– EVENTS: Men: individual, 90-meter, 70, 50, 30; team, 70. Women: individual, 70, 60, 50, 30; team, 70.
– FORMAT: Each country may enter three men and three women to compete for individual and team medals.
In the preliminary round over the first two days of competition, archers will shoot 36 arrows from each of four distances. The top 32 contestants advance to the elimination rounds, where they shoot 12 arrows from 70 meters. Semifinal winners meet for the gold and silver medals; losers meet for the bronze.
In team competition, the top 16 men`s and women`s teams (three archers per country) will be selected by their scores from the qualification rounds and will be placed in single match-play elimination. Each match will consist of nine arrows per archer, shot on a target face at 70 meters.
– MEDAL WATCH: Since archery`s return to the Olympics in 1972, American men have won every gold medal except during the U.S. boycott year of 1980, and 1988 gold medalist Jay Barrs will be a strong contender again. Since the Seoul Games, he has won the 1991 U.S. field championships, placed second in the U.S. indoors and fourth in the 1991 U.S. nationals. Rick McKinney, sixth in the 1988 Olympic Games, also is a medal contender. He won the 1991 U.S. indoors and placed second at the 1991 U.S. field and 1991 Arizona Cup. McKinney will be competing in his fourth Olympics.
Denise Parker is the one to watch in the women`s division. She has won the U.S. indoors three straight years. She won a gold medal in the `91 Junior World Championships in Norway and set a U.S. outdoor record at the `90 Arizona Cup.
