The 1959 World Archery Championships was the 20th edition of the event. It was held in Stockholm, Sweden on 6–9 August 1959 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA).

It marked the first win in a run of 13 successive championship wins for the United States men's team.^[1]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual	James Caspers  United States	Robert Kadiee  United States	James Needey  United States
Women's individual	Ann Corby  United States	Sigrid Johansson  Sweden	Lucille Shine  United States
Men's team	United States	Belgium	Sweden
Women's team	United States	United Kingdom	Czechoslovakia

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	4	1	2	7
2	Sweden	0	1	1	2
3	Belgium	0	1	0	1
	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
5	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		4	4	4	12

• World Archery website
• Complete results