Archery at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Hwarang Archery Field
Dates	27 September ? 1 October 1988
No. of events	4 (2 men, 2 women)
Competitors	146 from 41 nations
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Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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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]

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 [ edit ]

Individual [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

Events [ edit ]

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

Medal table [ edit ]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea   (KOR)	3	2	1	6
2	United States   (USA)	1	1	1	3
3	Indonesia   (INA)	0	1	0	1
4	Great Britain   (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Soviet Union   (URS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		4	4	4	12

Participating nations [ edit ]

Nation	Men's Individual	Men's Team	Women's Individual	Women's Team	Total
Argentina	2	0	0	0	2
Australia	3	X	0	0	3
Belgium	3	X	0	0	3
Bhutan	3	X	0	0	3
Brazil	2	0	0	0	2
Canada	3	X	1	0	4
China	3	X	3	X	6
Chinese Taipei	3	X	3	X	6
Denmark	3	X	0	0	3
Finland	3	X	3	X	6
France	3	X	3	X	6
Great Britain	3	X	3	X	6
Hong Kong	2	0	1	0	3
India	3	X	0	0	3
Indonesia	1	0	3	X	4
Ireland	2	0	1	0	3
Italy	3	X	0	0	3
Japan	3	X	3	X	6
Jordan	0	0	1	0	1
Luxembourg	0	0	1	0	1
Malta	0	0	1	0	1
Mexico	3	X	1	0	4
Monaco	1	0	0	0	1
Mongolia	0	0	3	X	3
Netherlands	1	0	2	0	3
New Zealand	0	0	1	0	1
Philippines	1	0	1	0	2
Poland	0	0	3	X	3
Portugal	2	0	1	0	3
Puerto Rico	1	0	1	0	2
Saudi Arabia	2	0	0	0	2
Solomon Islands	1	0	0	0	1
South Korea	3	X	3	X	6
Soviet Union	3	X	3	X	6
Spain	3	X	1	0	4
Sweden	3	X	3	X	6
Switzerland	0	0	2	0	2
Turkey	3	X	3	X	6
United States	3	X	3	X	6
West Germany	3	X	3	X	6
Zimbabwe	3	X	1	0	4
Total athletes	84	66	62	45	146
Total NOCs	34	22	30	15	41

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Official Olympic Report