Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's individual


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.
RecordRoundNameNationalityScoreOR
Single FITA roundFirstJohn Williams1268OR
Double FITA roundCombinedJohn Williams2528OR

Results

RankArcherNationRound 1
Score
Round 1
Rank
Round 2
Score
Round 2
Rank
Total Score
John Williams1268 1126012528
Gunnar Jervill12292125232481
Kyösti Laasonen12136125422467
Robert Cogniaux12057124052445
Edwin Eliason119313124542438
Donald Jackson122531212122437
Victor Sidorouk12057122272427
Arne Jacobsen118820123562423
Graeme Telford122441199162423
10Lucien Trepper119116121882409
11Dennis McComak119991199162398
12Mikhail Peunov122251175242397
13Herluf Andersen1178231216102394
14Siegfried Ortmann1175241215112390
15Terence Reilly1193131194182387
16Rolf Svensson1179221207142386
17Roy Matthews1174251211132385
18Andre Baeyens1190191193202383
19Hiroshi Kajikawa1192151189222381
20Olavi Laurila115531121792372
21Jacques Doyen1186211183232369
22Jakob Wolfensberger1191161176252367
23Jos Daman1165291200152365
24Mati Vaikjärv1194111169302363
25Elmer Ewert1194111165322359
26John Snelling1195101161352356
27Olle Boström1168271179242347
28Alfonso Jones1154321190212344
29Seiji Hibino1150331194182344
30Richard Krust1172261170292342
31Alfredo Massazza1189191151392340
32Jan Erik Humlekjær1164301175262339
33Giancarlo Ferrari1167281155362322
34Béla Nagy1135391167312302
35Sante Spigarelli1145341155362300
36Johannes Akkerhaugen1133401155362288
37Francisco Naranjilla1117441171282288
38Shinji Nakamoto1124421163342287
39Marcel Balthasar1144361141432285
40Jorma Sandelin1142371136452278
41Wayne Pullen1145341130462275
42Louis-Henry Lemirre1102461164332266
43Galsangiin Byambaa1112451141432253
44Alain Convard1100471151392251
45Ronald Bishop1138381106502244
46Tomasz Leżański1128411109482237
47Jean-Pierre Héritier1123431099512222
48Egil Borgen Johansen1076501143422219
49Emilio Ramos1092481107492199
50Carlos Santos, Jr.1062521121472183
51Rafel Aveleyra1031541147412178
52José Almanzor1092481083522175
53Robin Sampson1060531055532115
54Ramón Aldea1067511035542102
55Ferdinand Vega97255982551954