105 nations have competed in the Olympic archery events, with France appearing the most often at 15 times.

The most noticeable trend has been the excellence of South Korean archers, who have won 32 out of 44 gold medals in archery events since 1984.

At the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, six archery events were contested, of which three were men's and three were women's competitions.

The archery competition featured at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich consisted of a double FITA Round (from 2014 known as a '1440 Round') competition with two events: men's individual and women's individual.

In 1984 at Los Angeles, Neroli Fairhall of New Zealand was the first paraplegic competitor in the Olympic Games.

[1] Since 2004, the archery competitions at the Olympic Games have often been held in iconic locations like the Panathinaikos Stadium (2004), Lord’s Cricket Ground (2012), and the Sambodromo (2016).

The nations that competed during that period were France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Great Britain, and the United States.

[5][6] 1972 marked the beginning of the modern archery competition at the Olympic Games.

[7] Qualification spots in archery are allotted to National Olympic Committees rather than to individual athletes.

The minimum age for an Olympic archer is 16, according to World Archery (The Federation for the sport).

The host nation continued to receive three spots, as did the top eight teams at the World Championship.

For the 2020 Olympics (which was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic),[10] the five Continental Games were added to the qualification pathway.

The winning NOC in the mixed team event at each of the five receives one allocation spot per gender; there is also one quota spot per gender for the individual event winners at the Asian, European, and Pan American Games.

The European continental tournament received an additional spot (up to 4) at the expense of Oceania (down to 1) and Africa (down to 2).

The archer with the higher score after 18 arrows moves on to the next round while the loser is eliminated.

The competition thereafter is a single-elimination bracket, with the top 4 teams receiving a bye into the quarterfinals.

Early Olympic archery competitions had events that were unique for each of the Games.