Transcript Archery in the Olympic Games

A Short
history of
Archery
Samantha Byers
The very beginning
Archery
is the oldest sport that is
still currently practiced
 Civilization
1200
BC
 Hittites
and Assyrians
 Bows were made of tendon, horn,
and re-curved wood
When it all started!
1567
- 1320 BC Egyptian
pharaohs favored archery
1027 - 256 BC in China - Zhou
(chou) dynasty
Who attended?
English longbow
Why?
The Olympics
1st appeared in 1900
 Significance of 1904
 52 year break
 1972 games till the present
 Archery
Competition advancement- 1992
Head
to Head match play
Modern archery
 Four
events
Men and women
Team and individual
How does the competition work?
 Head
to head rules
 Rankings
(qualifications)
 Only the winner
continues
 Team events are
organized the same
way.
Targets are 70 meters
away, 1.22 meters across,
1.3 meters above ground
and contain 10
concentric rings.
References
 http://www.olympic.org/fita
 http://www.olympic.org/archery-equipment-
and-history?tab=history