Archery at the 1982 Commonwealth Games

The archery events at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane were held from 2 October to 5 October 1982 at the Murarrie Recreation Reserve. There were two events, one for men and one for women, both using recurve bows. The final standings were decided by an aggregate score after four days of shooting. The women's champion, New Zealand's Neroli Fairhall, became the first paraplegic athlete to win a Commonwealth gold medal.^[1]

Archery at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Murarrie Recreation Reserve
Dates	2–5 October 1982
Competitors	36 from 15 nations
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These games marked the debut of archery as a Commonwealth sport; however, it would not appear again until the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Participating nations

36 archers from 15 nations participated at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.^[2][3]

•  Australia (6)
•  Canada (6)
•  England (6)
•  Guernsey (1)
•  Hong Kong (1)
•  Malta (1)
•  New Zealand (2)
•  Northern Ireland (4)
•  Scotland (4)
•  Wales (2)
•  Zimbabwe (3)

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	1	0	0	1
	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
3	Canada	0	1	1	2
4	Northern Ireland	0	1	0	1
5	Australia	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	2	6

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's	Mark Blenkarne (ENG)	Roger Lamay (CAN)	Michael Coen (AUS)
Women's	Neroli Fairhall (NZL)	Janet Yates (NIR)	Lucille Lemay (CAN)

See also

• Archery at the 1980 Summer Olympics
• Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics