Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics consisted of two medal events, one for men and one for women.

Each event was composed of two FITA rounds. Each of those FITA rounds consisted of the archers shooting 36 arrows at targets at 4 different distances, for a total of 144 arrows. The distances were 90, 70, 50, and 30 metres for men and 70, 60, 50, and 30 metres for women.

18 nations competed in both the men's and women's events, while 3 competed in only the women's and 6 competed only in the men's.

Medallists

Event:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Men's individual:	John Williams, United States	Gunnar Jervill, Sweden	Kyoesti Laasonen, Finland
Women's individual:	Doreen Wilber, United States	Irena Szydłowska, Poland	Emma Gaptchenko, Soviet Union

Top 8 table

The United States swept the gold medals to become the only country to take home more than one medal, but could not place another archer higher than 5th.

Position	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	Total	Medals
1	United States	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	2
2	Poland	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1
3	Sweden	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
4	Soviet Union	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	4	1
5	Finland	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
6	Belgium	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
7	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
8	Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
9	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Results

Women

21 nations sent 40 athletes to compete in the women's archery competition. The United States, the Soviet Union, and Poland proved themselves dominant, splitting the top six spots between them as each country earned a medal.

Final Rank	Name	Nation	Round 1 Score	Round 1 Rank	Round 2 Score	Round 2 Rank	Total Score
1	Doreen Wilber	United States	1198	4	1226 (OR)	1	2424 (OR)
2	Irena Szydłowska	Poland	1224 (OR)	1	1183	9	2407
3	Emma Gaptchenko	Soviet Union	1201	2	1202	3	2403
4	Keto Lossaberidze	Soviet Union	1195	6	1207	2	2402
5	Linda Myers	United States	1200	3	1185	6	2385
6	Maria Mączyńska	Poland	1173	12	1198	5	2371
7	Kim Ho-Gu	Korea	1195	6	1174	11	2369
8	Alla Peounova	Soviet Union	1180	10	1184	7	2364
9	Terene Donovan	Australia	1189	8	1167	13	2356
10	Francisca de Gutierrez	Mexico	1198	4	1155	16	2353
11	Mary Grant	Canada	1148	21	1202	3	2350
12	Ju Chun-Sam	Korea	1179	11	1170	12	2349
13	Maria Teresa Romero	Spain	1169	13	1178	10	2347
14	Natjav Dariimaa	Mongolia	1189	8	1152	17	2341
15	Aurora Breton	Mexico	1151	19	1184	7	2335
16	Lynne Evans	Great Britain	1156	18	1157	15	2313
17	Yoshiko Akayama	Japan	1162	15	1139	20	2301
18	Jadwiga Szoszler-Wilejto	Poland	1165	14	1132	22	2297
19	Maj-Britt Johansson	Sweden	1157	16	1126	23	2283
20	Kim Hyang-Min	Korea	1157	16	1118	25	2275
21	Carol Sykes	Great Britain	1115	26	1158	14	2273
22	Hamvas Agnes Hajdene	Hungary	1151	19	1114	27	2265
23	Silvia de Tapia	Mexico	1145	22	1113	28	2258
24	Nelly Wies-Weyrich	Luxembourg	1144	23	1108	33	2252
25	Pauline Edwards	Great Britain	1106	29	1143	18	2249
26	Erna Rahbek Pedersen	Denmark	1111	27	1133	21	2244
27	Herrad Frey	France	1121	24	1109	30	2230
28*	Maureen Bechdolt	United States	1106	29	1112	29	2218
29*	Lilli Lentz	Denmark	1109	28	1109	30	2218
30	Ursula Bueschking	West Germany	1078	32	1122	24	2200
31	Pierrette Dame	France	1056	35	1140	19	2196
32	Marjory Saunders	Canada	1083	31	1109	30	2192
33	Sally Svendlin	Switzerland	1119	25	1072	37	2191
34	Anna-Lisa Berglund	Sweden	1070	34	1115	26	2185
35	Carla Nolpa	West Germany	1074	33	1091	35	2165
36	Doljin Demberel	Mongolia	1040	36	1102	34	2152
37	Tjoeij Lin Alienilin	Indonesia	1012	38	1088	36	2100
38	Shue Meei-Shya	Republic of China	1038	37	988	38	2026
39	Viola Muir	Canada	981	40	974	39	1955
40	Brit Stav	Norway	1003	39	926	40	1929

• Note - Bechdolt won a tiebreaker against Lentz, 287-286, to take 28th place.

Men

24 nations sent 55 archers to compete in the men's section of the first modern Olympic archery competition. The United States completed its pair of golds as John Williams won both rounds of shooting to establish a 47-point victory over the next closest archer.

