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Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics was held from 27 September to 1 October 1988 at Hwarang Archery Field.

For the first time in Olympic history, the men's and women's team recurve tournaments were officially included in the program.

Medal Table[]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 South Korea South Korea 3 2 1 6
2 United States United States 1 1 1 3
3 Indonesia Indonesia 0 1 0 1
4 Great Britain Great Britain 0 0 1 1
Soviet Union Soviet Union 0 0 1 1

Medalists[]

Event
Men's individual Jay Barrs
United States
Park Sung-soo
South Korea
Vladimir Echeev
Soviet Union
Men's team South Korea South Korea
Chun In-soo
Lee Han-sup
Park Sung-soo
United States United States
Jay Barrs
Richard McKinney
Darrell Pace
Great Britain Great Britain
Steven Hallard
Richard Priestman
Leroy Watson
Women's individual Kim Soo-nyung
South Korea
Wang Hee-kyung
South Korea
Yun Young-sook
South Korea
Women's team South Korea South Korea
Kim Soo-nyung
Wang Hee-kyung
Yun Young-sook
Indonesia Indonesia
Lilies Handayani
Nurfitriyana Saiman
Kusuma Wardhani
United States United States
Debra Ochs
Denise Parker
Melanie Skillman

Statistics[]

  • There were 146 total athletes from 41 countries.
  • Denise Parker was the youngest participant with 14 years and 290 days.
  • Wrex Tarr was the oldest participant with 54 years and 99 days.
  • Pema Tshering of Bhutan and Joanna Agius of Malta were the only archers chosen to be the flag bearers at the opening ceremony.
  • Indonesia won its first-ever Olympic medal.
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