The men's individual
archery competition at the
2012 Olympic Games
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in
London
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was held from 27 July to 3 August at
Lord's Cricket Ground.
Oh Jin-Hyek
Oh Jin-hyek ( ko, 오진혁; , Hanja: 吳真爀; born 15 August 1981) is a South Korean archer. Oh first competed for the Korean national team in 1999, but did not win a major individual international tournament un ...
of
South Korea
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won the gold medal, followed by
Takaharu Furukawa
is an archery athlete from Japan, competing in both individual and team archery events. He competed in the 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2020 Summer Olympics. He is the 2006 All-Japan National Champion,
Archery career
Furukawa began his archery career ...
from
Japan with silver and
Dai Xiaoxiang
Dai Xiaoxiang (; 15 December 1990, Xiamen
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, representing
China, with the bronze.
Competition format
The competitors were ranked 1st to 64th based on their ranking round results and seeded into a head-to-head knock-out bracket based on this ranking.
The 2012 Olympics introduced a new format for the knockout rounds. Each head-to-head match was a best-of-five sets match where each competitor shoots three arrows per set. Competitors received two points for winning the set and one point for a draw with the first competitor to reach six points winning the match. The winner advanced to the next round while the loser was eliminated from the competition.
Schedule
All times are
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).
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Im Dong-Hyun broke both records.
[Men's Individual Records]
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*''72 arrow ranking round''
NB: Im Dong-Hyun broke the world record at the 2004 Olympics with a score of 687. It was not recognized by the International Olympic Committee as an Olympic record because the ranking round took place on 12 August, before the 2004 opening ceremony. Im's 2012 ranking round score is recognized as an Olympic record, despite having been shot before the opening ceremony.
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Results
Ranking round
Competition bracket
Source
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Finals
References
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Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Men's events at the 2012 Summer Olympics