Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's individual

Women's individual
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Modern photograph of Englischer Garten, where the event took place
VenueEnglischer Garten
Dates7–10 September
Competitors40 from 21 nations
Winning score2424
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Doreen Wilber  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Irena Szydłowska  Poland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Emma Gapchenko  Soviet Union
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The women's individual archery event at the 1972 Summer Olympics was part of the archery programme. The event consisted of a double FITA round. For each round, the archer shot 36 arrows at each of four distances—70, 60, 50, and 30 metres. The highest score for each arrow was 10 points, giving a possible maximum of 2880 points.[1]

Records

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The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.

Record Round Name Nationality Score OR
Single FITA round First Irena Szydłowska  Poland 1224 OR
Single FITA round Second Doreen Wilber  United States 1226 OR
Double FITA round Combined Doreen Wilber  United States 2424 OR

Results

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Rank Archer Nation Round 1
Score
Round 1
Rank
Round 2
Score
Round 2
Rank
Total Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) Doreen Wilber  United States 1198 4 1226 (OR) 1 2424 (OR)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Irena Szydłowska  Poland 1224 (OR) 1 1183 9 2407
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Emma Gapchenko  Soviet Union 1201 2 1202 3 2403
4 Keto Losaberidze  Soviet Union 1195 6 1207 2 2402
5 Linda Myers  United States 1200 3 1185 6 2385
6 Maria Mączyńska  Poland 1173 12 1198 5 2371
7 Kim Ho-Gyu  North Korea 1195 6 1174 11 2369
8 Alla Peunova  Soviet Union 1180 10 1184 7 2364
9 Terene Donovan  Australia 1189 8 1167 13 2356
10 Francisca de Gutierrez  Mexico 1198 4 1155 16 2353
11 Mary Grant  Canada 1148 21 1202 3 2350
12 Ju Chun-Sam  North Korea 1179 11 1170 12 2349
13 Maria Teresa Romero  Spain 1169 13 1178 10 2347
14 Natjav Dariimaa  Mongolia 1189 8 1152 17 2341
15 Aurora Breton  Mexico 1151 19 1184 7 2335
16 Lynne Evans  Great Britain 1156 18 1157 15 2313
17 Yoshiko Akiyama  Japan 1162 15 1139 20 2301
18 Jadwiga Szoszler-Wilejto  Poland 1165 14 1132 22 2297
19 Maj-Britt Johansson  Sweden 1157 16 1126 23 2283
20 Kim Hyang-Min  North Korea 1157 16 1118 25 2275
21 Carol Sykes  Great Britain 1115 26 1158 14 2273
22 Agnes Hamvas  Hungary 1151 19 1114 27 2265
23 Silvia de Tapia  Mexico 1145 22 1113 28 2258
24 Nelly Wies-Weyrich  Luxembourg 1144 23 1108 33 2252
25 Pauline Edwards  Great Britain 1106 29 1143 18 2249
26 Erna Rahbek Pedersen  Denmark 1111 27 1133 21 2244
27 Herrad Frey  France 1121 24 1109 30 2230
28 Maureen Bechdolt  United States 1106 29 1112 29 2218
29 Lilli Lentz  Denmark 1109 28 1109 30 2218
30 Ursula Büschking  West Germany 1078 32 1122 24 2200
31 Pierrette Dame  France 1056 35 1140 19 2196
32 Marjory Saunders  Canada 1083 31 1109 30 2192
33 Sally Svendelin  Switzerland 1119 25 1072 37 2191
34 Anna-Lisa Berglund  Sweden 1070 34 1115 26 2185
35 Carla Nolpa  West Germany 1074 33 1091 35 2165
36 Doljin Demberel  Mongolia 1040 36 1102 34 2152
37 Tjoeij Lin Alienilin  Indonesia 1012 38 1088 36 2100
38 Shue Meei-Shya  Republic of China 1038 37 988 38 2026
39 Viola Muir  Canada 981 40 974 39 1955
40 Brit Stav  Norway 1003 39 926 40 1929

References

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  1. ^ "Archery at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's Individual". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
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