The archery competition at the 2010 Commonwealth Games was held at the Yamuna Sports Complex between 4 and 10 October. This was the second games appearance of the optional Commonwealth Games sport, almost thirty years after its debut at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.[1] Twenty-three nations entered archers into the tournament.[2]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 England4307
2 India3148
3 Australia1012
4 Canada0314
5 Malaysia0101
6 South Africa0022
Totals (6 entries)88824

Events

Archery at the Commonwealth Games is target archery, where competitors shoot arrows at outdoor targets at marked distances. Eight events are included: four each for women and men, with separate events for recurve and compound bows.[2] The events are:

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's recurve individual
 Rahul Banerjee
 India		 Jason Lyon
 Canada		 Jayanta Talukdar
 India
Men's recurve team
 Matthew Gray
Mat Masonwells
and Taylor Worth
 Australia		 Muhammad Abdul Rahim
Chu Cheng
and Arif Ibrahim Putra
 Malaysia		 Rahul Banerjee
Tarundeep Rai
and Jayanta Talukdar
 India
Men's compound individual
 Duncan Busby
 England		 Christopher White
 England		 Septimus Cilliers
 South Africa
Men's compound team
 Duncan Busby
Liam Grimwood
and Christopher White
 England		 Ritul Chatterjee
and Jignas Chittibomma
Chinna Raju Srither
 India		 Nico Benade
Septimus Cilliers
and Kobus de Wet
 South Africa

Women

XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Archery (Women's Individual Recurve) Deepika Kumari of India (Gold), Alison Jane Williamson of England (Silver) and Dola Banerjee of India (Bronze) during the medal presentation ceremony
XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Winners of (Women's) Archery Individual Compound, Hunt Nicky of England (Gold), DM Jones of Canada (Silver) and C. McCall of Australia (Bronze)
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's recurve individual
 Deepika Kumari
 India		 Alison Williamson
 England		 Dola Banerjee
 India
Women's recurve team
 Dola Banerjee
Deepika Kumari
and Bombayla Devi Laishram
 India		 Naomi Folkard
Amy Oliver
and Alison Williamson
 England		 Marie-Pier Beaudet
Alana Macdougall
and Kateri Vrakking
 Canada
Women's compound individual
 Nicky Hunt
 England		 Doris Jones
 Canada		 Cassie McCall
 Australia
Women's compound team
 Danielle Brown
Nicky Hunt
and Nichola Simpson
 England		 Camille Bouffard-Demers
Doris Jones
and Ashley Wallace
 Canada		 Bheigyabati Chanu
Jhano Hansdah
and Gagandeep Kaur
 India

Venues

Participating nations

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archery". Organising Committee Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Provisional List of Participants" (PDF). World Archery. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 September 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
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