| Archery at the VI Paralympic Games | |
|---|---|
 Paralympic Archery | |
| Competitors | 111 from 23 nations |
Archery at the 1980 Summer Paralympics consisted of fifteen events, ten for men and five for women.
| Archery at the VI Paralympic Games | |
|---|---|
| Paralympic Archery | |
| Competitors | 111 from 23 nations |
Archery at the 1980 Summer Paralympics consisted of fifteen events, ten for men and five for women.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  West Germany (FRG) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 |  Austria (AUT) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
 Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 |  Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
 New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
 United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 9 |  France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 |  Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 |  Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 17 |  Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (18 entries) | 15 | 14 | 12 | 41 | |
Australia (4) Austria (5) Belgium (7) Canada (3) Denmark (2) Finland (7) France (9) Great Britain (7)
Italy (2) Japan (5)
Luxembourg (1) Mexico (1) Netherlands (9) New Zealand (5) Norway (9) Poland (2) South Korea (2)
Spain (1) Sweden (6)
Switzerland (3) United States (7) West Germany (13)
Zimbabwe (1)| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced metric round paraplegic | K. Unsicker  United States | Eve M. Rimmer  New Zealand | G. Matthews  Great Britain |
| Double FITA round amputee | Marie Rosvik  Norway | Ewa Kwiecinska  Poland | Marie-Francoise Hybois  France |
| Double FITA round novice paraplegic | Chiyoko Ohmae Japan | ||
| Double FITA round paraplegic | Neroli Fairhall New Zealand | Elli Korva  Finland | Anneliese Dersen  West Germany |
| Short metric round paraplegic | Rosa Schweizer  Austria | Valerie Williamson Great Britain |
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ARW2 is a Paralympic archery classification.
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