1969 World Field Archery Championships

The 1969 World Field Archery Championships were held in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, United States. This was the inaugural World Field Championships and differed from normal target archery played at Olympic and Commonwealth level. Field archery involved different sized targets, distances and gradients on a field course.[1] [2][3]

1969 World Field Archery Championships
LocationUnited States Pennsylvania, United States
Start date18 August
End date19 August
Competitors59 from 13 nations

Medal summary (Men's individual)
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Barebow Men's individual
 United States Warren Cowles United States Emil Lehan Finland Pekka Mertanen
Freestyle Men's individual
 United States Richard Branstetter Jr. Australia Hans Wright Finland Kyösti Laasonen

Medal summary (Women's individual)
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Barebow Women's individual
 United States Raye Dabelow Sweden Ingegard Grandqvist United States La Rue Bruce
Freestyle Women's individual
 Sweden Irma Danielsson Sweden Kerstin Beije United States Janet Ashbaugh

Medal summary (team events)

No team event held at this championships.

References
  1. "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. "Results" (PDF). World Archery.
  3. "Past Results" (PDF). Olympic Information Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
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