Olympic Games Wrap Up
Aug 26, 2004
– Archery competition at the 2004 Olympic Games was held August 15-21 at Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, where the first modern Olympic Games were held in 1896, and it is built on top of the ancient Stadium dating from 329 B.C.
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U.S. Men Finish 4th in Team Round
Aug 23, 2004
After knocking off Sweden and number one ranked Italy, the U.S. men lost to Chinese Taipei in the semifinals, then Ukraine in the bronze medal match of the team round. The U.S. finished in fourth place, closing out archery competition at the 2004 Olympic Games.
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U.S. Men's Team Knocks of Sweden, Italy; Advances to Semifinals
Aug 21, 2004
In the first round of the men's team round event, the number 11 ranked U.S. team of 2000 Olympic Individual Silver and Team Bronze Medalist Vic Wunderle (Mason City, Ill.), four-time Olympian Butch Johnson (Woodstock,
Conn.) and John Magera (Carterville, Ill.) faced sixth ranked Sweden in the 27-arrow match.
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Wunderle Eliminated from Individual Competition
Aug 19, 2004
Vic Wunderle, the only remaining U.S. competitor in individual competition for archery at the 2004 Olympic Games, was eliminated by Italy’s Marco Galiazzo today in the quarterfinals.
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Nichols Eliminated in Round of Eight
Aug 20, 2004
Jennifer Nichols was eliminated from individual competition today after losing a close match to Korea's Yun Mi Jin. Nineteenth ranked Nichols (Cheyenne, Wyo.) stayed within one point...
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Nichols, Wunderle Move Forward to Round of Eight
Aug 19, 2004
Jennifer Nichols and Vic Wunderle, the only two remaining U.S. competitors in the individual event, won their round of 16 matches today and will advance to the quarterfinals.
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Butch Johnson to Appear on Today Show Tuesday
Aug 17, 2004
Four-time Olympian Butch Johnson will appear on the Today Show on NBC today, Tuesday August 17, at 8:20 a.m
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Wunderle Advances to Next Round
Aug 16, 2004
The men's round of 32 took place today and extremely windy conditions made shooting very difficult for the second day in a row at Panathinaiko Stadium. Vic Wunderle was the only U.S. man to win his match, advancing to tomorrow's round of 16.
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Nichols Advances to Round of 16
Aug 15, 2004
Women's archery competition began today with the round of 32 elimination and Jennifer Nichols advancing to Tuesday's round of 16 for the U.S. The first competitor to walk out of the tunnel into Panathinaiko Stadium...
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U.S. Women's Archery Team to Appear on MSNBC Live
Aug 15, 2004
The U.S. Women's Archery Team will appear on MSNBC's weekly morning show "MSNBC Live" Monday, August 16. The segment will be part of MSNBC's special Olympic coverage.
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Pairings and Match Times Set for Round of 32 Elimination
Aug 14, 2004
Following Thursday's ranking round, pairings were set for the men's and women's round of 32 elimination, which will take place tomorrow and Monday. For the U.S. women, who will compete tomorrow, August 15, 19th ranked Jennifer Nichols (Cheyenne, Wyo.) is set to face...
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Butch Johnson to Appear on Today Show (Updated)
Aug 13, 2004
Four-time Olympian Butch Johnson (Woodstock, Conn.) taped a segment for the Today Show on NBC today that will air at a later date. The segment will not air today, August 13...
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Johnson Finishes 16th in Ranking Round
Aug 12, 2004
ATHENS, Greece - Men's Archery competition began this evening with the ranking round at the Dekelia Archery Training Complex. Four-time Olympian Butch Johnson led the way for the U.S. with a 16th place finish.
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Archery Olympic Preview
Aug 12, 2004
The 2004 U.S. Olympic Men's Archery team looks to be successful once again as three-time Olympian and top-ranked Butch Johnson (Woodstock, Conn.) and 2000 Olympian and second-ranked Vic Wunderle (Mason City, Ill.) will compete for the men along with newcomer John Magera (Carterville, Ill.) who is coming off a second place finish at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials.
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Archery Women Ranked for Elimination Round
Aug 12, 2004
ATHENS, Greece - Archery competition kicked off today with the ranking round at the Dekelia Archery Training Complex, with the women's competition taking place in the morning.
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