Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics consisted of two medal events, one for men and one for women.^[1]

Archery at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Englischer Garten
Dates	7–10 September 1972
No. of events	2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors	95 from 27 nations
← 1920 1976 →

Each event was composed of two FITA rounds. Each of those FITA rounds consisted of the archers shooting 36 arrows at targets at 4 different distances, for a total of 144 arrows. The distances were 90, 70, 50, and 30 metres for men and 70, 60, 50, and 30 metres for women. 18 nations competed in both the men's and women's events, while 3 competed in only the women's and 6 competed only in the men's.

Medal summary

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual details	John Williams  United States	Gunnar Jervill  Sweden	Kyösti Laasonen  Finland
Women's individual details	Doreen Wilber  United States	Irena Szydłowska  Poland	Emma Gapchenko  Soviet Union

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	2	0	0	2
2	Poland (POL)	0	1	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
4	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Soviet Union (URS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	2	6

Participating nations

Nation	Men's Individual	Women's Individual	Total
Australia	2	1	3
Belgium	3	0	3
Canada	3	3	6
Denmark	2	2	4
Finland	3	0	3
France	3	2	5
Great Britain	3	3	6
Hungary	1	1	2
Indonesia	0	1	1
Italy	3	0	3
Japan	3	1	4
Luxembourg	1	1	2
Mexico	3	3	6
Mongolia	1	2	3
New Zealand	1	0	1
North Korea	0	3	3
Norway	3	1	4
Philippines	3	0	3
Poland	1	3	4
Puerto Rico	1	0	1
Republic of China	0	1	1
Soviet Union	3	3	6
Spain	1	1	2
Sweden	3	2	5
Switzerland	3	1	4
United States	3	3	6
West Germany	2	2	4
Total athletes	55	40	95
Total NOCs	24	21	27