China Tops World Archery Para Championships Medal Table

China finished atop the medal standings on Sunday (17 July) following the conclusion of the 2011 World Archery Para Championships in Turin, Italy.

The Chinese delegation finished with four gold medals, a silver and a bronze for a total of six medals. Russia finished second with three golds, and was followed by Great Britain and Iran with two gold medals apiece.

Here’s a look at the top three finishers in each event:

MEN

Individual Compound W1

Gold: Osmo Kinnunen, Finland

Silver: David Drahoninsky, Czech Republic

Bronze: Jean Pierre Antonios, Finland

Individual Compound Open

Gold: Philippe Horner, Switzerland

Silver: John Stephen Stubbs, Great Britain

Bronze: Abdullah Sener, Turkey

Individual Recurve W1/W2

Gold: Ebrahim Ranjbarkijav, Iran

Silver: Myeong-Gu Lee, Korea

Bronze: Sidik Muhammad Salam, Malaysia

Individual Recurve Standing

Gold: Zhi Dong, China

Silver: Suk Ho Kim, Korea

Bronze: Timur Tuchinov, Russia

Team Compound W1

Gold: Czech Republic (David Drahoninsky, Zdenek Sebek, Petr Bartos)

Silver: USA (Jerry Shields, Charles Lear, Jeffrey Rhoden Fabry)

Bronze: Japan (Shinichi Saito, Masakazu Nishiwaki, Yoshitsugu Naka)

Team Recurve Open

Gold: Russia (Timur Tuchinov, Oleg Shestakov, Mikhail Oyun)

Silver: Korea (Myeong-Gu Lee, Young Joo Jung, Hak Young Lee)

Bronze: Ukraine (Taras Chopyk, Roman Chayka, Yuriy Kopiy)

Team Compound Open

Gold: Great Britain (Richard Hennehane, Eric Thomas, John Stephen Stubbs)

Silver: Korea (Hyun Ju Kweon, Ouk Soo Lee, Sung Kil Go)

Bronze: Sweden (Pierre Claesson, Hakan Tornstrom, Robert Larsson)

WOMEN

Individual Compound Open

Gold: Danielle Brown, Great Britain

Silver: Stepanida Artakhinova, Russia

Bronze: Zandra Reppe, Sweden

Individual Recurve W1/W2

Gold: Yanhong Xiao, China

Silver: Zahra Nemati, Iran

Bronze: Hatice Bayar, Turkey

Individual Recurve Standing

Gold: Fangxia Gao, China

Silver: Irina Batorova, Russia

Bronze: Magali Comte, Switzerland

Team Recurve Open

Gold: China (Yanhong Xiao, Huilian Yan, Fangxia Gao)

Silver: Korea (Hee Sook Ko, Hwa Sook Lee, Ran Sook Kim)

Bronze: Iran (Zahra Nemati, Razieh Shir Mohammadi, Zahra Javanmard)

Team Compound Open

Gold: Russia (Olga Polegaeva, Marina Lyzhnikova, Stepanida Artakhinova)

Silver: Great Britain (Pippa Britton, Sarah Beamish, Danielle Brown)

Bronze: China (Dong Di Zeng, Yanhong Wang, Min Yi Chen)

MIXED

Recurve Team Open

Gold: Iran (Ebrahim Ranjbarkijav, Zahra Nemati)

Silver: China (Zhi Dong, Fangxia Gao)

Bronze: Thailand (Sakon Inkaew, Wasana Khuthawisap)

Compound Team Open

Gold: Russia (Stepanida Artakhinova, Mikhail Diktovannyy)

Silver: Great Britain (John Stephen Stubbs, Danielle Brown)

Bronze: Sweden (Robert Larsson, Zandra Reppe)