Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Event	Archery
Games	2012 Summer Olympics
Caption	Competition held at Lord's Cricket Ground.
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground
Dates	27 July – 3 August
Competitors	128
Nations	56
Prev	Beijing 2008
Next	Rio 2016

Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held over an eight-day period from 27 July to 3 August. The archery competitions took place at the historic Lord's Cricket Ground in London, which was temporarily transformed for the event. A total of 128 archers from 56 National Olympic Committees competed in four medal events: men's individual, women's individual, men's team, and women's team. The sport was governed by the rules of the World Archery Federation.

Competition format

The format for the individual events began with a ranking round, where each archer shot 72 arrows to determine seeding for the knockout bracket. The team events used the combined ranking round scores of the three team members to seed the team knockout bracket. All matches, both individual and team, employed the set system introduced at the 2010 Youth Olympics, where archers or teams compete for set points rather than cumulative score. In individual matches, the first archer to six set points won; each set consisted of three arrows per archer, with two points awarded for winning a set and one point each if a set was tied. Team matches were a best-of-four sets format, with each set featuring six arrows (two per archer).

Qualification

Qualification for the archery events was primarily based on performances at designated tournaments, including the 2011 World Archery Championships in Turin and various continental qualification events. Each National Olympic Committee could earn a maximum of three quota places per gender through team qualification at the world championships. Additional individual spots were allocated through final world qualification tournaments and continental games, such as the 2011 Pan American Games. Host nation Great Britain was guaranteed the maximum six spots (three per gender). Notably, strong performances by nations like South Korea and the United States secured them full team quotas early in the process.

Participating nations

A total of 56 nations sent archers to compete at Lord's Cricket Ground. This represented a wide global spread, with strong traditional archery nations like South Korea, Italy, and the United States fielding full squads of six athletes. Other notable participating countries included Mexico, Japan, China, France, and India. Several nations, such as Bhutan and Tonga, were represented by a single archer, having earned spots through the continental qualification pathway. The host nation, Great Britain, competed with a full team across all events.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1). The archery competition commenced on 27 July with the men's and women's ranking rounds. The first medal events were the team competitions, with the women's team finals held on 28 July and the men's team finals on 29 July. The individual events followed a knockout format starting on 30 July, culminating in the women's individual medal matches on 2 August and the men's individual medal matches on 3 August. The latter stages of the individual tournaments were held in the evening sessions under floodlights at Lord's Cricket Ground.

Medal summary

The archery events were dominated by South Korea, which won three of the four gold medals available. The South Korean women's team, featuring Ki Bo-bae, Lee Sung-jin, and Choi Hyeon-ju, won gold, continuing their nation's historic dominance in the event. Ki Bo-bae also claimed the gold medal in the women's individual competition. The South Korean men's team of Im Dong-hyun, Kim Bub-min, and Oh Jin-hyek secured the team gold. The only non-Korean gold was won by Italy's Michele Frangilli, who clinched the men's individual title in a dramatic final arrow. The United States earned two medals, a silver in the men's team event and a bronze in the men's individual event won by Jake Kaminski.

Results

In the men's individual event, Michele Frangilli of Italy defeated United States archer Brady Ellison in the gold medal match. The bronze medal was won by Jake Kaminski of the United States. The women's individual gold was awarded to Ki Bo-bae of South Korea, who triumphed over Aída Román of Mexico; the bronze went to Mariana Avitia, also of Mexico. The men's team gold was won by South Korea (Im Dong-hyun, Kim Bub-min, Oh Jin-hyek), with the United States (Brady Ellison, Jake Kaminski, Jacob Wukie) taking silver and Italy securing bronze. The women's team gold was also won by South Korea (Ki Bo-bae, Lee Sung-jin, Choi Hyeon-ju), with China earning silver and Japan claiming the bronze medal.

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