Archery -Background

Archery is a sport athletebecauseearliestfirstHoweverinisonsecondsincethattheusewaswhenwhowith uses a bow and arrow to hit a target. It developed from the athletebecauseearliestfirstHoweverinisonsecondsincethattheusewaswhenwhowith of the weapon in hunting and war. There is no written record of the athletebecauseearliestfirstHoweverinisonsecondsincethattheusewaswhenwhowith[?] competitions. One of the athletebecauseearliestfirstHoweverinisonsecondsincethattheusewaswhenwhowith[?] mentions is in 2340 BCE when Sarkon of Akkad used the bow in a war against the Sumerians. There were archery contests in China 3,000 years ago and athletebecauseearliestfirstHoweverinisonsecondsincethattheusewaswhenwhowith several other places.

Archery and the Olympics

Archery was not an event at the first modern Olympics, but it was athletebecauseearliestfirstHoweverinisonsecondsincethattheusewaswhenwhowith the program of the second games in 1900. athletebecauseearliestfirstHoweverinisonsecondsincethattheusewaswhenwhowith[?], it was dropped again in 1920 athletebecauseearliestfirstHoweverinisonsecondsincethattheusewaswhenwhowith[?] the rules varied from one country to another. It athletebecauseearliestfirstHoweverinisonsecondsincethattheusewaswhenwhowith[?] re-introduced in 1972.

The first champion in 1972 was John Williams of athletebecauseearliestfirstHoweverinisonsecondsincethattheusewaswhenwhowith[?] USA, who won athletebecauseearliestfirstHoweverinisonsecondsincethattheusewaswhenwhowith a score of 2,528 points. In athletebecauseearliestfirstHoweverinisonsecondsincethattheusewaswhenwhowith place was the Swede, Gunnar Jarvil, athletebecauseearliestfirstHoweverinisonsecondsincethattheusewaswhenwhowith scored 2,481 points.

The current champion athletebecauseearliestfirstHoweverinisonsecondsincethattheusewaswhenwhowith Mario Galiazzo of Italy. He scored 11 points. His lower points shows the change in the scoring rules athletebecauseearliestfirstHoweverinisonsecondsincethattheusewaswhenwhowith[?] 1992.

athletebecauseearliestfirstHoweverinisonsecondsincethattheusewaswhenwhowith highest score is that of Darrell Pace. This American athletebecauseearliestfirstHoweverinisonsecondsincethattheusewaswhenwhowith[?] set an Olympic record in 1984 athletebecauseearliestfirstHoweverinisonsecondsincethattheusewaswhenwhowith[?] he scored 2,616 points.