Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics

There were four different archery competitions at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The format of the previous Olympics was dropped for this Olympiad, with an entirely new system being put in place.[1]

Archery
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenueCamp Olímpic de Tir amb Arc
Dates31 July – 4 August 1992
No. of events4 (2 men, 2 women)
Competitors136 from 44 nations
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For the first time, all archery was done at a single distance, 70 metres. All archers took place in the ranking round, in which they shot 144 arrows. These scores were used to determine both individual and team ranks. The top 32 individual archers in each division (men's and women's) were seeded into a single-elimination tournament called the "Olympic round". Nations that sent the maximum number of three archers in either or both division also had the chance for those three archers to compete as a team; the top 16 teams in each division were also seeded into single-elimination tournaments.

Winners of the semifinal in each of the four competitions faced each other for the gold and silver medals, while the semifinal losers faced off for the bronze medal and fourth place. All other rankings were determined by the score of the archer or team in the round they were defeated. That is, fifth through eighth place were determined by the quarterfinal scores of the four archers defeated in the quarterfinals.

Medal summary

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Events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual
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Sébastien Flute
  France
Chung Jae-hun
  South Korea
Simon Terry
  Great Britain
Men's team
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  Spain
Juan Holgado
Alfonso Menéndez
Antonio Vázquez
  Finland
Ismo Falck
Jari Lipponen
Tomi Poikolainen
  Great Britain
Steven Hallard
Richard Priestman
Simon Terry
Women's individual
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Cho Youn-jeong
  South Korea
Kim Soo-nyung
  South Korea
Natalia Valeeva
  Unified Team
(  Moldova)
Women's team
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  South Korea
Cho Youn-jeong
Kim Soo-nyung
Lee Eun-kyung
  China
Ma Xiangjun
Wang Hong
Wang Xiaozhu
  Unified Team
Lyudmila Arzhanikova
Khatouna Kvrivichvili
Natalia Valeeva

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  South Korea (KOR)2204
2  France (FRA)1001
  Spain (ESP)1001
4  China (CHN)0101
  Finland (FIN)0101
6  Great Britain (GBR)0022
  Unified Team (EUN)0022
Totals (7 entries)44412

Participating nations

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A total of 44 nations competed in this sport.

References

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  1. ^ "Archery at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
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