Archery had its debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics and has been contested in 17 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 27 out of 39 gold medals in events since 1984. It 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.
The women's recurve individual archery event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games was a competition held as part of the archery programme at the Yamuna Sports Complex in Delhi, India, from 4 October to 10 October 2010. It was the second time that the recurve individual event for women had been included in the Commonwealth Games and the first time it had been contested since the 1982 Games in Brisbane, Australia.
The women's individual archery event at the 2012 Olympic Games was held from 27 July to 2 August 2012 at Lord's Cricket Ground in London in the United Kingdom. The event was one of four which comprised the 2012 Olympic archery programme of sports and was the eleventh time the women's individual competition was contested as an Olympic event. Forty different nations qualified for the competition, sending a total of sixty-four archers to compete. The defending Olympic champion from 2008 was Zhang Juanjuan of China, who did not compete following her retirement in 2010.
The girls' individual archery event at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 22 to 25 August 2014 at the Fangshan Sports Training Base in Nanjing, China. One of three recurve archery events which comprised the archery programme, it was the second time the girls' individual discipline was contested at Summer Youth Olympics. Thirty-two archers from thirty-two countries entered the competition, which was open to female archers born between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 1999. The defending champion was South Korea's Kwak Ye-ji, who was unable to defend her title due to the age limitations imposed on the event.
The women's individual archery event at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held from 5 to 13 August at the Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. One of four archery events as part of the 2016 Olympic catalogue of sports, it was the fourteenth time a women's individual competition was contested as a discipline at the Olympic Games. Forty different nations qualified for the event, sending a total of sixty-four archers to compete. The defending Olympic champion was Ki Bo-bae of South Korea.
The Mixed team compound W1 was one of three team events held in 2016 Paralympics archery in Rio de Janeiro. It contained seven teams of one man and one woman, and took place on 17 September 2016, the ranking round having been held on 10 September.
The mixed team compound open event was one of three team events held in archery at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. It contained ten teams of one man and one woman, and took place on Monday 12 September 2016, the ranking round having been held on September 10. Following the restructure of the Paralympic archery events, this was the first time the event would take place.
The Men's individual recurve open archery discipline at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was contested from September 10 to September 13. Ranking rounds took place on 10 September, while knockout rounds continued on September 13.
The Women's individual compound W1 archery discipline at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was contested from September 10 to September 17. Ranking rounds took place on 10 September, while knockout rounds continued on September 17.
The Women's individual recurve open archery discipline at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was contested from September 10 to September 15. Ranking rounds took place on 10 September, while knockout rounds continued on September 15.
The Men's individual compound W1 archery discipline at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was contested from September 10 to September 16. Ranking rounds took place on 10 September, while knockout rounds continued on September 16.
The women's individual recurve archery competition at the 2018 Asian Games was held from 21 to 28 August at the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex Archery Field in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was the eleventh time the event was held as part of the Asian Games sports programme since the sport's debut in the competition in 1978. A total of 68 archers from 25 nations participated. Jung Dasomi of South Korea entered as the defending champion, having won the women's individual gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games.
The girls' individual archery event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 12 to 16 October 2018 at the Parque Sarmiento in Buenos Aires, Argentina. One of three recurve archery events which comprised the archery programme, it was the third time the girls' individual discipline had been contested at Summer Youth Olympics. Thirty-two archers from thirty-two countries entered the competition, which was open to female archers born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2003. The defending champion was China's Li Jiaman, who was unable to defend her title due to the age limitations imposed on the event.
The women's individual recurve archery event at the 2019 Pan American Games was held from 7 August to 11 August at the Villa María del Triunfo sports complex in Lima, Peru. One of eight archery events as part of the 2019 Pan American catalogue of sports, it was the eleventh time the women's individual recurve competition had been contested at the Games. Thirty-two archers from fourteen nations qualified for the event.
The Men's individual compound W1 archery discipline at the 2020 Summer Paralympics will be contested from September 10 to September 16. Ranking rounds take place on 10 September, while knockout rounds continue on September 16.
The men's individual recurve open archery discipline at the 2020 Summer Paralympics will be contested from 27 August to 3 September.
The women's individual compound open archery discipline at the 2020 Summer Paralympics was held from 27 to 30 August.
The women's individual recurve open archery discipline at the 2020 Summer Paralympics was held from 27 August to 2 September.
The mixed team W1 was one of three team events held at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. It contain seven teams of one man and one woman. The ranking round was held on 27 August.
The Mixed team recurve open event is one of three team events to be held in Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. It contained fourteen teams of one man and one woman.
