The men's individual archery event is one of five archery events at the 2024 Summer Olympics. It will be held at Les Invalides.[1] There were 64 competitors from 40 nations, with nations having either 1 or 3 archers.
64 archers qualify for the men's archery events. The 12 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) that qualify for the men's team event (including the host, France) enter the 3 team members in the individual event as well. Otherwise, NOCs may qualify a maximum of 1 archer in men's individual. There are quota spots available at various tournaments, including the World Championships, multiple continental events, and a final qualification tournament. There are also two Tripartite Commission invitational spots.
Competition format
As with the other archery events, the men's individual is a recurve archery event, held under the World Archery-approved 70-meter distance and rules. Competition begins with a ranking round, in which each archer shoots 72 arrows. The scores from the ranking round are used to seed the archers into a single-elimination bracket. The knockout matches used the set system introduced in 2012. Each match consists of up to 5 sets of 3 arrows per archer. The archer with the best score in each set wins the set, earning 2 points. If the score is tied, each archer receives 1 point. The first archer to 6 points wins the match. If the match is tied 5–5 after 5 sets, a single tie-breaker arrow is to be used with the closest to center winning.[2]
Records
Prior to the competition, the world and Olympic records were as follows.
The schedule for the men's individual event covers five separate days of competition.[1]
Date
Time
Round
Thursday, 25 July 2024
14:15
Ranking round
Tuesday, 30 July 2024 Wednesday, 31 July 2024 Thursday, 1 August 2024
12:00 17:45
1/32 finals 1/16 finals
Sunday, 4 August 2024
9:30 13:00 13:52 14:33 14:46
1/8 finals Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze medal match Gold medal match
Results
Ranking round
The ranking round was held on 25 July 2024. All 64 entrants took part, and were seeded in places 1 to 64 depending on their ranking. The scores will also be used to rank the men's team and mixed team events.