1984 Summer Olympics / Archery

Archery at the XXIII. Summer Olympics
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Attendees:	109 athletes
Participating nations:	25 (men: 25, women: 24)
Date:	August 8th - August 11th
Venue:	los Angeles
Competition location:	Eldorado Park Archery Field, Long Beach
Decisions:	2
← Moscow 1980	Seoul 1988 →

At the XXIII. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , archery competitions were held for men and women. The competitions took place from August 8 to August 11, 1984 at El Dorado Park in Long Beach .

47 female participants from 24 nations and 62 male participants from 25 nations were registered for the competitions.

Two rounds of FITA were shot. The women shot 36 arrows at a distance of 70 m, 60 m, 50 m and 30 m and the men shot 36 arrows at a distance of 90 m, 70 m, 50 m and 30 m.

Men

space	country	athlete	Points
1	United States	Darrell Pace	2616 ( OR )
2	United States	Richard McKinney	2564
3	JPN	Hiroshi Yamamoto	2563
4th	JPN	Takayoshi Matsushita	2552
5	FIN	Tomi Poikolainen	2538
6th	SWE	Göran Bjerendal	2522
7th	BEL	Marnix Vervinck	2519
8th	COR	Koo Ja-Chung	2500

In the men's race, Darrell Pace was able to repeat his victory from 1976 and fight for his second individual medal. As in 1976, but in 1984 in the first round, he achieved a new Olympic record with 1,317 rings. The 1980 winner from Moscow, Tomi Poikolainen , was able to achieve fifth place in 1984.

Women

space	country	athlete	Points
1	COR	Seo Hyang-soon	2568 ( OR )
2	CHN	Li Lingjuan	2559
3	COR	Kim Jin-ho	2555
4th	JPN	Hiroki Ishizu	2524
5	FIN	Paivi Meriluoto	2509
6th	FRG	Manuela Dachner	2508
7th	United States	Katrina King	2508
8th	CHN	Wu Yanan	2493

The only 17-year-old winner in the women, Seo Hyang-soon, added a new Olympic record to her victory. She scored 1,293 rings in the second round. At the same time, the dominance of the shooters from South Korea began. Since 1984, no female shooter from another country, with the exception of a Chinese woman in Beijing in 2008, has won the women's individual title. The participation of the New Zealand athlete Neroli Fairhall , who was the first person with paraplegia to successfully take part in the Olympic Games, was also outstanding .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results. (PDF; 326 kB) World Archery Federation , accessed on April 18, 2014 (English).