Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification explained

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The athlete quota for archery is 128 athletes, 64 men and 64 women. There is a maximum of six athletes per National Olympic Committee, three per gender. NOC's with three athletes of the same gender automatically qualify for the team competition. Athletes can not qualify themselves directly into Beijing. Once they qualify they earn spots for their NOC, which then can decide which of the athletes who have reached the MQS (Minimum Qualification Score) they select. The MQS for FITA rounds are 1200 (men) and 1180 (women). For 70m rounds they are 600 (men) and 590 (women). Athletes who wish to qualify for the Olympics need to achieve the MQS in the period starting from 5 July 2007 until 16 July 2008.

Qualification spots allocated

NOC	Men	Women	Total	Announced competitors
width=200	Men	width=200	Women
	3	2	5		Lexie Feeney Jane Waller
	1	1	2		Katsiarina Muliuk
	1	1	2		Dorji Dema
	1		1
	1		1
	3	1	4	Jason Lyon Crispin Duenas John-David Burnes	Marie-Pier Beaudet
	3	3	6		Zhang Juanjuan Chen Ling Guo Dan
	3	3	6		Yuan Shu Chi Wu Hui Ju Wei Pi-Hsiu
		3	3		Sigrid Romero Ana Rendón Natalia Sánchez
	1		1
		1	1		Elena Mousikou
	1	1	2		Barbora Horáčková
	1	1	2		Louise Laursen
	1	1	2		Soha Abed Elaal
	1		1	Matti Hatava
	2	3	5		Virginie Arnold Sophie Dodemont Bérengère Schuh
		2	2		Khatuna Narimanidze Kristina Esebua
	1	1	2		Anja Hitzler
	3	3	6		Alison Williamson Charlotte Burgess Naomi Folkard
		2	2		Elpida Romantzi Evangelia Psarra
	1	3	4		Laishram Bombaya Devi Dola Banerjee Pranitha Vardineni
		2	2		Ika Yuliana Rochmawati Rina Dewi Puspitasari
	1	1	2		Najmeh Abtin
	3	3	6	Ilario Di Buò Marco Galiazzo Mauro Nespoli	Elena Tonetta Pia Carmen Lionetti Natalia Valeeva
	2	3	5		Nami Hayakawa Yuki Hayashi Sayoko Kitabatake
		1	1		Anastassiya Bannova
	3		3
		1	1		Veronique D'Unienville
	2	2	4		Mariana Avitia Aida Román
		1	1		Khadija Abbouda
	1		1	Nay Myo Aung
		2	2		Kwon Un Sil Son Hye Yong
	1		1
	3	3	6		Małgorzata Ćwienczek Iwona Marcinkiewicz Justyna Mospinek
	1		1
	1		1
	1		1
	3	2	5		Natalia Erdyniyeva Miroslava Dagbaeva
	1		1
	1		1
	3	3	6		Joo Hyun-Jung Park Sung-hyun Yun Ok-Hee
	1		1
	1		1
		1	1		Nathalie Dielen
		1	1		Albina Kamaletdinova
	1	1	2		Zekiye Keskin Satir
	3	2	5		Tetyana Berezhna Viktoriya Koval
	3	2	5		Jennifer Nichols Khatuna Lorig
		1	1		Leydis Brito
Total: 49 NOCs	64	64	128

Qualification timeline

Event	Date	Venue
	July 5–15, 2007	Leipzig
Asian Championships	September 14–19, 2007	Xi'an
PanAmerica Continental Qualification Tournament	October 9–13, 2007	San Salvador
New Zealand Championships & Oceania Qualification	January 5–11, 2008	Wellington
African Championships	February 7–10, 2008	Cairo
European Championships	May 12–19, 2008	Vittel
Final World Qualification Tournament	June 24–28, 2008	Boé
Tripartite Commission Invitations	March 19, 2008	-

Men

Event	Ranking	Athletes per NOC	Qualified
Host Nation	-	3
2007 World Championships, team event	Top 8	3
2007 World Championships, individual event	Top 16	Up to 2	Baljininima Tsyrempilov Cheng Chu Sian Takaharu Furukawa Magnus Petersson Luis Eduardo Velez Sanchez Niels Dall David Barnes Hojjatollah Vaezi Sky Kim Bair Badënov Daniel Pavlov Jens Pieper Marbawi Sulaiman Goktug Ergin Alexandru Bodnar Ryuichi Moriya
Asian Championships	Top 3	Up to 2	Mark Javier Mangal Singh Champia Khalmizam Wan Abd Aziz
European Championship	Top 3	Up to 2	Romain Girouille Andrey Abramov Jean-Charles Valladont
Pan American Continental Qualification Tournament	Top 3	Up to 2	Juan Rene Serrano Juan Carlos Stevens Luiz Trainini
African Championships	Top 2	Up to 2	Calvin Hartley Amr Ghanem
New Zealand Championships & Oceania Qualification	Top 2	Up to 2	Michael Naray Muaausa Joseph Walter
Final World Qualification Tournament	Top 5	1	Nuno Pombo Matti Hatava Maxim Kunda Milan Andreas Daniel Morillo
Tripartite Commission Invitations	3	1	Tashi Peljor ~~Ali Adnan~~ Nay Myo Aung Ali Salem

Women

Event	Ranking	Athletes per NOC	Qualified
Host Nation	-	3
2007 World Championships, team event	Top 8	3
2007 World Championships, individual event	Top 16	Up to 2	Natalia Erdyniyeva Jennifer Nichols Khatuna Narimanidze Kwon Un Sil Tetyana Berezhna Viktoriya Koval Nami Hayakawa Tatyana Boroday Sayoko Kitabatake Ri Koch Sun Anastassiya Bannova Kristina Esebua Louise Laursen Elpida Romantzi Lisbeth Leoni Marie-Pier Beaudet
Asian Championships	Top 3	Up to 2	Ika Yuliana Rochmawati Yuki Hayashi Rina Dewi Puspitasari
European Championship	Top 3	Up to 2	Zekiye Keskin Satir Evangelia Psarra Zhanna Svistun
PanAmerica Continental Qualification Tournament	Top 3	Up to 2	Janeth Garcia Karen Scavotto Aida Roman
African Championships	Top 2	Up to 2	Fatine Ouadoudi Amira Mansour
New Zealand Championships & Oceania Qualification	Top 2	Up to 2	Jane Waller Jade Lindsay
Final World Qualification Tournament	Top 5	1	Anja Hitzler Najmeh Abtin Nathalie Dielen Elena Mousikou Barbora Horackova
Tripartite Commission Invitations	3	1	Dorji Dema Veronique D'Unienville Albina Kamaletdinova