Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Archery
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueEnglischer Garten
DatesSeptember 7—10
Competitors95 from 27 nations
Archery at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Individual   men   women

Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics consisted of two medal events, one for men and one for women.

Each event was composed of two FITA rounds. Each of those FITA rounds consisted of the archers shooting 36 arrows at targets at 4 different distances, for a total of 144 arrows. The distances were 90, 70, 50, and 30 metres for men and 70, 60, 50, and 30 metres for women.

18 nations competed in both the men's and women's events, while 3 competed in only the women's and 6 competed only in the men's.

Medal summary

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual
John Williams
 United States
Gunnar Jervill
 Sweden
Kyösti Laasonen
 Finland
Women's individual
Doreen Wilber
 United States
Irena Szydłowska
 Poland
Emma Gapchenko
 Soviet Union

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 2 0 0 2
2  Poland (POL) 0 1 0 1
 Sweden (SWE) 0 1 0 1
4  Finland (FIN) 0 0 1 1
 Soviet Union (URS) 0 0 1 1
Total 2 2 2 6

Participating nations

Nation Men's Individual Women's Individual Total
Australia 2 1 3
Belgium 3 0 3
Canada 3 3 6
Denmark 2 2 4
Finland 3 0 3
France 3 2 5
Great Britain 3 3 6
Hungary 1 1 2
Indonesia 0 1 1
Italy 3 0 3
Japan 3 1 4
Luxembourg 1 1 2
Mexico 3 3 6
Mongolia 1 2 3
New Zealand 1 0 1
North Korea 0 3 3
Norway 3 1 4
Philippines 3 0 3
Poland 1 3 4
Puerto Rico 1 0 1
Republic of China 0 1 1
Soviet Union 3 3 6
Spain 1 1 2
Sweden 3 2 5
Switzerland 3 1 4
United States 3 3 6
West Germany 2 2 4
Total athletes 55 40 95
Total NOCs 24 21 27

References

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