Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics The woman's individual event fell easily to the Koreans; they have won this event continuously since the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and swept all three medals at the 2000 Olympics. Though both gold and silver fell to Korean archers, Alison Williamson captured the bronze medal, giving Britain its first medal in archery since 1992. In the team event, the Korean women beat the Chinese team 241-240 to win the gold medal, making this their eleventh straight women's team championship win. Chinese Taipei easily took the bronze medal over France. Forty-three nations contributed archers to compete in the events.
Venues of the 2000 Summer Olympics ran from September 1998 to August 2000. Before the start of the women's marathon, street personnel in Sydney had to tow 137 cars that were parked along the course. Japan's Naoko Takahashi won the event. Canoe sprint events on the last day of the Games at the Regatta Centre were delayed for six hours by up to wind gusts. The Regatta Center also had lane markers that were damaged and an official's aluminum dinghy sinking. Eight days earlier, in the men's rowing coxless four final, Great Britain's Steve Redgrave won the gold medal in his fifth straight Olympics. The endurance