Olympic Archery - Introduction

The best amateur athletes in the world match skill and endurance in a series of contests called the Olympic Games. Olympic Games are major international event consists of summer and winter sports. In Olympic Games thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The modern Olympic Games are named for athletic contests held in ancient Greece for almost 12 centuries. In 1896, the Summer Games were revived by Pierre Fredy, Baron de Coubertin, a French nobleman. From then the era of the Modern Summer Games started.

Archery was introduced to the Olympics' schedule as a men's event in the modern Summer Games in 1900 for the first time. Archery was again contested in 1904, 1908, and 1920 Summer Olympic Games. Women competed in the 1904 Olympic Games, making archery one of the first sports competitions to include women. In those four Olympic Games it was possible for an archer to compete in numerous events and win several medals. Hubert van Innis from Belgium is the most successful archer in Olympic history, winning six gold medals and three silvers in 1900 and 1920.

Hubert Van Innis

Archery was re-introduced to the Olympics' schedule in 1972 Olympic Games with individual events for men and for women. John Williams and Doreen Wilber, of the USA, are the most successful archers captured the gold medals. Since then, Archery has been held in every Summer Olympics Games. In Seoul 1988, the team competition was added to the medal program. Barcelona 1992 was the first time that archery featured exciting head-to-head competition and single elimination matches.

The thirtieth Summer Games will be held in the year 2012 in the London Olympic Stadium in London. There will be 300 events in 26 sports in the Thirtieth Summer Games in 2012. Archery event is included in the schedule.

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