The men's individual was an archery

Archery

Archery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity...

 event held as part of the Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta consisted of four events. The events were held in neighboring Stone Mountain.All archery was done at a range of 70 metres. 64 archers competed in each the men's individual and women's individual competitions. They began with a 72-arrow ranking round...

 programme.

Results

All archery was done at a range of 70 metres. 64 archers competed. They began with a 72-arrow ranking round. This was followed by three elimination rounds, in which archers competed head-to-head in 18-arrow matches. After these rounds, there were 8 archers left. The quarterfinals, semifinals, and medal matches (collectively termed the "finals round") were 12-arrow matches. In all matches, losers were eliminated and received a final rank determined by their score in that round, with the exception of the semifinals. The losers of the semifinals competed in the bronze medal

Bronze medal

A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...

 match.

Final rank	Ranking round rank	Archer	Ranking round	R64	R32	R16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Finals
1	9		670	165	166	169	112	112	112
2	7		672	167	167	167	111	112	107
3	3		681	162	169	167	114	109	116
4	21		659	165	159	161	111	103	110
5	11		668	168	166	162	113
6	1		684	166	164	170	112
7	2		682	164	165	162	108
8	45		644	165	164	159	106
9	10		669	167	163	163
10	57		630	164	157	162
11	15		664	158	164	160
12	38		648	168	164	160
13	16		664	156	163	160
14	28		656	161	161	159
15	19		663	161	161	159
16	29		653	158	156	158
17	39		647	161	165
18	6		675	164	163
19	13		665	155	163
20	5		676	168	161
21	22		659	167	160
22	34		650	155	159
23	14		664	157	159
24	12		666	161	158
25	32		650	160	158
26	18		663	162	157
27	25		657	163	156
28	24		658	158	155
29	30		653	152	154
30	4		677	166	154
31	23		659	159	152
32	48		644	151	142
33	59		626	163
34	40		646	162
35	8		671	162
36	58		627	161
37	54		634	160
38	43		645	159
39	46		644	158
40	47		644	158
41	41		646	158
42	36		649	157
43	56		632	157
44	42		646	156
45	62		617	156
46	33		650	156
47	55		634	156
48	49		643	156
49	27		657	155
50	51		640	154
51	52		636	154
52	20		660	154
53	53		635	152
54	31		652	151
55	17		664	150
56	26		657	150
57	37		649	150
58	35		650	148
59	61		618	144
60	60		621	143
61	64		518	142
62	63		592	141
63	44		644	140
64	50		643	140

Round of 64

• Michele Frangilli, Italy def. Dominic Rebelo, Kenya (166-142)
• Lalremsanga Chhangte, India def. Andrew Lindsay, New Zealand (160-156)
• Tommi Tuovila, Finland def. Steven Hallard, Great Britain (151-150)
• Stanislav Zabrodsky, Ukraine def. Jubzhang Jubzhang, Bhutan (156-156, 9-8)
• Hsieh Sheng-Feng, Chinese Taipei def. Jackson Fear, Australia (164-162)
• Takayoshi Matsushita, Japan def. Goran Bjerendal, Sweden (163-162)
• Gary Hardinges, Great Britain def. Cho Sheng-Ling, Chinese Taipei (158-158, 10-9)
• Justin Huish, United States def. Sergei Martynov, Kazakhstan (165-157)
• Jari Lipponen, Finland def. Antonio Vazquez, Spain (168-143)
• Samo Medved, Slovenia def. Aleksandr Yatsenko, Ukraine (161-150)
• Paul Vermeiren, Belgium def. Limba Ram, India (165-140)
• Rod White, United States def. Bair Badënov, Russia (161-152)
• Vadim Chikarev, Kazakhstan def. Okyay Kucukkayalar, Turkey (166-144)
• Jose Anchondo, Mexico def. Raul Kivilo, Estonia (158-157)
• Lionel Torres, France def. Simon Fairweather, Australia (165-154)
• Hiroshi Yamamoto, Japan def. Adolfo Gonzalez, Mexico (155-154)
• Oh Kyo-Moon, Korea def. Stefan Mliakov, Bulgaria (162-156)
• Paweł Szymczak, Poland def. Nuno Pombo, Portugal (152-148)
• Martinus Grov, Norway def. Sebastien Flute, France (161-158)
• Tang Hua, China def. Andrey Podlazov, Russia (157-154)
• Baljinima Tsirempilov, Russia def. Vitaliy Shin, Kazakhstan (164-163)
• Tomi Poikolainen, Finland def. Kevin Sally, Canada (158-155)
• Mikael Larsson, Sweden def. Rob Rusnov, Canada (167-159)
• Kim Bo-Ram, Korea def. Jeannot Robitaille, Canada (168-160)
• Magnus Petersson, Sweden def. Luo Hengyu, China (167-161)
• Andrea Parenti, Italy def. Damien Letulle, France (161-150)
• Valeriy Yevetsky, Ukraine def. Wu Tsung-Yi, Chinese Taipei (159-156)
• Matteo Bisiani, Italy def. Skalzang Dorje, India (167-156)
• Jang Yong-Ho, Korea def. Paolo Tura, San Marino (164-141)
• Keith Hanlon, Ireland def. Peter Koprivnikar, Slovenia (155-151)
• Matthew Gray, Australia def. Shen Jun, China (162-158)
• Richard Johnson, United States def. Matevz Krumpestar, Slovenia (158-140)

