Archery at the Olympic Games
Archery · the IOC, with World Archery
Archery was held at the Games of 1900, 1904, 1908 and 1920, then dropped; it returned at Munich 1972 and has been held at every Games since. The current programme is recurve only: men's and women's individual and team events, and a mixed team since Tokyo 2020.
- Next
- Los Angeles 2028, with a compound mixed team event added
- Most golds (nation)
- South Korea, 32; then the United States, 14
- India
- No medal; best result fourth, mixed team, Paris 2024
- Cycle
- Every four years
India at the Olympic Games
India has entered archers at Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996 and every Games since Athens 2004, without a medal. Its best result is fourth in the mixed team at Paris 2024 (Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara); the men's team was fifth and Deepika Kumari seventh in the women's individual.
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Paris 2024 champions
| Section | Event | Champion |
|---|---|---|
| Men | Individual | Kim Woo-jin (South Korea) |
| Men | Team | South Korea (Kim Je-deok, Kim Woo-jin, Lee Woo-seok) |
| Women | Individual | Lim Si-hyeon (South Korea) |
| Women | Team | South Korea (Jeon Hun-young, Lim Si-hyeon, Nam Su-hyeon) |
| Mixed | Team | South Korea (Kim Woo-jin, Lim Si-hyeon) |
Medal table (1900 to 2024, top 10)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 32 | 10 | 8 | 50 |
| 2 | United States | 14 | 11 | 10 | 35 |
| 3 | Belgium | 11 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | France | 7 | 12 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Italy | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Great Britain | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | China | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Soviet Union | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Finland | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
History
How it began
Paris 1900 held seven events, with French names such as "Au cordon doré" and "Sur la perche à la pyramide"; Antwerp 1920 held ten, all won by Belgium, France or the Netherlands.
Champions by era
South Korea has won 32 golds since 1984, and won all five events at Paris 2024.
India's story
India's archers have reached the Games at every edition since 2004 but have not won a medal; the closest was the mixed team's fourth place at Paris 2024.
Firsts and facts
- First Games with archery: Paris 1900.
- Not held: 1912, and 1924 to 1968.
- Mixed team first held: Tokyo 2020.