| Archery at the IX Paralympic Games | |
|---|---|
 Paralympic Archery | |
| Competitors | 94 from 26 nations |
Archery at the 1992 Summer Paralympics consisted of seven events.
| Archery at the IX Paralympic Games | |
|---|---|
| Paralympic Archery | |
| Competitors | 94 from 26 nations |
Archery at the 1992 Summer Paralympics consisted of seven events.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Italy (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 |  Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 4 |  South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 |  Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Unified Team (EUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 nations) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
Australia (2)
Belgium (1)
Canada (2)
Colombia (1) Denmark (3) Finland (9) France (3) Germany (10)
Great Britain (10)
Greece (1)
Hong Kong (1)
Hungary (1)
Ireland (2)
Israel (2) Italy (7) Japan (8)
Luxembourg (1)
Mexico (1)
Norway (2)
Puerto Rico (1) South Korea (6) Spain (3) Sweden (5)
Switzerland (1) Unified Team (4) United States (7)| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual AR1 | Koichi Minami Japan | Richard Spizzirri  United States | Giampiero Mercandelli  Italy |
| Men's individual AR2 | Orazio Pizzorni Italy | Hermann Nortmann  Germany | Udo Wolf Germany |
| Men's individual open | Jens Fudge  Denmark | Kenichi Nishii Japan | Hyun Kwan Cho  South Korea |
| Men's teams AR2 | Germany (GER) Udo Wolf Hermann Nortmann Karl Bahls | Italy (ITA) Luciano Malovini Giuseppe Gabelli Orazio Pizzorni | South Korea (KOR) Ouk Soo Lee Jang Sub Choi Ki Ki Jang |
| Men's teams open | South Korea (KOR) Hyun Kwan Cho Sung Hee Kim Hak Young Lee | Spain (ESP) Jose Luis Hermosin Jose Fernandez Antonio Rebollo | France (FRA) Jean-Michel Favre Jean Francois Garcia Rene Le Bras |
| Women's individual AR2 | Paola Fantato Italy | Elli Korva  Finland | Hifumi Suzuki Japan |
| Women's individual open | Tatiana Grishko  Unified Team | Siv Thulin  Sweden | Hanne Tved Denmark |
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