Archery is a precision sport in which competitors shoot arrows at a target from a fixed distance, scored by how close each shot lands to the center of a set of concentric rings. It has been part of the modern Summer Olympics since 1900, with the current recurve-bow format standardized in the 1970s, while a separate compound-bow discipline is contested at other major championships. The sport traces its competitive roots to ancient hunting and military archery traditions practiced across many cultures.
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Originating RegionEurope (Lwow, Poland, present-day Lviv, Ukraine) 2 International Governing BodyWorld Archery (formerly the Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc, FITA) 2 Connections
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Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows at a target.
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FITA was founded on 4 September 1931 in Lwow, Poland (today Lviv, Ukraine).
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World Archery (WA, formerly Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc, FITA) is the governing body of the sport of archery.
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including archery in 1972, tennis in 1988, curling in 1998, golf and rugby in 2016
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She placed thirty-fourth in the Olympic archery competition, and won a Paralympic gold medal in the same event.
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At the 1900 Summer Olympics, seven of the archery events that took place in Paris, France, are considered to be "Olympic" by Olympic historians, with 153 archers competing.
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As was common in early Olympic archery, the events held in 1904 had little resemblance to the previous edition's events (as early Olympic archery was not standardized).
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At the 1908 Summer Olympics, three archery events were contested.
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Archery at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp marked the return of the sport after a 12-year absence following it not being contested in the 1912 Summer Olympics and the cancellation of the 1916 Summer Olympics due to World War I.
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Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics consisted of two medal events, one for men and one for women.
Wikipedia: Archery at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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At the 1976 Summer Olympics two archery events were contested.
Wikipedia, 1980 Summer Olympics
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the men's archery competition, scoring 2455 points
Wikipedia, 1984 Summer Olympics
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Wikipedia, 1988 Summer Olympics
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