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Archery was a sport all the way back in medieval times, and perhaps all the back in ancient times.
People trained in various ways and especially in Medieval England, laws were passed to make archery practice mandatory, so people made sports and competitive events to turn the frustrating law into something fun, there are many examples of sport types that involved archery such as:
- Standard archery rounds such as Portsmouth rounds (like you'd see on a Robin Hood movie or something similar)
- Clout shooting (shoot as close as possible to a flag off in the distance)
- Coconut shy equivalent (shooting at various small objects which simulate French heads!)
- William Tell challenge (one unfortunate soul has an apple shot off of his head!)
- Splitting the wand (a broomstick size pole in the ground has to be shot at and split, this is harder than it sounds)
- Flight shooting (shoot as far as possible, simple as that)
- Hunting challenges (this one is more of a guess, but it is quite easy to imagine happening)
... And a few more I cannot remember.
The point is, archery has been a sport for a very long time, and I didn't even mention before that the Greeks probably had archery as an Olympic event, since they invented it, and archery usage was common practice back then as well.
(NOTE: I am a real archer and I am an expert on the subject)
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y agoArchery was not a sports event in the first ancient Olympic Games in Greece. However, the games were held for over 1,000 years, so it's entirely possible that at some time archery was an Olympic sport in the past.
Archery for men was an event for the first time in the modern Olympics in 1900. The first archery event for women was in 1904. However, there was no uniformity in the rules in those early Olympics and archery was dropped as an event after 1920. The international governing body for archery, the Federation Internationale de Tira l'Arc (FITA), was founded in 1931.
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∙ 11y agoThe bow and arrow was invented in prehistoric times, where, when or by who is unknown. Though the most likely guess is somewhere in Europe in the late paleolithic era.
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∙ 15y agoArchery was first competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.
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∙ 12y agoArchery entered into the Olympics in 1900.
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∙ 14y ago1900 What kind of an answer is that?
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∙ 11y ago1900. But was a permanent sport in 1972.
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