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Archery At The 1996 Summer Olympics
Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta consisted of four events, two for men and two for women. The events were held in neighboring Stone Mountain. All archery was done at a range of 70 metres. 64 archers competed in each the men's individual and women's individual competitions. They began with a 72-arrow ranking round. This was followed by three elimination rounds, in which archers competed head-to-head in 18-arrow matches. After these rounds, there were 8 archers left. The quarterfinals, semifinals, and medal matches (collectively termed the "finals round") were 12-arrow matches. In all matches, losers were eliminated and received a final rank determined by their score in that round, with the exception of the semifinals. The losers of the semifinals competed in the bronze medal match. Medal summary Men Women Participating nations Forty-one nations contributed archers to compete in the events. Medal table See also * Archery at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stone Mountain
Stone Mountain is a quartz monzonite dome Inselberg, monadnock and the site of Stone Mountain Park, east of Atlanta, Georgia. Outside the park is the city of Stone Mountain, Georgia. The park is the most visited tourist site in the state of Georgia. Stone Mountain, once owned by the Venable Brothers, was purchased by the state of Georgia in 1958 "as a memorial to the Confederacy." Stone Mountain Park officially opened on April 14, 1965 – 100 years to the day after Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln's assassination, although recreational use of the park had been ongoing for several years prior. The park today is owned by the state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. The mountain, which ranges in composition from quartz monzonite to granite and granodiorite, is more than in circumference at its base. The summit of the mountain can be reached by a walk-up trail on the west side of the mountain or by the Skyride aerial tram. At its summit, the elevation is AMSL, abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archery At The Summer Olympics
Archery had its debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics and has been contested in 18 Olympiads. 105 nations have competed in the Olympic archery events, with France appearing the most often at 15 times. The most noticeable trend has been the excellence of South Korean archers, who have won 32 out of 44 gold medals in archery events since 1984. Olympic archery is governed by the World Archery Federation (WA; formerly FITA). Recurve archery is the only discipline of archery featured at the Olympic Games. Archery is also an event at the Summer Paralympics. Summary ;Key Archery events not held Olympic Games not held History The second Olympic Games, Paris 1900, saw the first appearance of archery. Seven men's disciplines in varying distances were contested. At the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, six archery events were contested, of which three were men's and three were women's competitions. Team archery was introduced, as was women's archery. At the 1908 Summer Olympics, three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archery At The 1996 Summer Olympics
Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta consisted of four events, two for men and two for women. The events were held in neighboring Stone Mountain. All archery was done at a range of 70 metres. 64 archers competed in each the men's individual and women's individual competitions. They began with a 72-arrow ranking round. This was followed by three elimination rounds, in which archers competed head-to-head in 18-arrow matches. After these rounds, there were 8 archers left. The quarterfinals, semifinals, and medal matches (collectively termed the "finals round") were 12-arrow matches. In all matches, losers were eliminated and received a final rank determined by their score in that round, with the exception of the semifinals. The losers of the semifinals competed in the bronze medal match. Medal summary Men Women Participating nations Forty-one nations contributed archers to compete in the events. Medal table See also * Archery at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archery At The 1996 Summer Paralympics
Archery at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of eight events. Medal table Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Medal summary See also *Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics References * {{Paralympic Games Archery Archery at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, Events at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Archery at the Summer Paralympics, 1996 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Nowicka
Joanna Nowicka (née Kwaśna born 25 July 1966 in Kołobrzeg) is a Polish archer, who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. At the 1996 Olympic Games she won the bronze medal in the Women's Team Competition (together with Iwona Dzięcioł and Katarzyna Klata Katarzyna Klata (née Kowalska, born 18 October 1972 in Sochaczew, Mazowieckie, Poland) is a Polish archery, archer who was a member of the Polish squad that won the team bronze medals at the Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summ ...). For her sport achievements, she received: Silver Cross of Merit in 1996. External linksProfile on Polish Olympic Committee 1966 births Living people Polish female archers Archers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Archers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Archers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic archers for Poland Sportspeople from Kołobrzeg Olympic medalists in archery Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarzyna Klata
Katarzyna Klata (née Kowalska, born 18 October 1972 in Sochaczew, Mazowieckie, Poland) is a Polish archery, archer who was a member of the Polish squad that won the team bronze medals at the Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics. She also competed in the individual event, finishing in 25th place. References External links * * * * 1972 births Living people Polish female archers Olympic archers for Poland Olympic bronze medalists for Poland Olympic medalists in archery Archers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics People from Sochaczew Sportspeople from Masovian Voivodeship 20th-century Polish sportswomen {{Poland-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iwona Marcinkiewicz
Iwona Marcinkiewicz (; born Iwona Dzięcioł, 23 May 1975 in Warsaw) is an athlete from Poland. She competes in archery. Marcinkiewicz represented Poland at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. For her sport achievements, she received: Silver Cross of Merit in 1996. 1996 Summer Olympics At 1996 Summer Olympics she placed 57th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 599. In the first round of elimination, she faced 8th-ranked Kim Kyung-Wook of Korea and lost 157-164 in the 18-arrow match to the future Olympic gold medalist. Dzięcioł finished 33rd in women's individual archery. In team competition, together with Joanna Nowicka and Katarzyna Klata, she defeated Russia 233-229. Then in the quarterfinals, her team defeated Ukraine 242-235. In the semifinals, her Polish team lost to Korea 237-245. In the third place match, Marcinkiewicz's team defeated Turkey 244-139, winning a bronze medal. 2004 Summer Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Wagner-Sachse
Sandra Wagner-Sachse (born September 9, 1969) is an archer from Germany who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October .... She won a silver medal in the 1996 team event and a bronze medal in the 2000 team event. References 1969 births Olympic archers for Germany Archers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in archery German female archers Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics {{Germany-Olympic-medalist-stub Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics 20th-century German sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelia Pfohl
Cornelia Pfohl (born 23 February 1971) is a German archer who contested four consecutive Summer Olympic Games from 1992 to 2004. She is a two-time Olympic medalist in the women's team event, winning silver medal in 1996 and bronze medal in 2000. She attracted attention at both the 2000 and 2004 Olympics for competing while pregnant with her first and second child respectively. Career Olympic career ;1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics Pfohl made her Olympic debut at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, finishing forty-fourth overall in the women's individual event. She was also a member of the German team that finished the women's team competition in tenth place. At the 1996 Summer Olympics Pfohl reached the final of the women's team event. With Germany leading their opponents South Korea by a single point with nine of the match's twenty-seven arrows left, Pfohl shot into the outermost ring of the target, scoring just one point and allowing South Korea to pull ahead to win the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Mensing
Barbara Mensing (born 23 September 1960 in Herten, North Rhine-Westphalia) is an archer from Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu .... References * 1960 births Living people People from Herten Sportspeople from Münster (region) German female archers Olympic archers for Germany Archers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in archery Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Archery Championships medalists Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics 20th-century German sportswomen {{Germany-archery-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
