The results of the men's tournament ended in controversy. For the first (and only) time, the competition took an elimination format: after a standard International round, consisting of 6 rounds shot at various lengths from 30m to 90m, the 15 archers with the highest cumulative score took part in a final round, shot at 30m, to decide the champion. In the women's competition, the eventual winner Ina Catani was the same as the first round winner; but in the men's, the Czechoslovak archers who had dominated the first round struggled against the host Belgian archers who were masters of the shorter distance. , winner of the final round, was named Champion, but , who topped the first round and would have been champion under the previous format, was awarded a special 'High Total' trophy.[1]