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Two teams o three athletes rom the host
country.
The top 8 teams o three archers and eight
individual archers per gender qualifed
based on 2011 World Championships.
Thirteen athletes rom various Continental
Qualifcations Tournaments held in 2011-12.
Three teams o three archers rom a Final
Team Qualifcation Tournament (during World
Cup Stage 3 in Ogden, USA, 18-24 June2012).
At least our individuals rom a Final Indivi-
dual Qualifcation Tournament (during World
Cup Stage 3 in Ogden, USA, 18-24 June
2012).
Three invitation places.
Any NOC that qualifed three archers will
present a team at the Olympic Games. All
qualifcation places are earned by the NOC.
All archers must meet Minimum Qualifca-
tions Standards (MQS) : they are o 1230points or men and women
in a FITA Round
and 625 points or men and 600 points or
women at a 70m Round.
Not more than two teams o three archers
rom one NOC team can compete. The NOCs
could qualiy either a team o three athletes
or one archer per gender, so a maximum o
six participants.
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Individual will play matches out o 5 sets o 3
arrows.
Tie-breaks are played out o one arrow
closest to centre or individuals.
For teams, each team member will shoot a
single extra arrow in a shoot-o. The team
with the highest score will win. I the score is
still tied, the team that has the arrow closest
to the centre wins !
Womens and mens matches will alternate
during the 1/32 and 1/16 elimination rounds. sogThe target ace
has 10 concentric scoring
rings (two per colour), scoring rom 1 to 10
points. Hence the outside scoring ring is
worth 1 point and the inside ring is worth
10 points. For all details please consult the
Equipment section.
comtto omatAthletes shoot a 70m Round in qualifcations,
12 ends o 6 arrows. The maximum number
o points is 720.
Archers are ranked based on the number
o points.
The top 64 archers are paired or the up-co-
ming match-play (called the Olympic Round)
the No. 1 qualifer against No. 64, No. 2
against No. 63, etc.
Out o the 12 teams participating, the top
4 in qualifcations receive a bye or the 1/8elimination round.
The No. 5 will play against
No. 12, No. 6 against No. 11, etc.
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Athletes play matches out o 5 sets o 3
arrows.
The winner o each setthe athlete who
gets the highest cumulative score with his
three arrowsgets 2 set points.I the set is tied each athlete
gets 1 set point.
The winner o the match is determined by
the number o set points won, not the score
o the arrows.
The match winner is the irst to reach 6
set points.
The match will fnish once the 6 set points is
reached within the 5 sets.
I the match is tied, a one-arrow (only!)
shoot-o will be used to break the tie. The
archer whose arrow is closest to the centre(i needed it will be
measured) gets 1 extra
point and wins.
Athletes alternate to shoot each arrow and
have 20 seconds per arrow.
Each nation with 3 athletes o the same
gender in the same division can also com-
pete in team competition.
In the team matches, each team shoots
24 arrows4 ends o 6 arrows. They onlyhave 2 minutes to shoot 6
arrows. Each
team member shoots 2 arrows per end,
shooting only one arrow at a time. Teams
alternate shooting ater every 3 arrows.
The team with the highest score at the end
wins the match.
In case the two teams have a tied score,
each team member will shoot a single ex-
tra arrow in a shoot-o. The team with thehighest score will win.
I the score is still
tied, the team that has the arrow closest
to the centre wins !
First set
Athlete A shoots : 10, 10, 9 = 29Athlete B shoots : 10, 9, 10 =
29
Both athlete A and B earn 1 set point.
The score is tied at 1-1.
Second set
Athlete A shoots : 10, 10, 10 = 30
Athlete B shoots : 10, 5, 7 = 22
Athlete A earns the two point s. He leads 3-1.
Third set
Athlete A shoots : 10, 10, 8, = 28
Athlete B shoots : 10, 10, 10 = 30Athlete B earns the two poi
nts. He tie d the
match at 3-3.
Fourth set
Athlete A shoots : 10, 9, 8, = 27
Athlete B shoots : 10, 10, 10 = 30
Athlete B takes t he lead 5 -3.
Fifth set
Athlete A s hoots : 10, 10, 9, = 29
Athlete B shoots : 10, 10, 8 = 28
Athlete A earns the two points and ties the
match at 5-5. A one-arrow shoot-o is required
to break the tie (to earn the extra set point).
Shoot-off
Athlete A s hoots : 10
Athlete B shoots : 10*
Lets measure that the arrow o the athlete B
is the closest to centre and wins !
On the match chart results,the score would be shown as :
Athlete A: 5 (29, 30, 28 , 27, 29; T10 )
Athlete B : 6 (29, 22 , 30, 30, 28 ; T10*)
*Closest to centre
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There will be a gold medal and a bronze
medal match (only one bronze medal is
awarded).
The quarterinalists are ranked irst based
on their set points, and then in their total
arrow points.
For the other rounds, the retired athletes/
teams are all ranked in the same position,
i.e. 9th, 17th and 33 rd.
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There are set penalties or inractions. The
most common are: loss o the value o any
arrow shot ater the allocated time and ha-
ving to return behind the waiting line in case
o an incorrect relay in the team event.
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A participant can appeal any unair issue,
with the exception o the value o a judged
arrow.
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There are more participants in the World
Archer y Champions hips (more than 500
rom about 80 countries) and at the World
Cup (usually more than 300 rom 50countries)
The archers shoot qualiications at 70
metres (70m Round) or over our dis-
tances (FITA Round: 90m, 70m, 50m and
30m or men and 70m, 60m, 50m and
30m or women).
Other archery disciplines: Indoor, Field, Ski
Archer y, 3D Archery.
