The women's individual archery event at the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...
was part of the
archery programme. Like other archery events at the Olympics, it featured the
recurve discipline. All archery was done at a range of 70 metres. 64 archers competed.
The competition format was unchanged from 1996. The competition began with a 72-arrow ranking round. This was followed by three elimination rounds, in which archers competed head-to-head in 18-arrow matches. After these rounds, there were 8 archers left. The quarterfinals, semifinals, and medal matches (collectively termed the "finals round") were 12-arrow matches. In all matches, losers were eliminated and received a final rank determined by their score in that round, with the exception of the semifinals. The losers of the semifinals competed in the
bronze medal
A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receives ...
match.
Schedule
Results
The initial round was held on 16 September. Each archer fired 72 arrows, with the score from this round determining their seeding into the
single-elimination tournament
A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, ...
to follow.
Ranking Round
Competition bracket
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Finals
References
Sources
* Official Report
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Women's events at the 2000 Summer Olympics