Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics consisted of two medal events, one for men and one for women.[1]

Archery
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueEnglischer Garten
Dates7–10 September
No. of events2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors95 from 27 nations

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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)2002
2 Poland (POL)0101
 Sweden (SWE)0101
4 Finland (FIN)0011
 Soviet Union (URS)0011
Totals (5 nations)2226

Participating nations

NationMen's IndividualWomen's IndividualTotal
 Australia213
 Belgium303
 Canada336
 Denmark224
 Finland303
 France325
 Great Britain336
 Hungary112
 Indonesia011
 Italy303
 Japan314
 Luxembourg112
 Mexico336
 Mongolia123
 New Zealand101
 North Korea033
 Norway314
 Philippines303
 Poland134
 Puerto Rico101
 Republic of China011
 Soviet Union336
 Spain112
 Sweden325
 Switzerland314
 United States336
 West Germany224
Total athletes554095
Total NOCs242127

References

  1. "Archery at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
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