Asian Games 2018: All the Games Records in Archery
The 18th edition of the Asian Games is about to kick off on Saturday. Jakarta and Palembang in Indonesia will be the hosts to this 15-day extravaganza that will see sporting superpowers from the world’s largest continent battle for supremacy.
Introduced in 1978, archery has been one of the oldest sports at this multi-sporting event. South Korea has completely owned it, having been adjudged the best nation 9 out of the 10 times the sport was included.
A look at the Asian Games archery records will validate this as they are the holder of most of the records. Only Iran’s Esmaeil Ebadi and India’s Trisha Deb have managed to make a dent in South Korea’s domination of records at the Asiad.
Before the archery events begin at the 2018 Asian Games on August 21, it is a good time to go through the list of existing records that the archers will aim to break at the GBK Archery Field in Jakarta this time.
Recurve (record in points)
Individual Men
Qualification 30m (36 arrows): 360; Kim Woo-jin (South Korea) at 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games
Qualification 50m (36 arrows): 349; Kim Woo-jin (South Korea) at 2014 Incheon Asian Games
Qualification 70m (36 arrows): 349; Kim Woo-jin (South Korea) at 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games
Qualification 90m (36 arrows): 333; Kim Woo-jin (South Korea) at 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games
Qualification (144 arrows): 1387; Kim Woo-jin (South Korea) at 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games
Men’s Team
Qualification (432 arrows): 4114; Im Dong-hyun, Kim Woo-jin and Oh Jin-hyek (South Korea) at 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games
Knockout match (24 arrows): 229; Im Dong-hyun, Kim Woo-jin and Oh Jin-hyek (South Korea) at 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games
Individual Women
Qualification 30m (36 arrows): 357; Park Sung-hyun (South Korea) at 2002 Busan Asian Games
Qualification 50m (36 arrows): 338; Park Hye-youn (South Korea) at 2002 Busan Asian Games
Qualification 60m (36 arrows): 345; Yun Ok-hee (South Korea) at 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games
Qualification 70m (36 arrows): 342; Jung Dasomi (South Korea) at 2014 Incheon Asian Games
Qualification (144 arrows): 1371; Yun Ok-hee (South Korea) at 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games
Women’s Team
Qualification (432 arrows): 4087; Joo Hyun-jung, Ki Bo-bae, Yun Ok-hee (South Korea) at 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games
Knockout match (24 arrows): 227; Joo Hyun-jung, Ki Bo-bae, Yun Ok-hee (South Korea) at 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games
Compound (record in points)
Individual Men
Qualification (72 arrows): 710; Esmaeil Ebadi (Iran) at 2014 Incheon Asian Games
Knockout match (15 arrows): 149; Esmaeil Ebadi (Iran) at 2014 Incheon Asian Games
Men’s Team
Qualification (216 arrows): 2106; Choi Yong-hee, Kim Jong-ho, Yang Young-ho (South Korea) at 2014 Incheon Asian Games
Knockout match (24 arrows): 238; Choi Yong-hee, Min Li-hong, Yang Young-ho (South Korea) at 2014 Incheon Asian Games
Individual Women
Qualification (72 arrows): 695; Choi Bo-min (South Korea) tied with Seok Ji-hyun (South Korea) at 2014 Incheon Asian Games
Knockout match (15 arrows): 146; Trisha Deb (India) at 2014 Incheon Asian Games
Women’s Team
Qualification (216 arrows): 2082; Choi Bo-min, Kim Yun-hee, Seok Ji-hyun (South Korea) at 2014 Incheon Asian Games
Knockout match (24 arrows): 238; Choi Bo-min, Kim Yun-hee, Seok Ji-hyun (South Korea) at 2014 Incheon Asian Games
