1985 World Archery Championships

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1985 World Archery Championships
LocationSeoul, South Korea
Start date1 October
End date5 October

The 1985 World Archery Championships was the 33rd edition of the event. It was held in Seoul, South Korea on 1–5 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[edit]

Recurve[edit]

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
Liudmila Arzhanikova
 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[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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)

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