![]() ![]() The team events were introduced in 1988.īefore releasing each arrow, archers must calm their heart rate, increase their concentration and overcome their nerves. After the global body of archery was formed, the sport eventually made a return to the Olympics at Munich 1972, with recurve events being the accepted form.Īt present, 64 men and 64 women compete in the individual, team and mixed team archery programme at the Olympics. Yet too many local variations led to archery being dropped from the Olympic programme. The Yumenoshima Park Archery Field in Tokyo.Īrchery was first included in the second edition of the Olympics in 1900 and in three more Games afterwards. In addition to the men's and women's individual and team recurve competitions, a mixed team event will also feature on the Tokyo 2020 programme, making its Olympic debut. South Korea has won every women's team title at the Games since it was introduced in 1988 and will be looking to make it nine successive golds in the event. ![]() One of top stars in the sport, Ellison is hoping to win his first Olympic gold at the Tokyo Games. South Korea swept the podium in Rio, winning gold in all four events - men's and women's team and individual.Īll eyes will be on United States' three-time Olympic medallist Brady Ellison and South Korea's female archers. There are five gold medals in total up for grabs: the men's and women's individual and team and the mixed team. * For individual events, three arrows constitute a set, while it is four arrows for a mixed team event and six arrows for a team event. In the matchplay phase, archers compete in best-of-five sets. * In the individual event, each archer shoots 72 arrows in the qualification phase, the total score of which is used to determine the rankings for the matchplay phase – where archers go head-to-head. ![]() * In a recurve event, archers shoot over a distance of 70 metres at a target face which has a diameter of 122cm with the innermost 10-point ring measuring 12.2cm in diameter. The recurve bow is the only one used at the Olympics. * There are three types of bow used in archery - recurve, compound and barebow. June 21 (Reuters) - Focus on archery at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: ![]()
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