1985 World Archery Championships

1985 World Archery Championships
LocationSeoul, South Korea
Start date1 October
End date5 October
โ† 1983
1987 โ†’

The 1985 World Archery Championships was the 33rd edition of the event. It was held in Seoul, South Korea on 1โ€“5 October 1985 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA).[1]

In this competition, the Korean men's team broke the United States' 26-year reign as champions.[2]

Medals summary

Recurve

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual Richard McKinney
 United States
Koo Ja-chong
 South Korea
Takayoshi Matsushita
 Japan
Women's individual Irina Soldatova
 Soviet Union
Lyudmila Arzhannikova
 Soviet Union
Kim Jin-ho
 South Korea
Men's team  South Korea  United States  Sweden
Women's team  Soviet Union  South Korea  West Germany

Medals table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union2103
2 South Korea1214
3 United States1102
4 Japan0011
 Sweden0011
 West Germany0011
Totals (6 entries)44412

References

  1. ^ "Seoul 1985 World Archery Championships".
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-06-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)