1961 World Archery Championships

The 1961 World Archery Championships was the 21st edition of the event. It was held in Oslo, Norway on 10–13 August 1961 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA).^[1][2]

1961 World Archery Championships
Location	Oslo, Norway
Start date	10 August
End date	13 August
Competitors	126
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Medals summary

Recurve

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual	Joe Thornton  United States	Clayton Sherman  United States	Jorma Sandelin  Finland
Women's individual	Nancy Vonderheide  United States	Laurie Fowler  Great Britain	Bozena Deptova  Czechoslovakia
Men's team	United States Joe Thornton Clayton Sherman W. Bednar	Belgium Rene Boussu Henri Verhoeven Charles Sophie	Finland Jorma Sandelin Väinö Skarp P. Luoto
Women's team	United States Nancy Vonderheide Grace Frye Victoria Cook	United Kingdom Laurie Fowler J. Heywood Shirley Lyons	South Africa Anita Schlebusch Margaret Harriman E. Caknis

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	4	1	0	5
2	Great Britain	0	2	0	2
3	Belgium	0	1	0	1
4	Finland	0	0	2	2
5	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	South Africa	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		4	4	4	12