Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics explained

Event:Archery
Games:2008 Summer
Venue:Olympic Green Archery Field
Dates:September 9–15
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Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics consists of nine events, five for men and four for women. The competitions were held at the Olympic Green Archery Field from September 9 to September 15, 2008.

Classification

Archers are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows archers to compete against others with a similar level of function.

Archery classes are:

Events

For each of the events below, medals are contested for one or more of the above classifications.

Participating countries

There were 134 athletes (86 males, 48 females) from 28 countries competing in this sport.

Medal summary

Medal table

This ranking sorts countries by the number of gold medals earned by their archers (in this context a country is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.

Men's events

EventClassGoldSilverBronze
Individual compound
open
W1
Individual recurve
standing
W1/W2
Team recurve
open
Cho Hyun Kwan
Kim Hong Kyu
Lee Hong Gu

Chen Yegang
Cheng Changjie
Dong Zhi

Oscar De Pellegrin
Mario Esposito
Marco Vitale

Women's events

EventClassGoldSilverBronze
Individual compound
open
Individual recurve
standing
W1/W2
Team recurve
open
Fu Hongzhi
Goa Fangxia
Xiao Yanhong

Kim Ki-Hee
Kim Ran-Sook
Lee Hwa-Sook

Miroslava Cerna
Lenka Kuncova
Marketa Sidkova

See also

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