Surprisingly, archery never featured as a sports event in the first ever held Olympics in Greece. However since the event has been happening for the past 1000 years, so it is possible that it might have been part of the Olympics sometime in the past. Archery for men as an event started for the first time in the Olympics held in 1900 and for women it began in 1904.
There were a lot of dissimilarities in the rules which governed the Olympics during those early years and after 1920, archery was no longer treated as a sport event. The Olympics rules were finally accepted by the participating countries after many years had lapsed and archery made a come back to the games in the Munich games held in 1972. It was not until 1988 that the sport was also judged for team participation in addition to individual competitions.
Since 1992, the structure of the game is head-to-head competition amongst 64 top players. Individual and team events for men and women are the four events in archery. Men and women in the individual events aim to hit the bull's eye distance of 70 meters which is 229 feel and 8 inches and they throw 72 arrows. The player must shoot the arrows within 40 seconds of each other and aim for a score of 720 and an overtime shot called 'sudden death' takes place when there is a tie.
Just like the individual events, in the team events each archer throws 72 arrows standing from a distance of 70 meters and each of the 16 teams has 3 archers. How the winner is declared when there is a tie in score? The target has ten rings with one point is scored for an arrow landing in the outermost ring, 2 points for a hit in the next ring, continuing in this manner to the center ring which awards 10 points.
Archery events taking place during Olympics use recurve bows which can make the arrow travel at an alarming speed of 150 mph. These technologically evolved bows are made from wood, fiberglass and graphite which have a stabilizing effect on the arrows which would travel in a straight line which helps in aiming better. The total cost of the equipment goes over 00 with strings made from hydrocarbon or from Kelvar and the arrows from aluminum or carbon graphite.
Olympic archery competitors have normally been training for at least ten years. One should be in impeccable form to participate. You need the right coach and the ideal equipment too. Archery by any standards is less pricey than other sports and that is good news. The game must be learnt thoroughly and you have to spend a lot of time reading about it and discuss with other archers before you start to partake in various local and national tournaments but remember practice is critical and the more you do it the more proficient you would become.
Athletes with disabilities can also engage in archery as a sport. For instance Neroli Fairhall was the first woman paraplegic who not only competed in the Olympics but this New Zealander also won a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games. This game is such that you can enjoy it with all the members of your family and if you so desire, can go on playing it for the rest of your life.
There were a lot of dissimilarities in the rules which governed the Olympics during those early years and after 1920, archery was no longer treated as a sport event. The Olympics rules were finally accepted by the participating countries after many years had lapsed and archery made a come back to the games in the Munich games held in 1972. It was not until 1988 that the sport was also judged for team participation in addition to individual competitions.
Since 1992, the structure of the game is head-to-head competition amongst 64 top players. Individual and team events for men and women are the four events in archery. Men and women in the individual events aim to hit the bull's eye distance of 70 meters which is 229 feel and 8 inches and they throw 72 arrows. The player must shoot the arrows within 40 seconds of each other and aim for a score of 720 and an overtime shot called 'sudden death' takes place when there is a tie.
Just like the individual events, in the team events each archer throws 72 arrows standing from a distance of 70 meters and each of the 16 teams has 3 archers. How the winner is declared when there is a tie in score? The target has ten rings with one point is scored for an arrow landing in the outermost ring, 2 points for a hit in the next ring, continuing in this manner to the center ring which awards 10 points.
Archery events taking place during Olympics use recurve bows which can make the arrow travel at an alarming speed of 150 mph. These technologically evolved bows are made from wood, fiberglass and graphite which have a stabilizing effect on the arrows which would travel in a straight line which helps in aiming better. The total cost of the equipment goes over 00 with strings made from hydrocarbon or from Kelvar and the arrows from aluminum or carbon graphite.
Olympic archery competitors have normally been training for at least ten years. One should be in impeccable form to participate. You need the right coach and the ideal equipment too. Archery by any standards is less pricey than other sports and that is good news. The game must be learnt thoroughly and you have to spend a lot of time reading about it and discuss with other archers before you start to partake in various local and national tournaments but remember practice is critical and the more you do it the more proficient you would become.
Athletes with disabilities can also engage in archery as a sport. For instance Neroli Fairhall was the first woman paraplegic who not only competed in the Olympics but this New Zealander also won a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games. This game is such that you can enjoy it with all the members of your family and if you so desire, can go on playing it for the rest of your life.
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