Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics

At the 1992 Summer Olympics, archery came back with some new and exciting changes. There were four different archery competitions, and the way the events worked was completely new. For the first time, all archery happened at a distance of 70 metres.

All archers began with a ranking round where they shot 144 arrows. These scores helped decide who would compete in the main tournaments. The top 32 archers in both men’s and women’s events moved on to a single-elimination tournament called the “Olympic round.” Teams were also made from the best three archers from each country, and the top 16 teams in each group also competed in their own single-elimination tournaments.

In each competition, the winners of the semifinals faced each other for the gold and silver medals, while the losers of the semifinals competed for the bronze medal and fourth place. The other rankings were decided based on how archers and teams did in the rounds where they were defeated. This made every match important and added a lot of excitement to the Olympic archery events.

Medal summary

Events

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	2	2	0	4
2	France	1	0	0	1
	Spain	1	0	0	1
4	China	0	1	0	1
	Finland	0	1	0	1
6	Great Britain	0	0	2	2
	Unified Team	0	0	2	2
Totals (7 entries)		4	4	4	12

Participating nations

In the 1992 Summer Olympics, archery had athletes from 44 nations. Countries like Australia, Belgium, Bhutan, and Brazil were among those who competed. Each country sent a small group of archers to join the events.