Australia and Archery

Australia has been represented in archery at every Olympics since Munich 1972. Simon Fairweather won Australia’s first archery medal when he won the individual men’s event at Sydney 2000 nine years after being world champion. In Athens four years later Tim Cuddihy, still a schoolboy, finished third in the individual men’s event.

For many years, it was thought that Donald MacKintosh had won Australia’s first archery medal, a gold, in the game shooting event in Paris in 1900. It took almost ninety years for it to be confirmed that the game shooting was in fact a shooting event.

Olympic History

Archery became an Olympic sport for men and women in Paris in 1900 and continued at St Louis 1904, London 1908 and Antwerp 1920 after which it was removed from the Olympic program. Archery returned to the Olympic fold in Munich in 1972 with men’s and women’s individual events. Events for three-person teams were added in Seoul in 1988.

Current World Records

Click here to access the IOC Current World Records (as at 25 September, 2007)

Gold Medal Winners at the Past Three Olympic Games

Men Individual
Atlanta 1996 - Justin HUISH (USA)
Sydney 2000 - Simon FAIRWEATHER (AUS)
Athens 2004 - Marco GALLIAZO (ITA)

Women Individual
Atlanta 1996 - Kim KYUNG-WOOK (KOR)
Sydney 2000 - Mi-Jin YUN (KOR)
Athens 2004 - Sung Hyun PARK (KOR)

Men Team
Atlanta 1996 - USA
Sydney 2000 - KOREA
Athens 2004 - KOREA

Women Team
Atlanta 1996 - KOREA
Sydney 2000 - KOREA
Athens 2004 - KOREA