2015 World Archery Championships

2015 World Archery Championships
LocationCopenhagen, Denmark
Start date26 July
End date2 August
Competitors623 from 96 nations
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2015 World Archery Championships
Men   Recurve   Compound
Women   Recurve   Compound
Team   Men's recurve   Men's compound
Team   Women's recurve   Women's compound
Mixed team   Recurve   Compound

The 2015 World Archery Championships was the 48th edition of the event. It was held in Copenhagen, Denmark from 26 July to 2 August 2015 and was organised by World Archery Federation (formerly known as FITA).[1] Qualification and elimination rounds took place at the Sundby Idrætspark, with the medal matches on 1–2 August outside the Danish Parliament building Christiansborg Palace. The competition was preceded by the World Archery Congress on 24–25 July.[2]

The programme featured was the same as previous World Championships, with individual, team, and mixed team events in the compound and recurve disciplines. A record number of athletes has entered: 623 archers across the four disciplines.[3] As well as participation, the Championships also broke public engagement and awareness records.[4]

The competition was also the first opportunity for recurve athletes to secure qualification for their NOCs at the 2016 Summer Olympics. An Olympic Secondary Tournament was held to rank finishers for the purposes of Olympic qualification.[5]

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  3. ^ "World Archery > NEWS > News". Archived from the original on 2015-07-10. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
  4. ^ "World Archery President Praises "Historic" and "Exciting" World Championships". Archived from the original on 2020-11-07. Retrieved 2015-08-06.
  5. ^ "Qualification System - Games of the XXXI Olympiad - Rio 2016 - World Archery" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2014-08-11.