1978 World Field Archery Championships

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1978 World Field Archery Championships
Location Flag of Switzerland.svg Geneva, Switzerland
Start date16 September
End date17 September
Competitors109 from 21 nations
  1976
1980  


The 1978 World Field Archery Championships were held in Geneva, Switzerland. [1] [2] [3]

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Medal summary (Men's individual)

EventGoldSilverBronze
Instinctive Men's individual
Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Rosenberg Flag of Finland.svg Pekka Mertanen Flag of Sweden.svg Mats Palmer
Freestyle Men's individual
Flag of the United States.svg Darrell Pace Flag of the United States.svg Richard McKinney Flag of Sweden.svg Gjert Bjerendal

Medal summary (Women's individual)

EventGoldSilverBronze
Instinctive Women's individual
Flag of Japan.svg Suizuki Kubuchi Flag of Italy.svg Anne Cecchini Flag of Sweden.svg Ingegard Grandqvist
Freestyle Women's individual
Flag of Germany.svg Annemarie Lehmann Flag of Austria.svg Ursula Valenta Flag of the United States.svg Irene Daubenspeck

Medal summary (team events)

No team event held at this championships.


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References

  1. "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. "Results" (PDF). World Archery.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. "Past Results" (PDF). Olympic Information Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-12. Retrieved 2015-10-18.