HISTORIC OVERVIEW
Archery has been an Olympic sport since 1900. In 1931 the International Archery Federation was created. Field archery has represented archery for the recurve, compound and barebow divisions in all but the first edition of the World Games, thus making its 7th appearance in 2009.
FITA
Fédération Internationale de Tir à l’Arc
Maison du Sport International
Av de Rhodanie 54
1007 Lausanne
Switzerland
phone: +41 21 614 3050
fax: +41 21 614 3055
Press contact:
Didier Mieville
Magazine: The Target / La Cible
BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE RULES
Compound Match Round On a flat field, athletes shoot at 50 metres on a target face with six scoring rings (10-5 points), each arrow out of the 5-point is considered a miss (0 points). The score is cumulative. 24 men and 24 women will qualify, if one man and one woman qualify from the same country, they will be able to shoot in a Mixed Team event. After a qualification of 72 arrows, the athletes or teams are paired on a match chart based on their ranking. Individual athletes play matches of 15 arrows. In case of a tie, a shoot-off of one arrow only is played. The winner is the one closest to the centre.
Field Archery (Recurve and Barebow)
In Field Archery, archers walk a set course and shoot at targets of different sizes from varying distances (much like golf). Athletes shoot on marked (known) and unmarked (unknown) distances, from 5 to 60 meters. Shots are uphill, downhill, with various conditions, forcing the athletes to adapt on each shot. The target faces have six scoring rings (6 to 1 points). Competitors shoot one round of 24 unmarked targets on the first day and 24 marked targets on second day. They shoot three arrows per target. Out of the 12 men and 12 women qualified only the four best archers qualify for semi-finals and finals matches. The semi-finals matches consist of four marked targets and finals matches consist of four different marked targets—for bronze and for gold. The first-ranked athlete shoots against the fourth-ranked, and the second shoots against the third in the semi-finals.
MOST IMPORTANT ATHLETES
Men
Recurve
Michelle Frangilli (ITA)
Victor Wunderle (USA)
Sebastian Rohrberg (GER)
Alan Wills (GBR)
Compound
Morgan Lundin (SWE)
Dave Cousins (USA)
John Dudley (USA)
Chris White (GBR)
Barebow
Pasi Ahjokivi (FIN)
Giuseppe Seimandi (ITA)
Sergio Massimo Cassiani (ITA)
Women
Recurve
Carole Ferriou (FRA)
Jessica Tomasi (ITA)
Naomi Folkard (GBR)
Petra Ericsson (SWE)
Lisa Unruh (GER)
Compound
Anne Lantee (FIN)
Petra Goebel (AUT)
Barebow
Monika Jentges (GER)
Eleonora Strobbe (ITA)
Christine Gauthe (FRA)
Becky Nelson-Harris (USA)
Recurve
Carole Ferriou (FRA)
Jessica Tomasi (ITA)
Naomi Folkard (GBR)
Petra Ericsson (SWE)
Lisa Unruh (GER)
Compound
Anne Lantee (FIN)
Petra Goebel (AUT)
Barebow
Monika Jentges (GER)
Eleonora Strobbe (ITA)
Christine Gauthe (FRA)
Becky Nelson-Harris (USA)
MOST SUCCESSFUL NATIONS
SWE, ITA, GER, USA, FRA, AUT, GBR, NED, BEL, DEN, SLO, FIN, AUS, NOR, CRO
TRIVIA
Morgan Lundin (SWE) has earned the gold medal three times at the World Games (1993, 1997, 2005).
Petra Ericsson (SWE) is the only athlete to have won an archery gold medal at the World Games in two categories: Recurve Women in 2005 and Compound Women in 1997.
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