Archery at the 1976 Summer Paralympics

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Archery
at the V Paralympic Games
Archery pictogram (Paralympics).svg
Paralympic Archery
1972
1980

Archery at the 1976 Summer Paralympics consisted of eighteen events.

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Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)4206
2Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)3418
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)3036
4Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN)2002
5Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)1214
6Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)1135
7Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)1102
8Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)1012
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)1012
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)1012
11Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa  (RSA)0112
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)0112
13Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)0101
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea  (KOR)0101
Totals (14 nations)18141345

Participating nations

Medal summary

Men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Advanced metric round open
details
R. Schmidberger
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Thore
Flag of France.svg  France
Hohmann
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Advanced metric round team open
details
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Maraschin
A. Piutti
Thore
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)
E. Hammel
Hohmann
R. Schmidberger
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)
M. Eden
U. Hornlund
A. Luks
Advanced metric round tetraplegic A-C
details
T. Parker
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
NoneNone
FITA round open
details
Guy Grun
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
H. Geiss
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
W. Kokott
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa
FITA round team 2-5
details
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Jay Brown
Patrick Krishner
Timothy van der Meiden
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)
Aime Desal
Guy Grun
Jozef Meysen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
Peter Blanker
Popke Popkema
M. Senders
FITA round tetraplegic A-C
details
Hans Pimmelar
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Oddbjorn Stebekk
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Mike James
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Novice and tetraplegics round team A-C
details
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
J. M. Chapuis
A. Galea
Malgogne
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)
Jack Hautle
Eugen Schuler
Martin Stadler
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Vincent Falardeau
Roy Nungester
Noreen Vollbach
Novice round open
details
J. M. Chapuis
Flag of France.svg  France
A. Galea
Flag of France.svg  France
Jack Hautle
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Short metric round open
details
Shigenobu Hashiguchi
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Yoon Bae Kim
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea
Alan Corrie
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Short metric round tetraplegic A-C
details
West Brownlow
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
NoneNone
Short metric team open
details
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
G. Anslow
Nicky Biggs
Alan Corrie
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)
Hugo Illi
Veikko Puputti
Tauno Valkama
None
Tetraplegic round A-C
details
Casper Caspersen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
L. Smith
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
R. Thibodeau
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Advanced metric round open
details
Mireille Maraschin
Flag of France.svg  France
Karlsen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
O. Holen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
FITA round open
details
Bodil Elgh
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Anneliese Dersen
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Rhonda July
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
FITA round team 2-5
details
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Susan Hagel
Rhonda July
Sally Staudte
NoneNone
Novice round open
details
Tomoko Yamazaki
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
R. Alexander
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa
Noreen Vollbach
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Short metric round open
details
S. Battran
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Waltraud Hagenlocher
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Gill Matthews
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Tetraplegic round A-C
details
Liebrecht
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
NoneNone

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