Original article by the Olympic News Service at Rio 2016.
96 / Ninetey-six
Belgium has won 11 gold medals in archery at the Olympic Games, behind only Korea with 19 and the USA’s 13, but the most recent of Belgium’s Champions was crowned 96 years ago, at the Antwerp 1920 Olympic Games.
68 / Sixty-eight
The age of the USA’s Samuel Duvall, the oldest medal winner in archery at the Olympic Games and second-oldest in all sports. He claimed a silver medal in the team double American round event at the St Louis 1904 Olympic Games.
52 / Fifty-two
Archery has been present at every Olympic Games since 1972, when it returned to the programme after a 52-year absence.
31 / Thirty-one
Since 1984, all individual gold medals in archery at the Olympic Games have been won by archers under the age of 31. The oldest in that period was Korea’s Oh Jin Hyek, who was aged 30 years and 354 days when he won gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
22 / Twenty-two
The number of different nations to have claimed a medal in archery at the Olympic Games.
19 / Nineteen
Korea has won 19 gold medals in archery at the Olympic Games, the most of all nations. It is the most gold medals Korea has won in any single sport.
14 / Fourteen
The age of the youngest medal winner in archery at the Olympic Games. Denise Parker claimed a bronze medal in the women’s team event at the Seoul 1988 Olympic Games at the age of 14 years and 294 days.
9 / Nine
Belgium’s Hubert van Innis holds the record for most medals, with nine, and most gold medals – six – in archery at the Olympic Games. He won his medals between 1900 and 1920.
7 / Seven
Korea has won the gold medal in all seven women’s team events at the Olympic Games, since it was introduced in 1988. They have also won four of the seven gold medals in the men's team event.
6 / Six
Kim Soo-Nyung, of Korea, is the woman who has won the most medals – six – and most gold medals – four – in archery at the Olympic Games.
1 / One
Kim Soo-Nyung is the only athlete to win three gold medals in archery at the Olympic Games in the same event. She won gold in the women's team event in 1988, 1992 and 2000 – and was recently named World Archery’s best Olympic archer in history.
The archery competition at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games starts on the 5 August in the Sambodromo.
