Archery at the 2015 Summer Universiade was held in International Archery Center, Gwangju, South Korea from July 4 to 8, 2015. Four competitions were held in men and women's recurve and in men and women's compound.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's individual | Lee Seung-yun South Korea | Ku Bon-chan South Korea | Kim Woo-jin South Korea |
Men's team | South Korea (KOR) Kim Woo-jin Ku Bon-chan Lee Seung-yun | Chinese Taipei Wang Hou-chieh Wei Chun-heng Yu Guan-lin | Russia (RUS) Galsan Bazarzhapov Artem Makhnenko Bair Tsybekdorzhiev |
Women's individual | Ki Bo-bae South Korea | Choi Mi-sun South Korea | Maja Jager Denmark |
Women's team | Chinese Taipei Hsiung Mei-chien Lin Shih-chia Tan Ya-ting | South Korea (KOR) Choi Mi-sun Kang Chae-young Ki Bo-bae | Russia (RUS) Anna Balsukova Tuyana Dashidorzhieva Inna Stepanova |
Mixed team | South Korea (KOR) Lee Seung-yun Ki Bo-bae | Chinese Taipei Wei Chun-heng Tan Ya-ting | Russia (RUS) Galsan Bazarzhapov Inna Stepanova |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's individual | Kim Jong-ho South Korea | Kim Tae-yoon South Korea | Renaud Domanski Belgium |
Men's team | South Korea (KOR) Kim Jong-ho Kim Tae-yoon Yang Young-ho | Mexico (MEX) Mario Cardoso Daniel del Valle Adolfo Medina | Italy (ITA) Luca Fanti Andrea Leotta Jacopo Polidori |
Women's individual | Song Yun-soo South Korea | Toja Cerne Slovenia | Stephanie Salinas Mexico |
Women's team | Russia (RUS) Natalia Avdeeva Svetlana Cherkashneva Maria Vinogradova | United States (USA) Carlissa Cochran Mackenzie Kieborz Brogan Williams | South Korea (KOR) Kim Yun-hee Seol Da-yeong Song Yun-soo |
Mixed team | South Korea (KOR) Kim Jong-ho Song Yun-soo | India (IND) Kawalpreet Singh Jyothi Surekha Vennam | Belgium (BEL) Renaud Domanski Sarah Prieels |
* Host nation (South Korea)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | South Korea* | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
2 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Russia | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
4 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
9 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (10 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, Greece with ranking rounds on 12 August and regular competition held from 15 August to 21 August. One hundred twenty-eight archers from forty-three nations competed in the four gold medal events—individual and team events for men and for women—that were contested at these games.
Bhutan sent a delegation to compete at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States from 19 July to 4 August 1996. This was the Kingdom's fourth appearance at a Summer Olympic Games. The delegation to Atlanta consisted of two archers, Jubzhang Jubzhang and Ugyen Ugyen. Neither advanced past the round of 64 in their events, though Jubzhang pushed his match to a shootout.
Bhutan sent a delegation to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from 8–24 August 2008. This was Bhutan's seventh time participating in a Summer Olympic Games. The delegation consisted of two archers, Tashi Peljor and Dorji Dema. Neither was able to win their first round match.
The archery events at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were held over an eight-day period from 27 July to 3 August. Four events took place, all being staged at Lord's Cricket Ground in front of temporary stands built to accommodate up to 6,500 spectators.
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