1988 Summer Olympics / Archery

Archery at the XXIV Summer Olympics
information
Attendees:	147 athletes
Participating nations:	35 (men:, women:)
Date:	September 27th - October 1st
Venue:	Seoul
Competition location:	Hwarang Archery Field
Decisions:	4th
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At the XXIV Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 , four archery competitions were held. The venue was the Hwarang archery range.

There were several changes for the archers at the Seoul Games. For the first time, the competitions were not only held individually but also as a team (provided a nation had 3 starting places). Furthermore, the double FITA round was no longer shot, but a ranking was first determined through a single FITA round. The best 24 shooters of this determined ranking then shot out the Olympic champion in an elimination competition. The same procedure was followed for the teams, only here in the second round the best eight teams eliminated the winner.

Men

singles

space	country	athlete	Rings
1	United States	Jay Barrs	338
2	South Korea	Park Sung-soo	336
3	Soviet Union	Vladimir Yeschejew	335
4th	South Korea	Chun In-soo	331
5	Netherlands	Tiny Reniers	327
6th	United States	Richard McKinney	324
7th	Finland	Pentti Vikström	323
8th	Japan	Hiroshi Yamamoto	321

team

space	country	Athletes	Rings
1	South Korea	Lee Han-sup Chun In-soo Park Sung-soo	986
2	United States	Jay Barrs Darrell Pace Richard McKinney	972
3	Great Britain	Steven Hallard Richard Priestman Leroy Watson	968
4th	Finland	Ismo Falck Tomi Poikolainen Pentti Vikström	956
5	Soviet Union	Konstantin Schkolny Vladimir Jeschejew Juri Leontjew	949
6th	Japan	Terushi Furuhashi Takayoshi Matsushita Hiroshi Yamamoto	948
7th	Chinese Taipei	Chiu Ping-kun Hu Pei-wen Yen Man-sung	937
8th	Sweden	Gert Bjerendal Göran Bjerendal Mats Nordlander	925

Women

South Korea dominated the discipline in the women and in the two team competitions.

singles

space	country	athlete	Rings
1	South Korea	Kim Soo-nyung	344
2	South Korea	Wang Hee-kyung	332
3	South Korea	Yun Young-sook	327
4th	Soviet Union	Lyudmyla Arshannykova	327
5	Sweden	Jennifer Sjöwall	325
6th	BR Germany	Claudia Kriz	318
7th	Great Britain	Joanne Marie Franks	318
8th	Soviet Union	Tatiana Muntjan	314

team

space	country	Athletes	Rings
1	South Korea	Kim Soo-nyung Wang Hee-kyung Yun Young-sook	982
2	Indonesia	Lilies Handayani Murfitryana Saiman Kusuma Wardhani	952
3	United States	Deborah Ochs Denise Parker Melanie Skillman	952
4th	Soviet Union	Lyudmyla Arshannykova Natalja Butusova Tetjana Muntjan	951
5	Great Britain	Pauline Edwards Joanne Franks-Edens Cheryl Sutton	933
6th	BR Germany	Doris Haas Claudia Kriz Christa Öckl	931
7th	Sweden	Lisa Andersson Carina Jonsson Jenny Sjöwall	930
8th	France	Marie-Josée Bazin Nathalie Hibon Catherine Pellen	898

literature

• Official Report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume One, Part Two (PDF) (25.99 MB)
• Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 .