The Olympic Archery Field, Joliette was a field located in

Joliette Joliette is a city in southwest Quebec, Canada. It is approximately northeast of Montreal, on the L'Assomption River and is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Joliette. It is considered to be a part of the North Shore of Greate ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

. Approved in 1974 by the

International Archery Federation 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 ...

(FITA) for use, 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

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...

. The site is still in use today. It is run by the ''Club de Tir à l'Arc de Joliette''. The address of the site is: 1505 Boulevard Base-de-Roc,

QC.

References

1976 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 2. pp. 190–3. Venues of the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic archery venues Defunct sports venues in Canada Sports venues in Quebec Joliette 1974 establishments in Quebec {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub