Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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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...

 at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

in Atlanta consisted of four events. The events were held in neighboring Stone Mountain
Stone Mountain
Stone Mountain is a quartz monzonite dome monadnock in Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States. At its summit, the elevation is 1,686 feet amsl and 825 feet above the surrounding area. Stone Mountain granite extends underground at its longest point into Gwinnett County...

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All archery was done at a range of 70 metres. 64 archers competed in each the men's individual and women's individual competitions. They began with a 72-arrow ranking round. This was followed by three elimination rounds, in which archers competed head-to-head in 18-arrow matches. After these rounds, there were 8 archers left in each gender. The quarterfinals, semifinals, and medal matches (collectively termed the "finals round") were 12-arrow matches. In all matches, losers were eliminated and received a final rank determined by their score in that round, with the exception of the semifinals. The losers of the semifinals competed in the bronze medal
Bronze medal
A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...

 match.

Men

Individual
Team

Justin Huish
Justin Huish
Justin Huish is an internationally known American archer. Growing up, his parents ran an archery pro shop, but Huish did not take up shooting until he was 14...


Butch Johnson
Butch Johnson
Richard Andrew Johnson is an archer from Woodstock, Connecticut in the United States. He has competed in the Summer Olympics five times, and was a part of the gold medal U.S. team at the 1996 Olympics and the bronze medal U.S...


Rod White
Rod White
Rodney White is an American archer. He competed in the 1996 Olympic Games and the 2000 Olympic Games. In the 1996 team competition he won gold with Justin Huish and Butch Johnson. In 2000 the American team won the bronze medal.-External links:*...


Jang Yong-Ho
Jang Yong-Ho
Jang Yong-Ho is an archer from South Korea.Jang competed for Korea at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He won his first match, advancing to the round of 32. In the second round of elimination, he was again victorious and advanced to the round of 16...


Kim Bo-Ram
Oh Kyo-Moon
Oh Kyo-Moon
Oh Kyo-Moon is an archer from South Korea.He won a team silver medal and an individual bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Oh also was a member of Korea's gold medal men's archery team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In the men's individual competition he finished sixth.He was the world record...


Matteo Bisiani
Matteo Bisiani
Matteo Bisiani is an Italian archer. He competed in the 1996 Olympic Games and in the 2000 Olympic Games.He was born in Monfalcone....


Michele Frangilli
Michele Frangilli
Michele Frangilli is an archer from Italy.He was born in Gallarate.He has competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery, ending at the 6th place and getting the Bronze Medal for teams....


Andrea Parenti

Women

Individual
Team

Kim Jo-Sun
Kim Jo-Sun
Kim Jo-Sun is a female South Korean archer and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where she won a gold medal with the South Korean archery team ....


Kim Kyung-Wook
Kim Kyung-Wook
Kim Kyung-Wook is a female South Korean archer and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where she won a gold medal with the South Korean archery team, and also an individual gold medal....


Yoon Hye-Young
Yoon Hye-Young
Yoon Hye-Young is a female South Korean archer and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where she won a gold medal with the South Korean archery team.-References:...


Barbara Mensing
Barbara Mensing
Barbara Mensing is an archer from Germany.-References:*...


Cornelia Pfohl
Cornelia Pfohl
Cornelia Pfohl is an Olympic Archer.-1992 Olympics:Pfohl was a member of the 10th place finishing team. She placed 44th in the individual event.-1996 Olympics:...


Sandra Wagner-Sachse
Sandra Wagner-Sachse
Sandra Wagner-Sachse is an archer from Germany who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She won a silver medal in the 1996 team event and a bronze medal in the 2000 team event.-References:...


Iwona Dzięcioł
Iwona Marcinkiewicz
Iwona Marcinkiewicz is an athlete from Poland. She competes in archery.Marcinkiewicz represented Poland at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics.For her sport achievements, she received:...


Katarzyna Klata
Joanna Nowicka
Joanna Nowicka
Joanna Nowicka is a Polish archer, who competed in four consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. At the 1996 Olympic Games she won the bronze medal in the Women's Team Competition .For her sport achievements, she received: Silver Cross of Merit in 1996.-External links:*...


Medal table

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2 2 0 0 2
3 0 1 0 1
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6 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
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