Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's individual

The men's individual archery event at the 2004 Summer Olympics was part of the archery programme. Its final was held on 19 August at the Panathinaiko Stadium.

Men's individual
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Panathinaiko Stadium, where the event was held
VenuePanathinaiko Stadium
Dates15–19 August
Medalists
Marco Galiazzo  Italy
Hiroshi Yamamoto  Japan
Tim Cuddihy  Australia

Ranking round

The Korean archers, medal favorites in both men's and women's competition, ranked 1st (Im Dong-hyun), 4th (Park Kyung-mo), and 5th (Jang Yong-ho) in the men's individual ranking round. Im's score of 687 set a new world record for 72 arrows, breaking the previous one set in 1995 by fellow Korean Shim Young-sung. It is not recognized by the International Olympic Committee as an Olympic record, however, as the ranking round took place on 12 August, before the 2004 opening ceremony. The round was held at Dekelia Air Force Base.

The bracket setup (with 4th- and 5th-ranked archers facing off in the quarterfinals if undefeated and the winner of that match facing the 1st-ranked archer in the semifinals) meant that the Korean men could do no better than gold and bronze. Marco Galiazzo of Italy in 2nd and Magnus Petersson of Sweden in 3rd rounded out the top five, with Dmytro Hrachov in 6th with the same score as 5th-ranked Jang of Korea.

The three medalists of the 2000 Summer Olympics, Simon Fairweather, Vic Wunderle, and Wietse van Alten, all competed in 2004. None placed higher than 14th in the ranking round (van Alten) and only Wunderle made it to the quarterfinals.

Rank Archer Nation Score
1Im Dong-hyun South Korea687
2Magnus Petersson Sweden673
3Marco Galiazzo Italy672
4Park Kyung-mo South Korea672
5Jang Yong-ho South Korea671
6Dmytro Hrachov Ukraine671
7Balzhinima Tsyrempilov Russia668
8Hasse Pavia Lind Denmark666
9Hiroshi Yamamoto Japan664
10Chen Szu Yuan Chinese Taipei663
11Liu Ming-huang Chinese Taipei663
12Tim Cuddihy Australia663
13Jocelyn de Grandis France663
14Wietse van Alten Netherlands661
15Viktor Ruban Ukraine660
16Butch Johnson United States660
17Yuji Hamano Japan660
18Wang Cheng-pang Chinese Taipei659
19Ilario Di Buò Italy659
20Simon Fairweather Australia658
21Michael Frankenberg Germany657
22Majhi Sawaiyan India657
23Jacek Proć Poland657
24Michele Frangilli Italy654
25Oleksandr Serdyuk Ukraine654
26Jonas Andersson Sweden653
27Xue Haifeng China653
28Yong Fujun China652
29Stanislav Zabrodskiy Kazakhstan651
30Juan Rene Serrano Mexico651
31Laurence Godfrey Great Britain650
32Tarundeep Rai India647
33Alexandros Karageorgiou Greece647
34Hasan Orbay Turkey647
35Eduardo Avelino Magana Mexico646
36Pieter Custers Netherlands646
37Takaharu Furukawa Japan646
38Jorge Pablo Chapoy Mexico645
39David Barnes Australia641
40Felipe López Spain641
41Lockoneco Lockoneco Indonesia641
42Yavor Hristov Bulgaria641
43Vic Wunderle United States639
44Dmitry Nevmerzhitskiy Russia639
45Anton Prylepau Belarus638
46Mattias Eriksson Sweden637
47John Magera United States637
48Satyadev Prasad India634
49Ron van der Hoff Netherlands633
50Jonathan Ohayon Canada632
51Ricardo Merlos El Salvador630
52Tashi Peljor Bhutan627
53Thomas Naglieri France626
54Ken Uprichard New Zealand623
55Jeff Henckels Luxembourg623
56Franck Fisseux France622
57Ismail Essam Egypt602
58Georgios Kalogiannidis Greece601
59Maged Youssef Egypt599
60Apostolos Nanos Greece585
61Rob Elder Fiji583
62Sifa Taumoepeau Tonga563
63Phoutlamphay Thiamphasone Laos557
64Yehya Bundhun Mauritius494

Competition bracket

Section 1

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals
            
1  Im Dong-hyun (KOR) 152
64  Yehya Bundhun (MRI) 109
1  Im Dong-hyun (KOR) 171
33  Alexandros Karageorgiou (GRE) 159
33  Alexandros Karageorgiou (GRE) 147
32  Tarundeep Rai (IND) 143
1  Im Dong-hyun (KOR) 167
48  Satyadev Prasad (IND) 165
48  Satyadev Prasad (IND) 155
17  Yuji Hamano (JPN) 150
48  Satyadev Prasad (IND) 158
49  Ron van der Hoff (NED) 155
49  Ron van der Hoff (NED) 145
16  Butch Johnson (USA) 135
1  Im Dong-hyun (KOR) 110
9  Hiroshi Yamamoto (JPN) 111
9  Hiroshi Yamamoto (JPN) 155
56  Franck Fisseux (FRA) 147
9  Hiroshi Yamamoto (JPN) 162
24  Michele Frangilli (ITA) 154
24  Michele Frangilli (ITA) 153
41  Lockoneco Lockoneco (INA) 141
9  Hiroshi Yamamoto (JPN) 168
25  Oleksandr Serdyuk (UKR) 160
25  Oleksandr Serdyuk (UKR) 164
40  Felipe López (ESP) 141
25  Oleksandr Serdyuk (UKR) 165
8  Hasse Pavia Lind (DEN) 164
8  Hasse Pavia Lind (DEN) 158
57  Ismail Essam (EGY) 110

