The Hwarang Archery Field is an

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 ...

field constructed between November 1985 and January 1986, and then renovated between May and August 1988. It hosted the archery competitions for the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the Capital city, capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea ...

References

1988 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 1. Part 1. p. 200. Venues of the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic archery venues Sports venues in South Korea Sports venues in Seoul Venues of the 1986 Asian Games Asian Games archery venues {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub