Olympic games archery tickets

Archery is one of the oldest sports still practised, developing alongside human civilisation, initially for hunting and warfare. In BC, the Hittites and Assyrians used bows and arrows on the battlefield.

In the sport evolved around the globe and an international archery federation was founded, now known as World Archery. Targets are cm in diameter and positioned 70m away from the archers, who must shoot their arrows as close to the centre of a target as possible in order to beat their opponents. During the opening ceremony, para archer Antonio Rebollo lit the Olympic cauldron with a flaming arrow. The team events were introduced for the first time at Seoul , bringing the total number of gold medals available in the archery competitions to four.

In an attempt to improve the spectator experience, an individual competition format called the Grand FITA, which saw athletes eliminated as the event progressed, was used for the first and only time at the Olympics. Archery rejoined the programme of the Olympic Games after a year hiatus, using official international target archery rules for the first time.

The winners were decided by the total cumulative points score on double FITA rounds. A FITA round consisted of 36 arrows at targets set at distances of 90, 70, 50 and 30 metres for men, and 70, 60, 50 and 30 metres for women. The farthest two distances used targets measuring centimetres in diameter, and the closest two distances used targets measuring 80 centimetres in diameter.

Archers from France and the Netherlands joined the hosts Belgium to compete in various events, mostly related to the historic discipline of popinjay archery, using local rules. Hubert van Innis added four gold and two silver medals to bring his total tally to six gold and three silver medals, making him the winningest archer in Olympic history.

The sport was removed from the programme of the Olympic Games following the event in Antwerp, largely due to the lack of international rules and structure. World Archery was founded in to regulate the sport with the goal of returning to Games.

To this day, she remains the oldest gold medallist in Olympic history. Lottie Dod, a sporting all-rounder and tennis star who won Wimbledon five times between and , finished second.

Although the archery competitions at St. Louis only featured archers from the USA, they were the first to include women, making archery one of the first Olympic sports to include both genders.

These Games were technically also the first to include team events. The Olympic Games were held alongside the world's fair in Paris, France. Many archery events were held and more than archers participated; however, only seven of the events, featuring archers from France, Belgium and the Netherlands, are generally considered to be part of the Olympics.

Many of the other events acted as qualifiers. Local rules for early formats of target archery and popinjay archery were used. A world championship competition was held for the two archers who achieved the best results across the target archery events. Henri Herouin beat Hubert van Innis , 22 to 16, but little is known about the format of the competition.

Archery has been a permanent fixture at the Olympic Games since Sport History Archery at the Olympics. Latest news: Olympic Champions. Olympic Champions accustomed to being a target. Mete Gazoz — the Olympic promise keeper. An San: The winningest Olympic archer. Gazoz wins the Olympics in Tokyo. An San wins third gold medal at the Olympics. Korea outclass Taipei to sweep team golds. Korean women win ninth straight Olympics.

Korea wins first Olympic mixed team. Current competition format Archers at the Olympic Games use recurve bows and compete in the discipline of target archery. Rules at the Olympic Games: Targets.

Rules at the Olympic Games: Qualification. Rules at the Olympic Games: Matchplay and the set system. Rules at the Olympic Games: Match tiebreaks. If the judge cannot decide whose arrow is closest, they may call for another shoot-off. Latest news: Road to Tokyo. Timeline: Olympic archery. Tokyo When we won the right to stage the Games, we made a promise to inspire young people to choose sport and our ticket prices will get as many young people as possible to the Games.

The 1. We have one very clear message to the public. Using the highly accessible ticketing website, there will be seating options available for visually impaired and hearing impaired people, as well as those who cannot manage steps and wheelchair users. The cost of a ticket for a wheelchair space will also include the cost for one companion seat adjacent to it. Following further detailed venue planning, it is also likely that more tickets will be on sale than previously thought.

Up to 8. Between now and when tickets go on sale, London will undertake an education process for the public to help them to understand the range of tickets available and how the application process will work. I am confident we will have packed stadiums and venues with the range of tickets on offer meaning that people of all ages and budgets will have the chance to attend London London Ticketshare is also a fantastic initiative.

Backed by our Olympic-style schools sport competition and the London 'Get Set' programme, schoolchildren from across the country will get a chance to experience the magic of the Games first hand and for free. We want these Games to motivate them towards sporting and academic achievement and there's no better way than by watching the world's best sports men and women competing at the highest level.