Target Archery at the Commonwealth Games
Target archery is the most commonly practiced form of archery worldwide. Target tournaments are conducted regularly and held both indoors and outdoors. Shooting distances vary from 18 meters (indoor) to 90 meters (outdoor), with target sizes being 40 or 60 centimeters for indoors and either 80 or 122 centimeters for outdoors.
Targets have five colors with each color being divided into 2 to provide 10 scoring zones. The innermost ring is given a value of 10 points, down to the outermost ring with a value of 1 point. Target rounds involve shooting a set number of arrows over one or several distances. Indoor events involve shooting a total of either 30 or 60 arrows; with outdoor events shooting 72, 90, 120 or 144 arrows are shot.
Related Pages
- Archery at the Commonwelath Games
- About the sport of Archery
- See the list of Commonwealth Games sports
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