1973 World Archery Championships

1973 World Archery Championships
Location	Grenoble, France
Start date	23 July 1973
End date	29 July 1973
Competitors	183

The 1973 World Archery Championships was the 27th edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Grenoble, France in July 1973 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA). It was the first World Championships to be held since Archery became an Olympic sport.

Events

Recurve

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual	Victor Sidoruk Soviet Union	Kyosti Laasonen Finland	Stephen Lieberman United States
Men's team	United States Stephen Lieberman Edwin Murray Eliason Larry Smith	Soviet Union Victor Sidoruk Alexandr Panzhin Alexandr Aulov	Finland Kyosti Laasonen Aaro Myllymaki Emiel Vercaigne
Women's individual	Linda Myers United States	Valentina Kovpan Soviet Union	Emma Gapchenko Soviet Union
Women's team	Soviet Union Valentina Kovpan Emma Gapchenko Keto Lossaberidze	United States Linda Myers Doreen Wilber Debbie Green	Great Britain Pauline Edwards Barbara Strickland Pam White

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	2	2	1	5
2	United States (USA)	2	1	1	4
3	Finland (FIN)	0	1	1	2
4	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		4	4	4	12

External links

• World Archery website
• Complete results