The 1959

World Archery Championships The World Archery Championships are a series of competitions in Archery organised by the World Archery Federation (WA). The first competition held under that title took place in 1931. Competition archery takes a wide variety of formats, but the ...

was the 20th edition of the event. It was held in Stockholm, Sweden on 6–9 August 1959 and was organised by

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(FITA). It marked the first win in a run of 13 successive championship wins for the

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men's team.

Medals summary

Recurve

Medals table

References

External links

World Archery website

Complete results
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World Archery The World Archery Federation (WA, also and formerly known as FITA from the French ''Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc'') is the governing body of the sport of archery. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is composed of 156 nation ...

World Archery Championships International archery competitions hosted by Sweden 1950s in Stockholm International sports competitions in Stockholm