1969 World Archery Championships

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]

1969 World Archery Championships
Location Valley Forge, United States
Start date11 August 1969
End date20 August 1969
Competitors153

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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)2204
2 Canada (CAN)1102
3 Soviet Union (URS)1012
4 Denmark (DEN)0101
5 Australia (AUS)0011
 Great Britain (GBR)0011
 Poland (POL)0011
Totals (7 nations)44412


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References

  1. Ludivine. "Microsoft Word - WM69.doc" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-20. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
  2. https://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.
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