Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Archery at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Englischer Garten
Dates	7–10 September 1972
No. of events	2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors	95 from 27 nations
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Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics consisted of two medal events, one for men and one for women. ^[1]

Each event was composed of two FITA rounds. Each of those FITA rounds consisted of the archers shooting 36 arrows at targets at 4 different distances, for a total of 144 arrows. The distances were 90, 70, 50, and 30 metres for men and 70, 60, 50, and 30 metres for women. 18 nations competed in both the men's and women's events, while 3 competed in only the women's and 6 competed only in the men's.

Medal summary

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual details	John Williams   United States	Gunnar Jervill   Sweden	Kyösti Laasonen   Finland
Women's individual details	Doreen Wilber   United States	Irena Szydłowska   Poland	Emma Gapchenko   Soviet Union

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	2	0	0	2
2	Poland	0	1	0	1
	Sweden	0	1	0	1
4	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Soviet Union	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	2	6

Participating nations

Nation	Men's Individual	Women's Individual	Total
Australia	2	1	3
Belgium	3	0	3
Canada	3	3	6
Denmark	2	2	4
Finland	3	0	3
France	3	2	5
Great Britain	3	3	6
Hungary	1	1	2
Indonesia	0	1	1
Italy	3	0	3
Japan	3	1	4
Luxembourg	1	1	2
Mexico	3	3	6
Mongolia	1	2	3
New Zealand	1	0	1
North Korea	0	3	3
Norway	3	1	4
Philippines	3	0	3
Poland	1	3	4
Puerto Rico	1	0	1
Republic of China	0	1	1
Soviet Union	3	3	6
Spain	1	1	2
Sweden	3	2	5
Switzerland	3	1	4
United States	3	3	6
West Germany	2	2	4
Total athletes	55	40	95
Total NOCs	24	21	27

References

1. "Archery at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.

External links

• Official Olympic Report