Archery at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Individual fixed small bird
Archery at the Olympics
The individual fixed small bird event was part of the archery programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The event, like all other archery events in 1920, was open only to men. Six archers, all from Belgium, competed.
Two events, an individual and a team event, were contested. Each archer shot only once, with individual scores being summed to give a team score. The top three scores for each team were used to determine placings, though all six members of the team were considered medalists.
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References
Sources
Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish).
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