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Archery
The competition was held from
July 30 through August 2 on the
Olympic Archery Field in Krylatskoe.
Temporary bleachers with 3,000
seats were installed for spectators.
The competition site fully complied
with the existing regulations.
The field is covered with natural
grass.
It had mainly Soviet-made equipment
and implements. Target wooden
stands, position numbers, and bow
racks complied with the international
competition rules.
The International Archery Federation
(FITA) had its offices in specially
prepared rooms in pavilions.
Two mobile multipurpose bulb letter-digital
scoreboards, each with 8
lines by 30 characters (Electroimpex/VBKM-Villesz.
Hungary), and 2
Soviet-made display scoresheets were
used.
This Olympic Archery competition
was the first to use the apparatus
which automatically set the time of
preparation and shooting in succes-
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sion for three rotations of archers,
including the prolonged duration of
long-distance rotations, with appropriate
audio and light signals set time
for resumed shooting, and randomly
set the rotation order. A special
scoreboard had an elapsed time
counter and displayed the number of
rotation and the number of shooting
series. The equipment was manufactured
in the USSR.
The competition was supervised by
the FITA Technical Commission and
jury of appeal —12 members from 7
countries (3 from the USSR). They
were assisted by 43 Soviet support
officials.
There were no changes in the
programme or regulations of the competition,
compared to Montreal.
67 archers representing 25 countries
took part in the competition.
One protest was made to the jury
of appeal against a decision taken by
the Technical Commission concerning
the score of an Australian female
competitor. The protest was granted.