Archery at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Archery at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	Royal Artillery Barracks
Dates	30 August – 5 September
Competitors	140

Archery at the 2012 Summer Paralympics consisted of nine events, five for men and four for women. The competitions were held at the Royal Artillery Barracks from 30 August to 5 September 2012.

Classification

Archers were given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allowed archers to compete against others with a similar level of function.

Archery classes are:

• Wheelchair 1 (W1)
• Wheelchair 2 (W2)
• Standing (ST)

Competition schedule

R

Ranking round

E

Elimination rounds

¼

Quarterfinals

½

Semifinals

F

Final

Event↓/Date →	Thu 30	Fri 31	Sat 1	Sun 2	Mon 3		Tue 4		Wed 5
Men's individual compound open	R	E		¼	½	F
Men's individual compound W1	R	E	¼		½	F
Men's individual recurve W1/W2	R	E	¼		½	F
Men's individual recurve standing	R		E	¼	½	F
Men's team recurve									¼	½	F
Women's individual compound open	R	E		¼			½	F
Women's individual recurve W1/W2	R	E	¼				½	F
Women's individual recurve standing	R		E	¼			½	F
Women's team recurve									¼	½	F

Participating nations

139 archers from 29 nations competed.

•  Azerbaijan (1)
•  Canada (5)
•  China (7)
•  Chinese Taipei (3)
•  Czech Republic (8)
•  Finland (5)
•  France (5)
•  Germany (4)
•  Great Britain (13)
•  Greece (1)
•  Iran (6)
•  Italy (10)
•  Japan (3)
•  Malaysia (3)
•  Mexico (1)
•  Mongolia (2)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  Norway (1)
•  Poland (5)
•  Russia (8)
•  Slovakia (4)
•  South Korea (9)
•  Spain (3)
•  Sweden (2)
•  Switzerland (2)
•  Thailand (2)
•  Turkey (11)
•  Ukraine (7)
•  United States (7)

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	2	1	2	5
2	South Korea (KOR)	1	2	0	3
3	China (CHN)	1	1	2	4
4	Great Britain (GBR)	1	1	0	2
	Italy (ITA)	1	1	0	2
	United States (USA)	1	1	0	2
7	Iran (IRI)	1	0	1	2
8	Finland (FIN)	1	0	0	1
9	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	0	1
	Malaysia (MAS)	0	1	0	1
11	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Turkey (TUR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		9	9	9	27

Men's events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual compound	Open	Jere Forsberg  Finland	Matt Stutzman  United States	Doğan Hancı  Turkey
	W1	Jeff Fabry  United States	David Drahonínský  Czech Republic	Norbert Murphy  Canada
Individual recurve	Standing	Timur Tuchinov  Russia	Oleg Shestakov  Russia	Mikhail Oyun  Russia
	W1/W2	Oscar De Pellegrin  Italy	Hasihin Sanawi  Malaysia	Lung Hui Tseng  Chinese Taipei
Team recurve	Open	Russia (RUS) Mikhail Oyun Oleg Shestakov Timur Tuchinov	South Korea (KOR) Jung Young Joo Kim Suk Ho Lee Myeong-Gu	China (CHN) Cheng Changjie Dong Zhi Li Zongshan

Women's events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual compound	Open	Danielle Brown  Great Britain	Mel Clarke  Great Britain	Stepanida Artakhinova  Russia
Individual recurve	Standing	Huilian Yan  China	Hwa Sook Lee  South Korea	Milena Olszewska  Poland
	W1/W2	Zahra Nemati  Iran	Elisabetta Mijno  Italy	Jinzhi Li  China
Team recurve	Open	South Korea (KOR) Kim Ran Sook Ko Hee Sook Lee Hwa Sook	China (CHN) Gao Fangxia Xiao Yanhong Yan Huilian	Iran (IRI) Zahra Javanmard Zahra Nemati Razieh Shir Mohammadi

See also

• Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics