Archery at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Archery at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was held between 10 and 17 September 2016 at the Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí[1] in the Maracana zone of Rio de Janeiro, and consisted of nine events.[2] The make up of those events changed substantially from the 2012 games, and consisted of three men's events, three women's events and three events for mixed gender teams. Men, women and mixed teams each competed in two events for compound bow, one for wheelchair athletes, the other open, and an open event for recurve bow, the bow used for all Olympic events.

Archery at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí
Dates	10–17 September 2016
Competitors	140

Classification and events

Paralympic archers are 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. The categories have been reduced by one for 2016, with the two wheelchair classifications combined, and the replacement of 'standing' with an 'open' category. The W1 classification for wheelchair archers has been retained.[2]

There are two categories of competition in Paralympic archery in 2016:

• Open - Athletes have an impairment in the legs and use a wheelchair or have a balance impairment and shoot standing or resting on a stool. Open category athletes may shoot in six events, in both recurve or compound competitions, under standard rules;
• W1 - Athletes may have impairment in the legs and make use of a wheelchair. W1 athletes may shoot either a recurve or a compound bow modified from standard rules, across three events. There are no separate competitions for the two disciplines, and in practice the W1 contests will be predominantly compound bow, as these take less power to wield than the recurve.[1]

A third recognised Paralympic archery classification, V1, for visually impaired archers, is not part of the 2016 Games.[1]

Archery events at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men's individual			Women's individual			Mixed pair
Compound		Recurve	Compound		Recurve	Compound		Recurve
W1	Open	Open	W1	Open	Open	W1	Open	Open

Qualification

Individual events

A National Paralympic Committee (NPC) could be allocated a maximum of thirteen qualification slots across the nine events, except for the NPCs of the 2015 Para Archery World Champions. It could also qualify a maximum of three archers per individual event, and could field a team of one man and one woman in the mixed gender team events, selected from individual qualifiers.

The majority of quota places were awarded for performances in the 2015 World Championships, and the continental qualification events (including the 2015 Parapan American Games). A smaller number are then awarded, if applicable, to the host nation, to the highest ranked archers at a Final Paralympic Qualifying tournament, and under the discretion of the tripartite committee.

Mixed team events

There is no direct qualification for the mixed pairs events, and an NPC may enter one team (1 man, 1 woman) per event if they have qualified those archers from individual events. However, since Rio 2016 quota places in individual events were awarded to the top finishers in the equivalent mixed pairs event at the 2015 World Para Archery Championships in Donau, Germany, a minimum number of teams per event is guaranteed.

Competition schedule

Competition lasts from 10 to 17 September. Each day from 11 September, 10 September being the Ranking Round for all archers, contains a morning and afternoon session, and will see at least one set of medals awarded.

OC

Opening ceremony

RR

Ranking round

●

Event finals

CC

Closing ceremony

September 2016	7 Wed	8 Thu	9 Fri	10 Sat	11 Sun	12 Mon	13 Tue	14 Wed	15 Thu	16 Fri	17 Sat	18 Sun	Gold medals
Archery	OC			RR	●	●	●	●	●	●  ●	●  ●	CC	9

The full daily schedule is set out below.

Schedule at the Paralympic Games 2016 - Archery*[1]
Date	Morning Session	Evening Session	Date	Morning Session	Evening Session
10 September	All Events		14 September	Men's Compound Open
	Ranking Rounds			1/16 eliminations	1/8 eliminations Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze medal match Gold medal match
11 September	Team Recurve Open		15 September	Women's Recurve Open
	1/8 eliminations	Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze medal match Gold medal match		1/16 eliminations	1/8 eliminations Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze medal match Gold medal match
12 September	Team Compound Open		16 September	Women's Compound Open	Men's Compound W1
	1/8 eliminations	Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze medal match Gold medal match		1/8 eliminations Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze medal match Gold medal match	1/8 eliminations Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze medal match Gold medal match
13 September	Men's Recurve Open		17 September	Women's Compound W1	Team Compound W1
	1/16 eliminations	1/8 eliminations Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze medal match Gold medal match		1/8 eliminations Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze medal match Gold medal match	Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze medal match Gold medal match

Participating nations

137 archers from 40 nations competed.

Australia (1)  Azerbaijan (1)  Brazil (8)  Canada (2)  China (12)  Chinese Taipei (2)  Colombia (1)  Czech Republic (5)  Finland (2)  France (5)  Georgia (1)  Germany (4)  Great Britain (11)  Greece (1)

Hong Kong (1)  Iceland (1)  India (1)  Iran (7)  Iraq (2)  Italy (9)  Japan (3)  Kazakhstan (1)  Latvia (2)  Malaysia (2)  Mongolia (3)  Norway (1)  Poland (3)

Puerto Rico (1)  Singapore (1)  Slovakia (2)  South Africa (1)  South Korea (10)  Spain (4)  Sri Lanka (1)  Sweden (1)  Switzerland (2)  Thailand (3)  Turkey (8)  Ukraine (3)  United States (8)

Medal summary

Great Britain topped the Archery medal table, thanks mainly to their domination of the W1 events, winning all three golds available, and taking the only clean sweep of the tournament by winning all three medals in the women's individual W1 event; outside of the W1 events, China and Iran were the most successful nations, sharing five golds and nine medals between them. Olympic number one nation, South Korea could not match their Olympic success, and exited the Games with three medals, a silver and two bronze.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	3	2	1	6
2	China (CHN)	3	2	0	5
3	Iran (IRI)	2	1	1	4
4	United States (USA)	1	0	0	1
5	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	2	3
6	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	1	2
	Italy (ITA)	0	1	1	2
8	Thailand (THA)	0	1	0	1
9	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 nations)		9	9	9	27

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual compound W1	John Walker  Great Britain	David Drahoninsky  Czech Republic	Peter Kinik  Slovakia
Men's individual compound open	Andre Shelby  United States	Alberto Simonelli  Italy	Jonathon Milne  Australia
Men's individual recurve open	Gholamreza Rahimi  Iran	Hanreuchai Netsiri  Thailand	Ebrahim Ranjbarkivaj  Iran
Women's individual compound W1	Jessica Stretton  Great Britain	Jo Frith  Great Britain	Vicky Jenkins  Great Britain
Women's individual compound open	Zhou Jiamin  China	Lin Yueshan  China	Kim Mi-soon  South Korea
Women's individual recurve open	Zahra Nemati  Iran	Wu Chunyan  China	Milena Olszewska  Poland
Team compound W1	Great Britain (GBR) John Walker Jo Frith	South Korea (KOR) Koo Dong-sub Kim Ok-geum	Czech Republic (CZE) David Drahoninsky Sarka Musilova
Team compound open	China (CHN) Al Xinliang Zhou Jiamin	Great Britain (GBR) John Stubbs Jodie Grinham	South Korea (KOR) Lee Ouk Soo Kim Mi-soon
Team recurve open	China (CHN) Zhao Lixue Wu Chunyan	Iran (IRI) Ebrahim Ranjbarkivaj Zahra Nemati	Italy (ITA) Roberto Airoldi Elisabetta Mijno

See also

• Archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References

1. Ticket Guide Archived 28 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine, published by rio2016.org, official website of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)