1973 World Archery Championships

1973 World Archery Championships
1973 World Archery Championships
Location	Grenoble, France
Start date	23 July
End date	29 July
Competitors	183

The 1973 World Archery Championships was the 27th edition of the event. It was held in Grenoble, France on 23–29 July 1973 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA).

It was the first World Championships to be held since Archery became an Olympic sport.^[1]

Medals summary[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual	Victor Sidoruk Soviet Union	Kyösti Laasonen Finland	United States
Women's individual	Linda Myers United States	Valentina Kovpan Soviet Union	Emma Gapchenko Soviet Union
Men's team	United States	Soviet Union Victor Sidoruk	Finland Kyösti Laasonen
Women's team	Soviet Union Valentina Kovpan Emma Gapchenko	United States Linda Myers Doreen Wilber	United Kingdom Pauline Edwards Barbara Strickland


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	2	2	1	5
2	United States	2	1	1	4
3	Finland	0	1	1	2
4	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 nations)		4	4	4	12

^ Ludivine. "Microsoft Word - WM73.doc" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-20. Retrieved 2013-06-17.

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