List of World Championships medalists in archery

This is a List of World Championships medalists in outdoor target archery. The World Archery Championships are one of the three pinnacle events organised by the World Archery Federation and the event with the longest continuous history, the others being the Olympic archery competition (1972–) and the World Cup (2006–).

Host cities[edit]

Number	Year	Location	Events
1	1931	Lwów	2
2	1932	Warsaw	2
3	1933	London	4
4	1934	Båstad	4
5	1935	Brussels	4
6	1936	Prague	4
7	1937	Paris	4
8	1938	London	4
9	1939	Oslo	4
10	1946	Stockholm	4
11	1947	Prague	4
12	1948	London	4
13	1949	Paris	4
14	1950	Copenhagen	4
15	1952	Brussels	4
16	1954	Oslo	4
17	1955	Helsinki	4
18	1957	Prague	4
19	1958	Brussels	4
20	1959	Stockholm	4
21	1961	Oslo	4
22	1963	Helsinki	4
23	1965	Västerås	4
24	1967	Amersfoort	4
25	1969	Valley Forge	4
26	1971	York	4
27	1973	Grenoble	4
28	1975	Interlaken	4
29	1977	Canberra	4
30	1979	Berlin	4
31	1981	Punta Ala	4
32	1983	Los Angeles	4
33	1985	Seoul	4
34	1987	Adelaide	4
35	1989	Lausanne	4
36	1991	Kraków	4
37	1993	Antalya	4
38	1995	Jakarta	8
39	1997	Victoria	8
40	1999	Riom	8
41	2001	Beijing	8
42	2003	New York	8
43	2005	Madrid	8
44	2007	Leipzig	8
45	2009	Ulsan	8
46	2011	Turin	10
47	2013	Belek	10
48	2015	Copenhagen	10
49	2017	Mexico City	10
50	2019	's-Hertogenbosch	10
51	2021	Yankton	10
52	2023	Berlin	10

1969

1977

1983

1985

1987

1995

1997

2001

2003

2009

2017

class=notpageimage|

Host cities of the World Archery Championships

1931

1932

1933, 1938, 1948

1934

1935, 1952, 1958

1936, 1947, 1957

1937, 1949

1939, 1953, 1961

1946, 1959

1950, 2015

1955, 1963

1965

1967

1971

1973

1975

1979

1981

1989

1991

1993

1999

2005

2007

2011

2013

class=notpageimage|

Host cities of the World Archery Championships (Europe – modern borders shown)

Champions[edit]

Recurve[edit]

