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Tomi
Poikolainen of Finland, who had not finished any of the previous 3
days shootings higher than 4th, came from 4th on the last day to win
the men's archery competition, scoring 2455 points. He won gold just
three points ahead of a Soviet.
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The
women's archery gold was won by Ketevan Losaberidze (USSR) who was
also the world, European and Soviet champion.
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The
women's archery silver was won by Natalia Butuzova (USSR). In 1979
she had set nine national records and three world records.
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The
U.S. archery team was one of the strongest ever fielded but due to
the boycott the team never had a chance to prove itself. The team
which held every record also had the 20 year old phenom William
Graham from Virginia. Graham would most likely have won gold but was
denied and never tried out for the team again.
