Editions
| Games | Year | Events | Best Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | 2015 | 5 |  Italy |
| II | 2019 | 8 | Italy |
| III | 2023 | 8 | Italy |
Archery has been a European Games sport since the inaugural edition. Originally restricted to the five Olympic archery events using the recurve bow, three events in compound bow were introduced in 2019.
| Games | Year | Events | Best Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | 2015 | 5 | Italy |
| II | 2019 | 8 | Italy |
| III | 2023 | 8 | Italy |
| Games | Venue | Other sports hosted at venue | Capacity | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Baku | Tofiq Bahramov Stadium | – | 31,200 | |
| 2019 Minsk | Olympic Sports Complex (Minsk) | Beach soccer | 1,500 | New arena |
| 2023 Kraków-Małopolska | Płaszowianka Archery Park (Kraków) | – | 500 [1] |
| Event | 15 | 19 | 23 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recurve | ||||
| Men's individual | X | X | X | 3 |
| Men's team | X | X | X | 3 |
| Women's individual | X | X | X | 3 |
| Women's team | X | X | X | 3 |
| Mixed team | X | X | X | 3 |
| Compound | ||||
| Men's individual | X | X | 2 | |
| Women's individual | X | X | 2 | |
| Mixed team | X | X | 2 | |
| Total | 5 | 8 | 8 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 |  Spain (ESP) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 |  Germany (GER) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 |  Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 |  France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 |  Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  Estonia (EST) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 |  Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 14 |  Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Luxembourg (LUX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 |  Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 |  Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (18 entries) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 63 | |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Minsk | Mike Schloesser  Netherlands | Gilles Seywert  Luxembourg | Mario Vavro  Croatia |
| 2023 Kraków-Małopolska | Jozef Bošanský  Slovakia | Marco Bruno  Italy | Emircan Haney  Turkey |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Minsk | Toja Ellison  Slovenia | Natalia Avdeeva  Russia | Sophie Dodemont  France |
| 2023 Kraków-Małopolska | Elisa Roner Italy | Ella Gibson  Great Britain | Hazal Burun Turkey |
| Nation | 15 | 19 | 23 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Albania | 1 | 1 | ||
 Austria | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
 Azerbaijan | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Belgium | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Belarus | 6 | 8 | 2 | |
 Bulgaria | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Croatia | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
 Cyprus | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
 Czech Republic | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Denmark | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Estonia | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
 Finland | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| France | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| Georgia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Germany | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Great Britain | 4 | 8 | 7 | 3 |
 Greece | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
 Hungary | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
 Iceland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Ireland | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Israel | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Italy | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 |
 Kosovo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Latvia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Liechtenstein | 1 | 1 | ||
 Lithuania | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
 Moldova | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
 Montenegro | 1 | 1 | ||
| Netherlands | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
 Norway | 4 | 1 | ||
 Poland | 6 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
 Portugal | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Romania | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Russia | 6 | 8 | 2 | |
 San Marino | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Serbia | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Slovakia | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Slovenia | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Spain | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
 Sweden | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Turkey | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| No. of nations | 39 | 42 | 36 | |
| No. of archers | 126 | 128 | 124 | |
| Year | 15 | 19 | 23 | |
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