This is a List of World Championships medalists in outdoor target archery. The World Archery Championships are one of the three pinnacle events organised by the World Archery Federation and the event with the longest continuous history, the others being the Olympic archery competition (1972–) and the World Cup (2006–).
Host cities
| Number | Year | Location | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1931 |  Lwów
|
2 |
| 2 | 1932 | Warsaw
|
2 |
| 3 | 1933 |  London
|
4 |
| 4 | 1934 |  Båstad
|
4 |
| 5 | 1935 |  Brussels
|
4 |
| 6 | 1936 |  Prague
|
4 |
| 7 | 1937 |  Paris
|
4 |
| 8 | 1938 | London
|
4 |
| 9 | 1939 |  Oslo
|
4 |
| 10 | 1946 | Stockholm
|
4 |
| 11 | 1947 | Prague
|
4 |
| 12 | 1948 | London
|
4 |
| 13 | 1949 | Paris
|
4 |
| 14 | 1950 |  Copenhagen
|
4 |
| 15 | 1952 | Brussels
|
4 |
| 16 | 1954 | Oslo
|
4 |
| 17 | 1955 |  Helsinki
|
4 |
| 18 | 1957 | Prague
|
4 |
| 19 | 1958 | Brussels
|
4 |
| 20 | 1959 | Stockholm
|
4 |
| 21 | 1961 | Oslo
|
4 |
| 22 | 1963 | Helsinki
|
4 |
| 23 | 1965 | Västerås
|
4 |
| 24 | 1967 |  Amersfoort
|
4 |
| 25 | 1969 |  Valley Forge
|
4 |
| 26 | 1971 | York
|
4 |
| 27 | 1973 | Grenoble
|
4 |
| 28 | 1975 |  Interlaken
|
4 |
| 29 | 1977 |  Canberra
|
4 |
| 30 | 1979 |  Berlin
|
4 |
| 31 | 1981 |  Punta Ala
|
4 |
| 32 | 1983 | Los Angeles
|
4 |
| 33 | 1985 |  Seoul
|
4 |
| 34 | 1987 | Adelaide
|
4 |
| 35 | 1989 | Lausanne
|
4 |
| 36 | 1991 |  Kraków
|
4 |
| 37 | 1993 |  Antalya
|
4 |
| 38 | 1995 |  Jakarta
|
8 |
| 39 | 1997 |  Victoria
|
8 |
| 40 | 1999 | Riom
|
8 |
| 41 | 2001 |  Beijing
|
8 |
| 42 | 2003 | New York
|
8 |
| 43 | 2005 |  Madrid
|
8 |
| 44 | 2007 | Leipzig
|
8 |
| 45 | 2009 |  Ulsan
|
8 |
| 46 | 2011 | Turin
|
10 |
| 47 | 2013 | Belek
|
10 |
| 48 | 2015 | Copenhagen
|
10 |
| 49 | 2017 |  Mexico City
|
10 |
| 50 | 2019 | 's-Hertogenbosch
|
10 |
| 51 | 2021 | Yankton
|
10 |
| 52 | 2023 | Berlin
|
10 |
Champions
Recurve
Note: 1. Unofficial; 2. Disputed
Compound
Recurve
Men's individual
Competition format:
- 1933–1955: International long and short rounds (various)
- 1957–1985: FITA round (90m, 70m, 50m, 30m)
- 1987–: Olympic round (set system from 2011)
Women's individual
Competition format:
- 1933–1955: International long and short rounds (various)
- 1957–1985: FITA round (70m, 60m, 50m, 30m)
- 1987–: Olympic round
Men's team
Competition format:
- 1933–1955: International long and short rounds (various), cumulative total of leading archers per country (1933–36 unofficial)
- 1957–1985: FITA round (90m, 70m, 50m, 30m), cumulative total of leading archers per country
- 1987–: Olympic round
Women's team
Competition format:
- 1933–1955: International long and short rounds (various), cumulative total of leading archers per country (1933–36 unofficial)
- 1957–1985: FITA round (90m, 70m, 50m, 30m), cumulative total of leading archers per country
- 1987–: Olympic round
Mixed team (2011–)
Competition format:
- 2011–: Olympic round
Mixed individual
| Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 Lwów
|
Michal Sawicki (POL)
|
Janina Kurkowska (POL)
|
Rene Allexandre (FRA)
|
| 1932 Warsaw
|
Laurent Reth (BEL)
|
Zbigniew Kosinski (POL)
|
Janina Kurkowska (POL)
|
Mixed team (1931–32)
- The mixed team event was an unofficial event
| Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 Lwów
|
France men
|
Poland men
|
Poland women
|
| 1932 Warsaw
|
Poland men
|
Poland women
|
France men
|
Compound
Men's individual
Women's individual
Men's team
Women's team
Mixed team (2011–)
All-time medal table (1931–2023)
Including medals earned in the unofficial team events in 1931–1936[4][5]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 66 | 26 | 27 | 119 |
| 2 |  United States | 65 | 39 | 34 | 138 |
| 3 | Sweden | 19 | 22 | 23 | 64 |
| 4 | Poland | 18 | 16 | 12 | 46 |
| 5 |  Soviet Union | 14 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Great Britain | 11 | 19 | 26 | 56 |
| 7 | Italy | 11 | 9 | 9 | 29 |
| 8 | France | 9 | 16 | 16 | 41 |
| 9 | Denmark | 7 | 13 | 9 | 29 |
| 10 | Czechoslovakia | 7 | 5 | 9 | 21 |
| 11 |  Russia | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 12 | Finland | 6 | 12 | 10 | 28 |
| 13 | Belgium | 5 | 9 | 9 | 23 |
| 14 |  Colombia | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 15 |  Chinese Taipei | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 16 |  India | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
| 17 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 18 | China | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 19 | Germany | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 20 | Australia | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| 21 | Netherlands | 1 | 8 | 7 | 16 |
| 22 | Turkey | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 23 | Norway | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 24 | West Germany | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 25 |  Ukraine | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 26 |  Hungary | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 27 |  Iran | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 |  Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 30 |  Chile | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Moldova | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 33 | Mexico | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 34 |  Japan | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 35 |  South Africa | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 36 |  Brazil | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 North Korea | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 38 |  Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Georgia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Russian Archery Federation | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 44 |  Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 El Salvador | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (51 entries) | 279 | 277 | 275 | 831 | |
See also
References
- ^ "Outdoor Archery World Championships Individual Medallists" (PDF). Archery.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Outdoor Archery World Championships Individual Medallists" (PDF). Archery.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- ^ "Outdoor Medallists" (PDF). Archery.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- ^ "Team Medalists" (PDF). Archery.org. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- History of FITA 1931–1961 by Robert Rhode
- Archery Champions by Robert Rhode
- FITA World Championships home page
- FITA World Championships results
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