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Archery
Description

Archery is a sport involving the use of a bow and arrows, with the aim of scoring the most points by accurately shooting the arrow to the centre of the target.

There are individual Junior Men, Junior Women and Mixed Team competitions. The distance that athletes will be shooting is 70m. The Olympic Round starts with a ranking match, followed by the individual and team elimination format. 

Archery
International Federation : International Archery Federation (FITA)
Venue :
Kallang Field
AGE GROUP
(dd/mm/yy):
1/1/92-31/12/93
QUALIFICATION SYSTEM
(Qualifying Events) :
Special qualifying competition at 2009 YWC and 5 continental qualification tournaments in 2009 and 2010
Procedure : 17 places at YWC allocated to NOCs of highest ranked archers. 6 places distributed during continental events to NOCs not yet qualified (2 places for Europe and 1 place each for Asia, Americas, Africa and Oceania).

 
GLOSSARY :

M = MEN,
W = WOMEN,
WC = WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS,
CC = CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS,
JWC = JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS,
JCC = JUNIOR CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS,
YWC = YOUTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS,
YCC = YOUTH CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

 


Last Updated:12 Jan 2010, 10:05 GMT+8
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