| Archery at the XIII Paralympic Games | |
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| Venue | Olympic Green Archery Field |
| Dates | September 9–15, 2008 |
| Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | ||
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| Compound | men | women |
| Recurve | men | women |
| Team | ||
| Recurve | men | women |
Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics consists of nine events, five for men and four for women. The competitions were held at the Olympic Green Archery Field from September 9 to September 15, 2008.
Archers are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows archers to compete against others with a similar level of function.
Archery classes are:
For each of the events below, medals are contested for one or more of the above classifications.
There were 134 athletes (86 males, 48 females) from 28 countries competing in this sport.
Canada (3)
China (11)
Chinese Taipei (2)
Czech Republic (6)
Finland (3)
France (6)
Germany (5)
Great Britain (12)
Greece (2)
Ireland (1)
Israel (1)
Italy (7)
Japan (10)
Malaysia (2)
Mongolia (2)
Netherlands (1)
Norway (1)
Poland (7)
Russia (1)
Slovakia (3)
South Korea (13)
Spain (4)
Sweden (4)
Switzerland (3)
Thailand (3)
Turkey (5)
Ukraine (8)
United States (8)This ranking sorts countries by the number of gold medals earned by their archers (in this context a country is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | China (CHN) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Mongolia (MGL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Individual compound | open | John Stubbs  Great Britain | Alberto Simonelli  Italy | Philippe Horner  Switzerland |
| W1 | David Drahoninsky  Czech Republic | John Cavanagh Great Britain | Jeff Fabry  United States | |
| Individual recurve | standing | Baatarjav Dambadondog  Mongolia | Fabrice Meunier  France | Chen Yegang  China |
| W1/W2 | Cheng Changjie China | Marco Vitale Italy | Tseng Lung-Hui  Chinese Taipei | |
| Team recurve | open | South Korea (KOR) Cho Hyun Kwan Kim Hong Kyu Lee Hong Gu | China (CHN) Chen Yegang Cheng Changjie Dong Zhi | Italy (ITA) Oscar De Pellegrin Mario Esposito Marco Vitale |
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Individual compound | open | Danielle Brown Great Britain | Chieko Kamiya  Japan | Mel Clarke Great Britain |
| Individual recurve | standing | Lee Hwa-Sook  South Korea | Gao Fangxia China | Lindsey Carmichael United States |
| W1/W2 | Gizem Girişmen  Turkey | Fu Hongzhi China | Xiao Yanhong China | |
| Team recurve | open | China (CHN) Fu Hongzhi Goa Fangxia Xiao Yanhong | South Korea (KOR) Kim Ki-Hee Kim Ran-Sook Lee Hwa-Sook | Czech Republic (CZE) Miroslava Cerna Lenka Kuncova Marketa Sidkova |
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