 September
Competitors62 from 30 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kim Soo-nyung  South Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wang Hee-kyung  South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yun Young-sook  South Korea
← 1984
1992 →

Summary edit

Preliminary ranking round

Each archer shot a FITA round, consisting of 144 arrows split evenly between the distances of 70 metres, 60 metres, 50 metres, and 30 metres. The top 24 archers qualified for the next round.

The Korean women, who had begun to show strength in the sport four years earlier, completely dominated the preliminary round. They took the three top places as Kim Soo-Nyung shattered the previous Olympic record for a FITA round. The Soviet Union also qualified three archers for the next round when all three placed in the top eight. Chinese Taipei, the United States, China, Sweden, Indonesia, and Great Britain had two archers advance.

1/8 final

Each archer shot one quarter of the normal number of arrows in a FITA round. The 36 arrows were split evenly between the four distances of 70 metres, 60 metres, 50 metres, and 30 metres. The top 18 archers qualified for the quarterfinals.

All three Korean women and all three Soviet archers advanced, as did two archers from Sweden, Chinese Taipei, and Great Britain. China, Indonesia, France, Poland, West Germany, and the United States each had one archer move on.

Quarterfinal

Each archer shot one quarter of the normal number of arrows in a FITA round. The 36 arrows were split evenly between the four distances of 70 metres, 60 metres, 50 metres, and 30 metres. The top 12 archers qualified for the semifinals.

The Soviet women had a relatively poor round, each of the three dropping at least six places in the standings. Boutouza fell all the way to last place, and Mountain was nearly eliminated as well. The Koreans, on the other hand, continued to shoot well, recapturing the top two spots.

Semifinal

Each archer shot one quarter of the normal number of arrows in a FITA round. The 36 arrows were split evenly between the four distances of 70 metres, 60 metres, 50 metres, and 30 metres. The top 8 archers moved on to the semifinals.

There was very little movement in the rankings, as seven of the archers retained the same positions they had in the quarterfinal. Korea again advanced all three of its archers. The remaining Soviet women both advanced, though no other nation advanced more than one archer. Sweden, Great Britain, and West Germany each sent one archer to fill out the top eight.

Final

Each archer shot one quarter of the normal number of arrows in a FITA round. The 36 arrows were split evenly between the four distances of 70 metres, 60 metres, 50 metres, and 30 metres. Medals were awarded to the top three archers in the final round.

The Korean women performed the first sweep of an archery events medals since the establishment of modern Olympic archery. It was not a foregone conclusion, however, as Yun Young-Sook required a tie-breaker to defeat Arjannikova of the Soviet Union.

Results edit

Rank Archer Nation Open
round
Rank Eighth
final
Rank Quarter
final
Rank Semi
final
Rank Grand
final
  Kim Soo-nyung   South Korea 1331 1 331 2 337 1 340 1 344
  Wang Hee-kyung   South Korea 1298 2 320 5 330 2 332 2 332
  Yun Young-sook   South Korea 1296 3 328 3 326 5 326 7 327
4 Lioudmila Arjannikova   Soviet Union 1279 6 332 1 326 6 329 5 327
5 Jenny Sjöwall   Sweden 1294 4 305 16 327 4 330 3 325
6 Claudia Kriz   West Germany 1250 17 311 11 322 8 326 8 318
7 Joanne Franks   Great Britain 1281 5 301 18 327 3 330 4 318
8 Tetiana Muntian   Soviet Union 1272 7 319 6 316 12 328 6 314
9 Nurfitriyana Saiman   Indonesia 1258 12 314 9 324 7 325 9
10 Melanie Skillman   United States 1252 15 307 14 318 9 311 10
11 Ma Xiangjun   China 1233 21 322 4 318 10 309 11
12 Lai Fang-Mei   Chinese Taipei 1257 13 312 10 317 11 306 12
13 Liselotte Andersson   Sweden 1257 14 317 7 315 13
14 Catherine Pellen   France 1241 19 309 13 313 14
15 Liu Pi-Yu   Chinese Taipei 1266 10 306 15 310 15
16 Joanna Kwasna   Poland 1252 16 304 17 303 16
17 Pauline Edwards   Great Britain 1232 23 311 12 301 17
18 Natalya Butuzova   Soviet Union 1267 8 314 8 300 18
19 Kusuma Wardhani   Indonesia 1239 20 300 19
20 Päivi Aaltonen   Finland 1266 9 299 20
21 Denise Parker   United States 1263 11 298 21
22 Ma Shaorong   China 1233 22 298 22
23 Jacqueline van Rozendaal-van Gerven   Netherlands 1246 18 293 23
24 Suvd Tuul   Mongolia 1231 24 290 24
25 Christa Öckl   West Germany 1230 25
26 Deborah Ochs   United States 1227 26
27 Chin Chiu-Yueh   Chinese Taipei 1226 27
28 Nathalie Hibon   France 1224 28
29 Aurora Bretón   Mexico 1224 29
30 Lilies Handayani   Indonesia 1223 30
31 Toyoko Oku   Japan 1223 31
32 Doris Haas   West Germany 1222 32
33 Beata Iwanek   Poland 1222 33
34 Brenda Cuming   Canada 1217 34
35 Yao Yawen   China 1217 35
36 Ann Shurrock   New Zealand 1217 36
37 Ana de Sousa   Portugal 1213 37
38 Pereira Greene   Ireland 1208 38
39 Vreny Burger   Switzerland 1208 39
40 Joanna Helbin   Poland 1207 40
41 Huriye Ekşi   Turkey 1205 41
42 Elif Ekşi   Turkey 1204 42
43 Anita Smits   Netherlands 1203 43
44 Sambuugiin Oyuuntsetseg   Mongolia 1202 44
45 Nadia Gautschi   Switzerland 1194 45
46 Dorjsembeegiin Erdenchimeg   Mongolia 1193 46
47 Marie-Josée Bazin   France 1188 47
48 Ilse Martha Ries-Hotz   Luxembourg 1187 48
49 Basilisa Ygnalaga   Philippines 1182 49
50 Selda Ünsal   Turkey 1181 50
51 Cheryl Sutton   Great Britain 1179 51
52 Keiko Nakagomi   Japan 1173 52
53 Kyoko Kitahara   Japan 1171 53
54 Gloria Rosa   Puerto Rico 1168 54
55 Jutta Poikolainen   Finland 1164 55
56 Minna Heinonen   Finland 1163 56
57 María Teresa Valdés   Spain 1125 57
58 Joanna Agius   Malta 1121 58
59 Carina Jonsson   Sweden 1111 59
60 Chan Siu Yuk   Hong Kong 1098 60
61 Iliana Biridakis   Jordan 1055 61
62 Merrellyn Tarr   Zimbabwe 1015 62

References edit

  1. ^ "Archery at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's Individual". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

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