Archery

Archery has been a Paralympic sport since Rome 1960. At the Paralympic Games, archers shoot the Olympic round only (70 meters, qualification & finals): Men's Individual Olympic Round; Men's (Open) Team Olympic Round; Women's Individual Olympic Round and Women's (Open) Team Olympic Round. Archers compete both standing and in a wheelchair in women's and men's categories.

The Paralympic program includes singles and team events, and the competition and scoring procedures are identical to those used in the Olympic Games. Team competition is an open competition for both men and women and includes 3 archers of any class (standing or sitting). Archery opened the first International Games for the Disabled at Stoke Mandeville in 1948.

It reached a new pinnacle 44 years later when Paralympian, Antonio Rebollo ignited both the Olympic and Paralympic flames in Barcelona with a fire arrow.