Event
When
15 to 22 September 2015
Where
Sambódromo
Countries
Approximately 30
Athletes
120 athletes (64 men and 56 woman)
Trivia
The perfect aim
The objective of archery athletes is simple, but not at all easy: to hit their arrows into the centre of a target 1.22 metres in diameter from a distance of 70 metres.
Arrows
The arrows must have a maximum diameter of 9.3 mm. Most of them are even smaller, around 5.5 mm, enabling even faster flights (sometimes exceeding 240km/h).
Robin Hood
The term “Robin Hood” is given to the sport’s most difficult feat – splitting the shaft of an arrow already in the target with another arrow. An archer who achieves this can take the arrows home as a personal trophy.
