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Video: Archery At London 2012
- The first known Archery competition was organised in Finsbury, London, in 1583. It attracted 3,000 participants.
- At the Athens 2004 Games, archers competed in the Panathinaiko Stadium, where the first modern Olympic Games took place in 1896. The Stadium was built on the ruins of an ancient stadium built in 329 BC.
- In the 14th century, archery was considered so important to the defence of the nation that an English law made it compulsory for every man aged between seven and 60.
London 2012 Opening Ceremony doodleIn the Archery Google Doodle you can see a woman archer who wants to hit on Google logo’s third character ‘o’.Shape of Google doodle is like a arrow.
