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Archery at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's double York round

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Men's double York round
at the Games of the III Olympiad
Contemporary photograph of Francis Field, where the event took place
VenueFrancis Field
Date20 September
Competitors16 from 1 nation
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) George Bryant  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Robert Williams  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) William Thompson  United States
1908 →

The men's double York round event was part of the archery programme at the 1904 Summer Olympics. A York round consisted of 72 arrows shot at 100 yards, 48 arrows shot at 80 yards, and 24 arrows shot at 60 yards. The total number of arrows for a double round was 288. The competition was held on Tuesday, 20 September 1904.

Sixteen archers all from the United States competed.

Results

The result is based on points. One point was awarded to the archer scoring the highest score at each distance as well as one point was awarded for the most hit on target at each distance. Two points were awarded to the archer scoring the highest total score as well as two points were awarded for the most total targets hit. A maximum of ten points was possible. Ties were broken on total score, and then on total targets hit.

Place Archer Points Score
1st place, gold medalist(s)  George Bryant (USA) 7 820
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Robert Williams (USA) 2 819
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  William Thompson (USA) 1 816
4  Wallace Bryant (USA) 0 618
5  Benjamin Keys (USA) 0 532
6  Edward Frentz (USA) 0 528
7  Homer Taylor (USA) 0 506
8  Charles Woodruff (USA) 0 487
9  Henry B. Richardson (USA) 0 439
10  Cyrus Edwin Dallin (USA) 0 405
11  David McGowan (USA) 0 383
12  Louis Maxson (USA) 0 382
13  Thomas Scott (USA) 0 375
14  Ralph Taylor (USA) 0 328
15  Edward Weston (USA) 0 268
16  Edward Bruce (USA) 0 238

References