Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's individual

The men's individual was an archery event held as part of the Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics programme. All archery was done at a range of 70 metres. 64 archers competed. They began with a 72-arrow ranking round. This was followed by three elimination rounds, in which archers competed head-to-head in 18-arrow matches. After these rounds, there were 8 archers left. The quarterfinals, semifinals, and medal matches (collectively termed the "fin... more

The men's individual was an archery event held as part of the Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics programme. All archery was done at a range of 70 metres. 64 archers competed. They began with a 72-arrow ranking round. This was followed by three elimination rounds, in which archers competed head-to-head in 18-arrow matches. After these rounds, there were 8 archers left. The quarterfinals, semifinals, and medal matches (collectively termed the "finals round") were 12-arrow matches. In all matches, losers were eliminated and received a final rank determined by their score in that round, with the exception of the semifinals. The losers of the semifinals competed in the bronze medal match. Michele Frangilli's score of 170 in the round was an Olympic record for 18 arrows. Oh Kyo-Moon's score of 336 was an Olympic record for 36 arrows, R32 and R16 combined. Oh's score of 115 in the match was an Olympic record for a 12-arrow match, as well as combining with the 114 and 109 to set a world... less