The men's individual was an archery event held as part of the Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics programme. Like other archery events at the Olympics, it featured the recurve discipline. All archery was done at a range of 70 metres. 64 archers competed.

The same competition format as in 1992 was used, though there were some significant changes. The competition began with a 72-arrow ranking round (down from 144 arrows in 1992). This was followed by three elimination rounds (up from two in 1992), in which archers competed head-to-head in 18-arrow matches (up from 12 arrows in 1992). 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.

Records

Michele Frangilli's score of 170 in the round of 16 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 bronze medal match was an Olympic record for a 12-arrow match, as well as combining with the 114 and 109 to set a world record at 338 for the 36 arrow final round.

Results

Final rank Ranking round rank Archer Nation Ranking round R64 R32 R16 Quarter- finals Semi- finals Finals 9 Justin Huish 670 165 166 169 112 112 112 7 Magnus Petersson 672 167 167 167 111 112 107 3 Oh Kyo-Moon 681 162 169 167 114 109 116 21 Paul Vermeiren 659 165 159 161 111 103 110 11 Kim Bo-ram 668 168 166 162 113 – – 1 Michele Frangilli 684 166 164 170 112 – – 2 Jang Yong-Ho 682 164 165 162 108 – – 45 Lionel Torres 644 165 164 159 106 – – 10 Matteo Bisiani 669 167 163 163 – – – 10 57 Hsieh Sheng-feng 630 164 157 162 – – – 11 15 Richard Johnson 664 158 164 160 – – – 12 38 Tomi Poikolainen 648 168 164 160 – – – 13 16 Stanislav Zabrodsky 664 156 163 160 – – – 14 28 Samo Medved 656 161 161 159 – – – 15 19 Martinus Grov 663 161 161 159 – – – 16 29 José Anchondo 653 158 156 158 – – – 17 39 Andrea Parenti 647 161 165 – – – – 18 6 Balzhinima Tsyrempilov 675 164 163 – – – – 19 13 Hiroshi Yamamoto 665 155 163 – – – – 20 5 Jari Lipponen 676 168 161 – – – – 21 22 Mikael Larsson 659 167 160 – – – – 22 34 Keith Hanlon 650 155 159 – – – – 23 14 Tang Hua 664 157 159 – – – – 24 12 Rod White 666 161 158 – – – – 25 32 Lalremsanga Chhangte 650 160 158 – – – – 26 18 Matthew Gray 663 162 157 – – – – 27 25 Takayoshi Matsushita 657 163 156 – – – – 28 24 Gary Hardinges 658 158 155 – – – – 29 30 Paweł Szymczak 653 152 154 – – – – 30 4 Vadim Shikarev 677 166 154 – – – – 31 23 Valeriy Yevetskiy 659 159 152 – – – – 32 48 Tommi Tuovila 644 151 142 – – – – 33 59 Vitaly Shin 626 163 – – – – – 34 40 Göran Bjerendal 646 162 – – – – – 35 8 Jackson Fear 671 162 – – – – – 36 58 Luo Hengyu 627 161 – – – – – 37 54 Jeannot Robitaille 634 160 – – – – – 38 43 Rob Rusnov 645 159 – – – – – 39 46 Sébastien Flute 644 158 – – – – – 40 47 Shen Jun 644 158 – – – – – 41 41 Cho Sheng-ling 646 158 – – – – – 42 36 Raul Kivilo 649 157 – – – – – 43 56 Sergei Martynov 632 157 – – – – – 44 42 Wu Tsung-yi 646 156 – – – – – 45 62 Stefan Mlyakov 617 156 – – – – – 46 33 Andrew Lindsay 650 156 – – – – – 47 55 Skalzang Dorje 634 156 – – – – – 48 49 Jubzhang Jubzhang 643 156 – – – – – 49 27 Kevin Sally 657 155 – – – – – 50 51 Andrey Podlazov 640 154 – – – – – 51 52 Adolfo González 636 154 – – – – – 52 20 Simon Fairweather 660 154 – – – – – 53 53 Bair Badënov 635 152 – – – – – 54 31 Peter Koprivnikar 652 151 – – – – – 55 17 Steven Hallard 664 150 – – – – – 56 26 Damien Letulle 657 150 – – – – – 57 37 Oleksandr Yatsenko 649 150 – – – – – 58 35 Nuno Pombo 650 148 – – – – – 59 61 Okyay Küçükkayalar 618 144 – – – – – 60 60 Antonio Vázquez 621 143 – – – – – 61 64 Dominic Rebelo 518 142 – – – – – 62 63 Paolo Tura 592 141 – – – – – 63 44 Limba Ram 644 140 – – – – – 64 50 Matevž Krumpestar 643 140 – – – – –

Competition bracket

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Finals

References

Sources Official Report