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Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Definition and Overview

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There were 4 Archery contests held at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, Georgia.

All archery was done at a range of 70 metres. 64 archers competed in each the men's individual and women's individual competitions. They began with a 72-arrow ranking round. This was followed by three elimination rounds, in which archers competed head-to-head in 18-arrow matches. After these rounds, there were 8 archers left in each gender. The quarterfinals, semifinals, and medal matches (collectively termed the "finals round") were 12-arrow matches. In all matches, losers were eliminated and received a final rank determined by their score in that round, with the exception of the semifinals. The losers of the semifinals competed in the bronze medal match.

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Medals

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Position Country: Total:
1 Korea Korea 2 1 1 4
2 United States United States 2 0 0 2
3 China China 0 1 0 1
3 Germany Germany 0 1 0 1
3 Sweden Sweden 0 1 0 1
6 Italy Italy 0 0 1 1
6 Poland Poland 0 0 1 1
6 Ukraine Ukraine 0 0 1 1

Events

Men's individual

Final
Rank
Name Nation
1 Justin Huish United States
2 Magnus Petersson Sweden
3 Oh Kyo-moon Korea

Women's individual

Final
Rank
Name Nation
1 Kim Kyung-Wook Korea
2 He Ying China
3 Olena Sadovnycha Ukraine

Men's team

Final
Rank
Name Nation
1 Justin Huish
Richard Johnson
Rod White
United States
2 Jang Yong-ho
Kim Bo-ram
Oh Kyo-moon
Korea
3 Matteo Bisiani
Michele Frangilli
Andrea Parenti
Italy

Women's team

Final
Rank
Name Nation
1 Kim Jo-Sun
Kim Kyung-Wook
Youn Hye-Young
Korea
2 Barbara Mensing
Cornelia Pfohl
Sandra Wagner
Germany
3 Iwona Dzieciol
Katarzyna Klata
Joanna Nowicka
Poland



Archery at the Summer Olympics
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Events at the 1996 Summer Olympics (Atlanta)

Archery | Athletics (track and field) | Badminton | Baseball | Basketball | Boxing | Canoeing | Cycling | Diving | Equestrian | Fencing | Football (soccer) | Gymnastics | Handball | Hockey | Judo | Modern Pentathlon | Rowing | Sailing | Shooting | Softball | Swimming | Synchronized Swimming | Table Tennis | Tennis | Volleyball | Water Polo | Weightlifting | Wrestling

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