The athlete quota for archery is 128 athletes, 64 men and 64 women. There is a maximum of six athletes per National Olympic Committee, three per gender. NOC's with three athletes of the same gender automatically qualify for the team competition. Athletes can not qualify themselves directly into Beijing. Once they qualify they earn spots for their NOC, which then can decide which of the athletes who have reached the MQS (Minimum Qualification Score) they select. The MQS for FITA rounds are 1200 (men) and 1180 (women). For 70m rounds they are 600 (men) and 590 (women). Athletes who wish to qualify for the Olympics need to achieve the MQS in the period starting from 5 July 2007 until 16 July 2008.
| Event | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 World Archery Championships | July 5–15, 2007 |  Leipzig |
| Asian Championships | September 14–19, 2007 |  Xi'an |
| PanAmerica Continental Qualification Tournament | October 9–13, 2007 |  San Salvador |
| New Zealand Championships & Oceania Qualification | January 5–11, 2008 |  Wellington |
| African Championships | February 7–10, 2008 |  Cairo |
| European Championships | May 12–19, 2008 |  Vittel |
| Final World Qualification Tournament | June 24–28, 2008 | Boé |
| Tripartite Commission Invitations | March 19, 2008 | - |
| National Olympic Committee | Men's | Women's |
|---|---|---|
 China (CHN) | H | H |
 Great Britain (GBR) | W | W |
 Italy (ITA) | W | W |
 South Korea (KOR) | W | W |
 Poland (POL) | W | W |
 Chinese Taipei (TPE) | W | W |
 Japan (JPN) | C | |
 Ukraine (UKR) | W | |
 India (IND) | W | |
 United States (USA) | W | |
 Canada (CAN) | W | |
 Colombia (COL) | W | |
 France (FRA) | W | |
 Malaysia (MAS) | C | |
 Australia (AUS) | C | |
 Russia (RUS) | C | |
| Total | 12 | 10 |
Archery had its debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics and has been contested in 18 Olympiads. 105 nations have competed in the Olympic archery events, with France appearing the most often at 15 times. The most noticeable trend has been the excellence of South Korean archers, who have won 32 out of 44 gold medals in archery events since 1984. Olympic archery is governed by the World Archery Federation. Recurve archery is the only discipline of archery featured at the Olympic Games. Archery is also an event at the Summer Paralympics.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, the Archery competitions were held between 9 August and 15 August, at the Olympic Green Archery Field, a temporary venue on the Olympic Green, Beijing's Olympic Park.
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There were 128 qualifying places available for archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics: 64 for men and 64 for women.
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