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.
Archery at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was held between 10 and 17 September 2016 at the Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí in the Maracana zone of Rio de Janeiro, and consisted of nine events. Although featuring the same number of events as in the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, their make-up changed substantially, with three men's events, three women's events and three events for mixed gender teams. In each category, two events involved the compound bow - one for wheelchair athletes, the other open - with an open event for recurve bow, the bow used for all Olympic events.
Brazil competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, as host country, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.
Turkey has qualified to send athletes to the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. Sports the country qualified to compete in include 5-a-side football, archery, goalball, and wheelchair basketball.
Jodie Grinham is a British archer who represents Great Britain in the Summer Paralympics. She won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro and at the 2024 Summer Paralympics she won team gold and individual bronze, while seven months pregnant with her second child.
Öznur Cüre Girdi is a Turkish Paralympian archer competing in the women's compound bow W2 event. She is Paralympics, world and European champion, and holds a world records.
Rakesh Kumar is an Indian Paralympian archer competing in the Men's Individual Compound Open. He qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics at Paris, his second Olympics. He also won the bronze medal in the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
India competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris from 28 August to 8 September 2024. The nation made its official debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics and has appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since 1984. This is India's 13th appearance at the Summer Paralympics.
Denmark competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Danish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for the sparsely attended St. Louis 1904. Before the start of the games, DIF sat an official medal goal of 9–11 medals for the 2024 Paris games.
Thailand competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.
The archery competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris took place over seven days, from 25 July to 4 August, at Les Invalides. 128 archers competed across five events, with the mixed team recurve returning to the Olympic program for the second time.
China competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024. This is their eleventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1984.
The United States competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from August 28 to September 8, 2024.
Great Britain competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024. This was Great Britain's seventeenth consecutive time competing at the Summer Paralympic Games since the first Games in 1960. UK Sport set the team a target of winning between 100 and 140 medals at the event.
Colombia competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.
The mixed team W1 is one of three team events held at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France. It contain seven teams of one man and one woman. The ranking round will be held on 29 August.
The women's individual W1 archery discipline at the 2024 Summer Paralympics was contested from 29 to 31 August at Les Invalides, Paris.
The men's individual W1 archery discipline at the 2024 Summer Paralympics will be contested from 29 to 31 August at Les Invalides, Paris.
Sheetal Devi is an Indian para-archer. She won a bronze medal in the mixed team compound event at the 2024 Paralympics, becoming the youngest Indian Paralympian medalist. She won two gold medals and one silver at the 2022 Asian Para Games. Devi won a silver medal at the World Para Archery Championship, as well as a gold and a silver at the Asian Para Archery Championships. She is a recipient of the Arjuna Award and was ranked first in the para world archery rankings in 2023.
Hong Kong competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September. These were the first games contested by Hong Kong under the Hong Kong Paralympic Committee umbrella, following its split with Hong Kong Sports Association for the Physically Disabled on 1 April 2022.
