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At the in Beijing Johnson finished his ranking round with a total of 653 points.
At the in Beijing Johnson finished his ranking round with a total of 653 points.
He has competed in the Summer Olympics five times, and was a part of the gold medal United States. team at the 1996 Olympics and the bronze medal United States. team in the 2000 Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics, he was surprisingly eliminated by Ron van der Hoff with 135-145 in the round of 64, placing 52nd overall in men"s individual archery. This gave him the 40th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Andrey Abramov in the first round.
Both scored 109 points in the regular match and they had to go to an extra round.
In this extra round Abramov scored 25 points, while Johnson advanced to the second round with 26 points. There he faced eight seeded Im Dong-Hyun, who was too strong with 115-106.
Together with Brady Ellison and Vic Wunderle he also took part in the team event. With his 653 score from the ranking round combined with the 664 of Ellison and the 652 of Wunderle the Americans were in 10th position after the ranking round.
Today, Butch Johnson has maintained himself as one of the best recurve shooters in the country, has ranked in the top five in the United States and placed sixth in the 2012 United States. Olympic Team Trials.
He reportedly plans to continue competing, and has not ruled out a run at the 2016 Olympic Team.
He later placed 4th as a member of the United States team