| World Archery Championships | |
|---|---|
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | World Championship |
| Date | Varying |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Country | Varying |
| Inaugurated | 1931 (1931) |
| Previous event | 2025 Gwangju |
| Next event | 2027 Medellín |
| Organised by | World Archery Federation |
TheWorld Archery Championships are a series of competitions in Archery organised by theWorld Archery Federation. The first competition held under that title took place in 1931.
Competition archery takes a wide variety of formats, but the titleWorld Championships is commonly reserved for the following three events:[1]
Of these, the Outdoor World Championships in target Archery is most commonly referred to as simply the 'World Archery Championships', and the winners most commonly referred to as simply "world champions". Events in those outdoor championships are held involving fixed targets at set distances, using a variety of bows, therecurve bow from 1931 and thecompound bow since 1995.
Although less widely recognised, World Championship events are also held in Youth archery (outdoor only - field and indoor youth events are held alongside the senior championships),Para-archery, University archery and3D archery. A ski archery World Championships was last held in 2007, but is not part of the current rotation.[2] Following the accession of archery to permanent sports at theSummer Universiade, the university world championships also ceased to be part of the World Archery Championships rotation in 2014.[2]
| Number | Events | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | World Archery Championships | 1931 | 2025 (53rd) |
| 2 | World Indoor Archery Championships | 1991 | 2018 (14th) |
| 3 | World Field Archery Championships | 1969 | 2024 (28th) |
| 4 | World 3D Archery Championships | 2003 | 2024 (11th) |
| 5 | World Para Archery Championships | 1998 | 2025 (15th) |
| 6 | World Archery Youth Championships | 1991 | 2025 (19th) |
| 7 | World University Archery Championships | 1996 | 2016 (11th) |
| 8 | World Ski Archery Championships | 1999 | 2017 (10th) |
And for the divisions as defined in their respective chapters:
Despite the above provision, a World Championship does not have to be awarded if the executive board determines it is not appropriate.[3][4]
| 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 |  West 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 | Antalya | 10 |
| 48 | 2015 | Copenhagen | 10 |
| 49 | 2017 |  Mexico City | 10 |
| 50 | 2019 | 's-Hertogenbosch | 10 |
| 51 | 2021 | Yankton | 10 |
| 52 | 2023 | Berlin | 10 |
| 53 | 2025 | Gwangju[5][6] | 10 |
Updated after the2025 World Archery Championships.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 68 | 27 | 31 | 126 |
| 2 |  United States | 65 | 41 | 34 | 140 |
| 3 | China | 33 | 26 | 27 | 86 |
| 4 | Sweden | 19 | 22 | 23 | 64 |
| 5 | Poland | 18 | 16 | 12 | 46 |
| 6 |  Soviet Union | 14 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 11 | 19 | 26 | 56 |
| 8 | Italy | 11 | 9 | 9 | 29 |
| 9 | France | 10 | 17 | 16 | 43 |
| 10 | Denmark | 7 | 14 | 9 | 30 |
| 11 | Czechoslovakia | 7 | 5 | 9 | 21 |
| 12 |  Russia | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 13 | Finland | 6 | 12 | 10 | 28 |
| 14 | Belgium | 5 | 9 | 9 | 23 |
| 15 |  Chinese Taipei | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 16 |  Colombia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 17 |  India | 4 | 10 | 3 | 17 |
| 18 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 19 | Netherlands | 2 | 8 | 7 | 17 |