Section 2

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals
            
5  Jang Yong-ho (KOR) 162
60  Apostolos Nanos (GRE) 131
5  Jang Yong-ho (KOR) 166
37  Takaharu Furukawa (JPN) 163
37  Takaharu Furukawa (JPN) 146
28  Yong Fujun (CHN) 143
5  Jang Yong-ho (KOR) 165
12  Tim Cuddihy (AUS) 166
21  Michael Frankenberg (GER) 140
44  Dmitry Nevmerzhitskiy (RUS) 135
21  Michael Frankenberg (GER) 163
12  Tim Cuddihy (AUS) 164
12  Tim Cuddihy (AUS) 148
53  Thomas Naglieri (FRA) 127
12  Tim Cuddihy (AUS) 112
4  Park Kyung-mo (KOR) 111
52  Tashi Peljor (BHU) 161
13  Jocelyn de Grandis (FRA) 136
52  Tashi Peljor (BHU) 152
45  Anton Prylepau (BLR) 155
45  Anton Prylepau (BLR) 141
20  Simon Fairweather (AUS) 137
45  Anton Prylepau (BLR) 166
4  Park Kyung-mo (KOR) 173
29  Stanislav Zabrodskiy (KAZ) 145
36  Pieter Custers (NED) 141
29  Stanislav Zabrodskiy (KAZ) 16410, 9
4  Park Kyung-mo (KOR) 16410,10
4  Park Kyung-mo (KOR) 154
61  Rob Elder (FIJ) 138

Section 3

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals
            
3  Marco Galiazzo (ITA) 156
62  Sifa Taumoepeau (TGA) 122
3  Marco Galiazzo (ITA) 164
30  Juan Rene Serrano (MEX) 163
30  Juan Rene Serrano (MEX) 148
35  Eduardo Avelino Magaña (MEX) 138
3  Marco Galiazzo (ITA) 162
19  Ilario Di Buò (ITA) 155
19  Ilario Di Buò (ITA) 151
46  Mattias Eriksson (SWE) 146
19  di Buo (ITA) 164
14  Wietse van Alten (NED) 160
14  Wietse van Alten (NED) 152
51  Ricardo Merlos (ESA) 151
3  Marco Galiazzo (ITA) 109
43  Vic Wunderle (USA) 108
11  Liu Ming-huang (TPE) 148
54  Ken Uprichard (NZL) 145
11  Liu Ming-huang (TPE) 160
43  Vic Wunderle (USA) 164
43  Vic Wunderle (USA) 145
22  Majhi Sawaiyan (IND) 128
43  Vic Wunderle (USA) 165
27  Xue Haifeng (CHN) 164
27  Xue Haifeng (CHN) 162
38  Jorge Pablo Chapoy (MEX) 153
27  Xue Haifeng (CHN) 162
6  Dmytro Hrachov (UKR) 161
6  Dmytro Hrachov (UKR) 154
59  Maged Youssef (EGY) 128

Section 4

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals
            
7  Balzhinima Tsyrempilov (RUS) 148
58  Georgios Kalogiannidis (GRE) 133
7  Tsyrempilov (RUS) 162
26  Jonas Andersson (SWE) 160
26  Jonas Andersson (SWE) 160
39  David Barnes (AUS) 151
7  Balzhinima Tsyrempilov (RUS) 161
10  Chen Szu Yuan (TPE) 169
42  Yavor Hristov (BUL) 133
23  Jacek Proć (POL) 132
42  Yavor Hristov (BUL) 159
10  Chen Szu Yuan (TPE) 170
10  Chen Szu Yuan (TPE) 136
55  Jeff Henckels (LUX) 132
10  Chen Szu Yuan (TPE) 108
31  Laurence Godfrey (GBR) 110
15  Viktor Ruban (UKR) 157
50  Jonathan Ohayon (CAN) 140
15  Viktor Ruban (UKR) 1679
18  Wang Cheng-pang (TPE) 1678
18  Wang Cheng-pang (TPE) 159
47  John Magera (USA) 144
15  Viktor Ruban (UKR) 162
31  Laurence Godfrey (GBR) 167
31  Laurence Godfrey (GBR) 157
34  Hasan Orbay (TUR) 155
31  Laurence Godfrey (GBR) 163
2  Magnus Petersson (SWE) 162
2  Magnus Petersson (SWE) 158
63  Phoutlamphay Thiamphasone (LAO) 95

