Team Round, Women

Olympic historians have vacillated on the status of the 1904 archery women’s team round. It was initially listed as an event by some of the early sources but, when looking at the original result sheets from the National Archery Association, it did not appear to have been contested, most likely because only one team, the Cincinnati Archers, appeared to compete. It was not certain if the event was even contested, and it was not included as an Olympic event in Bill Mallon’s book on the 1904 Olympics, The 1904 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors, in All Events, with Commentary.

However, in some more recent sources, including the 1906 Spalding Archery Guide (USA) and the 1909 Archer’s Register (GBR), results are given for this event, which doubled as the United States’ National Championships. With the results, scores are given, certainly implying that the archers did at least shoot a round to earn the medal. Given this, we have “reinstated” this event as an Olympic event.