NAME: Angilyn V.

Lagatic BPED 2-A

TOPIC: ARCHERY

Archery’s history at the Olympic Games is split into two periods: the early era and
the modern era.

In the early years, the sport was on the schedule of the Olympic Games in 1900, 1904,
1908, and 1920. In 1904, it was one among the first sports to offer women's
competitions. Archery was ultimately removed from the schedule because of the varied
competition formats, which were frequently based on local rules. Founded in 1931 with
the intention of reentering the Games, World Archery.

In 1972, archery made a comeback at the Olympic Games and has since remained on
the schedule. The competition structure has changed in the modern period to thrilling,
accessible, and broadcast-friendly head-to-head matchplay. From 1972 through 1984,
two gold medals for the solo competitions were given out; team competitions were
introduced in 1988. For 2020, the mixed team competition was added, making a total of
five Olympic Champion titles available in the archery disciplines.
Currently, 64 men and 64 women compete in target archery events with recurve bows
at the Olympics. The reigning Olympic Champions are Korea's Ku Bonchan and Chang
Hye Jin.Since 2004, the archery competitions at the Olympic Games have often been
held in iconic locations like the Panathinaikos Stadium (2004), Lord’s Cricket Ground
(2012) and the Sambodromo (2016).

Korea is archery’s most successful nation at the Olympic Games. The country made its
debut in the Olympic archery competition at Los Angeles 1984 and has since accrued 23
gold, nine silver and seven bronze for a total of 39 medals. The Korean recurve women
have never lost the team event in the eight times it has been held since 1988.

Korea won all four gold medals for the first time at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

References:

https://www.worldarchery.sport/sport/history/archery-olympic-games