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Game Rules
Outdoor Competitions | Indoor Competitions | Archery Disciplines
Archery is a sport in which the participant uses a bow to shoot arrows at a target which has 10 concentric circles. The score of each arrow depends upon where it lands on the target. The highest score, a 10, is achieved by shooting an arrow into the center, or bullseye. Scores go down from nine for the next circle out to one for the outermost circle. Missing the target results in a score of zero. A smaller, inner ten-ring is used in compound events.
Outdoor Competitions
Most major outdoor target archery competitions in the U.S. follow the same format of a Federation Internationale de Tir a l'Arc (FITA) Round followed by an Olympic Round.
The FITA Round consists of 36 arrows shot at each of four distances (90, 70, 50 and 30 meters for men; 70, 60, 50, 30 meters for women) for a total of 144 arrows. Scores are then totaled to determine seedings into the Olympic Round. Arrows are generally shot in groups (called ends) of six within a specified time period.
The Olympic Round is a direct elimination, head-to-head style of competition, all at 70 meters. The winner of each match advances until a gold medalist is determined. All matches are 18 arrows, except the quarterfinals, semifinals and finals, which are 12-arrow matches.
The U.S. Target Championships utilize a FITA followed by an Olympic Round. FITA scores are totaled to determine seeding into the Olympic Round. The targets used at outdoor events have 122 cm diameter faces.
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