2004 Summer Olympics / Archery

Archery at the XXVIII. Summer Olympics
information
Attendees:	128 athletes
Participating nations:	43 (men: 31; women: 35)
Date:	August 15 - August 21
Venue:	Athens
Competition location:	Panathinaikon Stadium
Decisions:	4th
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Archery in the Panathinaikon Stadium

At the XXVIII. 2004 Olympic Games in Athens were four competitions in archery held. The venue was the Panathinaikon Stadium . The competitions took place from August 15th to 21st.

For both sexes, the competition distance was 70 meters. Both sexes also shot at target faces with a diameter of 1.22 meters. The competitions were held individually and in teams.

mode

singles

The tournament was held in three rounds for both men and women, the preliminary round, the elimination round and the final round.

In the preliminary battle, all participants shot 72 arrows to determine the seeding list. Based on the results of the seeding list, the pairings were put together in the first elimination round. In each encounter in the elimination round, participants shot 18 arrows. In the final round (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final), 12 arrows were shot.

team

The tournament was held in three rounds for both men and women, the preliminary round, the elimination round and the final round.

In the preliminary battle, all three participants in each team shot 72 arrows to determine the seeding list. Based on the results of the seeding list, the pairings in the elimination round were put together. In the meetings of the elimination round and the final round (quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals) the teams then shot 27 arrows each (9 arrows per shooter).

Men

singles

space	country	athlete
1	Italy	Marco Galiazzo
2	Japan	Hiroshi Yamamoto
3	Australia	Tim Cuddihy
4th	United Kingdom	Laurence Godfrey
5	South Korea	Kyung-mo Park
6th	South Korea	In the dong-hyun
7th	Chinese Taipei	Chen Szu-yuan
8th	United States	Vic Wunderle

In the preliminary fight, Im Dong-hyun set a new world record with 687 rings. In the final rounds, Tim Cuddihy (340 rings) and Park Kyung-mo (173 rings) set different Olympic records.

Only Michael Frankenberg started for Germany, there were no shooters for Austria and Switzerland. In the preliminary fight Michael Frankenberg reached 21st place with 657 rings. In the elimination round, Frankenberg first met and defeated Russian Dmitry Nevmerzhitskiy. In the round of the last 32, however, he met the later bronze medalist Tim Cuddihy and was defeated by him. In the final ranking, Michael Frankenberg reached 21st place.

team

space	country	Athletes
1	South Korea	In Dong-hyun Jang Yong-ho Park Kyung-mo
2	Chinese Taipei	Chen Szu-yuan Liu Ming-huang Wang Cheng-pang
3	Ukraine	Dmytro Hratschow Viktor Ruban Oleksandr Serdyuk
4th	United States	Butch Johnson Vic Wunderle John Hagera
5	Netherlands	Wietse van Alten Pieter Custers Ron van der Hoff
6th	Australia	Tim Cuddihy Simon Fairweather David Barnes
7th	Italy	Marco Galiazzo Ilario Di Buò Michele Frangilli
8th	Japan	Hiroshi Yamamoto Yuji Hamano Takaharu Furukawa

Women

singles

space	country	Athlete
1	South Korea	Sung-hyun Park
2	South Korea	Lee Sung-jin
3	United Kingdom	Alison Williamson
4th	Chinese Taipei	Yuan Shu-chi
5	South Korea	Yun Mi-jin
6th	Chinese Taipei	Wu Hui-ju
7th	Greece	Evangelia Psarra
8th	People's Republic of China	Hey Ying

The winner, Park Sung-hyun, set a new world record with 682 rings in the preliminary fight.

Three athletes started for Germany: Anja Hitzler , Wiebke Nulle and Cornelia Pfohl . There were no shooters for Austria and Switzerland.
In the preliminary fight Cornelia Pfohl reached 18th place with 638 rings. She was followed by Anja Hitzler with 632 rings in 23rd place and Wiebke Nulle in 40th place with 620 rings.
In the elimination round, Anja Hitzler first met the Turkish woman Damla Gunay, who she defeated. In the round of the last 32 she then met the later sixth-placed Wu Hui Ju and was only defeated in the jump-off. Cornelia Pfohl first met Marie-Pier Beaudet in the elimination round, who she defeated and then lost to Margarita Galinovskaya in the next round. Wiebke Nulle met the Turkish Zekiye Keskin Satir and lost to her in the jump-off with the same number of rings.
In the final ranking, Anja Hitzler was in 21st place, Cornelia Pfohl in 22nd place and Wiebke Nulle in 48th place.

team

space	country	Athletes
1	South Korea	Lee Sung-jin Park Sung-hyun Yun Mi-jin
2	People's Republic of China	He Ying Zhang Juanjuan Lin Sang
3	Chinese Taipei	Chen Li-ju Wu Hui-ju Yuan Shu-chi
4th	France	Alexandra Folkard Bérengère shoe Aurore Trayan
5	Greece	Evangelia Psarra Elpida Romantzi Fotini Vavatzi
6th	Ukraine	Natalija Burdejna Tetjana Berezhna Kateryna Palekha
7th	Germany	Cornelia Pfohl Anja Hitzler Wiebke Nulle
8th	India	Dola Banerjee Sumangala Sharma Reena Kumari

See also

• List of Olympic champions in archery

Web links

Commons : 2004 Summer Olympics / Archery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the world association WA

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official Results Book. (PDF; 491 kB) Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games Athens 2004, August 21, 2004, accessed on May 19, 2014 (English).