Archery 2016 Rio Olympic Review

Men’s Individual

The ranking round saw Kim Woo-Jin (South Korea) set a world record of 700, including 52 10s. Despite this, Kim was upset in the second round by Riau Ega Agatha (Indonesia) 6-2. Also losing in that round was number three seed David Pasqualucci (Italy). In the top half of the draw, Sjef van den Berg (Netherlands) and Jean-Charles Valladont (France) made it to the semi-finals. On the other side of the draw, Brady Ellison (United States) eased through to face Ku Bon-Chan (South Korea), who had edged through in a tie-breaker. He repeated the feat against Ellison in the following round to make the final, where he came up against Valladont. Bon-Chan came through with a big 7-3 win to take gold.

🥇Ku Bon-Chan 🇰🇷

🥈Jean-Charles Valladont 🇫🇷

🥉Brady Ellison 🇺🇸

Men’s Team

South Korea was seeded number one behind the strong performances of Kim Woo-Jin and Ku Bon-Chan in the ranking round. They were absolutely dominant, winning every set they took part in. Italy was upset by China in the quarter-final but could not manage to parlay that into a medal, losing their following two games. Instead, the United States got silver.

🥇South Korea 🇰🇷

🥈United States of America 🇺🇸

🥉Australia 🇦🇺

Women’s Individual

It was another South Korean domination as they took the top three spots in the ranking. Chang Hye-Jin  (South Korea) was second in the ranking round but hit 24 10s. Even more impressively was Tuyana Dashidorzhieva (Russia) with 26. The Russian was upset in the second round by Cao Hui (China). Alejandra Valencia (Mexico) shocked the number one ranked Choi Mi-Sun (South Korea) in the quarter-final, but was herself the victim of an upset against 21st seed Lisa Unruh (Germany). The other semi-final clash came between Hye-Jin and Ki Bo-Bae (South Korea). Hye-Jin came through and went on to dominate the final.

🥇Chang Hye-Jin 🇰🇷

🥈Lisa Unruh 🇩🇪

🥉Ki Bo-Bae 🇰🇷

Women’s Team

South Korea were the favourites after winning the ranking round. Like the men, they did not lose a set. Similar to the men’s event, it mainly played to seeding as Russia made the final. The biggest shock saw the number six seed Italy beat the number three seed in China.

🥇South Korea 🇰🇷

🥈Russia 🇷🇺

🥉Taiwan 🇹🇼