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The Camp Olímpic de Tir amb Arc ( en, Olympic Archery Field) was a temporary venue located in
Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...
. It hosted the
archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...
competitions for the
1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
. It was located in a site at the
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, next to the
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, in the Barcelona district of
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. After the Olympics, it was remodelled into ''Ciutat Esportiva Municipal Vall d'Hebron-Teixonera'' ( en, Vall d'Hebrón-Teixonera Municipal Sports City), which consists of two
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fields, a
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field and an annexe service area.http://www.hebron.cat/ Ciutat Esportiva Municipal Vall d'Hebrón-Teixonera


References


1992 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 2. pp. 239–41. Sports venues completed in 1992 Venues of the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic archery venues Defunct sports venues in Catalonia Sports venues in Barcelona {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub