Archery at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
| Archery at the Paralympic Games | |
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| Venue | Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí |
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| Dates | September 2016 |
| Competitors | 140 |
| Archery at the 2016 Summer Paralympics |
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| Compound open | ||||
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| Recurve open | ||||
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| Compound W1 | ||||
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Archery at the 2016 Summer Paralympics will be held between 10 and 17 September 2016 at the Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí[1] in the Maracana zone of Rio de Janeiro, and shall consist of nine events.[2] The make up of those events has changed substantially from the 2012 games, and now consists of three men's events, three women's events and three events for mixed gender teams. Men, women and mixed teams will each compete in two events for compound bow, one for wheelchair athletes, the other open, and an open event for recurve bow, the bow used for all Olympic events.
Classification and events
Paralympic archers are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allowed archers to compete against others with a similar level of function. The categories have been reduced by one for 2016, with the two wheelchair classifications combined, and the replacement of 'standing' with an 'open' category. The W1 classification for wheelchair archers has been retained.[2]
There are two categories of competition in Paralympic archery:
- Open - Athletes have an impairment in the legs and use a wheelchair or have a balance impairment and shoot standing or resting on a stool. Open category athletes may shoot in six events, in both recurve or compound competitions, under standard rules;
- W1 - Athletes may have impairment in the legs and make use of a wheelchair. W1 athletes may shoot either a recurve or a compound bow modified from standard rules, across three events. There are no separate competitions for the two disciplines, and in practice the W1 contests will be predominantly compound bow, as these take less power to wield than the recurve.[1]
A third category, V1, for visually impaired archers, is not part of the 2016 Games.[1]
| Men's individual | Women's individual | Mixed pair | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compound | Recurve | Compound | Recurve | Compound | Recurve | |||
| W1 | Open | Open | W1 | Open | Open | W1 | Open | Open |
Qualification
Individual events
A National Paralympic Committee (NPC) may be allocated a maximum of thirteen qualification slots across the nine events, except for the NPCs of the 2015 Para Archery World Champions. It may also qualify a maximum of three archers per individual event, and may field a team of one man and one woman in the mixed gender team events, selected from individual qualifiers.
The majority of quota places are award for performances in the 2015 World Championships, and the continental qualification events (including the 2015 Parapan American Games). A smaller number are then awarded, if applicable, to the host nation, to the highest ranked archers at a Final Paralympic Qualifying tournament, and under the discretion of the tripartite committee.
Qualification summary
* As of 7 April 2016, following European Qualification Event
| Nation | Men | Women | Mxd Pair | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compound W1 | Compound Open | Recurve Open | Compound W1 | Compound Open | Recurve Open | Compound W1 | Compound Open | Recurve Open | Athletes | |
 China | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | x | x | x | 14 |
 Russia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | x | x | x | 11 |
 Brazil | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | x | x | x | 10 |
 Great Britain | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | x | x | x | 10 |
 United States | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | x | - | x | 9 |
 Italy | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | x | x | 8 |
 South Korea | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | x | x | 7 |
 Turkey | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | x | - | 5 |
 Iran | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | x | 5 |
 France | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
 Germany | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
 Thailand | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
 Canada | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | x | - | 2 |
 Poland | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | x | 2 |
 Finland | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
 Slovakia | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
 Ukraine | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
 Mongolia | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
 Czech Republic | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
 Australia | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
 South Africa | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
 Switzerland | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
 Iraq | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
 Spain | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
 Greece | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
 Latvia | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
 Japan | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Mixed team events
There is no direct qualification for the mixed pairs events, and an NPC may enter one team (1 man, 1 woman) per event if they have qualified those archers from individual events. However, since Rio 2016 quota places in individual events were awarded to the top finishers in the equivalent mixed pairs event at the 2015 World Para Archery Championships in Donau, Germany, a minimum number of teams per event is guaranteed.
At the time of writing, the following teams have qualified the necessary archers to take part in a mixed team event at Rio 2016:
| Qualifiers for team events at the Paralympic Games 2016 - Archery*[3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Compound W1 |
Compound Open |
Recurve Open |
| Qualifiers | China Great Britain Russia United States Brazil |
China Great Britain Italy South Korea Russia Turkey Canada Brazil |
China Great Britain Italy South Korea Russia United States Brazil Iran Poland Thailand |
| Teams | 5 | 8 | 10 |
* As of 26 February 2016
Competition schedule
Competition lasts from 10 to 17 September. Each day from 11 September, 10 September being the Ranking Round for all archers, contains a morning and afternoon session, and will see at least one set of medals awarded.
| OC | Opening ceremony | RR | Ranking round | ● | Event finals | CC | Closing ceremony |
| September 2016 | 7 Wed |
8 Thu |
9 Fri |
10 Sat |
11 Sun |
12 Mon |
13 Tue |
14 Wed |
15 Thu |
16 Fri |
17 Sat |
18 Sun |
Gold medals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Archery |
OC | RR | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● ● | ● ● | CC | 9 |
The full daily schedule is set out below.
| Schedule at the Paralympic Games 2016 - Archery*[1] | |||||
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| Date | Morning Session | Evening Session | Date | Morning Session | Evening Session |
| 10 September | All Events | 14 September | Men's Compound Open | ||
| Ranking Rounds | 1/16 eliminations | 1/8 eliminations Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze medal match Gold medal match | |||
| 11 September | Team Recurve Open |
15 September | Women's Recurve Open | ||
| 1/8 eliminations | Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze medal match Gold medal match |
1/16 eliminations | 1/8 eliminations Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze medal match Gold medal match | ||
| 12 September | Team Compound Open |
16 September | Women's Compound Open | Men's Compound W1 | |
| 1/8 eliminations | Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze medal match Gold medal match |
1/8 eliminations Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze medal match Gold medal match |
1/8 eliminations Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze medal match Gold medal match | ||
| 13 September | Men's Recurve Open | 17 September | Women's Compound W1 | Team Compound W1 | |
| 1/16 eliminations | 1/8 eliminations Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze medal match Gold medal match |
1/8 eliminations Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze medal match Gold medal match |
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze medal match Gold medal match | ||
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 Ticket Guide, published by rio2016.org, official website of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
- 1 2
- ↑ Rio2016 - Paralympic Archery Qualifiers as of 1 September 2015.
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