How is archery scored?

During a tournament sanctioned by the WA or World Archery Federation, each archer has two score cards and all archers score and pull their arrows together in pairs or groups. This helps make sure the scoring is fair for all competitors and reduces the chances of mistakes. read more

In Olympics, archery consists of four medal events: men's individual, women's individual, men's team, and women's team. The Target In Olympic archery, the target stands 70 meters (229 feet, 8 inches for the metrically challenged) away from the shooting line and has 10 concentric circles, beginning with the appropriately colored gold bull's-eye, which must be 1.3 meters (4 feet, 3 inches) above the ground. read more

How to call arrow scores: Call the scores for one set of arrows at a time. Be consistent by calling each archer’s scores in order to prevent mistakes. Begin with the highest numbered arrow down to the lowest numbered arrow. If one arrow is not on the target, check for an unmarked hole to see if an arrow passed through the target. read more

Archers score each end by summing the scores for their arrows. An arrow just touching a scoring boundary line, known as a Line Breaker or Line Cutter, is awarded the higher score. Values scored by each arrow are recorded on a score sheet and must be written in descending order (e.g. if an archer scores 5, 7, 6, 10, 9, 8, this must be recorded as 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5). read more