1931 World Archery Championships

1931 World Archery Championships
Location	Lwów, Poland
Start date	August 1931
Competitors	21 from 4 nations

The 1931 World Archery Championships was the inaugural edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Lwów, Poland in August 1931.^[1][2][3]

Following the competition, on 4 September, the World Archery Federation (FITA) was formally founded by the four nations which sent representatives to the Championships (Sweden, Czechoslovakia, France, Poland) along with representatives of the United States, Hungary and Italy.^[4]

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	Michal Sawicki Poland (POL)	Janina Kurkowska Poland (POL)	Rene Allexandre France (FRA)
Team	France Rene Allexandre Gaston Quentin Gaston Ducatel	Poland Michal Sawicki Jan Choina Zbigniew Kosinski	Poland Janina Kurkowska Marja Krolowna Irena Stefanska

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Poland	1	2	1	4
2	France	1	-	1	2

Results

Individual

Competitors shot arrows from three distances, 30 meters, 40 meters and 50 meters, at a round static ringed target. The scores in each round were aggregated, and competitors ranked by total score.

Rank	Archer	Nation	30m	40m	50m	Total
1.	Michal Sawicki	Poland	82	176	220	478
2.	Janina Kurkowska	Poland	67	160	240	467
3.	Rene Allexandre	France	51	162	242	455
4.	Emil Heilbron	Sweden	90	148	196	434
5.	Gaston Quentin	France	66	148	206	420
6	Gaston Ducatel	France	54	138	210	402
7	Irena Stefanska	Poland	72	137	182	391
8	Jan Choina	Poland	54	149	182	385
9	Zygmunt Piwowarski	Poland	52	145	188	385
10	Zibigniew Kosinski	Poland	66	126	190	382
11	Miroslaw Teraszkiewicz	Poland	49	134	198	381
12	Paul Demare	France	57	119	177	353
13	Stanislawa Sikorowna	Poland	55	136	135	326
14	Irena Komanska	Poland	49	112	162	323
15	Marja Krolowna	Poland	64	103	138	305
16	Kazimierz Sokolowski	Poland	42	106	140	288
17	Marja Koscieszanka	Poland	35	96	118	249
18	Jan Hörn	Czechoslovakia	50	115	67	232
19	Marja Trajdosowna	Poland	24	48	97	169
20	Jaroslay Fiala	Czechoslovakia	22	80	48	150
21	Berta Laskova	Czechoslovakia	31	22	57	110

Team

An unofficial team competition was also held. Three teams of three archers each entered, two representing Poland and a third team from France, who won the tournament.

Rank	Archers	Nation	30 meter	40 meter	50 meter	Total
1	Rene Allexandre Gaston Quentin Gaston Ducatel France	France	51 66 54 171	162 148 138 448	242 206 210 658	455 420 402 1277
2	Poland (men)	Poland
3	Poland (women)	Poland

References

External links

• World Archery website
• Complete results

World Archery Championships 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1952 1953 1955 1957 1958 1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 List of medalists