Early Archery Competitions
Early Olympic archery competitions had unique events, with some very unusual names like Team fixed large and small bird, or even moving bird.
How about Sur la Perche à la Pyramide, which translates as Perch on the Pyramid. I couldn't work out what Sur la Perche à la Herse translates as (apprently the sport is called popinjay archery in England).
Pole archery, which consisted of shooting artificial birds that were placed on cross beams suspended from a large pole, was an event at the 1900 and 1920 games.
| Year | Events |
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| 1900 |
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| 1904 |
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| 1908 |
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| 1920 |
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Related Pages
- Full list of all Discontinued Events
- About Archery at the Olympics
- More about the Sport of Archery
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