Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's individual

Men's individual archery at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Englischer Garten
Dates	September 7—10
Competitors	55 from 24 nations
Winning score	2528
Medalists
John Williams   United States   Gunnar Jervill   Sweden   Kyösti Laasonen   Finland

Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Individual		men		women

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.

Medalists

Gold	John Williams United States (USA)
Silver	Gunnar Jervill Sweden (SWE)
Bronze	Kyösti Laasonen Finland (FIN)

Records

The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.

Record	Round	Name	Nationality	Score	OR
Single FITA round	First	John Williams	United States	1268	OR
Double FITA round	Combined	John Williams	United States	2528	OR

Results

Rank	Athlete	Round 1 Score	Round 1 Rank	Round 2 Score	Round 2 Rank	Total Score
	John Williams (USA)	1268 (OR)	1	1260	1	2528 (OR)
	Gunnar Jervill (SWE)	1229	2	1252	3	2481
	Kyösti Laasonen (FIN)	1213	6	1254	2	2467
4	Robert Cogniaux (BEL)	1205	7	1240	5	2445
5	Edwin Eliason (USA)	1193	13	1245	4	2438
6	Donald Jackson (CAN)	1225	3	1212	12	2437
7	Victor Sidorouk (URS)	1205	7	1222	7	2427
8*	Arne Jacobsen (DEN)	1188	20	1285	6	2423
9*	Graeme Telford (AUS)	1224	4	1199	16	2423
10	Lucien Trepper (SUI)	1191	16	1218	8	2409
11	Dennis McComak (USA)	1199	9	1199	16	2398
12	Mikhail Peounov (URS)	1222	5	1175	24	2397
13	Herluf Andersen (DEN)	1178	23	1216	10	2394
14	Siegfried Ortmann (FRG)	1175	24	1215	11	2390
15	Terence Reilly (AUS)	1193	13	1194	18	2387
16	Rolf Svensson (SWE)	1179	22	1207	14	2386
17	Roy Matthews (GBR)	1174	25	1211	13	2385
18	Andre Baeyens (BEL)	1190	19	1193	20	2383
19	Hiroshi Kajikawa (JPN)	1192	15	1189	22	2381
20	Olavi Laurila (FIN)	1155	31	1217	9	2372
21	Jacques Doyen (FRA)	1186	21	1183	23	2369
22	Jakob Wolfensberger (SUI)	1191	16	1176	25	2367
23	Jos Daman (BEL)	1165	29	1200	15	2365
24	Mati Vaikjärv (URS)	1194	11	1169	30	2363
25	Elmer Ewert (CAN)	1194	11	1165	32	2359
26	John Snelling (GBR)	1195	10	1161	35	2356
27	Olov Bostroem (SWE)	1168	27	1179	24	2347
28*	Alfonso Jones (MEX)	1154	32	1190	21	2344
29*	Masashi Hibino (JPN)	1150	33	1194	18	2344
30	Richard Krust (FRG)	1172	26	1170	29	2342
31	Alfredo Massazza (ITA)	1189	19	1151	39	2340
32	Jan Erik Humlekjær (NOR)	1164	30	1175	26	2339
33	Giancarlo Ferrari (ITA)	1167	28	1155	36	2322
34	Bela Nagy (HUN)	1135	39	1167	31	2302
35	Sante Spigarelli (ITA)	1145	34	1155	36	2300
36*	Johannes Akkerhaugen (NOR)	1133	40	1155	36	2288
37*	Francisco Naranjilla (PHI)	1117	44	1171	28	2288
38	Shinji Nakamoto (JPN)	1124	42	1163	34	2287
39	Marcel Balthasar (LUX)	1144	36	1141	43	2285
40	Jorma Sandelin (FIN)	1142	37	1136	45	2278
41	Wayne Pullen (CAN)	1145	34	1130	46	2275
42	Louis Lemirre (FRA)	1102	46	1164	33	2266
43	Galsan Biambaa (MGL)	1112	45	1141	43	2253
44	Alain Convard (FRA)	1100	47	1151	39	2251
45	Ronald Bishop (GBR)	1138	38	1106	50	2244
46	Tomasz Leżański (POL)	1128	41	1109	48	2237
47	Jean-Pierre Heritier (SUI)	1123	43	1099	51	2222
48	Egil Borgen Johansen (NOR)	1076	50	1143	42	2219
49	Emilio Ramos (ESP)	1092	48	1107	49	2199
50	Carlos Santos, Jr. (PHI)	1062	52	1121	47	2183
51	Rafael Aveleira (MEX)	1031	54	1147	41	2178
52	Jose Almanzor (MEX)	1092	48	1083	52	2175
53	Robin Sampson (NZL)	1060	53	1055	53	2115
54	Ramon Aldea (PHI)	1067	51	1035	54	2102
55	Ferdinand Vega (PUR)	972	55	982	55	1954

• Notes
  1. Jacobsen defeated Telford 76-70 in a tie-breaker to gain 8th place.
  2. Jones defeated Hibino 61-46 in a tie-breaker to gain 28th place.
  3. Akkerhaugen defeated Naranjilla 286-285 in a tie-breaker to gain 36th place.

References

• Official Olympic Report