The women'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 Natalia Nasaridze set a new Olympic record for an 18-arrow match in the round of 64 by shooting 168. Yoon's score of 331 in the R32/R16 combined set a new Olympic record even as she was defeated by one point in the round. Kim's score of 113 in the gold medal match was an Olympic record. It also contributed to a score of 330 in the 36-arrow finals round beginning with the quarterfinal, another Olympic record.

Results

Final rank Ranking round rank Archer Nation Ranking round R64 R32 R16 Quarter- finals Semi- finals Finals 8 Kim Kyung-Wook 661 164 159 165 106 111 113 2 He Ying 669 158 163 165 103 101 107 5 Olena Sadovnycha 663 153 158 161 108 109 109 6 Elif Altınkaynak 663 155 160 160 109 100 102 35 Olga Yakusheva 635 159 153 161 107 – – 4 Kim Jo-Sun 663 163 163 164 105 – – 32 Wang Xiaozhu 636 152 156 156 103 – – 42 Barbara Mensing 632 150 144 163 93 – – 9 Yoon Hye-Young 660 165 167 164 – – – 10 15 Alison Williamson 648 156 157 159 – – – 11 12 Joanna Nowicka 651 165 152 158 – – – 12 7 Natalia Valeeva 662 159 160 158 – – – 13 19 Lin Yi-Yin 644 159 155 157 – – – 14 20 Rita Galinovskaya 644 150 155 157 – – – 15 11 Lioudmila Arjannikova 652 149 160 150 – – – 16 17 Janet Dykman 646 156 154 149 – – – 17 31 Wenche-Lin Hess 636 154 163 – – – – 18 29 Marisol Bretón 638 142 157 – – – – 19 41 Lin Ya-hua 632 162 155 – – – – 20 40 Séverine Bonal 632 156 153 – – – – 21 3 Natalia Nasaridze 667 168 153 – – – – 22 21 Lindsay Langston 643 151 152 – – – – 23 1 Lina Herasymenko 673 156 152 – – – – 24 52 Kinue Kodama 613 159 151 – – – – 25 28 Katarzyna Klata 639 152 151 – – – – 26 22 Jenny Sjövall 643 152 151 – – – – 27 27 Christel Verstegen 639 155 149 – – – – 28 14 Giovanna Aldegani 650 157 149 – – – – 29 16 Yang Jianping 648 159 148 – – – – 30 26 Kirstin Jean Lewis 639 150 143 – – – – 31 18 Olga Zabugina 645 158 142 – – – – 32 55 Nurfitriyana Lantang 600 155 141 – – – – 33 57 Iwona Dzięcioł 599 158 – – – – – 34 24 Sandra Wagner-Sachse 640 158 – – – – – 35 48 Christa Bäckman 617 154 – – – – – 36 51 Danahuri Dahliana 615 153 – – – – – 37 10 Anna Mozhar 653 153 – – – – – 38 61 Nadejda Palovandova 580 153 – – – – – 39 53 Judi Adams 606 152 – – – – – 40 47 Cornelia Pfohl 621 152 – – – – – 41 43 Ai Ouchi 631 152 – – – – – 42 25 Hamdiah Damanhuri 639 151 – – – – – 43 30 Kristina Persson-Nordlander 636 151 – – – – – 44 45 Jargal Otgon 630 150 – – – – – 45 39 Judit Kovács 633 150 – – – – – 46 44 Yang Chun-chi 630 150 – – – – – 47 38 Elif Ekşi 633 150 – – – – – 48 49 Myfanwy Matthews 616 150 – – – – – 49 37 Khatouna Kurivichvili 634 148 – – – – – 50 13 Makhlukhanum Murzayeva 650 147 – – – – – 51 59 Tímea Kiss 582 147 – – – – – 52 34 Irina Leonova 635 145 – – – – – 53 23 Elena Tutatchikova 641 145 – – – – – 54 33 Paola Fantato 635 143 – – – – – 55 54 Nataliya Bilukha 605 141 – – – – – 56 58 Misato Koide 583 141 – – – – – 57 50 Deonne Bridger 615 141 – – – – – 58 46 Yana Tunyantse 621 140 – – – – – 59 62 Jill Börresen 567 140 – – – – – 60 36 Giuseppina Di Blasi 634 139 – – – – – 61 56 Leanda Hendricks 600 138 – – – – – 62 64 Jennifer Mbuta 500 126 – – – – – 63 60 Ugyen Ugyen 580 126 – – – – – 64 63 María Reyes 535 123 – – – – –

Competition bracket

Section 1 The #1-ranked archer after the ranking round, Lina Herasymenko, fell in the round of 32.

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4 The largest upset of the round of 64 occurred when #55 Nurfitriyana Lantang defeated #10 Anna Mozhar.

Finals

References

Sources Official Report