Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's individual
The women's individual was an archery event held as part of the Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics programme. Like other archery events at the Olympics, it featured the recurve discipline. All archery was done at a range of 70 metres. 64 archers competed.
The same basic competition format as in 1992 was used, though there were some significant changes. The competition 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 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 match.
Records
set a new Olympic record for an 18-arrow match in the round of 64 by shooting 168. Yoon's score of 331 in the R32/R16 combined set a new Olympic record even as she was defeated by one point in the round. Kim's score of 113 in the gold medal match was an Olympic record. It also contributed to a score of 330 in the 36-arrow finals round beginning with the quarterfinal, another Olympic record.Results
| Final rank | Ranking round rank | Archer | Nation | Ranking round | R64 | R32 | R16 | Quarter- finals | Semi- finals | Finals |
| 8 | Kim Kyung-Wook | 661 | 164 | 159 | 165 | 106 | 111 | 113 | ||
| 2 | He Ying | 669 | 158 | 163 | 165 | 103 | 101 | 107 | ||
| 5 | Olena Sadovnycha | 663 | 153 | 158 | 161 | 108 | 109 | 109 | ||
| 6 | Elif Altankaynak | 663 | 155 | 160 | 160 | 109 | 100 | 102 | ||
| 35 | Olga Yakusheva | 635 | 159 | 153 | 161 | 107 | – | – | ||
| 4 | Kim Jo-Sun | 663 | 163 | 163 | 164 | 105 | – | – | ||
| 32 | Wang Xiaozhu | 636 | 152 | 156 | 156 | 103 | – | – | ||
| 42 | Barbara Mensing | 632 | 150 | 144 | 163 | 93 | – | – | ||
| 9 | Yoon Hye-Young | 660 | 165 | 167 | 164 | – | – | – | ||
| 10 | 15 | Alison Williamson | 648 | 156 | 157 | 159 | – | – | – | |
| 11 | 12 | Joanna Nowicka | 651 | 165 | 152 | 158 | – | – | – | |
| 12 | 7 | Natalia Valeeva | 662 | 159 | 160 | 158 | – | – | – | |
| 13 | 19 | Lin Yi-Yin | 644 | 159 | 155 | 157 | – | – | – | |
| 14 | 20 | Rita Galinovskaya | 644 | 150 | 155 | 157 | – | – | – | |
| 15 | 11 | Lioudmila Arjannikova | 652 | 149 | 160 | 150 | – | – | – | |
| 16 | 17 | Janet Dykman | 646 | 156 | 154 | 149 | – | – | – | |
| 17 | 31 | Wenche-Lin Hess | 636 | 154 | 163 | – | – | – | – | |
| 18 | 29 | Marisol Bretón | 638 | 142 | 157 | – | – | – | – | |
| 19 | 41 | Lin Ya-hua | 632 | 162 | 155 | – | – | – | – | |
| 20 | 40 | Séverine Bonal | 632 | 156 | 153 | – | – | – | – | |
| 21 | 3 | Natalia Nasaridze | 667 | 168 | 153 | – | – | – | – | |
| 22 | 21 | Lindsay Langston | 643 | 151 | 152 | – | – | – | – | |
| 23 | 1 | Lina Herasymenko | 673 | 156 | 152 | – | – | – | – | |
| 24 | 52 | Kinue Kodama | 613 | 159 | 151 | – | – | – | – | |
| 25 | 28 | Katarzyna Klata | 639 | 152 | 151 | – | – | – | – | |
| 26 | 22 | Jenny Sjövall | 643 | 152 | 151 | – | – | – | – | |
| 27 | 27 | Christel Verstegen | 639 | 155 | 149 | – | – | – | – | |
| 28 | 14 | Giovanna Aldegani | 650 | 157 | 149 | – | – | – | – | |
| 29 | 16 | Yang Jianping | 648 | 159 | 148 | – | – | – | – | |
| 30 | 26 | Kirstin Jean Lewis | 639 | 150 | 143 | – | – | – | – | |
| 31 | 18 | Olga Zabugina | 645 | 158 | 142 | – | – | – | – | |
| 32 | 55 | Nurfitriyana Lantang | 600 | 155 | 141 | – | – | – | – | |
| 33 | 57 | Iwona Dzięcioł | 599 | 158 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 34 | 24 | Sandra Wagner-Sachse | 640 | 158 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 35 | 48 | Christa Bäckman | 617 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 36 | 51 | Danahuri Dahliana | 615 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 37 | 10 | Anna Mozhar | 653 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 38 | 61 | Nadejda Palovandova | 580 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 39 | 53 | Judi Adams | 606 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 40 | 47 | Cornelia Pfohl | 621 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 41 | 43 | Ai Ouchi | 631 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 42 | 25 | Hamdiah Damanhuri | 639 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 43 | 30 | Kristina Persson-Nordlander | 636 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 44 | 45 | Jargal Otgon | 630 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 45 | 39 | Judit Kovács | 633 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 46 | 44 | Yang Chun-chi | 630 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 47 | 38 | Elif Ekşi | 633 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 48 | 49 | Myfanwy Matthews | 616 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 49 | 37 | Khatouna Kurivichvili | 634 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 50 | 13 | Makhlukhanum Murzayeva | 650 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 51 | 59 | Tímea Kiss | 582 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 52 | 34 | Irina Leonova | 635 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 53 | 23 | Elena Tutatchikova | 641 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 54 | 33 | Paola Fantato | 635 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 55 | 54 | Nataliya Bilukha | 605 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 56 | 58 | Misato Koide | 583 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 57 | 50 | Deonne Bridger | 615 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 58 | 46 | Yana Tunyantse | 621 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 59 | 62 | Jill Börresen | 567 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 60 | 36 | Giuseppina Di Blasi | 634 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 61 | 56 | Leanda Hendricks | 600 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 62 | 64 | Jennifer Mbuta | 500 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 63 | 60 | Ugyen Ugyen | 580 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 64 | 63 | María Reyes | 535 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – |