List of Olympic venues in archery

Bois de Vincennes hosted the first archery competitions for the Summer Olympics at Paris in 1900.
Panathinaiko Stadium hosted the archery competitions and the marathon finish for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

For the Summer Olympics, there are 16 venues that have been or will be used for archery.

Games Venue Other sports hosted at venue for games Capacity Ref.
1900 Paris Bois de Vincennes None Not listed. [1]
1904 St. Louis Francis Field Athletics, Cycling, Football, Gymnastics, Lacrosse, Roque, Tennis, Tug of war, Weightlifting, and Wrestling 19,000. [2]
1908 London White City Stadium Athletics, Cycling (track), Diving, Field hockey, Football, Gymnastics, Lacrosse, Rugby union, Swimming, Tug of war, Water polo (final), Wrestling97,000. [3]
1920 Antwerp Nachtegalen Park None Not listed. [4]
1972 Munich Bogenschießlage None 1,100 [5]
1976 Montreal Olympic Archery Field, Joliette None 2,000 [6]
1980 Moscow Krylatskoye Sports Complex Archery Field None 3,000 [7]
1984 Los Angeles El Dorado Park None 4,000 [8]
1988 Seoul Hwarang Archery Field None 1,200 [9]
1992 Barcelona Olympic Archery Field None Not listed. [10]
1996 Atlanta Stone Mountain Park Archery Center and Velodrome Cycling (track) 5,200 (archery)
6,000 (cycling track)		 [11] [12]
2000 Sydney Sydney International Archery Park None 17,500 [13]
2004 Athens Panathinaiko Stadium Athletics (marathon finish) 7,500 (archery)
34,500 (athletics marathon finish)		 [14]
2008 Beijing Olympic Green Archery Field None 5,000 [15]
2012 London Lord's Cricket Ground None 6,500 (temporary) [16]
2016 Rio de Janeiro Sambódromo Athletics (marathon) 36,000 [17]

References

  1. ↑ Sports-reference.com Summer Olympics Paris 27 May - 14 August 1900 men's archery au chapelet 33 m results. Accessed 14 November 2010.
  2. ↑ Spalding's report of the 1904 Summer Olympics. pp. 222-9, 233-47. Accessed 4 October 2010.
  3. ↑ 1908 Summer Olympics official report. pp. 32-5, 40. Accessed 5 October 2010.
  4. ↑ Sports-reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics archery profile.
  5. ↑ 1972 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 2. pp. 142-5. Accessed 8 November 2010.
  6. ↑ 1976 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 190–3. Accessed 14 November 2010.
  7. ↑ 1980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 95-6. Accessed 18 November 2010.
  8. ↑ 1984 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 94-6. Accessed 24 November 2010.
  9. ↑ 1988 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. p. 200. Accessed 1 December 2010.
  10. ↑ 1992 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 239-41. Accessed 6 December 2010.
  11. ↑ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. p. 543. Accessed 9 December 2010.
  12. ↑ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 3. pp. 448, 453. Accessed 9 December 2010.
  13. ↑ 2000 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. p. 387. Accessed 16 December 2010.
  14. ↑ 2004 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 237, 242, 244. Accessed 24 December 2010.
  15. ↑ "Beijing Olympic Green Archery Field". Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  16. ↑ London2012.com profile of Hyde Park. Accessed 30 December 2010.
  17. ↑ "Sambódromo", Rio de Janeiro 2016 Candidate File (PDF) 2, (BOC), February 16, 2009, pp. 104–109, retrieved December 2, 2009.
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