Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's individual

Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Individual		men		women
Team		men		women

The women's individual was an archery event held as part of the Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics programme.

Medalists

Gold	Kim Kyung-Wook South Korea (KOR)
Silver	He Ying China (CHN)
Bronze	Olena Sadovnycha Ukraine (UKR)

Results

All archery was done at a range of 70 metres. 64 archers competed. They 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 (collectively termed the "finals round") 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.

Final rank	Ranking round rank	Archer	Ranking round	R64	R32	R16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Finals
1	8	Kim Kyung-Wook (KOR)	661	164	159	165	106	111	113
2	2	He Ying (CHN)	669	158	163	165	103	101	107
3	5	Olena Sadovnycha (UKR)	663	153	158	161	108	109	109
4	6	Elif Altankaynak (TUR)	663	155	160	160	109	100	102
5	35	Olga Yakusheva (BLR)	635	159	153	161	107
6	4	Kim Jo-Sun (KOR)	663	163	163	164	105
7	32	Wang Xiaozhu (CHN)	636	152	156	156	103
8	42	Barbara Mensing (GER)	632	150	144	163	93
9	9	Yoon Hye-Young (KOR)	660	165	167	164
10	15	Alison Williamson (GBR)	648	156	157	159
11	12	Joanna Nowicka (POL)	651	165	152	158
12	7	Natalia Valeeva (MDA)	662	159	160	158
13	19	Lin Yi-Yin (TPE)	644	159	155	157
14	20	Rita Galinovskaya (RUS)	644	150	155	157
15	11	Lioudmila Arjannikova (NED)	652	149	160	150
16	17	Janet Dykman (USA)	646	156	154	149
17	31	Wenche-Lin Hess (NOR)	636	154	163
18	29	Marisol Breton (MEX)	638	142	157
19	41	Lin Ya-Hua (TPE)	632	162	155
20	40	Séverine Bonal (FRA)	632	156	153
21	3	Natalia Nasaridze (TUR)	667	168	153
22	21	Lindsay Langston (USA)	643	151	152
23	1	Lina Herasymenko (UKR)	673	156	152
24	52	Kinue Kodama (JPN)	613	159	151
25	28	Katarzyna Klata (POL)	639	152	151
26	22	Jenny Sjövall (SWE)	643	152	151
27	27	Christel Verstegen (NED)	639	155	149
28	14	Giovanna Aldegani (ITA)	650	157	149
29	16	Yang Jianping (CHN)	648	159	148
30	26	Kirstin Jean Lewis (RSA)	639	150	143
31	18	Olga Zabugina (BLR)	645	158	142
32	55	Nurfitriyana Lantang (INA)	600	155	141
33	57	Iwona Dzięcioł (POL)	599	158
34	24	Sandra Wagner-Sachse (GER)	640	158
35	48	Christa Backman (SWE)	617	154
36	51	Danahuri Dahliana (INA)	615	153
37	10	Anna Mozhar (KAZ)	653	153
38	61	Nadejda Palovandova (MDA)	580	153
39	53	Judi Adams (USA)	606	152
40	47	Cornelia Pfohl (GER)	621	152
41	43	Ai Ouchi (JPN)	631	152
42	25	Hamdiah Damanhuri (INA)	639	151
43	30	Kristina Persson (SWE)	636	151
44	45	Jargal Otgon (MGL)	630	150
45	39	Judit Kovács (HUN)	633	150
46	44	Yang Chun-Chi (TPE)	630	150
47	38	Elif Ekşi (TUR)	633	150
48	49	Myfanwy Matthews (AUS)	616	150
49	37	Khatouna Kurivichvili (GEO)	634	148
50	13	Makhlukhanum Murzayeva (RUS)	650	147
51	59	Tímea Kiss (HUN)	582	147
52	34	Irina Leonova (KAZ)	635	145
53	23	Elena Tutatchikova (RUS)	641	145
54	33	Paola Fantato (ITA)	635	143
55	54	Nataliya Bilukha (UKR)	605	141
56	58	Misato Koide (JPN)	583	141
57	50	Deonne Bridger (AUS)	615	141
58	46	Yana Touniiantse (KAZ)	621	140
59	62	Jill Borresen (RSA)	567	140
60	36	Giuseppina Di Blasi (ITA)	634	139
61	56	Leanda Hendricks (RSA)	600	138
62	64	Jennifer Mbuta (KEN)	500	126
63	60	Ugyen Ugyen (BHU)	580	126
64	63	María Reyes (PUR)	535	123

Round of 64

Natalia Nasaridze set a new Olympic record for an 18-arrow match in this round by shooting 168. The largest upset of the round occurred when #55 Nurfitriyana Lantang defeated #10 Anna Mozhar.

