Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Archery
at the XIII Paralympic Games

Lindsey Carmichael
VenueOlympic Green Archery Field
DatesSeptember 9–15
Archery at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
Individual  compound men   women
 recurve men   women
Team  recurve men   women

Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics consists of nine events, five for men and four for women. The competitions were held at the Olympic Green Archery Field from September 9 to September 15, 2008.

Classfication

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

Archery classes are:

Events

For each of the events below, medals are contested for one or more of the above classifications.

Qualification

There will be 136 athletes (88 males, 48 females) competing in this sport.

Qualification Slots

NPC Men's Compound W1 Men's W1/W2 Men's ST Women's W1/W2 Women's ST Men's Compound Open Women's Compound Open Men's Team(Team) Women's Team(Team) Total Archers
 Canada 1 1 1 3
 China 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 11
Chinese Taipei 2 2
 Czech Republic 2 3 1 1 6
 Finland 2 1 3
 France 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
 Germany 2 2 1 1 1 6
 Great Britain 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 1 1 13
 Greece 1 1 2
 Israel 1 1
 Italy 1 3 1 1 1 6
 Japan 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 9
 South Korea 1 3 3 3 3 1 1 13
 Malaysia 2 2
 Mongolia 1 1 2
 Netherlands 1 1 1 1 4
 Norway 1 1
 Poland 2 2 3 1 1 7
 Russia 1 1
 Slovakia 1 2 1 3
 Spain 2 2 1 4
 Sweden 2 2 4
  Switzerland 1 1 1 3
 Thailand 2 1 1 3
 Turkey 2 2 1 5
 Ukraine 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 8
 United States 2 2 1 3 8
Total 12 32 24 20 20 20 8 10 8 136

Medal summary

Medal table

This ranking sorts countries by the number of gold medals earned by their archers (in this context a country is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  China (CHN) 2 3 2 7
2  Great Britain (GBR) 2 1 1 4
3  South Korea (KOR) 2 1 0 3
4  Czech Republic (CZE) 1 0 1 2
5  Mongolia (MGL) 1 0 0 1
5  Turkey (TUR) 1 0 0 1
7  Italy (ITA) 0 2 1 3
8  France (FRA) 0 1 0 1
8  Japan (JPN) 0 1 0 1
10  United States (USA) 0 0 2 2
11  Switzerland (SUI) 0 0 1 1
11  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 0 0 1 1
Total 9 9 9 27

Men's events

Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Individual compound
open  John Stubbs
Great Britain (GBR)
 Alberto Simonelli
Italy (ITA)
 Philippe Horner
Switzerland (SUI)
W1  David Drahonisky
Czech Republic (CZE)
 John Cavanagh
Great Britain (GBR)
 Jeff Fabry
United States (USA)
Individual recurve
standing  Baatarjav Dambadondog
Mongolia (MGL)
 Fabrice Meunier
France (FRA)
 Chen Yegang
China (CHN)
W1/W2  Cheng Changjie
China (CHN)
 Marco Vitale
Italy (ITA)
 Tseng Lung-Hui
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
Team recurve
open  South Korea (KOR)
Jung Young-Joo
Lee Hong-Gu
Yoon Young-Bae
 China (CHN)
Chen Yegang
Cheng Changjie
Dong Zhi
 Italy (ITA)
Oscar De Pellegrin
Mario Esposito
Marco Vitale

Women's events

Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Individual compound
open  Danielle Brown
Great Britain (GBR)
 Chieko Kamiya
Japan (JPN)
 Mel Clarke
Great Britain (GBR)
Individual recurve
standing  Lee Hwa-Sook
South Korea (KOR)
 Gao Fangxia
China (CHN)
 Lindsey Carmichael
United States (USA)
W1/W2  Gizem Girişmen
Turkey (TUR)
 Fu Hongzhi
China (CHN)
 Xiao Yanhong
China (CHN)
Team recurve
open  China (CHN)
Fu Hongzhi
Goa Fangxia
Xiao Yanhong
 South Korea (KOR)
Kim Ki-Hee
Kim Ran-Sook
Lee Hwa-Sook
 Czech Republic (CZE)
Miroslava Cerna
Lenka Kuncova
Marketa Sidkova

See also

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