🏛️Official — World Archery
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Recorded May 13, 2026
Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc (FITA) was founded on 4 September 1931 in Lwow, Poland (today Lviv, Ukraine). Foundational federation milestone that established the body owning all subsequent international archery rule-making — bow and arrow specifications, target distances, scoring, ranking-round procedures, equipment regulations, and the entire FITA/World Archery competition calendar. Every modern WA rule descends from the rule-making mandate established at this founding congress.
Recorded May 9, 2026
FITA successfully returned archery to the Olympic program at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich after a 52-year absence — the last Olympic archery competition before this had been at the 1920 Antwerp Games. The Olympic re-introduction validated FITA's modernization of competition rules (target distances, scoring, equipment specifications) and established the FITA Round (the four-distance individual format that defined Olympic archery for decades). The 1972 acceptance is the foundational Olympic milestone for modern FITA-governed archery and remains the conceptual ancestor of every subsequent Olympic archery format.
Recorded May 9, 2026
FITA added team events to the international competitive program in 1988, expanding the elite competition portfolio beyond individual recurve and compound events. The 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics also introduced team events to Olympic archery, mirroring the FITA addition and giving national federations a path to medal contention through team depth rather than just elite individual performance. Team events have remained a core fixture of every World Archery and Olympic competition since.
Recorded May 9, 2026
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8.4 Medical and Emergency Preparedness
May 23, 20267.4 Conduct Violations
May 23, 20267.3 Equipment Violations
May 23, 20267.1 Timing Violations
May 23, 20266.1 Scoring Zones
May 23, 2026Section 6: Scoring
May 23, 20264.3 Officials and Their Roles
May 23, 20264.2 Team Composition
May 23, 20267.2 Arrow and Shooting Violations
May 23, 20266.3 Maximum Scores
May 23, 20263.3 Range Dimensions and Safety Zones
May 23, 20263.2 Distances and Target Faces
May 23, 20262.5 Personal Protective Equipment
May 23, 20268.2 Whistle Signal System
May 23, 20265.7 Shooting Procedure and Signals
May 23, 20265.2 Individual Elimination (Set System)
May 23, 20263.1 Outdoor Range Layout
May 23, 2026Section 3: Playing Area
May 23, 20262.4 Arrows
May 23, 2026Section 8: Safety Considerations
Mar 22, 2026Section 5: Rules of Play
Mar 22, 2026Section 4: Players & Officials
Mar 22, 2026