The 2011

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was the 46th edition of the event. It was held in

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on 2–10 July 2011 and was organized by International Archery Federation (FITA). The event was contested in two different areas. The preliminary rounds were held at the

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(10km south-west of Turin) and the finals were held at the Piazza Castello in

. The top eight teams in the recurve competition for men and women qualified for the

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, as eight athletes from NOC's not already qualified qualified quotas for their countries.

Medals table

Medals summary

Recurve

Compound

Participating nations

At the close of preliminary registrations, 87 nations registered a record number of athletes. * (2) * (5) * (7) * (6) * (3) * (9) * (9) * (6) * (9) * (4) * (12) * (5) * (6) * (3) * (11) * (5) * (3) * (6) * (9) * (10) * (1) * (10) * (6) * (6) * (12) * (12) * (12) * (6) * (12) * (10) * (7) * (1) * (8) * (12) * (12) * (12) * (6) * (11) * (3) * (12) * (8) * (8) * (2) * (7) * (8) * (6) * (6) * (6) * (12) * (4) * (7) * (1) * (6) * (4) * (3) * (12) * (8) * (8) * (6) * (7) * (3) * (6) * (6) * (7) * (9) * (12) * (6) * (4) * (6) * (11) * (12) * (7) * (11) * (12) * (12) * (6) * (12) * (8) * (4) * (8) * (10) * (6) * (6) * (12) * (12) * (12)

References

External links

Official website
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World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

World Archery World Archery (WA, formerly ''Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc'' (FITA)) is the governing body of the sport of archery. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is composed of 156 national federations and other archery associations, a ...

Archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a Bow and arrow, bow to shooting, shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting ...

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