Men’s Individual
Brady Ellison (United States) entered the event as a favourite and finished second in the seeding event surrounded by three Koreans. The leader was Kim Je-deok (South Korea). Hiroki Muto (Japan), Steve Wijler (Netherlands), Wei Shaoxuan (China) and Sjef van den Berg (Netherlands) round out the top eight. Mauro Nespoli (Italy) could only qualify in 24th and Khairul Anuar Mohamed (Malaysia) was 20th. In the top quarter number one seed Je-deok was dumped out by Florian Unruh (Germany). Elsewhere Nespoli (Italy) looked ominous with some big victories. In the quarter-finals, Nespoli took a 6-4 victory over Unruh. In the second quarter, Hiroki Muto (Japan) was the fifth seed but lost in the opening round to Itay Shanny (Israel). Moving through ominously was Kim Woo-jin (South Korea), coming up against Mohamed in the round of sixteen. He won that 6-0 with three rounds of 30, only to go down 6-4 to Tang Chih-chun (Taiwan). The third quarter was stronger and Atanu Das (India) upset Oh Jin-hyek (South Korea) whilst Wijler lost to Ilfat Abdullin (Kazakhstan) and Gijs Broeksma beat Thomas Chirault (France). In the quarter-final, Takaharu Furukawa (Japan) beat Li Jialun 6-0. The toughest quarter was the bottom which saw the four top-ranked archers drawn. Nicholas D’Amour (US Virgin Islands) was knocked out in a first-round shoot out and Galsan Bazarzhapov (Russia) lost in straight sets in the first round. It came down to Ellison v Mete Gazoz (Turkey). After a 3-3 start, Gazoz would take two sets in a row to take the win. Nespoli won his semi-final 6-2 and looked in better form than Gazoz who took a 7-3 win. In the final set, Gazoz rebounded from a 3-1 deficit to win 6-4.
🥇Mete Gazoz 🇹🇷
🥈Mauro Nespoli 🇮🇹
🥉Takaharu Furukawa 🇯🇵
Men’s Team
South Korea took a big lead into the team event, with three of the top four individuals after the ranking round. Behind them was the Netherlands. Both China and Japan were ranked ahead of the United States. South Korea took a 6-0 win over India in the quarter-finals. Japan beat US 5-1 and the Netherlands won 5-3 against Great Britain. The one shock in the quarter-final came as Taiwan beat China. Taiwan then defeated Netherlands 6-0. The other semi was a classic and Japan twice come from behind to tie with Korea. In the shoot off it was another tie but Korea had the slight edge. Japan once again came from behind twice to tie with the Netherlands in the bronze medal match before another tie in the shoot-off. South Korea beat Taiwan 6-0 in the final
🥇South Korea 🇰🇷
🥈Taiwan 🇹🇼
🥉Japan 🇯🇵
Women’s Individual
South Korea were in incredible form during the ranking rounds. All three competitors broke the existing Olympic Record, led by An San (South Korea) ahead of Jang Mi-hee (South Korea) and Kang Chae-young (South Korea). Number one ranked archer Deepika Kumari (India) finished ninth with number two Lisa Barbelin (France) in 13th despite 32 10’s. Veronika Marchenko (Ukraine) hit 30 10’s but still could only come 35th. Three of the top ten were drawn in the top quarter and all made their way through to the last sixteen. San beat Kumari 6-0 to make the semi-final. It was four of the top fourteen ranked archers in the second quarter with Svetlana Gomboeva (Russia) out in round one. Barbelin would go out to Alejandra Valencia (Mexico) who set up a quarter-final against Mackenzie Brown (United States). This was a tight game, with three drawn ends but Brown won the shoot-off. Another three of the top ten were drawn in the third quarter. Tan Ya-ting (Taiwan) was beaten by Bryony Pitman (Great Britain) in round one. Elena Osipova (Russia) beat Pitman and Chae-young to make the semi-final. The weakest quarter was the bottom, emphasised when Lisa Unruh (Germany) went out in round one. It came down to a semi between Lucilla Boari (Italy) and Wu Jiaxin (China). Boari took a 6-2 win to make the semi. San beat Brown shootout classic whilst Osipova won 6-0 over Boari to make the final. In the final San beat Osipova in a shootout, coming from 5-3 behind. Boari dominated her bronze medal final, winning 7-1.
🥇An San 🇰🇷
🥈Elena Osipova 🇷🇺
🥉Lucilla Boari 🇮🇹
Women’s Team
South Korea set a new record and were over 55 points ahead of Mexico. The United States qualified third ahead of Japan and China. Neither India nor France qualified behind their highly ranked archers. The opening round saw Belarus upset China and Germany upset Taiwan. South Korea dominated Italy in the first quarter-final going on to face Belarus who caused another upset by defeating Japan. Russia issued a clean sweep victory against the United States and Germany would upset Mexico to meet them in the semi-final. Both South Korea and Russia both won the semi-finals 5-1. In the bronze medal play-off, Germany stayed consistent in the mid-fifties and took the 5-1 victory. South Korea edged the first two sets of the final by one and three points before another set by three points to win gold with a 6-0 victory.
🥇South Korea 🇰🇷
🥈Russia 🇷🇺
🥉Germany 🇩🇪
Mixed Team
It was another Olympic record for the South Korean pair here, leaving them 18 points ahead of the United States. Japan and Mexico followed with China in fifth, the Netherlands in sixth, Turkey in seventh and Taipei in eighth. Britain caused a bit of an upset when beating China 5-3. In the opening round, the United States were also upset in a shootout with Indonesia. Both Great Britain and Indonesia were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Mexico and Turkey respectively. Korea best India 6-2 and the Netherlands edged France. Korea and Netherlands both scored five in the semis to make it through to the final. In the third-place playoff, Mexico defeated Turkey. 4-2 up going into the final set, Turkey looked primed to equal it up but a five scored on their third arrow cost them and the bronze went to Mexico. In the final, the Netherlands took the opening set but a ten in the final shot of the second set gave Korea the second set. An errant six gave away the third set from the Netherlands and they sealed gold with a fourth set of 39.
🥇An/Kim 🇰🇷
🥈Schloesser/Wijler 🇳🇱
🥉Valencia/Alvarez 🇲🇽
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