Final Rank	Name	Nation	Round 1 Score	Round 1 Rank	Round 2 Score	Round 2 Rank	Total Score
1	John Williams	United States	1268 (OR)	1	1260	1	2528 (OR)
2	Gunnar Jervill	Sweden	1229	2	1252	3	2481
3	Kyoesti Laasonen	Finland	1213	6	1254	2	2467
4	Robert Cogniaux	Belgium	1205	7	1240	5	2445
5	Edwin Eliason	United States	1193	13	1245	4	2438
6	Donald Jackson	Canada	1225	3	1212	12	2437
7	Victor Sidorouk	Soviet Union	1205	7	1222	7	2427
8*	Arne Jacobsen	Denmark	1188	20	1285	6	2423
9*	Graeme Telford	Australia	1224	4	1199	16	2423
10	Lucien Trepper	Switzerland	1191	16	1218	8	2409
11	Dennis McComak	United States	1199	9	1199	16	2398
12	Mikhail Peounov	Soviet Union	1222	5	1175	24	2397
13	Herluf Andersen	Denmark	1178	23	1216	10	2394
14	Siegfried Ortmann	West Germany	1175	24	1215	11	2390
15	Terence Reilly	Australia	1193	13	1194	18	2387
16	Rolf Svensson	Sweden	1179	22	1207	14	2386
17	Roy Matthews	Great Britain	1174	25	1211	13	2385
18	Andre Baeyens	Belgium	1190	19	1193	20	2383
19	Hiroshi Kajikawa	Japan	1192	15	1189	22	2381
20	Olavi Laurila	Finland	1155	31	1217	9	2372
21	Jacques Doyen	France	1186	21	1183	23	2369
22	Jakob Wolfensberger	Switzerland	1191	16	1176	25	2367
23	Jos Daman	Belgium	1165	29	1200	15	2365
24	Mati Vaikiarv	Soviet Union	1194	11	1169	30	2363
25	Elmer Ewert	Canada	1194	11	1165	32	2359
26	John Snelling	Great Britain	1195	10	1161	35	2356
27	Olov Bostroem	Sweden	1168	27	1179	24	2347
28*	Alfonso Jones	Mexico	1154	32	1190	21	2344
29*	Masashi Hibino	Japan	1150	33	1194	18	2344
30	Richard Krust	West Germany	1172	26	1170	29	2342
31	Alfredo Massazza	Italy	1189	19	1151	39	2340
32	Jan Erik Humlekjær	Norway	1164	30	1175	26	2339
33	Giancarlo Ferrari	Italy	1167	28	1155	36	2322
34	Bela Nagy	Hungary	1135	39	1167	31	2302
35	Sante Spigarelli	Italy	1145	34	1155	36	2300
36*	Johannes Akkerhaugen	Norway	1133	40	1155	36	2288
37*	Francisco Naranjilla	Philippines	1117	44	1171	28	2288
38	Shinji Nakamoto	Japan	1124	42	1163	34	2287
39	Marcel Balthasar	Luxembourg	1144	36	1141	43	2285
40	Jorma Sandelin	Finland	1142	37	1136	45	2278
41	Wayne Pullen	Canada	1145	34	1130	46	2275
42	Louis Lemirre	France	1102	46	1164	33	2266
43	Galsan Biambaa	Mongolia	1112	45	1141	43	2253
44	Alain Convard	France	1100	47	1151	39	2251
45	Ronald Bishop	Great Britain	1138	38	1106	50	2244
46	Tomasz Leżański	Poland	1128	41	1109	48	2237
47	Jean-Pierre Heritier	Switzerland	1123	43	1099	51	2222
48	Egil Borgen Johansen	Norway	1076	50	1143	42	2219
49	Emilio Ramos	Spain	1092	48	1107	49	2199
50	Carlos Santos, Jr.	Philippines	1062	52	1121	47	2183
51	Rafael Aveleira	Mexico	1031	54	1147	41	2178
52	Jose Almanzor	Mexico	1092	48	1083	52	2175
53	Robin Sampson	New Zealand	1060	53	1055	53	2115
54	Ramon Aldea	Philippines	1067	51	1035	54	2102
55	Ferdinand Vega	Puerto Rico	972	55	982	55	1954

• Notes
  1. Jacobsen defeated Telford 76-70 in a tie-breaker to gain 8th place.
  2. Jones defeated Hibino 61-46 in a tie-breaker to gain 28th place.
  3. Akkerhaugen defeated Naranjilla 286-285 in a tie-breaker to gain 36th place.

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