How the para archery world rankings work
Para archers are ranked by World Archery with the same formula as Olympic archers:
Points for an event = the event's base points × a share for your final place × a multiplier for how old the result is
What is different for para archers:
- Para events have their own groups. The Paralympic Games and World Para Championships are worth 100 base points; continental para games and championships (including the Asian Para Games) 60; all other para ranking events 40.
- Only para results count, and a para archer's ranking adds up their best four para results (not seven, as in Olympic archery).
- There are separate lists for each para category.
The para lists
| Individual | Mixed team |
|---|---|
| Recurve men open, recurve women open | Recurve mixed open |
| Compound men open, compound women open | Compound mixed open |
| W1 men, W1 women | W1 mixed |
| Visually impaired 1, visually impaired 2/3 |
Book 5 (Chapter 32) says only that "a Para Archery world ranking list will be maintained"; the method is in the World Ranking Calculation System.
Base points for para events
| Group | Base points | Para events |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 | Paralympic Games, World Archery Para Championships |
| 3 | 60 | Continental para games, continental para championships |
| 4 | 40 | All other world ranking para events |
There is no group 2 for para archery (group 2 is the Olympic-style World Cup).
Final place and time
The same tables as Olympic archery: 1st 100%, 2nd 85%, 3rd 70%, 4th 60%, 5th 50%, down to 5% for losing in a round of 96 or 128; and results lose value from 12 months (0.75, 0.5, 0.25) and drop out after 24 months.
Merged categories
When small para categories are merged at an event, archers get points for their final place in the merged category. The points are not recalculated for their own category.
Counting
Up to four para results count, for individuals and mixed teams. One result is enough to appear. The lists are published every Monday at 00:00 UTC.
A worked example
Made up to show the arithmetic. An Indian compound women open archer's results:
| Event | Calculation | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Asian Para Games, gold, 8 months ago | 60 × 100% × 1 | 60 |
| World Para Championships, quarter-final loss (5th), 14 months ago | 100 × 50% × 0.75 | 37.5 |
| Para ranking event, 2nd, 3 months ago | 40 × 85% × 1 | 34 |
| Para ranking event, 9th, 18 months ago | 40 × 35% × 0.5 | 7 |
Total: 60 + 37.5 + 34 + 7 = 138.5.
Variations
| Ranking | Covered here |
|---|---|
| All para individual and mixed team lists | Yes |
| Olympic recurve and compound | See the archery ranking explainer |