Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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There were 4 different Archery
Archery
Archery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity...

competitions at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...

. The format of the previous Olympics was dropped for this Olympiad, with an entirely new system being put in place.

For the first time, all archery was done at a single distance, 70 metres. All archers took place in the ranking round, in which they shot 144 arrows. These scores were used to determine both individual and team ranks. The top 32 individual archers in each division (men's and women's) were seeded into a single-elimination tournament
Single-elimination tournament
A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout, cup or sudden death tournament, is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match or bracket is immediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event...

 called the "Olympic round". Nations that sent the maximum number of three archers in either or both division also had the chance for those three archers to compete as a team; the top 16 teams in each division were also seeded into single-elimination tournaments.

Winners of the semifinal in each of the four competitions faced each other for the gold and silver medals, while the semifinal losers faced off for the bronze medal and fourth place. All other rankings were determined by the score of the archer or team in the round they were defeated. That is, fifth through eighth place were determined by the quarterfinal scores of the four archers defeated in the quarterfinals.

Men

Individual
Team

Juan Holgado
Juan Holgado
Juan Holgado is a Spanish archer and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he won a gold medal with the Spanish archery team, together with team mates Antonio Vázquez and Alfonso Menéndez....


Alfonso Menéndez
Alfonso Menéndez
Alfonso Menéndez is a Spanish archer and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he won a gold medal with the Spanish archery team, together with team mates Antonio Vázquez and Juan Holgado....


Antonio Vázquez
Antonio Vázquez (archer)
Antonio Vázquez Mejido is a Spanish archer who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.He was born in Levinco, Asturias....


Ismo Falck
Ismo Falck
Ismo Kalevi Falck is a former Finnish archer, who participated in two consecutive Olympic competitions, starting in 1988. He won the silver medal in the Men's Team Competition in 1992 alongside Tomi Poikolainen and Jari Lipponen.-References:*...


Jari Lipponen
Jari Lipponen
Jari Matti Lipponen is a former Finnish archer, who participated in three consecutive Olympic competitions, starting in 1992. He won the silver medal in the Men's Team Competition in 1992 alongside Tomi Poikolainen and Ismo Falck.-References:*...


Tomi Poikolainen

Steven Hallard
Steven Hallard
Steven Leslie Hallard is a British archer who was a member of the British squad that won the team bronze medals at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics-Olympics:...


Richard Priestman
Richard Priestman
Richard John Priestman is a British archer who was a member of the British squad that won the team bronze medals at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics His wife Vladlena Priestman competed in archery for Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics.-Olympics:Priestman has competed in archery at three...


Simon Terry
Simon Terry
Simon Duncan Terry is a British archer from Grantham in Lincolnshire.-1992 Summer Olympics:Stirling-born Terry participated at 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In both the Individual and Team Events he won a Bronze medal for Great Britain. In the Individual games he was beaten by Sébastien Flute...


Women

Individual
Team

Cho Youn-Jeong
Cho Youn-Jeong
Cho Youn-Jeong is a female South Korean archer and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where she won an individual gold medal, and also a gold medal with the South Korean archery team....


Kim Soo-Nyung
Kim Soo-Nyung
Kim Soo-Nyung was a member of the South Korean Olympic archery team in 1988, 1992, and 2000. She has earned a total of four gold medals, including the individual gold medal in 1988. She also won two consecutive individual and team world championships in 1989 and 1991...


Lee Eun-Kyung
Lee Eun-Kyung
Lee Eun-Kyung is a female South Korean archer and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where she won a gold medal with the South Korean archery team.-References:...


Ma Xiangjun
Wang Hong
Wang Xiaozhu
Wang Xiaozhu
Wang Xiaozhu is a female Chinese archer. She competed at 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games where she won a silver medal in Women's Team, and a 4th place in Women's Individual and at 1996 Summer Olympics where she finished 7th in individual and 6th in Woman's Team....


Lyudmila Arzhannikova
Khatouna Kvrivichvili
Khatuna Lorig
Khatuna Lorig is an American archer originally from the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic which is today the Republic of Georgia....


Natalia Valeeva
Natalia Valeeva
Natalia Valeeva is a naturalized Italian archer.Natalia Valeeva is the top female archer in Italy. She is a five-time Olympian, and a native of Moldova, having represented the Unified Team, Moldova and Italy, at the Olympic Games of 1992, 96, 00, 04 and 08...


Medal table

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