The men's individual recurve competition at the

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took place from 27 July to 2 August 2015 in

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. The reigning champion and world number one archer

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was not selected for the

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n team, so did not compete. The top 8 competitors, excluding those whose countries earned team qualifying spots in the team event, earned an individual qualifying spot for their country for the

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. Only one spot per country could be earned this way. An Olympic Secondary Tournament was held to rank competitors reaching the same round.

Schedule

All times are local ( UTC+01:00).

Qualification round

Pre-tournament world rankings ('WR') are taken from the 18 July 2015

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. Bye to third round
Qualified for eliminations

Elimination rounds

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Finals

References

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