Status active Country varying Inaugurated 1931 | Genre sporting event Frequency annual Date(s) varying | |
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Instances 1969 World Field Archery Championships |
The World Archery Championships are a series of competitions in Archery organised by the World Archery Federation (WA).They first competition held under that title took place in 1931.
Contents
- Championships
- Recurve
- All time medal table
- Champions
- Wheelchair Visual Impairment
- Men
- Women
- Junior Men
- Junior Women
- References
Competition archery takes a wide variety of formats, but the title "World Championships" is commonly reserved for the following three events.
Of these, the Outdoor World Championships in target Archery is most commonly referred to as simply the 'World Archery Championships', and the winners most commonly referred to as simply "world champions". Events in those outdoor championships are held involving fixed targets at set distances, using a variety of bows, the recurve bow from 1931 and the compound bow since 1995.
Although less widely recognised, World Championship events are also held in
A ski archery World Championships was last held in 2007, but is not part of the current rotation. Following the accession of archery to permanent sports at the Summer Universiade, the University world championships will also cease to be part of the World Archery Championships rotation in 2014.
Championships
The following table shows the venue of all World Championships on the current World Archery programme:
Recurve
Note: 1. Unofficial; 2. Disputed
All-time medal table
After 2015 ChampionshipsChampions
Since 2002, two classes have been contested at the Youth World Championships:
Wheelchair / Visual Impairment
Note: 1. W1/W2 in 2011
Men
Note: 1. Mixed team competition
Women
Note: 1. Mixed team competition
Junior Men
Note: 1. Unofficial
Junior Women
Note: 1. Unofficial