Check out this highlights video of the Archery competitions at the London 2012 Paralympics<br /><br />Results:<br />Individual compound<br />Open <br />Jere Forsberg Finland (FIN) <br />Matt Stutzman United States (USA) <br />Doğan Hancı Turkey (TUR)<br /><br />W1 <br />Jeff Fabry United States (USA) <br />David Drahonínský Czech Republic (CZE) <br />Norbert Murphy Canada (CAN)<br /><br />Individual recurve<br />Standing <br />Timur Tuchinov Russia (RUS) <br />Oleg Shestakov Russia (RUS) <br />Mikhail Oyun Russia (RUS)<br /><br />W1/W2 <br />Oscar De Pellegrin Italy (ITA) <br />Hasihin Sanawi Malaysia (MAS) <br />Lung Hui Tseng Chinese Taipei (TPE)<br /><br />Team recurve<br />Open <br />Russia (RUS)<br />Mikhail Oyun<br />Oleg Shestakov<br />Timur Tuchinov <br />South Korea (KOR)<br />Jung Young Joo<br />Kim Suk Ho<br />Lee Myeong-Gu <br /><br />China (CHN)<br />Cheng Changjie<br />Dong Zhi<br />Li Zongshan<br /><br />WOMEN<br />Individual compound<br />Open <br />Danielle Brown Great Britain (GBR) <br />Mel Clarke Great Britain (GBR) <br />Marina Lyzhnikova Russia (RUS)<br /><br />Individual recurve<br />Standing <br />Huilian Yan China (CHN) <br />Hwa Sook Lee South Korea (KOR) <br />Milena Olszewska Poland (POL)<br /><br />W1/W2 <br />Zahra Nemati Iran (IRI) <br />Elisabetta Mijno Italy (ITA) <br />Jinzhi Li China (CHN)<br /><br />Team recurve<br />Open <br />South Korea (KOR)<br />Kim Ran Sook<br />Ko Hee Sook<br />Lee Hwa Sook <br /><br />China (CHN)<br />Gao Fangxia<br />Xiao Yanhong<br />Yan Huilian <br /><br />Iran (IRI)<br />Zahra Javanmard<br />Zahra Nemati<br />Razieh Shir Mohammadi<br /><br />The first archery competition for those with physical impairments was held at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in 1948, and it was one of the original Paralympic sports at the Rome 1960 Paralympic Games.<br /><br />The sport has three different classifications and athletes in 54 countries are currently practicing archery. It is comprised of individual and team events in both standing and wheelchair competitions. Athletes shoot from a distance at a target marked with 10 scoring zones.<br />At the London 2012 Games, 140 athletes competed in nine different medal events.<br /><br />The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is committed to enabling Paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence and to develop sport opportunities for all persons with a disability from the beginner to elite level. In addition, the IPC aims to promote the Paralympic values, which include courage, determination, inspiration and equality. For further information, please visit http://www.paralympic.org.<br /><br />To watch videos on demand from Paralympic Games and to subscribe to ParalympicSport.TV, please go to www.youtube.com/ParalympicSportTV. Also, you may follow the Paralympic Movement on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ParalympicGames or on<br />Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/paralympic.