Year	Location	Men's Individual	Women's Individual	Men's Team	Women's Team	Mixed Team	Ref[1][2]
1931	Lwów	Michal Sawicki (POL)		France 1			[1]
1932	Warsaw	Laurent Reth (BEL)		Poland 1			[2]
1933	London	Donald MacKenzie (USA)	Janina Kurkowska (POL)	Belgium 1	Poland 1		[3]
1934	Båstad	Henry Kjellson (SWE)		Sweden 1			[4]
1935	Brussels	Adrien Van Kolen (BEL)  Jaroslav Lenecek (TCH)2	Ina Catani (SWE)	Czechoslovakia 1	Great Britain 1		[5]
1936	Prague	Emil Heilborn (SWE)	Janina Kurkowska (POL)		Poland 1		[6]
1937	Paris	Georges De Rons (BEL)	Erna Simon (GBR)	Poland	Great Britain		[7]
1938	London	František Hadaš I (TCH)	Nora Weston-Martyr (GBR)  Louise Nettleton (GBR)	Czechoslovakia	Poland		[8]
1939	Oslo	Roger Beday (FRA)	Janina Kurkowska (POL)	France			[9]
1946	Stockholm	Einar Tang-Holbeck (DEN)	Petronella de Wharton-Burr (GBR)	Denmark	Great Britain		[10]
1947	Prague	Hans Deutgen (SWE)	Janina Kurkowska (POL)	Czechoslovakia	Denmark		[11]
1948	London		Petronella de Wharton-Burr (GBR)	Sweden	Czechoslovakia		[12]
1949	Paris		Barbara Waterhouse (GBR)	Czechoslovakia	Great Britain		[13]
1950	Copenhagen		Jean Lee (USA)	Denmark	Finland		[14]
1952	Brussels	Stellan Andersson (SWE)		Sweden	United States		[15]
1953	Oslo	Bror Lundgren (SWE)	Jean Richards (USA)		Finland		[16]
1955	Helsinki	Nils Andersson (SWE)	Katarzyna Wisniowska (POL)		Great Britain		[17]
1957	Prague	O. K. Smathers (USA)	Carole Meinhart (USA)	United States	United States		[18]
1958	Brussels	Stig Thysell (SWE)	Sigrid Johannson (SWE)	Finland			[19]
1959	Stockholm	James Caspers (USA)	Ann Corby (USA)	United States			[20]
1961	Oslo	Joe Thornton (USA)	Nancy Vonderheide (USA)				[21]
1963	Helsinki	Charles Sandlin (USA)	Victoria Cook (USA)				[22]
1965	Västerås	Matti Haikonen (FIN)	Maire Lindholm (FIN)				[23]
1967	Amersfoort	Ray Rogers (USA)	Maria Maczynska (POL)		Poland		[24]
1969	Valley Forge	Hardy Ward (USA)	Dorothy Lidstone (CAN)		Soviet Union		[25]
1971	York	John Williams (USA)	Emma Gapchenko (URS)		Poland		[26]
1973	Grenoble	Victor Sidoruk (URS)	Linda Myers (USA)		Soviet Union		[27]
1975	Interlaken	Darrell Pace (USA)	Zebiniso Rustamova (URS)				[28]
1977	Canberra	Richard McKinney (USA)	Luann Ryon (USA)		United States		[29]
1979	Berlin	Darrell Pace (USA)	Kim Jin-Ho (KOR)		South Korea		[30]
1981	Punta Ala	Kyösti Laasonen (FIN)	Natalya Butuzova (URS)		Soviet Union		[31]
1983	Los Angeles	Richard McKinney (USA)	Kim Jin-Ho (KOR)		South Korea		[32]
1985	Seoul		Irina Soldatova (URS)	South Korea	Soviet Union		[33]
1987	Adelaide	Vladimir Yesheyev (URS)	Ma Xiangjun (CHN)	West Germany			[34]
1989	Lausanne	Stanislav Zabrodsky (URS)	Kim Soo-Nyung (KOR)	Soviet Union	South Korea		[35]
1991	Kraków	Simon Fairweather (AUS)		South Korea			[36]
1993	Antalya	Park Kyung-Mo (KOR)	Kim Hyo-Jung (KOR)	France			[37]
1995	Jakarta	Lee Kyung-Chul (KOR)	Natalia Valeeva (MDA)	South Korea			[38]
1997	Victoria	Kim Kyung-Ho (KOR)	Kim Du-Ri (KOR)				[39]
1999	Riom	Hong Sung-Chil (KOR)	Lee Eun-Kyung (KOR)	Italy	Italy		[40]
2001	Beijing	Yeon Jung-Ki (KOR)	Park Sung-hyun (KOR)	South Korea	China		[41]
2003	New York	Michele Frangilli (ITA)	Yun Mi-Jin (KOR)		South Korea		[42]
2005	Madrid	Chung Jae-Hun (KOR)	Lee Sung-Jin (KOR)				[43]
2007	Leipzig	Im Dong-Hyun (KOR)	Natalia Valeeva (ITA)				[44]
2009	Ulsan	Lee Chang-Hwan (KOR)	Joo Hyun-Jung (KOR)				[45]
2011	Turin	Kim Woo-Jin (KOR)	Denisse van Lamoen (CHI)		Italy	South Korea	[46]
2013	Belek	Lee Seung-Yun (KOR)	Maja Jager (DEN)	United States	South Korea		[47]
2015	Copenhagen	Kim Woo-Jin (KOR)	Ki Bo-Bae (KOR)	South Korea	Russia
2017	Mexico City	Im Dong-Hyun (KOR)	Ksenia Perova (RUS)	Italy	South Korea
2019	's-Hertogenbosch	Brady Ellison (USA)	Lei Chien-ying (TPE)	China	Chinese Taipei
2021	Yankton	Kim Woo-Jin (KOR)	Jang Min-hee (KOR)	South Korea	South Korea
2023	Berlin	Mete Gazoz (TUR)	Marie Horáčková (CZE)		Germany

