In numbers – archery

  3,000 – The number of seats in the archery finals stadium. 1960 – The first Paralympic archery competition was held at the Rome 1960 Games and has featured in every Paralympic Games since. 1,200 – The number of arrows many athletes will shoot per week when training. 691 – The world record – beating score shot by John STUBBS (GBR) in compound men open in the ranking round in Beijing. 665 – The Paralympic compound men W1 record shot by David DRAHONINSKY (CZE) for the ranking round (72 arrows) at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. 200 – The speed, miles per hour, of the fastest arrows being shot (320km/h). 140 – The number of athletes competing at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, which will be the largest ever Paralympic Games archery competition. 70 – Metres between the archers and their target. 60 – The weight in pounds it takes to pull some of the athletes' bows back to shoot. 24 – The total number of arrows shot by a team in a head-to-head match. 12 – The size, in cm, of the gold 10-point ring the archers are aiming at. 9 – The number of gold medals that will be contested during the London 2012 Paralympic Games archery competition. 5 – The diameter in millimetres of the carbon arrows that most athletes will be shooting. 3 – The number of arrows shot in each individual head-to-head set. 1 – The world ranking of British archer Danielle BROWN (GBR), the defending Olympic and Commonwealth team gold medallist.   Source: PNS Edited by World Archery Communication