Competition Rules & Format

• Membership:
  Participants must be a current member of USA Archery or member of a WA Member Association.

• Citizenship:
  Competitors who want to earn NRS Points for USAT qualification must be U.S. Citizens. Non-U.S. Citizens will not be eligible for USAT Placement.

• Learn More:

  • World Archery Rules

  • USA Archery Dress Code

  • National Ranking System

• U18 (Cadet)
  Through the calendar year of your 17th birthday.

• U21 (Junior)
  Through the calendar year of their 20th birthday.

• Seniors
  Participants may compete as a senior at any age they wish.

• Para Division
  Offered in Recurve and Compound for Senior age class.

• 50+ (Masters)
  Participants may compete as a master when the competition takes place in the year of their 50th birthday and thereafter.

• Recurve

• Compound

• Barebow

• Fixed Pin/Bowhunter (Only Youth)

An arrow consists of a shaft with a tip (point), nocks, fletching and, if desired, cresting. The maximum diameter of arrow shafts shall not exceed 9.3mm (arrow wraps shall not be considered as part of this limitation as long they do not extend further than 22cm toward the point of the arrow when measured from the throat – nock hole where the string sits – of the nock to the end of the wrap); the tips (points) for these arrows may have a maximum diameter of 9.4mm. All arrows of every athlete shall be marked with the athlete’s name or initials on the shaft. All arrows used in any end shall be identical visually.

• Recurve/Barebow – 122cm target face

• Compound/Fixed Pins – 80cm target face (6-ring)

• All Compound Archers – 50 meters

• All Fixed Pins Archers – 50 meters

• All Barebow Archers – 50 meters

• Recurve U18 (Cadet) & Masters – 60 meters

• Recurve U21 (Junior) & Senior – 70 meters

• 72 arrows total

• 6 arrow ends

• 4 minutes per end

The top 64 archers in each division will qualify for the Olympic Round match-play.

• Archers shoot 3 arrows per end.

• 2 minutes per end.

• Recurve/Barebow – first to 6 set points wins.

• Compound/Fixed Pins – 5 ends. Archer with the highest cumulative score wins the match.

Separate Brackets For:

• U18 (Cadet) Male Compound

• U18 (Cadet) Female Compound

• U18 (Cadet) Male Recurve

• U18 (Cadet) Female Recurve

• U18 (Cadet) Male Barebow

• U18 (Cadet) Female Barebow

• U18 (Cadet) Male Fixed Pin/Bowhunter

• U18 (Cadet) Female Fixed Pin/Bowhunter

• U21 (Junior) Male Compound

• U21 (Junior) Female Compound

• U21 (Junior) Male Recurve

• U21 (Junior) Female Recurve

• U21 (Junior) Male Barebow

• U21 (Junior) Female Barebow

• U21 (Junior) Male Fixed Pin/Bowhunter

• U21 (Junior) Female Fixed Pin/Bowhunter

• Senior Male Compound

• Senior Female Compound

• Senior Male Recurve

• Senior Female Recurve

• Senior Male Barebow

• Senior Female Barebow

• Masters Male Compound

• Masters Female Compound

• Masters Male Recurve

• Masters Female Recurve

• Masters Male Barebow

• Masters Female Barebow

Individual Finals:

• Archers will alternate shooting.