The women's individual archery event at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
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was part of the
archery programme. The event consisted of a double FITA round. For each round, the archer shot 36 arrows at each of four distances—70, 60, 50, and 30 metres. The highest score for each arrow was 10 points, giving a possible maximum of 2880 points. 16 nations sent 27 athletes to the women's competition in archery.
of the
United States
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broke both of her countrywoman
Doreen Wilber
Doreen Viola Hansen Wilber (January 8, 1930 – October 19, 2008) was an American archer from Rutland, Iowa.
Biography
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Wilber won the gold medal in the women's section of the first modern Olympic ...
's Olympic records in the event (FITA round and double FITA round) on her way to the second straight gold medal for an American in the women's competition. The
Soviet
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women repeated their bronze medal from 1972 and gained a silver medal as well.
Records
The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.
Results
References
External links
Official Olympic Report
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1976 in women's archery
Women's events at the 1976 Summer Olympics