Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's individual

The men's individual was one of two events for men out of four total events in Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Preliminary round Each archer shot a FITA round, consisting of 144 arrows split evenly between the distances of 90 metres, 70 metres, 50 metres, and 30 metres. The top 24 archers advanced to the 1/8 finals.

The United States, winners of the men's gold medal every year they had competed, advanced all of their archers. Korea also had all three archers qualify for the next round. Finland, Japan, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union each had two archers advance. All three medallists from 1984 moved on to the next round.

1/8 final Each archer shot one quarter of a FITA round, with the 36 arrows split evenly between the distances of 90 metres, 70 metres, 50 metres, and 30 metres. The top 18 archers advanced to the quarterfinal.

Korea and the United States again advanced all three archers. Finland and Japan were the nations having two archers qualify. The three medallists from 1984 continued to compete, though Darrell Pace of the United States, gold medallist in Los Angeles, only barely managed to take 18th place to advance.

Quarterfinal Each archer shot one quarter of a FITA round, with the 36 arrows split evenly between the distances of 90 metres, 70 metres, 50 metres, and 30 metres. The top 12 archers advanced to the semifinal.

Once again, the six Korean and American archers advanced, along with two Finnish archers. Pace, who won gold four years earlier, sprang from near-elimination in the 1/8 final to first place in the quarterfinal. It was bronze medal defender Hiroshi Yamamoto that barely escaped elimination in this round.

Semifinal Each archer shot one quarter of a FITA round, with the 36 arrows split evenly between the distances of 90 metres, 70 metres, 50 metres, and 30 metres. The top 8 archers advanced to the final.

One archer from each of the three nations with multiple archers fell in this round, leaving Korea and the United States with two archers advancing as Finland joined the Soviet Union, the Netherlands, and Japan in qualifying one archer for the final. Pace, the defending gold medallist, missed the cut by one place. Yamamoto, the defending silver medallist, avoided that fate by shooting two points better than Pace to place eighth.

Final The top three archers in the final earned medals. Each archer shot one quarter of a FITA round, with the 36 arrows split evenly between the distances of 90 metres, 70 metres, 50 metres, and 30 metres.

The United States and Korea, having vied for dominance throughout the competition, won a gold and silver medal, respectively. This continued the American men's streak of winning a gold medal in every men's archery competition in which they had taken part. The Soviet Union also earned a medal. McKinney and Yamamoto, the remaining defending medallists, placed only 6th and 8th, respectively.

Results Rank Archer Nation Open roundRankEighthfinalRankQuarter finalRankSemi finalRankGrandfinal Jay Barrs 129433131332643342338 Park Sung-soo 13032322432453294336 Vladimir Yesheyev 130413131432093285 335 Chun In-soo 12846326232363341331 Martinus Reniers 12865328132823248327 Richard McKinney 12884321632733323324 Pentti Vikström 12731331215320103247 323 Hiroshi Yamamoto 1271143167318123246321 Darrell Pace 1257193061832913229 – 10 Lee Han-sup 127512314103201132110 – 11 Tomi Poikolainen 1278 9 3159323732111 – 12 Detlef Kahlert 1254 2030717321831112 – 13 Ilario Di Buò 1251 21 322531713 – – – 14 Takayoshi Matsushita 1266 153111631614 – – – 15 Göran Bjerendal 1280 8315831615 – – – 16 Simon Fairweather 1276 11 322331616 – – – 17 Paul Vermeiren 1250 22 3131230917 – – – 18 Leroy Watson 1248 24 3141130418 – – – 19 Olivier Heck 1277 10 306 19 – – – – – 20 Kostiantyn Shkolniy 1250 23 304 20 – – – – – 21 Steven Hallard 1283 7 303 21 – – – – – 22 Vedat Erbay 1257 18 302 22 – – – – – 23 Henrik Kromann Toft 1263 17 295 23 – – – – – 24 John McDonald 1263 16 292 24 – – – – – 25 Jan Jacobsen 1248 25 – – – – – – – 26 Andrés Anchondo 1248 26 – – – – – – – 27 Ismo Falck 1246 27 – – – – – – – 28 Andrea Parenti 1245 28 – – – – – – – 29 Yury Leontyev 1245 29 – – – – – – – 30 Mats Nordlander 1243 30 – – – – – – – 31 Hu Pei-wen 1243 31 – – – – – – – 32 Antonio Vázquez 1239 32 – – – – – – – 33 Giancarlo Ferrari 1237 33 – – – – – – – 34 Kerem Ersü 1237 34 – – – – – – – 35 Gert Bjerendal 1236 35 – – – – – – – 36 Sanjeev Singh 1233 36 – – – – – – – 37 Thierry Venant 1233 37 – – – – – – – 38 Omar Bustani 1232 38 – – – – – – – 39 Limba Ram 1232 39 – – – – – – – 40 Terushi Furuhashi 1229 40 – – – – – – – 41 Christopher Blake 1228 41 – – – – – – – 42 Yen Man-sung 1227 42 – – – – – – – 43 Renato Emilio 1225 43 – – – – – – – 44 Patrick de Koning 1225 44 – – – – – – – 45 Chiu Ping-kun 1223 45 – – – – – – – 46 Duoji Qiuyun 1220 46 – – – – – – – 47 Liang Qiuzhong 1220 47 – – – – – – – 48 Safruddin Mawi 1219 48 – – – – – – – 49 Adolfo González 1215 49 – – – – – – – 50 Manuel Jiménez 1215 50 – – – – – – – 51 Daniel Desnoyers 1215 51 – – – – – – – 52 Juan Holgado 1210 52 – – – – – – – 53 Francis Notenboom 1209 53 – – – – – – – 54 Manfred Barth 1206 54 – – – – – – – 55 Ru Guang 1204 55 – – – – – – – 56 Ole Gammelgaard Nielsen 1203 56 – – – – – – – 57 Richard Priestman 1202 57 – – – – – – – 58 Denis Canuel 1201 58 – – – – – – – 59 Bernhard Schulkowski 1199 59 – – – – – – – 60 Paul Bamber 1197 60 – – – – – – – 61 Izzet Avci 1192 61 – – – – – – – 62 Jorge Azevedo 1191 62 – – – – – – – 63 Rodney Wagner 1184 63 – – – – – – – 64 Claude Franclet 1181 64 – – – – – – – 65 Gilles Cresto 1180 65 – – – – – – – 66 Carlos Reis 1176 66 – – – – – – – 67 Miguel Pedraza 1172 67 – – – – – – – 68 Rowel Merto 1162 68 – – – – – – – 69 Joseph Malone 1162 69 – – – – – – – 70 Rui Santos 1160 70 – – – – – – – 71 Shyam Lal Meena 1150 71 – – – – – – – 72 Alan Bryant 1149 72 – – – – – – – 73 Thinley Dorji 1144 73 – – – – – – – 74 Noel Lynch 1141 74 – – – – – – – 75 Claudio Pafundi 1126 75 – – – – – – – 76 Pema Tshering 1124 76 – – – – – – – 77 Fok Ming Shan 1108 77 – – – – – – – 78 Wrex Tarr 1092 78 – – – – – – – 79 Lai Chi Hung 1079 79 – – – – – – – 80 Jigme Tshering 1070 80 – – – – – – – 81 Ángel Bello 1017 81 – – – – – – – 82 Sameer Jawdat 964 82 – – – – – – – 83 Adel Aljabrin 921 83 – – – – – – – 84 Derrick Tenai 505 84 – – – – – – –

References

External links Official Olympic Report