The competition, held at The Royal Artillery Barracks, kicks off on Thursday 30 August and runs until 5 September. It features nine medal events, including both Individual and Team events for men and women, in standing and seated classifications.

Athletes shoot arrows as close to the centre of the target as possible from a distance of 70 metres.

See the Paralympic Archery competition schedule

No sport has as great a Paralympic history as Archery. It featured at the first Stoke Mandeville Games in 1948, the modern Paralympic Games’ predecessor, and has featured on every Paralympic programme since the first Games in 1960.

Find out more about the sport