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This was promoted by the Olympic movement,gained momentum after the congress in 1894 in Paris. Archery was held since 1900 at three Olympics, but in 1920 was excluded from the Olympic list. For 50 years, archers did not participate in the Games. Only in 1972 at the XX Olympiad in Munich the competitions were resumed. Nevertheless, the sport developed, in 1931 the International Federation of archery was created, which included 5 countries. World championships were held, international competition rules were developed. After the return to the program of the Olympic Games, the rules began the reforms aimed at limiting the number of participants and increasing the spectacle of the struggle. Now the tournaments are held under the new program. The goal of sport archery is to hit the smallest inner ring with a boom on a 1.22 meter target. The championship is played out in personal and team competitions. Competitions in individual competition begin with the exercise "circle FITA" (144 arrows at four distances). In the next stages of the match, the matches are held in pairs, with the elimination after the defeat. In these exercises, athletes firing from a distance of 70 meters and produce 12 arrows. The team of three people is given 27 shots. There are 4 sets of awards for men and women in individual and team competitions. In the USSR, this sport began to gain popularity only in the late 1950s. The first archers were masters of bullet shooting Ivan Novozhilov, Anatoly Bogdanov and Nikolai Kalinichenko. Georgian athlete Ketevan Losaberidze won the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, becoming the first and only owner of gold in the history of Soviet sports in archery. It is interesting that this is the only Olympic sport in which disabled people can compete in the overall standings.

The legend says that as early as the beginning of the 18th centuryOne Swedish officer had to deliver the package to the command. At first he set out on horseback, then he had to run, cross the river, shoot back and eventually fight with the enemy on swords. The officer brilliantly defeated all the tests and completed the tasks. It is possible that Pierre de Coubertin knew this legend. But even if they are not, the combination of such sports is quite common for an officer of the beginning of the last century. At the first Olympiads, where this species was represented, the modern pentathlon was called the "officer's Olympic pentathlon." Only military men could participate in it, and the legend of the Swedish officer was realized at the very first Games. The first Olympic champion in this form was the Swede Gustav Lilienkhok. He was able to defeat more than three dozen rivals in a stubborn struggle, including George S. Patton, the future commander-in-chief of the US Armed Forces during the Second World War. In those years, the competition was held for five days, each day one species. Now athletes have two days. At the first Olympiads medals were awarded in the individual and team championship. Until the late 40-ies, no other competition in this sport was conducted. In 1948, the International Federation of Modern Pentathlon was established. It was headed by another Swedish officer, Olympic champion in 1920 G. Dirsson. A year after the formation of the federation was the first world championship, which also won the Swedish athlete. The Swedes dominated in this form until 1956. It was representatives of this country who won all the Olympic competitions of this period, with the exception of the Games in Berlin in 1936. The Swedes retained their leading positions even when the competitions ceased to be officers and civilians began to participate in them. Since 2000, in the Olympic competitions for this kind of women participate. Contests for modern pentathlon begin with shooting. Athletes shoot from a pneumatic pistol caliber 4,5mm. It is necessary to make 20 shots at a 10-meter distance from one position on a round target, consisting of 10 rings. On preparation for the shot and the actual shot is given 40 seconds. A sports pistol for this type of shooting should not be heavier than a half kilogram. Athletes do not have the right to use support devices. In general, the conditions are rather strict. Prepare for shooting and get acquainted with the target participant must be in time for two and a half minutes. To repair weapons, if it suddenly fails, is given 5 minutes. The second type of modern pentathlon is fencing. The duel lasts 1 minute. Each participant meets in turn with all rivals. The one who will manage to put an injection earlier wins. If the opponents hit each other at the same time, the injections are not counted. If the result is zero, both are considered losers. In this form a rather complicated system of calculations. Credited 1000 points are awarded to the one who wins the most battles. All other points are added or subtracted depending on the number of fights won or lost. On a distance on swimming sportsmen leave in an order, certain by a rating of the previous kinds. They must swim with a freestyle 200m distance. Credited 1000 points are awarded for the result 2 min.30 sec. for men. In the competition of women who also mastered this sport, this result is 10 seconds longer. Horses for jumping are received by lot. To get used to the horse and see the distance is necessary in 20 minutes. Each participant is given 1100 points. They must pass a length of 350-450 m with 12 barriers in the allotted time. For every shot down or unnecessary time, the glasses are removed. The last kind of program is cross-country cross-country. Athletes must overcome the distance of 3000m. The order of the start is determined by the previous results, the first to go to the start is the one with the most points. The difference in points is translated in seconds, and each next pentathlon starts later than his predecessor as far as he falls behind on points. The one who brilliantly performed in four kinds, in cross-country gets a tangible advantage, because the task of the athlete is the first to cross the finish line.