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1969 World Field Archery Championships

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1969 World Field Archery Championships
LocationUnited States Pennsylvania, United States
Start date18 August
End date19 August
Competitors59 from 13 nations
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The 1969 World Field Archery Championships were held in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, United States. This was the inaugural World Field Championships and differed from normal target archery played at Olympic and Commonwealth level. Field archery involved different sized targets, distances and gradients on a field course. [1] [2] [3]

Medal summary (Men's individual)

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Barebow Men's individual
United States Warren Cowles United States Emil Lehan Finland Pekka Mertanen
Freestyle Men's individual
United States Richard Branstetter Jr. Australia Hans Wright Finland Kyösti Laasonen

Medal summary (Women's individual)

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Barebow Women's individual
United States Raye Dabelow Sweden Ingegard Grandqvist United States La Rue Bruce
Freestyle Women's individual
Sweden Irma Danielsson Sweden Kerstin Beije United States Janet Ashbaugh

Medal summary (team events)

No team event held at this championships.


References

  1. ^ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Results" (PDF). World Archery.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Past Results" (PDF). Olympic Information Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-12. Retrieved 2015-10-18.