1993 World Archery Championships

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1993 World Archery Championships
Location Flag of Turkey.svg Antalya, Turkey
Start date8 September 1993
End date12 September 1993

The 1993 World Archery Championships was the 37th edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Antalya, Turkey in September 1993 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA).

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The event marked the last time that the compound discipline was not contested at the World Archery Championships. The men's recurve competition was won for the first time by a Korean, Park Kyung-Mo, instigating a run of 9 different Korean winners in 10 championships to 2011.

Events

Recurve

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's individual Park Kyung-Mo
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Kim Kyung-Ho
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Stanislav Zabrodsky
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Men's team Flag of France.svg  France Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Women's individual Kim Hyo-Jung
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Cho Youn-Jeong
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Iana Tuniants
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Women's team Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)3306
2Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)1001
3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)0101
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)0011
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)0011
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)0011
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)0011
Totals (7 nations)44412

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