| 20 | Mexico | 2 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| 21 | Germany | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 22 | Australia | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| 23 | Spain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | Turkey | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 25 | Norway | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 26 | West Germany | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 27 |  Ukraine | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 28 |  Hungary | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 29 |  Iran | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 |  Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 31 |  Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 32 |  Chile | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Moldova | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 35 |  Japan | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 36 |  South Africa | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 37 |  Brazil | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 38 |  El Salvador | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 North Korea | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 40 |  Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Georgia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Russian Archery Federation | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 45 |  Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 46 |  Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (51 entries) | 319 | 310 | 305 | 934 | |
| Number | Year | Location | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1991 | Oulu | 4 |
| 2 | 1993 | Perpignan | 4 |
| 3 | 1995 | Birmingham | 8 |
| 4 | 1997 | Istanbul | 8 |
| 5 | 1999 |  Havana | 8 |
| 6 | 2001 | Florence | 8 |
| 7 | 2003 | Nîmes | 8 |
| 8 | 2005 | Aalborg | 8 |
| 9 | 2007 | İzmir | 16 |
| 10 | 2009 | Rzeszów | 16 |
| 11 | 2012 | Las Vegas | 16 |
| 12 | 2014 | Nîmes | 16 |
| 13 | 2016 | Ankara | 16 |
| 14 | 2018 | Yankton | 16 |
| Number | Year | Location | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1998 | Stoke Mandeville | |
| 2 | 1999 | Christchurch | |
| 3 | 2001 | Nymburk | |
| 4 | 2003 | Madrid | |
| 5 | 2005 | Massa Carrara | |
| 6 | 2007 | Cheongju | |
| 7 | 2009 | Nymburk | |
| 8 | 2011 | Turin | |
| 9 | 2013 |  Bangkok | |
| 10 | 2015 | Donaueschingen | |
| 11 | 2017 | Beijing | |
| 12 | 2019 | 's-Hertogenbosch | |
| 13 | 2022 |  Dubai | 16 |
| 14 | 2023 | Plzeň | 17 |
| 15 | 2025 | Gwangju |
| Number | Year | Location | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1991 | Sandefjord | |
| 2 | 1993 | Moliets-et-Maa | |
| 3 | 1994 | Roncegno | |
| 4 | 1996 | Chula Vista | |
| 5 | 1998 | Sunne | |
| 6 | 2000 | Belfort | |
| 7 | 2002 | Nymburk | |
| 8 | 2004 |  Lilleshall | |
| 9 | 2006 | Mérida | |
| 10 | 2008 | Antalya | |
| 11 | 2009 | Ogden | |
| 12 | 2011 | Legnica | |
| 13 | 2013 | Wuxi | 20 |
| 14 | 2015 | Yankton | 20 |
| 15 | 2017 |  Rosario | 20 |
| 16 | 2019 | Madrid | 20 |
| 17 | 2021 | Wrocław | 20 |
| 18 | 2023 |  Limerick | 20 |
| 19 | 2025 | Winnipeg[7] | 20 |
| Number | Year | Location | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2003 | Sully-sur-Loire | 8 |
| 2 | 2005 |  Genoa | 8 |
| 3 | 2007 | Sopron | 10 |
| 4 | 2009 | Latina | 10 |
| 5 | 2011 | Donnersbach | 10 |
| 6 | 2013 | Sassari | 10 |
| 7 | 2015 | Terni | 10 |
| 8 | 2017 | Avignon | 10 |
| 9 | 2019 | Lac la Biche | 10 |
| 10 | 2022 | Terni | 14 |
| 11 | 2024 | Mokrice | 14 |
The eighth Ski Archery World Championships held inMoscow in Russia in 2013.[8]
| Number | Year | Location | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1999 | - | |
| 2 | 2000 | - | |
| 3 | 2001 | - | |
| 4 | 2005 | ||
| 5 | 2007 | ||
| 6 | 2009 | ||
| 7 | 2011 | ||
| 8 | 2013 | Moscow | |
| 9 | 2015 | ||
| 10 | 2017 |
| Number | Year | Location | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1996 | Vaulx-en-Velin | |
| 2 | 1998 |  Taoyuan | |
| 3 | 2000 | Madrid | |
| 4 | 2002 | Chonburi | |
| 5 | 2004 | Madrid | |
| 6 | 2006 |  Viničné | |
| 7 | 2008 | Tainan | |
| 8 | 2010 | Shenzhen | |
| 9 | 2012 | Córdoba | |
| 10 | 2014 | Legnica | |
| 11 | 2016 |  Ulaanbaatar |
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