The men's individual archery event at the 1972 Summer Olympics was part of the archery programme. The event consisted of a double FITA round. For each round, the archer shot 36 arrows at each of four distances—90, 50, 70, and 30 metres. The highest score for each arrow was 10 points, giving a possible maximum of 2880 points.
Records
The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.
Record Round Name Nationality Score OR Single FITA round First John Williams 1268 OR Double FITA round Combined John Williams 2528 OR
Results
Rank Archer Nation Round 1 Score Round 1 Rank Round 2 Score Round 2 Rank Total Score John Williams 1268 (OR) 1 1260 1 2528 (OR) Gunnar Jervill 1229 2 1252 3 2481 Kyösti Laasonen 1213 6 1254 2 2467 Robert Cogniaux 1205 7 1240 5 2445 Edwin Eliason 1193 13 1245 4 2438 Donald Jackson 1225 3 1212 12 2437 Victor Sidorouk 1205 7 1222 7 2427 Arne Jacobsen 1188 20 1235 6 2423 Graeme Telford 1224 4 1199 16 2423 10 Lucien Trepper 1191 16 1218 8 2409 11 Dennis McComak 1199 9 1199 16 2398 12 Mikhail Peunov 1222 5 1175 24 2397 13 Herluf Andersen 1178 23 1216 10 2394 14 Siegfried Ortmann 1175 24 1215 11 2390 15 Terry Reilly 1193 13 1194 18 2387 16 Rolf Svensson 1179 22 1207 14 2386 17 Roy Matthews 1174 25 1211 13 2385 18 Andre Baeyens 1190 19 1193 20 2383 19 Hiroshi Kajikawa 1192 15 1189 22 2381 20 Olavi Laurila 1155 31 1217 9 2372 21 Jacques Doyen 1186 21 1183 23 2369 22 Jakob Wolfensberger 1191 16 1176 25 2367 23 Jos Daman 1165 29 1200 15 2365 24 Mati Vaikjärv 1194 11 1169 30 2363 25 Elmer Ewert 1194 11 1165 32 2359 26 John Snelling 1195 10 1161 35 2356 27 Olle Boström 1168 27 1179 24 2347 28 Alfonso Jones 1154 32 1190 21 2344 29 Seiji Hibino 1150 33 1194 18 2344 30 Richard Krust 1172 26 1170 29 2342 31 Alfredo Massazza 1189 19 1151 39 2340 32 Jan Erik Humlekjær 1164 30 1175 26 2339 33 Giancarlo Ferrari 1167 28 1155 36 2322 34 Béla Nagy 1135 39 1167 31 2302 35 Sante Spigarelli 1145 34 1155 36 2300 36 Johannes Akkerhaugen 1133 40 1155 36 2288 37 Francisco Naranjilla 1117 44 1171 28 2288 38 Shinji Nakamoto 1124 42 1163 34 2287 39 Marcel Balthasar 1144 36 1141 43 2285 40 Jorma Sandelin 1142 37 1136 45 2278 41 Wayne Pullen 1145 34 1130 46 2275 42 Louis-Henry Lemirre 1102 46 1164 33 2266 43 Galsangiin Byambaa 1112 45 1141 43 2253 44 Alain Convard 1100 47 1151 39 2251 45 Ronald Bishop 1138 38 1106 50 2244 46 Tomasz Leżański 1128 41 1109 48 2237 47 Jean-Pierre Héritier 1123 43 1099 51 2222 48 Egil Borgen Johansen 1076 50 1143 42 2219 49 Emilio Ramos 1092 48 1107 49 2199 50 Carlos Santos, Jr. 1062 52 1121 47 2183 51 Rafel Aveleyra 1031 54 1147 41 2178 52 José Almanzor 1092 48 1083 52 2175 53 Robin Sampson 1060 53 1055 53 2115 54 Ramón Aldea 1067 51 1035 54 2102 55 Ferdinand Vega 972 55 982 55 1954
Notes Jacobsen defeated Telford 76-70 in a tie-breaker to gain 8th place. Jones defeated Hibino 61-46 in a tie-breaker to gain 28th place. Akkerhaugen defeated Naranjilla 286-285 in a tie-breaker to gain 36th place.
References
External links Official Olympic Report