1931 World Archery Championships

The 1931 World Archery Championships was the inaugural edition of the event. It was held in Lwów, Poland in August 1931.
Following the competition, on 4 September, the World Archery Federation was formally founded by the four nations which sent representatives to the Championships along with representatives of the United States, Hungary, and Italy.

Results

Individual

Competitors shot arrows from three distances, 30 meters, 40 meters, and 50 meters, at a round static ringed target. The scores in each round were aggregated, and competitors ranked by total score.

Rank	Name	Nation	30m	40m	50m	Total
1	Michał Sawicki		82	176	220	478
2	Janina Kurkowska		67	160	240	467
3	René Allexandre		51	162	242	455
4	Emil Heilbron		90	148	196	434
5	Gaston Quentin		66	148	206	420
6	Gaston Ducatel		54	138	210	402
7	Irena Stefańska		72	137	182	391
8	Jan Choina		54	149	182	385
9	Zygmunt Piwowarski		52	145	188	385
10	Zbigniew Kosiński		66	126	190	382
11	Mirosław Teraszkiewicz		49	134	198	381
12	Paul Demare		57	119	177	353
13	Stanisława Sikorówna		55	136	135	326
14	Irena Komańska		49	112	162	323
15	Maria Krolówna		64	103	138	305
16	Kazimierz Sokołowski		42	106	140	288
17	Maria Kościeszanka		35	96	118	249
18	Jan Hörn		50	115	67	232
19	Maria Trajdosówna		24	48	97	169
20	Jaroslay Fiala		22	80	48	150
21	Berta Laskova		31	22	57	110

Team

An unofficial team competition was also held. Three teams of three archers each entered, two representing Poland and a third team from France, who won the tournament.

Rank	Name	Nation	30m	40m	50m	Total
1	René Allexandre Gaston Quentin Gaston Ducatel		51 66 54	162 148 138	242 206 210	455 420 402
2	Michał Sawicki Jan Choina Zbigniew Kosiński
3	Janina Kurkowska Irena Stefańska Maria Krolówna