• Lina Herasymenko, Ukraine def. Jennifer Mbuta, Kenya (156-126)
• Wang Xiaozhu, China def. Paola Fantato, Italy (152-143)
• Janet Dykman, United States def. Christa Backman, Sweden (156-154)
• Yang Jianping, China def. Myfanwy Matthews, Australia (159-150)
• Kim Kyung-Wook, Korea def. Iwona Dzięcioł, Poland (164-158)
• Severine Bonal, France def. Hamdiah Damanhuri, Indonesia (156-151)
• Lin Ya-Hua, Chinese Taipei def. Sandra Wagner, Germany (162-158)
• Yoon Hye-Young, Korea def. Leanda Hendricks, South Africa (165-138)
• Olena Sadovnycha, Ukraine def. Ugyen Ugyen, Bhutan (153-126)
• Katarzyna Klata, Poland def. Khatouna Kurivichvili, Georgia (152-148)
• Lindsay Langston, United States def. Yang Chun-Chi, Chinese Taipei (151-150)
• Joanna Nowicka, Poland def. Judi Adams, United States (165-152)
• Kim Jo-Sun, Korea def. Nadejda Palovandova, Moldova (163-153)
• Marisol Breton, Mexico def. Giuseppina di Blasi, Italy (142-139)
• Rita Galinovskaya, Russia def. Jargal Otgon, Mongolia (150-150, 10-6)
• Kinue Kodama, Japan def. Makhlukhanum Murzayeva, Russia (159-147)
• Natalia Nasaridze, Turkey def. Jill Borresen, South Africa (168-140)
• Olga Yakusheva, Belarus def. Kristina Persson, Sweden (159-151)
• Lin Yi-Yin, Chinese Taipei def. Yana Touniiantse, Kazakhstan (159-140)
• Giovanna Aldegani, Italy def. Danahuri Dahliana, Indonesia (157-153)
• Elif Altinkaynak, Turkey def. Timea Kiss, Hungary (155-147)
• Christel Verstegen, Netherlands def. Elif Eksi, Turkey (155-150)
• Jenny Sjovall, Sweden def. Ai Ouchi, Japan (152-152, 9-8)
• Lioudmila Arjannikova, Netherlands def. Natalya Bilukha, Ukraine (149-141)
• Natalia Valeeva, Moldova def. Misato Koide, Japan (159-141)
• Kirstin Lewis, South Africa def. Judit Kovacs, Hungary (150-150, 10-7)
• Barbara Mensing, Germany def. Elena Tutatchikova, Russia (150-145)
• Nurfitriyana Lantang, Indonesia def. Anna Mozhar, Kazakhstan (155-153)
• He Ying, China def. Maria Reyes, Puerto Rico (158-123)
• Wenche-Lin Hess, Norway def. Irina Leonova, Kazakhstan (154-148)
• Olga Zabugina, Belarus def. Cornelia Pfohl, Germany (158-152)
• Alison Williamson, Great Britain def. Deonne Bridger, Australia (156-141)

Round of 32

The #1-ranked archer after the ranking round, Lina Herasymenko, fell in this round. The highest score was posted by Yoon Hye-Young at 167, one short of the record set the round before.

• Wang Xiaozhu, China def. Lina Herasymenko, Ukraine (156-152)
• Janet Dykman, United States def. Yang Jianping, China (154-148)
• Kim Kyung-Wook, Korea def. Severine Bonal, France (159-153)
• Yoon Hye-Young, Korea def. Lin Ya-Hua, Chinese Taipei (167-155)
• Olena Sadovnycha, Ukraine def. Katarzyna Klata, Poland (158-151)
• Joanna Nowicka, Poland def. Lindsay Langston, United States (152-152, 9-8)
• Kim Jo-Sun, Korea def. Marisol Breton, Mexico (158-157)
• Rita Galinovskaya, Russia def. Kinue Kodama, Japan (155-151)
• Olga Yakusheva, Belarus def. Natalia Nasaridze, Turkey (153-153, 9-8)
• Lin Yi-Yin, Chinese Taipei def. Giovanna Aldegani, Italy (155-149)
• Elif Altinkaynak, Turkey def. Christel Verstegen, Netherlands (160-149)
• Lioudmila Arjannikova, Netherlands def. Jenny Sjovall, Sweden (160-151)
• Natalia Valeeva, Moldova def. Kirstin Lewis, South Africa (160-143)
• Barbara Mensing, Germany def. Nurfitriyana Lantang, Indonesia (144-141)
• He Ying, China def. Wenche-Lin Hess, Norway (163-163, 10-7)
• Alison Williamson, Great Britain def. Olga Zabugina, Belarus (152-147)

Round of 16

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.

• Wang Xiaozhu, China def. Janet Dykman, United States (156-149)
• Kim Kyung-Wook, Korea def. Yoon Hye-Young, Korea (165-164)
• Olena Sadovnycha, Ukraine def. Joanna Nowicka, Poland (161-158)
• Kim Jo-Sun, Korea def. Rita Galinovskaya, Russia (164-157)
• Olga Yakusheva, Belarus def. Lin Yi-Yin, Chinese Taipei (161-157)
• Elif Altinkaynak, Turkey def. Lioudmila Arjannikova, Netherlands (160-150)
• Barbara Mensing, Germany def. Natalia Valeeva, Moldova (163-158)
• He Ying, China def. Alison Williamson, Great Britain (165-159)

Quarterfinals

• Kim Kyung-Wook, Korea def. Wang Xiaozhu, China (106-103)
• Olena Sadovnycha, Ukraine def. Kim Jo-Sun, Korea (108-105)
• Elif Altinkaynak, Turkey def. Olga Yakusheva, Belarus (109-107)
• He Ying, China def. Barbara Mensing, Germany (103-93)

Semifinals

• Kim Kyung-Wook, Korea def. Olena Sadovnycha, Ukraine (111-109)
• He Ying, China def. Elif Altinkaynak, Turkey (101-100)

Bronze medal match

• Olena Sadovnycha, Ukraine def. Elif Altinkaynak, Turkey (109-102)

Final

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.

• Kim Kyung-Wook, Korea def. He Ying, China (113-107)

References

• Official Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 18 January 2008. Retrieved 16 February 2008.