Round of 32

• Michele Frangilli, Italy def. Lalremsanga Chhangte, India (164-158)
• Stanislav Zabrodsky, Ukraine def. Tommi Tuovila, Finland (163-142)
• Hsieh Sheng-Feng, Chinese Taipei def. Takayoshi Matsushita, Japan (157-156)
• Justin Huish, United States def. Gary Hardinges, Great Britain (166-155)
• Samo Medved, Slovenia def. Jari Lipponen, Finland (161-161, 9-8)
• Paul Vermeiren, Belgium def. Rod White, United States (159-158)
• Jose Anchondo, Mexico def. Vadim Chikarev, Kazakhstan (156-154)
• Lionel Torres, France def. Hiroshi Yamamoto, Japan (164-163)
• Oh Kyo-Moon, Korea def. Paweł Szymczak, Poland (169-154)
• Martinus Grov, Norway def. Tang Hua, China (161-159)
• Tomi Poikolainen, Finland def. Baljinima Tsirempilov, Russia (164-163)
• Kim Bo-Ram, Korea def. Mikael Larsson, Sweden (166-160)
• Magnus Petersson, Sweden def. Andrea Parenti, Italy (167-165)
• Matteo Bisiani, Italy def. Valeriy Yevetsky, Ukraine (163-152)
• Jang Yong-Ho, Korea def. Keith Hanlon, Ireland (165-159)
• Richard Johnson, United States def. Matthew Gray, Australia (164-157)

Round of 16

Michele Frangilli

Michele Frangilli

Michele Frangilli is an archer from Italy.He was born in Gallarate.He has competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery, ending at the 6th place and getting the Bronze Medal for teams....

's score of 170 in the round was an Olympic record

Olympic record

Olympic records are the best performances in a specific event in that event's history in either the Summer Olympic Games or the Winter Olympic Games...

 for 18 arrows. Oh Kyo-Moon

Oh Kyo-Moon

Oh Kyo-Moon is an archer from South Korea.He won a team silver medal and an individual bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Oh also was a member of Korea's gold medal men's archery team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In the men's individual competition he finished sixth.He was the world record...

's score of 336 was an Olympic record for 36 arrows, R32 and R16 combined.

• Michele Frangilli, Italy def. Stanislav Zabrodsky, Ukraine (170-160)
• Justin Huish, United States def. Hsieh Sheng-Feng, Chinese Taipei (169-162)
• Paul Vermeiren, Belgium def. Samo Medved, Slovenia (161-159)
• Lionel Torres, France def. Jose Anchondo, Mexico (159-158)
• Oh Kyo-Moon, Korea def. Martinus Grov, Norway (167-159)
• Kim Bo-Ram, Korea def. Tomi Poikolainen, Finland (162-160)
• Magnus Petersson, Sweden def. Matteo Bisiani, Italy (167-163)
• Jang Yong-Ho, Korea def. Richard Johnson, United States (162-160)

Quarterfinals

• Justin Huish, United States def. Michele Frangilli, Italy (112-112, 10-9)
• Paul Vermeiren, Belgium def. Lionel Torres, France (111-106)
• Oh Kyo-Moon, Korea def. Kim Bo-Ram, Korea (114-113)
• Magnus Petersson, Sweden def. Jang Yong-Ho, Korea (111-108)

Semifinals

• Justin Huish, United States def. Paul Vermeiren, Belgium (112-103)
• Magnus Petersson, Sweden def. Oh Kyo-Moon, Korea (112-109)

Bronze medal match

Oh's score of 115 in the match was an Olympic record for a 12-arrow match, as well as combining with the 114 and 109 to set a world record at 338 for the 36 arrow final round.

• Oh Kyo-Moon, Korea def. Paul Vermeiren, Belgium (115-110)