1969 World Field Archery Championships

The 1969 World Field Archery Championships were held in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, United States. This was the inaugural World Field Championships and differed from normal target archery played at Olympic and Commonwealth level. Field archery involved different sized targets, distances and gradients on a field course.[1] [2][3]

1969 World Field Archery Championships
LocationUnited States Pennsylvania, United States
Start date18 August
End date19 August
Competitors59 from 13 nations
1970 →

Medal summary (Men's individual)

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Barebow Men's individual
  Warren Cowles   Emil Lehan   Pekka Mertanen
Freestyle Men's individual
  Richard Branstetter Jr.   Hans Wright   Kyösti Laasonen

Medal summary (Women's individual)

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Barebow Women's individual
  Raye Dabelow   Ingegard Grandqvist   La Rue Bruce
Freestyle Women's individual
  Irma Danielsson   Kerstin Beije   Janet Ashbaugh

Medal summary (team events)

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No team event held at this championships.

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Results" (PDF). World Archery.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Past Results" (PDF). Olympic Information Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2015.