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| Host city |  Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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| Dates | 25–30 November 2017 |
The 2017 Asian Archery Championships were the 20th edition of the event, and were held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 25 to 30 November 2017.
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| Host city | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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| Dates | 25–30 November 2017 |
The 2017 Asian Archery Championships were the 20th edition of the event, and were held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 25 to 30 November 2017.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual | Lee Seung-yun  South Korea | Yuki Kawata  Japan | Wang Dapeng  China |
| Men's team | South Korea Kim Jong-ho Lee Seung-yun Lee Woo-seok |  India Atanu Das Jayanta Talukdar Yashdev |  Malaysia Akmal Nor Hasrin Haziq Kamaruddin Khairul Anuar Mohamad |
| Women's individual | Lee Eun-gyeong South Korea | Choi Min-seon South Korea | Ki Bo-bae South Korea |
| Women's team | South Korea Choi Min-seon Ki Bo-bae Lee Eun-gyeong |  Chinese Taipei Chang Rong-jia Lin Chia-en Peng Chia-mao | China Li Jiaman Li Xinxin Lü Na |
| Mixed team | South Korea Kim Jong-ho Choi Min-seon | Japan Hiroki Muto Chinatsu Kubara |  Vietnam Chu Đức Anh Lộc Thị Đào |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual | Abhishek Verma India | Kim Jong-ho South Korea | Hong Sung-ho South Korea |
| Men's team | South Korea Choi Yong-hee Kim Jong-ho Kim Tae-yoon | India Rajat Chauhan Gurwinder Singh Abhishek Verma | Chinese Taipei Pan Yu-ping Weng I-cheng Yang Cheng-hsiung |
| Women's individual | Song Yun-soo South Korea | Choi Bo-min South Korea | Jyothi Surekha Vennam India |
| Women's team | India Trisha Deb Parveena Jyothi Surekha Vennam | South Korea Choi Bo-min So Chae-won Song Yun-soo |  Iran Gisa Baibordi Parisa Baratchi Fereshteh Ghorbani |
| Mixed team | South Korea Kim Jong-ho So Chae-won | India Abhishek Verma Jyothi Surekha Vennam |  Kazakhstan Akbarali Karabayev Diana Makarchuk |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | India | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Japan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | China | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Iran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows. The word comes from the Latin arcus, meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In modern times, it is mainly a competitive sport and recreational activity. A person who practices archery is typically called an archer, bowman, or toxophilite.
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