| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Butch Johnson |
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| Men's Archery | ||
| Competitor for the United States | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 1996 Atlanta | Team |
| Bronze | 2000 Sydney | Team |
| World Championships | ||
| Bronze | 1999 Riom | Team |
| Pan American Games | ||
| Gold | 2007 Rio de Janeiro | Team |
| Silver | 1995 Mar del Plata | Individual (70 m) |
Richard Andrew ("Butch") Johnson (born August 30, 1955) is an archer from Woodstock, Connecticut in the United States. He has competed in the Summer Olympics five times, and was a part of the gold medal U.S. team at the 1996 Olympics and the bronze medal U.S. team in the 2000 Olympics.
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At the 2004 Olympics, he was surprisingly eliminated by Ron van der Hoff with 135-145 in the round of 64, placing 52nd overall in men's individual archery. He later placed 4th as a member of the United States team.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Johnson finished his ranking round with a total of 653 points. This gave him the 40th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Andrey Abramov in the first round. Both scored 109 points in the regular match and they had to go to an extra round. In this extra round Abramov scored 25 points, wile Johnson advanced to the second round with 26 points. There he faced eight seeded Im Dong-Hyun, who was too strong with 115-106.[1]
Together with Brady Ellison and Vic Wunderle he also took part in the team event. With his 653 score from the ranking round combined with the 664 of Ellison and the 652 of Wunderle the Americans were in 10th position after the ranking round. In the first round they were not able to win against Chinese Taipei that won the confrontation by 222-218.[1]
Today Butch Johnson has maintained himself as one of the best recurve shooters in the country, he has ranked in the top five in the United States and is currently third in the 2012 Olympic trials series.