1950 World Archery Championships

1950 World Archery Championships
1950 World Archery Championships
Location	Copenhagen, Denmark
Start date	26 July 1950
End date	30 July 1950
Competitors	112

The 1950 World Archery Championships was the 14th edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Copenhagen, Denmark in July 1950 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA). ^[1] In the men's competition, Hans Deutgen won his fourth straight championship, a record which remains unbroken. Uponn being presented with his gold medal, he passed it to the third place Russ Reynolds, who was suffering from leukemia.^[2]

Events

Recurve

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual	Hans Deutgen Sweden	Einar Tang-Holbeck Denmark	Russ Reynolds United States
Men's team	Denmark	Sweden	Czechoslovakia
Women's individual	Jean Lee United States	Jean Richards United States	Ragnhild Windahl Sweden
Women's team	Finland	Sweden	Great Britain

Medal table

References

^ Ludivine. "Microsoft Word - WM50.doc" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-08-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

[1] Ludivine. "Microsoft Word - WM50.doc" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2013-06-18.

[2] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-08-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[2]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden (SWE)	1	2	1	4
2	United States (USA)	1	1	1	3
3	Denmark (DEN)	1	1	0	2
4	Finland (FIN)	1	0	0	1
5	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	1
5	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		4	4	4	12