Olympic Archery competition guide
Learn the basic rules about Olympic Archery
The archer must stand 70 metres from the target, which has a diameter of 1.22m. Arrows can reach a speed of up to 240kp/h.
In the heats stage, the archer has 40 seconds to shoot all six of their arrows. Target scores range from 1 to 10, according to the proximity to the inner circle.
During the finals, the archer has only 20 seconds to shoot each of their three arrows.
In the knockout system, a mistake rules the athlete out of the competition. In individual events, archers with the best results after five series of three arrows go through to the next phase. The same rule applies to team events, with the best teams after four series of six arrows going through.
When: Saturday August 6 to Friday August 12 Competition: Both team and individual
Archery in numbers
70
Metres the distance between archer and target
240
Kp/h is the speed arrows can travel
128
Competitors; 64 men and 64 women
1.22
The diameter in metres of the target
40
Seconds to fire 6 arrows in the heats
20
Seconds to fire 3 arrows in the final
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