1957 World Archery Championships

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1957 World Archery Championships
LocationCzechoslovakia Prague, Czechoslovakia
Start date18 July 1957
End date21 July 1957
Competitors88

The 1957 World Archery Championships was the 18th edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Prague, Czechoslovakia in July 1957 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA). All individual medals were won by archers from the United States. It also marked the first Championship where archers from one country won all events, a feat the United States went on to repeat in 1959, 1961 and 1963.[1][2]

Events

Recurve

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual O.K. Smathers
 United States 		Joe Fries
 United States 		Sylvester Chessman
 United States
Men's team  United States  Sweden  Finland
Women's individual Carole Meinhart
 United States 		Ann Clark
 United States 		Betty Schmidt
 United States
Women's team  United States  Czechoslovakia  Great Britain

Medal table

1  United States 4 2 2 8
2  Czechoslovakia - 1 - 1
 Sweden - 1 - 1
4  Finland - - 1 1
 Great Britain - - 1 1

References

  1. ^ Ludivine. "Microsoft Word - WM57.doc" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-20. Retrieved 2013-06-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19580405&id=3w4wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gg8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7103,2178707

External links

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