Finals

  Semifinals     Finals
                 
  9  Hiroshi Yamamoto (JPN) 11510  
  12  Tim Cuddihy (AUS) 1159    
      9  Hiroshi Yamamoto (JPN) 109
      3  Marco Galiazzo (ITA) 111
  3  Marco Galiazzo (ITA) 110    
  31  Laurence Godfrey (GBR) 108   Third place
 
12  Tim Cuddihy (AUS) 113
  31  Laurence Godfrey (GBR) 112

Event summary

Round of 64

The first round of elimination, held on 16 August, narrowed the field from 64 archers to 32 in a standard single-elimination bracket. The loser of each match received a final rank between 33 and 64, depending on his score in the round. Each archer fired six ends of three arrows, for a total possible score of 180. Oleksandr Serdyuk of Ukraine had the highest score in the round, with 164.

The first upset of the day belonged to 43rd-ranked Vic Wunderle of the United States, who defeated 22nd-ranked Majhi Sawaiyan of India. The United States were on the losing end of an even larger upset, though, when Butch Johnson lost to Ron van der Hoff of the Netherlands. The biggest upset occurred when 52nd-ranked Tashi Peljor of Bhutan defeated 13th-ranked Jocelyn de Grandis of France to become the lowest ranked archer to advance.

Round of 32

As in the round of 64, archers who advanced to the round of 32 fired six ends of three arrows in the second round of elimination. This round, on 18 August, narrowed the field from 32 to 16 archers, with winners advancing and losers receiving a final rank between 17 and 32 depending on their score in the round. Im Dong-hyun of Korea scored the highest in the round, missing the Olympic record by 1 point with a score of 171. 48th-ranked Satyadev Prasad of India was the lowest ranked archer to advance.

Vic Wunderle of the United States continued to have success in head-to-head competition, eliminating 11th-ranked Wang Cheng-pang of Chinese Taipei. In an astonishing match, 31st-ranked Laurence Godfrey, Great Britain eked out a victory over 2nd-ranked Magnus Petersson of Sweden. Two other top-ten-ranked archers fell when 27th-ranked Xue Haifeng of China defeated 6th-ranked Dmytro Hrachov of Ukraine and 25th-ranked Hasse Pavia Lind lost to Oleksandr Serdyuk. One of the Korean archers, Park Kyung-mo, nearly fell to Kazakhstani Stanislav Zabrodskiy when Zabrodskiy tied Park through the first 18 arrows and scored a 10 on the first tie-break. Park also scored a 10, and followed it up with a second 10 which Zabrodskiy could not match. A tie-break was also needed in the match between Viktor Ruban of Ukraine and Wang Cheng-pang of Chinese Taipei, which Ruban won 9-8.

Round of 16

The round of 16 was held on 19 August and followed the same 18-arrow format as the previous two rounds as it narrowed the field to eight quarterfinalists.

Quarterfinals

The first round of 12-arrow matches was the quarterfinals on 19 August. Winners advanced to the semifinals while losers received a final rank between 5 and 8 depending on score in the quarterfinals. The high score of the round was notched by Tim Cuddihy, with 112. In a see-saw battle, Marco Galiazzo took a lead over Vic Wunderle in the third end. In a tense final end, Wunderle closed the gap. Galiazzo, needing an 8 to tie on the last arrow, shot a 9 to advance and end Wunderle's run. In a surprise, both of the remaining Korean archers fell to Hiroshi Yamamoto and Tim Cuddihy in 1-point matches eliminating them from medal contention. Laurence Godfrey had the most decisive victory of the round, a still-close 2-point victory of Chen Szu Yuan.

Semifinals

Yamamoto and Cuddihy both tied the Olympic record for a 12-arrow match (set by Oh Kyo-moon in 1996) by tying their semifinal match at 115 on 19 August. In the tie-breaker, Yamamoto shot first and hit a 10. Cuddihy was unable to match this, shooting a 9 to drop out of gold medal contention.

Bronze medal match

The bronze medal match was held on 19 August as well. The winner received the bronze medal while the loser took fourth place. Cuddihy defeated Godfrey in a close match.

Final

The gold medal match on 19 August pitted a first-time-Olympian Italian against a veteran Japanese archer, with the favored Koreans being conspicuously absent. The match consisted of 12 arrows, with the winner taking gold and the loser receiving a silver medal.

With a pair of 10s in the first end, Hiroshi Yamamoto took a quick lead of 1 point over Marco Galiazzo. In the second end, Galiazzo missed perfection by only 1 point, scoring 29 to Yamamoto's 27 to reverse the lead. He hit another pair of 10s in the third end, increasing his lead to 2 points going into the final end. Galiazzo maintained the lead through the final three arrows, winning Italy's first Olympic gold medal in archery. Yamamoto's silver was his second Olympic medal, joining the bronze medal that he won in 1984.

References

  • "Men's individual archery results". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC. 11 August 2004. Retrieved 20 February 2007.
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