Note: ^1. Unofficial; ^2. Disputed

Compound[edit]

Year	Location	Men's Individual	Women's Individual	Men's Team	Women's Team	Mixed Team	Ref[3]
1995	Jakarta	Gary Broadhead (USA)	Angela Moscarelli (USA)	France	United States		[48]
1997	Victoria	Dee Wilde (USA)	Fabiola Palazzini (ITA)	Hungary	Italy		[49]
1999	Riom	Dave Cousins (USA)	Catherine Pellen (FRA)	United States	Chinese Taipei		[50]
2001	Beijing	Dejan Sitar (SLO)	Ulrika Sjoewall (SWE)	Norway	France		[51]
2003	New York	Clint Freeman (AUS)	Mary Zorn (USA)	United States	United States		[52]
2005	Madrid	Morgan Lundin (SWE)	Sofia Goncharova (RUS)		France		[53]
2007	Leipzig	Dietmar Trillus (CAN)	Eugenia Salvi (ITA)		Belgium		[54]
2009	Ulsan	Reo Wilde (USA)	Albina Loginova (RUS)		Russia		[55]
2011	Turin	Christopher Perkins (CAN)			United States	Italy	[56]
2013	Belek	Mike Schloesser (NED)	Kristina Berger (GER)	Denmark	Colombia		[57]
2015	Copenhagen	Stephan Hansen (DEN)	Kim Yun-hee (KOR)	Iran	Ukraine	South Korea
2017	Mexico City	Sebastien Peineau (FRA)	Song Yun-soo (KOR)	United States	Colombia
2019	's-Hertogenbosch	James Lutz (USA)	Natalia Avdeeva (RUS)	South Korea	Chinese Taipei
2021	Yankton	Nico Wiener (AUT)	Sara López (COL)	United States	Colombia	Colombia
2023	Berlin	Ojas Pravin Deotale (IND)	Aditi Gopichand Swami (IND)	Poland	India	United States

Recurve[edit]

Men's individual[edit]

Competition format:

• 1933–1955: International long and short rounds (various)
• 1957–1985: FITA round (90m, 70m, 50m, 30m)
• 1987–: Olympic round (set system from 2011)

