Archery at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

The archery competition at the 2010 Commonwealth Games was held at the Yamuna Sports Complex between 4 and 10 October. This was the second games appearance of the optional Commonwealth Games sport, almost thirty years after its debut at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.[1] Twenty-three nations entered archers into the tournament.[2]

Medal count

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 England 4 3 0 7
2 India 3 1 4 8
3 Australia 1 0 1 2
4 Canada 0 3 1 4
5 Malaysia 0 1 0 1
6 South Africa 0 0 2 2
Total 8 8 8 24

Events

Archery at the Commonwealth Games is target archery, where competitors shoot arrows at outdoor targets at marked distances. Eight events are included: four each for women and men, with separate events for recurve and compound bows.[2] The events are:

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's recurve individual
Rahul Banerjee
 India
Jason Lyon
 Canada
Jayanta Talukdar
 India
Men's recurve team
Matthew Gray
Mat Masonwells
and Taylor Worth
 Australia
Muhammad Abdul Rahim
Chu Cheng
and Arif Ibrahim Putra
 Malaysia
Rahul Banerjee
Tarundeep Rai
and Jayanta Talukdar
 India
Men's compound individual
Duncan Busby
 England
Christopher White
 England
Septimus Cilliers
 South Africa
Men's compound team
Duncan Busby
Liam Grimwood
and Christopher White
 England
Ritul Chatterjee
and Jignas Chittibomma
Chinna Raju Srither
 India
Nico Benade
Septimus Cilliers
and Kobus de Wet
 South Africa

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's recurve individual
Deepika Kumari
 India
Alison Williamson
 England
Dola Banerjee
 India
Women's recurve team
Dola Banerjee
Deepika Kumari
and Bombayla Devi Laishram
 India
Naomi Folkard
Amy Oliver
and Alison Williamson
 England
Marie-Pier Beaudet
Alana Macdougall
and Kateri Vrakking
 Canada
Women's compound individual
Nicky Hunt
 England
Doris Jones
 Canada
Cassie McCall
 Australia
Women's compound team
Danielle Brown
Nicky Hunt
and Nichola Simpson
 England
Camille Bouffard-Demers
Doris Jones
and Ashley Wallace
 Canada
Bheigyabati Chanu
Jhano Hansdah
and Gagandeep Kaur
 India

Venues

Participating nations

References

  1. "Archery". Organising Committee Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Provisional List of Participants" (PDF). World Archery. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 September 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2010.

See also

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