Archery
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Archery Field, Joliette
Dates27–30 July 1976
No. of events2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors64 from 24 nations

At the 1976 Summer Olympics two archery events were contested. It was the second iteration of the modern archery competition in the Olympics, following the same format as in the 1972 Summer Olympics. The two events were men's individual and women's individual, and the competition in each event consisted of a double FITA round. Archers shot a total of 288 arrows at 4 different distances (90, 70, 50, and 30 meters for men; 70, 60, 50, and 30 metres for women).[1]

Medal summary

The United States repeated its sweep of the two gold medals. Japan and Italy claimed their first archery medals in the men's competition. The Soviet Union took the silver and bronze medals in the women's competition, adding to the bronze they had earned four years earlier.

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual
Darrell Pace
 United States
Hiroshi Michinaga
 Japan
Giancarlo Ferrari
 Italy
Women's individual
Luann Ryon
 United States
Valentina Kovpan
 Soviet Union
Zebiniso Rustamova
 Soviet Union

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)2002
2 Soviet Union (URS)0112
3 Japan (JPN)0101
4 Italy (ITA)0011
Totals (4 entries)2226

Participating nations

NationMen's IndividualWomen's IndividualTotal
 Australia224
 Austria101
 Belgium202
 Canada224
 Costa Rica202
 Denmark101
 Finland202
 France112
 Great Britain224
 Indonesia112
 Ireland101
 Italy224
 Japan224
 Mongolia224
 North Korea022
 Norway101
 Poland224
 Puerto Rico112
 Soviet Union123
 Sweden224
 Thailand213
 United States224
 West Germany213
 Yugoslavia101
Total athletes372764
Total NOCs231624

References

  1. "Archery at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
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