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1933 London	Donald MacKenzie (USA)	Emil Heilborn (SWE)	Georges de Rons (BEL)
1934 Båstad	Henry Kjelsson (SWE)	Emil Heilborn (SWE)	Oscar Kessels (BEL)
1935 Brussels	Adrien Van Kolen (BEL)	Georges De Rons (BEL)	Frans Walraevens (BEL)
1936 Prague	Emil Heilborn (SWE)	Georges De Rons (BEL)	Jan Musilek (TCH)
1937 Paris	Georges De Rons (BEL)	Feliks Majewski (POL)	Oscar Kessels (BEL)
1938 London	František Hadaš I (TCH)	Feliks Majewski (POL)	C. Smith (GBR)
1939 Oslo	Roger Beday (FRA)	Gaston Questemann (FRA)	A. H. Mole (GBR)
1946 Stockholm	Einar Tang-Holbeck (DEN)	Hans Deutgen (SWE)	Ove Hansen (DEN)
1947 Prague	Hans Deutgen (SWE)	Vaclav Karola (DEN)	Josef Brejcha (TCH)
1948 London	Hans Deutgen (SWE)	Einar Tang-Holbeck (DEN)	Josef Brejcha (TCH)
1949 Paris	Hans Deutgen (SWE)	František Hadaš I (TCH)	Einar Tang-Holbeck (DEN)
1950 Copenhagen	Hans Deutgen (SWE)	Einar Tang-Holbeck (DEN)	Russ Reynolds (USA)
1952 Brussels	Stellan Andersson (SWE)	Bror Lundgren (SWE)	Einar Tang-Holbeck (DEN)
1953 Oslo	Bror Lundgren (SWE)	Einar Tang-Holbek (DEN)	Carl-Eric Bissman (SWE)
1955 Helsinki	Nils Andersson (SWE)	Robert Rhode (USA)	Bertil Olsson (SWE)
1957 Prague	O. K. Smathers (USA)	Joe Fries (USA)	Sylvester Chessman (USA)
1958 Brussels	Stig Thysell (SWE)	Olavi Kallionpaä (FIN)	Roy Matthews (GBR)
1959 Stockholm	James Caspers (USA)	Robert Kadiee (USA)	James Needey (USA)
1961 Oslo	Joe Thornton (USA)	Clayton Sherman (USA)	Jorma Sandelin (FIN)
1963 Helsinki	Charles Sandlin (USA)	Joe Thornton (USA)	David Keaggy, Jr. (USA)
1965 Västerås	Matti Haikonen (FIN)	Joe Thornton (USA)	Ben Walker (USA)
1967 Amersfoort	Ray Rogers (USA)	Ian Dixon (GBR)	Hardy Ward (USA)
1969 Valley Forge	Hardy Ward (USA)	John Williams (USA)	Graeme Telford (AUS)
1971 York	John Williams (USA)	Kyösti Laasonen (FIN)	Wayne Pullen (CAN)
1973 Grenoble	Victor Sidoruk (URS)	Kyösti Laasonen (FIN)	Stephen Lieberman (USA)
1975 Interlaken	Darrell Pace (USA)	Richard McKinney (USA)	Kauko Laasonen (FIN)
1977 Canberra	Richard McKinney (USA)	Takashi Kamei (JPN)	Leandro De Nardi (ITA)
1979 West Berlin	Darrell Pace (USA)	Richard McKinney (USA)	Rodney Baston (USA)
1981 Punta Ala	Kyosti Laasonen (FIN)	Darrell Pace (USA)	Richard McKinney (USA)
1983 Los Angeles	Richard McKinney (USA)	Darrell Pace (USA)	Marnix Vervinck (BEL)
1985 Seoul	Richard McKinney (USA)	Koo Ja-Chong (KOR)	Takayoshi Matsushita (JPN)
1987 Adelaide	Vladimir Yesheyev (URS)	Andreas Lippoldt (FRG)	Jay Barrs (USA)
1989 Lausanne	Stanislav Zabrodsky (URS)	Steven Hallard (GBR)	Tomi Poikolainen (FIN)
1991 Krakow	Simon Fairweather (AUS)	Vadim Shikarev (URS)	Chung Jae-Hun (KOR)
1993 Antalya	Park Kyung-Mo (KOR)	Kim Kyung-Ho (KOR)	Stanislav Zabrodsky (UKR)
1995 Jakarta	Lee Kyung-Chul (KOR)	Wu Tsung-Yi (TPE)	Oh Kyo-Moon (KOR)
1997 Victoria	Kim Kyung-Ho (KOR)	Christophe Peignois (BEL)	Jang Yong-Ho (KOR)
1999 Riom	Hong Sung-Chil (KOR)	Jari Lipponen (FIN)	Lionel Torres (FRA)
2001 Beijing	Yeon Jung-Ki (KOR)	Lionel Torres (FRA)	Park Kyung-Mo (KOR)
2003 New York	Michele Frangilli (ITA)	Im Dong-Hyun (KOR)	David Barnes (AUS)
2005 Madrid	Chung Jae-Hun (KOR)	Ryuichi Moriya (JPN)	Choi Won-Jong (KOR)
2007 Leipzig	Im Dong-Hyun (KOR)	Baljinima Tsyrempilov (RUS)	Alan Wills (GBR)
2009 Ulsan	Lee Chang-Hwan (KOR)	Im Dong-Hyun (KOR)	Viktor Ruban (UKR)
2011 Turin	Kim Woo-Jin (KOR)	Oh Jin-Hyek (KOR)	Brady Ellison (USA)
2013 Belek	Lee Seung-Yun (KOR)	Oh Jin-Hyek (KOR)	Crispin Duenas (CAN)
2015 Copenhagen	Kim Woo-Jin (KOR)	Rick van der Ven (NED)	Takaharu Furukawa (JPN)
2017 Mexico City	Im Dong-Hyun (KOR)	Wei Chun-heng (TPE)	Steve Wijler (NED)
2019 's-Hertogenbosch	Brady Ellison (USA)	Khairul Anuar Mohamad (MAS)	Ruman Shana (BAN)
2021 Yankton	Kim Woo-Jin (KOR)	Marcus Vinicius D'Almeida (BRA)	Brady Ellison (USA)
2023 Berlin	Mete Gazoz (TUR)	Eric Peters (CAN)	Marcus Vinicius D'Almeida (BRA)

