1979 World Archery Championships

1979 World Archery Championships
Location	Berlin, Germany
Start date	14 July 1979
End date	22 July 1979
Competitors	168

The 1979 World Archery Championships was the 30th edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Berlin, Germany in July 1979 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA). The 1979 event marked the first Championship gold medals for South Korea, in the women's team and individual events, have since dominated World Archery Federation events until the present day.^[1]

Events

Recurve

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual	Darrell Pace United States (USA)	Richard McKinney United States (USA)	Rodney Baston United States (USA)
Men's team	United States Darrell Pace Richard McKinney Rodney Baston	Germany Harry Wittig Armin Garnreiter Willi Muller	Belgium Patrick de Koning Marnix Vervinck Emiel Vercaigne
Women's individual	Kim Jin-Ho South Korea (KOR)	Judi Adams United States (USA)	Carole Mary Toy Australia (AUS)
Women's team	South Korea Park Young-Suk Kim Jin-Ho Hwang Sook-Zoo	Australia Carole Mary Toy Terry Eva Donovan Leah Margaret Feldt	United Kingdom Sue Willcox Rachel Fenwick Joyce Asher

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	2	2	1	5
2	South Korea	2	-	-	2
3	Australia	-	1	1	2
4	Germany	-	1	-	1
5	Great Britain	-	-	1	1
5	Belgium	-	-	1	1

References

↑ Ludivine. "Microsoft Word - WM79.doc" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2013-06-20. Retrieved 2013-06-17.

External links

World Archery Championships

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List of medalists

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