Individual, Recurve, Women

The gold medal went to Soviet Georgian Ketevan Losaberidze, the top Soviet archer of the 1970s. Losaberidze also won World team titles in 1973 and 1981, a European individual title in 1972 and European team titles in 1972, 1978 and 1980. The silver medal in Moscow went to her teammate, Nataliya Butuzova, later the 1981 World Champion, and winner of the European Championship in 1980 and 1982. Finnish bronze medalist Päivi Meriluoto-Aaltonen would win eight national titles in her career, and was Nordic Champion in 1978, 1984, and 1986. The 1979 World Champion was Korean Kim Jin-Ho, who could not compete because Korea joined the USA-led boycott.