BAI Archery Scoring & Competition Rules

Question 1

In USA Archery and World Archery competitions, what is the point value assigned to the inner gold 'X' ring?

Accepted Answer

10 points, used only as a tiebreaker

Answer

The X ring counts as 10 points in scoring but is tracked separately to break ties when archers finish with equal total scores.

Question 2

How many arrows constitute a standard 'end' in Olympic-style recurve target archery?

Accepted Answer

3

Answer

An end in Olympic recurve archery consists of 3 arrows, with archers given 120 seconds to shoot them.

Question 3

In archery scoring, what does the rule 'line cutter' or 'line breaker' mean?

Accepted Answer

An arrow touching a higher-value ring line is scored at the higher value

Answer

If any part of an arrow shaft touches the line between two scoring zones, the arrow receives the higher point value of the two zones.

Question 4

What score does an arrow receive if it passes completely through the target face during competition?

Accepted Answer

The value of the hole its passage creates

Answer

An arrow that passes through the target face is scored based on the value of the hole it creates, just as a normally embedded arrow would be.

Question 5

What is the maximum possible score for one end of 3 arrows on a standard 10-ring target face?

Accepted Answer

30

Answer

Three arrows each scoring the maximum of 10 points equals 30 points, the highest possible score for a single end.

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