Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Archery at the XIII Paralympic Games | |
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Venue | Olympic Green Archery Field |
Dates | September 9–15 |
Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | ||
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Compound | men | women |
Recurve | men | women |
Team | ||
Recurve | men | women |
Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics consists of nine events, five for men and four for women. The competitions were held at the Olympic Green Archery Field from September 9 to September 15, 2008.
Classification
[edit]Archers are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows archers to compete against others with a similar level of function.
Archery classes are:
- Wheelchair 1 (W1)
- Wheelchair 2 (W2)
- Standing (ST)
Events
[edit]For each of the events below, medals are contested for one or more of the above classifications.
- Men's individual compound
- Open
- W1
- Men's individual recurve
- Standing
- W1/W2
- Men's team recurve
- Open
- Women's individual compound
- Open
- Women's individual recurve
- Standing
- W1/W2
- Women's team recurve
- Open
Participating countries
[edit]There were 134 athletes (86 males, 48 females) from 28 countries competing in this sport.
Canada (3)
China (11)
Chinese Taipei (2)
Czech Republic (6)
Finland (3)
France (6)
Germany (5)
Great Britain (12)
Greece (2)
Ireland (1)
Israel (1)
Italy (7)
Japan (10)
Malaysia (2)
Mongolia (2)
Netherlands (1)
Norway (1)
Poland (7)
Russia (1)
Slovakia (3)
South Korea (13)
Spain (4)
Sweden (4)
Switzerland (3)
Thailand (3)
Turkey (5)
Ukraine (8)
United States (8)
Medal summary
[edit]Medal table
[edit]This ranking sorts countries by the number of gold medals earned by their archers (in this context a country is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (12 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
Men's events
[edit]Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual compound |
open | John Stubbs![]() |
Alberto Simonelli![]() |
Philippe Horner![]() |
W1 | David Drahoninsky![]() |
John Cavanagh![]() |
Jeff Fabry![]() | |
Individual recurve |
standing | Baatarjav Dambadondog![]() |
Fabrice Meunier![]() |
Chen Yegang![]() |
W1/W2 | Cheng Changjie![]() |
Marco Vitale![]() |
Tseng Lung-Hui![]() | |
Team recurve |
open | ![]() Cho Hyun Kwan Kim Hong Kyu Lee Hong Gu |
![]() Chen Yegang Cheng Changjie Dong Zhi |
![]() Oscar De Pellegrin Mario Esposito Marco Vitale |
Women's events
[edit]Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual compound |
open | Danielle Brown![]() |
Chieko Kamiya![]() |
Mel Clarke![]() |
Individual recurve |
standing | Lee Hwa-Sook![]() |
Gao Fangxia![]() |
Lindsey Carmichael![]() |
W1/W2 | Gizem Girişmen![]() |
Fu Hongzhi![]() |
Xiao Yanhong![]() | |
Team recurve |
open | ![]() Fu Hongzhi Goa Fangxia Xiao Yanhong |
![]() Kim Ki-Hee Kim Ran-Sook Lee Hwa-Sook |
![]() Miroslava Cerna Lenka Kuncova Marketa Sidkova |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- "Schedules and Results - Archery". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 11 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
External links
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