Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's individual

Women's individual
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue Hwarang Archery Field
Dates 27–30 September
Competitors 62 from 30 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Kim Soo-nyung  South Korea
2nd, silver medalist(s) Wang Hee-kyung  South Korea
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Yun Young-sook  South Korea

The women's individual was one of two events for women out of four total events on the archery programme at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Preliminary ranking round

Each archer shot a FITA round, consisting of 144 arrows split evenly between the distances of 70 metres, 60 metres, 50 metres, and 30 metres. The top 24 archers qualified for the next round.

The Korean women, who had begun to show strength in the sport four years earlier, completely dominated the preliminary round. They took the three top places as Kim Soo-Nyung shattered the previous Olympic record for a FITA round. The Soviet Union also qualified three archers for the next round when all three placed in the top eight. Chinese Taipei, the United States, China, Sweden, Indonesia, and Great Britain had two archers advance.

1/8 final

Each archer shot one quarter of the normal number of arrows in a FITA round. The 36 arrows were split evenly between the four distances of 70 metres, 60 metres, 50 metres, and 30 metres. The top 18 archers qualified for the quarterfinals.

All three Korean women and all three Soviet archers advanced, as did two archers from Sweden, Chinese Taipei, and Great Britain. China, Indonesia, France, Poland, West Germany, and the United States each had one archer move on.

Quarterfinal

Each archer shot one quarter of the normal number of arrows in a FITA round. The 36 arrows were split evenly between the four distances of 70 metres, 60 metres, 50 metres, and 30 metres. The top 12 archers qualified for the semifinals.

The Soviet women had a relatively poor round, each of the three dropping at least six places in the standings. Boutouza fell all the way to last place, and Mountain was nearly eliminated as well. The Koreans, on the other hand, continued to shoot well, recapturing the top two spots.

Semifinal

Each archer shot one quarter of the normal number of arrows in a FITA round. The 36 arrows were split evenly between the four distances of 70 metres, 60 metres, 50 metres, and 30 metres. The top 8 archers moved on to the semifinals.

There was very little movement in the rankings, as seven of the archers retained the same positions they had in the quarterfinal. Korea again advanced all three of its archers. The remaining Soviet women both advanced, though no other nation advanced more than one archer. Sweden, Great Britain, and West Germany each sent one archer to fill out the top eight.

Final

Each archer shot one quarter of the normal number of arrows in a FITA round. The 36 arrows were split evenly between the four distances of 70 metres, 60 metres, 50 metres, and 30 metres. Medals were awarded to the top three archers in the final round.

The Korean women performed the first sweep of an archery events medals since the establishment of modern Olympic archery. It was not a foregone conclusion, however, as Yun Young-Sook required a tie-breaker to defeat Arjannikova of the Soviet Union.

Results

RankArcherNationOpen
round
RankEighth
final
RankQuarter
final
RankSemi
final
RankGrand
final
1st, gold medalist(s)Kim Soo-nyung South Korea13311331233713401344
2nd, silver medalist(s)Wang Hee-kyung South Korea12982320533023322332
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Yun Young-sook South Korea12963328332653267327
4Lioudmila Arjannikova Soviet Union12796332132663295327
5Jenny Sjöwall Sweden129443051632743303325
6Claudia Kriz West Germany1250173111132283268318
7Joanne Franks Great Britain128153011832733304318
8Tetiana Muntian Soviet Union127273196316123286314
9Nurfitriyana Saiman Indonesia125812314932473259
10Melanie Skillman United States12521530714318931110
11Ma Xiangjun China12332132243181030911
12Lai Fang-Mei Chinese Taipei125713312103171130612
13Liselotte Andersson Sweden125714317731513
14Catherine Pellen France1241193091331314
15Liu Pi-Yu Chinese Taipei1266103061531015
16Joanna Kwasna Poland1252163041730316
17Pauline Edwards Great Britain1232233111230117
18Natalya Butuzova Soviet Union12678314830018
19Kusuma Wardhani Indonesia12392030019
20Päivi Aaltonen Finland1266929920
21Denise Parker United States12631129821
22Ma Shaorong China12332229822
23Jacqueline van Rozendaal Netherlands12461829323
24Suvd Tuul Mongolia12312429024
25Christa Oeckl West Germany123025
26Deborah Ochs United States122726
27Chin Chiu-Yueh Chinese Taipei122627
28Nathalie Hibon France122428
29Aurora Bretón Mexico122429
30Lilies Handayani Indonesia122330
31Toyoka Oki Japan122331
32Doris Haas West Germany122232
33Beata Iwanek Poland122233
34Brenda Cuming Canada121734
35Yao Yawen China121735
36Ann Shurrock New Zealand121736
37Ana Sousa Portugal121337
38Pereira Greene Ireland120838
39Vreny Burger Switzerland120839
40Joanna Helbin Poland120740
41Huriye Eksi Turkey120541
42Elif Eksi Turkey120442
43Anita Smits Netherlands120343
44Sambuu Oyuntsetseg Mongolia120244
45Nadia Gautschi Switzerland119445
46Dorjsembee Erdenechimeg Mongolia119346
47Marie-Josée Bazin France118847
48Ilse Ries Luxembourg118748
49Basilisa Ygnalaga Philippines118249
50Selda Unsal Turkey118150
51Cheryl Sutton Great Britain117951
52Keiko Nakagomi Japan117352
53Kyoko Kitahara Japan117153
54Gloria Rosa Puerto Rico116854
55Jutta Poikolainen Finland116455
56Minna Heinonen Finland116356
57Teresa Valdés Spain112557
58Joanna Agius Malta112158
59Carina Jonsson Sweden111159
60Chan Siu Yuk Hong Kong109860
61Iliana Biridakis Jordan105561
62Merrellyn Tarr Zimbabwe101562

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