Copper John Corporation - About Archery General Information Archery is a sport in which the participant uses a bow to shoot arrows at a target which has 10 concentric circles. The score of each arrow depends upon where it lands on the target. The highest score, a 10, is achieved by shooting an arrow into the center, or bullseye.
Scores go down from nine for the next circle out to one for the outermost circle.
Missing the target results in a score of zero. A smaller, inner ten-ring is used in compound events. Scores are then totaled to determine seedings into the Olympic Round. The winner of each match advances until a gold medalist is determined. All matches are 18 arrows, except the quarterfinals, semifinals and finals, which are 12-arrow matches.