1969 World Archery Championships

1969 World Archery Championships
Location	Valley Forge, United States
Start date	11 August 1969
End date	20 August 1969
Competitors	153

The 169 World Archery Championships was the 25th edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Valley Forge National Historical Park, United States in August 1969 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA).[1][2][3]

This was the first time the event was held outside of Europe, and was held alongside the inaugural World Field Archery Championships. It was also the first event which saw representation from the Soviet Union.

Events

Recurve

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual	Hardy Ward United States	John Williams United States	Graeme Telford Australia
Men's team	United States	Denmark	Great Britain
Women's individual	Dorothy Lidstone Canada	Doreen Wilber United States	Nina Kozina Soviet Union
Women's team	Soviet Union	Canada	Poland

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	2	2	0	4
2	Canada (CAN)	1	1	0	2
3	Soviet Union (URS)	1	0	1	2
4	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
5	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		4	4	4	12

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References

Ludivine. "Microsoft Word - WM69.doc" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-20. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2202&dat=19690818&id=gj0mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0v4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=5496,1191132
OLYMPIC ENCYCLOPEDIA APRIL 1985 GYMNASTICS AND ARCHERY (PDF). COMITE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIQUE. 1985. pp. 53, 54. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-12. Retrieved 2018-09-09.

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[1] Ludivine. "Microsoft Word - WM69.doc" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-20. Retrieved 2013-06-18.

[2] ttps://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2202&dat=19690818&id=gj0mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0v4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=5496,1191132

[3] OLYMPIC ENCYCLOPEDIA APRIL 1985 GYMNASTICS AND ARCHERY (PDF). COMITE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIQUE. 1985. pp. 53, 54. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-12. Retrieved 2018-09-09.