Archers selected for London Olympics approved by their NOCs

With the Olympic Games just a few weeks away, all the National Olympic Committees have confirmed the places for the Games obtained prior to the Final Qualifier in Ogden. Some countries still have to select their athletes and show that they have obtained the Minimum Qualification Score. The countries that have not yet obtained a place for London will have a last opportunity to do so on 21 and 22 June at the Final Qualification Tournament in Ogden (USA). As the London 2012 Olympic Games are approaching, 51 of the 64 archery men’s Olympic quotas and 50 of the women’s have already been attributed. A certain number of Member Associations have already selected their athletes for the London Olympic Games – all of the National Olympic Committees have confirmed the places for the London Olympic Games obtained so far. Some countries still have to select their athletes and show that they have obtained the Minimum Qualification Score (MQS). The following Minimum Qualification Scores are 1230 points in the FITA Round or 625 in the 70 metre round for men, and 1230 in the FITA Round or 600 in the 70 metre round for women. The MQS must be achieved between 2 July 2011 (starting at the 2011 World Archery Championships) and 1 July 2012 at a registered World Archery event (World Archery will review the scores of all entered archers to verify if they have achieved the MQS; the World Archery Executive Committee will make the final determination on any archers who did not meet the MQS). The countries that have not yet selected their Olympic representatives will do it after the Final Qualification Tournament that will allocate the remaining 13 men’s and 14 women’s places this week in Ogden (USA).
Reigning Olympic team champion Korea (with IM Dong Hyun, right) Recurve Men
We can already predict that the men’s Olympic competition will be a very tight battle between the world champions Korea and the rest of the world. Never has the race to the men’s team medals been so open. The world runner-up France, the silver medallists from 2008 Italy and the winners of the Olympic Test Event USA will try to break the Korean supremacy. The host team Great Britain, who have won the last stage of the World Cup in Antalya in May, is also a strong contender.

The Korean team will consist of the 2008 Olympic team champion IM Dong Hyun, the 2011 world runner-up OH Jin Hyek and the newcomer KIM Bubmin. France has named Thomas FAUCHERON, the 2008 Olympian Romain GIROUILLE and Gael PREVOST, USA the No. 1 archer of the World Ranking Brady ELLISON, Jake KAMINSKI and Jacob WUKIE, while the host team will feature the same team as in Beijing Larry GODFREY, the double bronze medallist from 1992 Simon TERRY and Alan WILLS.

The other countries that have already qualified a men’s team for the Olympics are China, Malaysia, Mexico, and Ukraine – these countries have yet to select their representatives for the Games.

The individual archers already selected for London are Jayanta TALUKDAR (IND), Crispin DUENAS (CAN), Rene Philippe KOUASSI (CIV), LEE Kar Wai Calvin (HKG), Hideki KIKUCHI (JPN), Dan OLARU (MDA), Jantsan GANTUGS (MGL), and Witthaya THAMWONG (THA).

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On the women’s side, the strongest contenders will be Korea, India, China and Chinese Taipei. The women’s Olympic competition will also feature the teams from Denmark, Russia, Ukraine, the world champions Italy and the host Great Britain.

The composition of four teams has already been announced: Korea has selected the No. 1 of the World Ranking KI Bo Bae, the 2004 Olympic team champion LEE Sun Jin and the newcomer CHOI Hyeonju; the team from India will be made of Bombayla DEVI, the winner of the Antalya World Cup Deepika KUMARI photo as well as Chekrovolu SWURO; Denmark will be represented by Carina CHRISTIANSEN, Maja JAEGER and Louise LAURSEN; the host country Great Britain has selected Naomi FOLKARD, Amy OLIVER, and the five-time Olympian and 2004 individual bronze medallist Alison WILLIAMSON.

The other athletes already selected by their national federation are Ren HAYAKAWA from Japan, Marie-Pier BEAUDET from Canada, Elena RICHTER from Germany, Bishindee URANTUNGALAG from Mongolia, Maureen TUIMALEALIIFAO from Samoa, and Zam SHERAB from Bhutan. Archery field of Ogden World Cup and Final Qualification Tournament Final Qualification Tournament A total of 33 National Olympic Committees have acquired at least one quota place for the men’s competition, and 32 for the women’s. The countries that have not yet qualified a full team or an individual for London will have a last opportunity to do so at the Final World Team and Individual Qualification Tournament, which will take place in Ogden (USA) on 21-22 June, in conjunction with the World Cup stage 3.

The Final Team Qualification Tournament is open to all the countries that did not qualify a team through the 2011 World Archery Championships. The three best ranked teams per gender will obtain three quota places each. If any of these countries had already obtained any individual quota place, this place will be added to the list of available quota places at the Final World Individual Qualifying Tournament.

The Final Individual Qualifying Tournament will allocate the very last individual places and is open to all the countries that have not obtained a quota place per gender through the other qualification events.

Here is the list of the National Olympic Committees that have acquired quota places, and of the athletes that have been selected by their Member Association (approved by their National Olympic Committees).

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