Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics consists of nine events, five for men and four for women. The competitions were held at the Olympic Green Archery Field from September 9 to September 15, 2008.
Classification Archers are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows archers to compete against others with a similar level of function.
Archery classes are: Wheelchair 1 (W1) Wheelchair 2 (W2) Standing (ST)
Events For each of the events below, medals are contested for one or more of the above classifications.
Men's individual compound Open W1 Men's individual recurve Standing W1/W2 Men's team recurve Open Women's individual compound Open Women's individual recurve Standing W1/W2 Women's team recurve Open
Participating countries There were 134 athletes (86 males, 48 females) from 28 countries competing in this sport.
Medal summary
Medal table
This ranking sorts countries by the number of gold medals earned by their archers (in this context a country is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.
Men's events
EventClassGoldSilverBronze Individual compoundopen W1 Individual recurve standing W1/W2 Team recurve open Cho Hyun KwanKim Hong KyuLee Hong Gu Chen Yegang Cheng Changjie Dong Zhi Oscar De Pellegrin Mario Esposito Marco Vitale
Women's events
EventClassGoldSilverBronze Individual compound open Individual recurve standing W1/W2 Team recurve open Fu Hongzhi Goa Fangxia Xiao Yanhong Kim Ki-Hee Kim Ran-Sook Lee Hwa-Sook Miroslava Cerna Lenka Kuncova Marketa Sidkova
See also Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics
References
External links Official site of the 2008 Summer Paralympics IPC FITA