Archery At The Summer Olympics
Archery had its debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics and has been contested in 14 Olympiads. Eighty three different nations have appeared in the Olympic archery competitions, with France appearing the most often at 11 times. The sport has been largely dominated by Korean archers since the 1988 Olympics, winning 18 of 28 and 32 of 84 gold and total medals awarded respectively since Seoul. It is governed by the World Archery Federation (WA; formerly FITA). Recurve archery is the only discipline of archery featured at the Olympic Games. Archery is also an event at the Summer Paralympics.
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