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The Olympic Green Archery Field () was one of nine temporary venues for the
2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
. 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 ...
events. The field occupied 9.22 hectares and had a seating capacity of 5,000. After the games it was dismantled.


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Venues of the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic archery venues Defunct sports venues in China Chaoyang District, Beijing {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub