The men's team was an 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...

 event held as part of the Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics

There were 4 different Archery competitions at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The format of the previous Olympics was dropped for this Olympiad, with an entirely new system being put in place....

 programme.

Medalists

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...

Results

The score for the team ranking round was the sum of the three archers' scores in the individual ranking round. No further shooting was done to determine team rankings.

Ranking round

Final Rank	Ranking Round Rank	Nation	Archers	Ranking Score	Round of 16	Quarter- Final	Semi- Final	Final
1	10		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....   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....   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....	3803	233	238	236	238
2	5		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  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:*...	3833	237	239	237	236
3	6		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...   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...	3833	233	242	234	233
4	9		Sébastien Flute  Bruno Felipe  Michael Taupin	3806	235	241	230	231
5	1		Chung Jae-Hun Chung Jae-Hun Chung Jae-Hun is an archer from South Korea.He competed for South Korea in the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain in the individual event where he finished in second place behind Frenchman Sebastien Flute. He was also part of the South Korean team that finished fifth in the team...   Han Seung-Hoon  Lim Hee-Sik	3938	240	240
6	4		Jay Barrs Jay Barrs Jack Lenoard Barrs, Jr. is an American archer. He won a gold medal in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He is an NAA National Outdoor Champion and FITA World Field Champion, as well as a fourteen time NAA US Field Champion...   Richard Johnson  Richard McKinney Richard McKinney (archer) Richard "Rick" McKinney is an archer from the United States, who competed in the Olympic Games four times, winning a pair of silver medals....	3840	243	237
7	3		Grant Greenham  Simon Fairweather Simon Fairweather Simon John Fairweather, OAM is an archer born in Adelaide, South Australia. He is 175 centimetres tall and weighs 71 kilograms.Fairweather won the individual gold medal at the World Championships in Poland in 1991....   Scott Hunter-Russell	3865	238	236
8	2		Vadim Shikarev  Stanislav Zabrodsky  Vladimir Echeev	3924	241	229
9	12		Erwin Verstegen  Henk Vogels  Berny Camps	3787	236
10	16		Jacek Gilewski  Konrad Kwiecień  Sławomir Napłoszek	3759	233
11	11		Frank Marzoch  Marc Rösicke  Andreas Lippoldt	3799	231
12	7		Ole Gammelgaard  Henrik Toft  Jan Rytter	3817	230
13	14		Fu Shengjun  Hao Wei Hao Wei Hao Wei is a former international footballer. He is the current assistant coach of Changsha Ginde football club.-Club career:As with many of the most promising youth players from China, Hao Wei was sent to Brazil for a training programme sponsored by Jianlibao in 1997 with fellow youth prospects...   Liang Qiang	3764	230
14	8		Andrea Parenti  Alessandro Rivolta  Ilario Di Buò Ilario di Buo Ilario Di Buò is an archer from Italy.Di Buò won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the team archery competition. He placed 20th in the individual competition.-2004 Summer Olympics:...	3808	229
15	13		Hiroshi Yamamoto  Naoto Oku  Kiyokazu Nishikawa	3786	225
16	15		Dhulchand Damor  Limba Ram Limba Ram Limba Ram is an Indian archer who represented India in international competitions including three Olympics. He equalled an archery world record in 1992 at the Asian Championships in Beijing...   Lalremsanga Chhangte	3761	220
17	17		José Anchondo  Ricardo Rojas  Omar Bustani	3755
18	18		Kerem Ersu  Vedat Erbay  Özcan Ediz	3733
19	19		Claude Rousseau  Sylvain Cadieux  Jeannot Robitaille	3701
20	20		Jubzhang Jubzhang Jubzhang Jubzhang Jubzhang Jubzhang is a Bhutanese archer. He competed at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics in the men's individual event. In 2000 he "bowed out" in his opening match to Nico Hendrickx. Although experienced at Olympic archery his own nation's different style of play may have been a factor.He...   Karma Tenzin  Pema Tshering	3452

Knockout stage

Round of 16

The top sixteen teams in the qualifying round earned the opportunity to compete in the head-to-head elimination matches.

Quarterfinals

All four of the top-ranked teams fell in the quarterfinals, eliminating them from medal contention and leaving such surprise contenders as #10-ranked host nation Spain.

Semifinals

The host nation continued an impressive run by knocking off the #6-ranked British team in a close match.

Final

After having defeated #7-ranked Denmark, #2-ranked Unified Team, and #6-ranked Great Britain, Spain was able to pull off one more astonishing upset, this time against #5-ranked Finland, to claim the gold medal

Gold medal

A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...

on their home turf. It was Spain's first Olympic medal in archery.