Archery at the Summer Paralympics explained

Sport:archery
Code:ARC
Size:150
Menevents:5
Womenevents:4

Para-archery has been contested at every Summer Paralympic Games since they were first held in 1960. Separate individual and team events are held for men and women. Archers are classified according to the extent of their disability, with separate individual events for each of three classes.

Summary

width=50Gameswidth=50Year width=100Eventswidth=150Best Nation
1960 8
1964 12
1968 13
1972 12
1976 18
1980 15
1984 18
1988 9
1992 7
1996 8
2000 7
2004 7
2008 9
2012 9
2016 9
2020 9
2024 9

Medal summary

Overall results, updated to the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Multi medalists

List of archers who have won at least two gold medals or five medals in archery. Active archers are in bold.

AthleteNo.CountryYearsGamesGenderGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Paola Fantato11988–20045F5128
Margaret Harriman21960–19642F4004
Zahra Nemati32012–20203F3115
Anita Chapman31996–20043F2215
Lee Hwa-sook52008–20122F2103
Oscar De Pellegrin62000–20124M2024
Danielle Brown72008–20122F2002

Nations

Nations 8 12 24 27 26 23 24 22 26 23 25 31 28 29 40
Competitors 19 41 154 150 141 111 126 110 94 78 96 96 134 139 137

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archery . Australian Paralympic Committee . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090913021530/http://www.paralympic.org.au/Sport/SportProfiles/Archey.aspx . 2009-09-13 .