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Archery at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's double American round

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Men's double American round
at the Games of the III Olympiad
Contemporary photograph of Francis Field, where the event took place
VenueFrancis Field
Date19 September
Competitors22 from 1 nation
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) George Bryant  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Robert Williams  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) William Thompson  United States

The men's double American round event was part of the archery programme at the 1904 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Monday, 19 September 1904. Twenty two archers competed.[1] George Bryant won the competition, with Robert Williams finishing second and William Thompson third.[2] A day later, the same three men in the same order would medal in the other 1904 Olympic archery event, the double York round.

Background

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This was the only appearance of the event.[3] The 1904 Olympic archery events were part of the 26th Grand Annual Target Meeting of the National Archery Association, with competition open to international competitors, although none entered this event.[4][2] Medals were also given out for the best score at each range, but these medals are not recognized as Olympic.[4]

Competition format

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An American round consisted of 30 arrows at each of 60, 50, and 40 yard distances. The total number of arrows for the double round was 180. The result was based on points. A total of 10 points were available. One point was awarded to the archer scoring the highest score at each distance as well as one point for the most hits on target at each distance. Two points were awarded to the archer scoring the highest total score as well as two points for the most total targets hit. Ties were broken on total score, and then on total targets hit.[3]

Schedule

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The double American round event was held on the first day of the three-day archery tournament, along with the women's double Columbia round.[4]

Legend
F Final
Event 19 Sep 20 Sep 21 Sep
Men's double American round F
Men's double York round F
Men's team round F
Women's double Columbia round F
Women's double National round F
Women's team round F


Results

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Five men each hit all 60 targets at 40 yards, splitting the point for that category five ways (0.2 each). Bryant had the highest score at that range, with 412. Bryant was the only perfect archer at 50 yards (Williams and Thompson each hit 59 targets) and scored 55 better than the next closest man (366 to Williams's 311) to take both 50-yard points. At 60 yards, Bryant was again the best in targets hit (the only four targets he missed in the entire competition were at this distance), but Williams scored higher with 276 to Bryant's 270 despite hitting only 52 targets to Bryant's 56. Bryant finished comfortably ahead in total score and total hits, adding four more points to give him 8.2 out of the possible 10 and the gold medal. Williams received silver on the strength of his 60-yard score point, with a total of 1.2 including his share of the 40-yard hits point. The three other men who had shared in that 40-yard hits point placed third through fifth, with ties broken by score to give Thompson the bronze medal.[3]

Rank Archer Nation Points Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) George Bryant  United States 8.2 1048
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Robert Williams  United States 1.2 991
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) William Thompson  United States 0.2 949
4 Charles Woodruff  United States 0.2 907
5 Wallace Bryant  United States 0.2 818
6 William Clark  United States 0 880
7 Benjamin Keys  United States 0 840
8 Cyrus Edwin Dallin  United States 0 816
9 Henry B. Richardson  United States 0 813
10 Homer Taylor  United States 0 811
11 Charles Hubbard  United States 0 779
12 Louis Maxson  United States 0 777
13 Galen Spencer  United States 0 701
14 Samuel Duvall  United States 0 699
15 Edward Frentz  United States 0 665
16 Amos Casselman  United States 0 628
17 Thomas Scott  United States 0 562
18 Ralph Taylor  United States 0 533
19 Edward Bruce  United States 0 516
20 Edward Weston  United States 0 508
21 Edward Weston  United States 0 450
22 William Valentine  United States 0 345

References

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  1. ^ "Archery at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's Double American Round". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b "St. Louis 1904 Archery Double American Round (60Y - 50Y - 40Y) Men Results". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Double American Round, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Archery at the 1904 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
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