Women's individual[edit]

Competition format:

• 1933–1955: International long and short rounds (various)
• 1957–1985: FITA round (70m, 60m, 50m, 30m)
• 1987–: Olympic round

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1933 London	Janina Kurkowska (POL)	Louisa Sandford (GBR)	Marja Trajdosowna (POL)
1934 Båstad	Janina Kurkowska (POL)	Anna Moczulska (POL)	Elsa Waldenström (SWE)
1935 Brussels	Ina Catani (SWE)	E. Atkinson (GBR)	Janina Kurkowska (POL)
1936 Prague	Janina Kurkowska (POL)	Maria Pankow (POL)	Ina Catani (SWE)
1937 Paris	Erna Simon (GBR)	Irene Crupenninck (FRA)	Zofia Bunsch (POL)
1938 London	Nora Weston-Martyr (GBR)  Louise Nettleton (GBR)		Janina Kurkowska (POL)
1939 Oslo	Janina Kurkowska (POL)	Natalia Szczyzinska (POL)	Louise Nettleton (GBR)
1946 Stockholm	Petronella de Wharton-Burr (GBR)	Julia Stranne (SWE)	Louise Nettleton (GBR)
1947 Prague	Janina Kurkowska (POL)	Astrid Trølsen (DEN)	Petronella de Wharton-Burr (GBR)
1948 London	Petronella de Wharton-Burr (GBR)	Dana Picková (TCH)	Helena Sachová (TCH)
1949 Paris	Barbara Waterhouse (GBR)	Ragnhild Windahl (SWE)	Trogie Fisher (GBR)
1950 Copenhagen	Jean Lee (USA)	Jean Richards (USA)	Ragnhild Windahl (SWE)
1952 Brussels	Jean Lee (USA)	Jean Richards (USA)	Dorothy Hinton (GBR)
1953 Oslo	Jean Richards (USA)	Ilta-Meri Santaoja (FIN)	Jacqueline Lang (FRA)
1955 Helsinki	Katarzyna Wisniowska (POL)	Joyce Warner (GBR)	Impi Hartikainen (FIN)
1957 Prague	Carole Meinhart (USA)	Ann Clark (USA)	Betty Schmidt (USA)
1958 Brussels	Sigrid Johansson (SWE)	Ann Corby (USA)	Carole Meinhart (USA)
1959 Stockholm	Ann Corby (USA)	Sigrid Johansson (SWE)	Lucille Shine (USA)
1961 Oslo	Nancy Vonderheide (USA)	Laurie Fowler (GBR)	Bozena Deptova (TCH)
1963 Helsinki	Victoria Cook (USA)	Nancy Vonderheide (USA)	Marjatta Niemi (FIN)
1965 Västerås	Maire Lindholm (FIN)	Anita Schlebusch (SAF)	Juliette Rijff (SAF)
1967 Amersfoort	Maria Mączyńska (POL)	Zofia Piskorek (POL)	Irena Szadlowska (POL)
1969 Valley Forge	Dorothy Lidstone (CAN)	Doreen Wilber (USA)	Nina Kozina (URS)
1971 York	Emma Gapchenko (URS)	Doreen Wilber (USA)	Maria Mączyńska (POL)
1973 Grenoble	Linda Myers (USA)	Valentina Kovpan (URS)	Emma Gapchenko (URS)
1975 Interlaken