2012 Summer Olympics / Archery - Singles (Men)
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sport | Archery | ||||||||
discipline | singles | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 64 athletes from 41 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Lord's Cricket Ground | ||||||||
Competition phase | July 27 - August 3, 2012 | ||||||||
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singles | Women | Men |
team | Women | Men |
The individual competition in Men's Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was from July 27 to August 3 at the Lord's Cricket Ground discharged. 64 athletes took part.
The competition began with a placement round, which formed the basis for the subsequent knockout round . Each shooter gave 72 arrows, the total number of points gave the rank.
Four groups were formed in the knockout round. Each shooter shot a series of three arrows. The winner of the series received two points and one point in the event of a tie. A maximum of five series were shot. The shooter who first scored six points moved into the second round, then into the eighth, quarter and semi-finals, as well as into the final or the duel for the bronze medal. If it was still a draw after five series, a decisive shot was fired that decided between victory and defeat.
Title holder
Olympic champion |
Viktor Ruban ( Ukraine )
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Beijing 2008 |
World Champion |
Kim Woo-jin ( South Korea )
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World Archery Championships Turin 2011 |
Existing records
World record |
Im Dong-hyun ( South Korea )
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696 points | Antalya , Turkey | May 2, 2012 |
Olympic record |
Michele Frangilli ( Italy )
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684 points | Atlanta , USA | July 28, 1996 |
Placement round
July 27, 2012, 10:00 a.m. CEST
Group 1
1 round
July 30-31, 2012
Sagittarius 1 | Result | Shooter 2 |
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2 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 0 |
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0 - 2 0 - 2 0 - 2 |
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2 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 0 1 - 1 |
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0 - 2 2 - 0 2 - 0 0 - 2 2 - 0 |
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2 - 0 0 - 2 0 - 2 0 - 2 |
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2 - 0 0 - 2 0 - 2 1 - 1 2 - 0 0 - 1 |
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0 - 2 2 - 0 0 - 2 1 - 1 2 - 0 0 - 1 |
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0 - 2 2 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 0 1 - 1 |
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2nd round
August 1, 2012
Sagittarius 1 | Result | Shooter 2 |
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1 - 1 2 - 0 2 - 0 0 - 2 1 - 1 |
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2 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 0 2 - 0 |
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2 - 0 0 - 2 0 - 2 0 - 2 |
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0 - 2 1 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 2 |
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Round of 16
August 3, 2012, 10:00 a.m. CEST
Sagittarius 1 | Result | Shooter 2 |
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0 - 2 1 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 2 |
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2 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 0 |
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Quarter finals
August 3, 2012, 3:00 p.m. CEST
Sagittarius 1 | Result | Shooter 2 |
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2 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 0 |
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Group 2
1 round
July 30-31, 2012
Sagittarius 1 | Result | Shooter 2 |
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2 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 0 |
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2 - 0 2 - 0 0 - 2 2 - 0 |
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2 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 0 |
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2 - 0 0 - 2 0 - 2 2 - 0 2 - 0 |
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0 - 2 0 - 2 2 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 0 |
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2 - 0 2 - 0 0 - 2 1 - 1 2 - 0 |
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2 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 0 |
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0 - 2 1 - 1 2 - 0 0 - 2 2 - 0 1 - 0 |
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2nd round
August 1, 2012
Sagittarius 1 | Result | Shooter 2 |
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2 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 0 2 - 0 |
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2 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 2 2 - 0 0 - 1 |
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0 - 2 2 - 0 0 - 2 2 - 0 2 - 0 |
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2 - 0 0 - 2 0 - 2 0 - 2 |
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Round of 16
August 3, 2012, 10:00 a.m. CEST
Sagittarius 1 | Result | Shooter 2 |
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0 - 2 1 - 1 2 - 0 0 - 2 0 - 1 |
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2 - 0 2 - 0 0 - 2 2 - 0 |
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Quarter finals
August 3, 2012, 3:00 p.m. CEST
Sagittarius 1 | Result | Shooter 2 |
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0 - 2 0 - 2 2 - 0 0 - 2 |
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Group 3
1 round
July 30-31, 2012
Sagittarius 1 | Result | Shooter 2 |
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1 - 1 2 - 0 0 - 2 2 - 0 2 - 0 |
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2 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 0 |
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0 - 2 0 - 2 0 - 2 |
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0 - 2 2 - 0 2 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 0 |
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0 - 2 2 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 0 |
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2 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 0 |
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0 - 2 0 - 2 0 - 2 |
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0 - 2 0 - 2 2 - 0 0 - 2 |
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2nd round
August 1, 2012
Sagittarius 1 | Result | Shooter 2 |
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1 - 1 2 - 0 0 - 2 2 - 0 1 - 1 |
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1 - 1 0 - 2 2 - 0 0 - 2 0 - 2 |
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0 - 2 2 - 0 2 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 0 |
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2 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 0 |
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Round of 16
August 3, 2012, 10:00 a.m. CEST
Sagittarius 1 | Result | Shooter 2 |
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2 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 0 |
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0 - 2 2 - 0 0 - 2 2 - 0 0 - 2 |
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Quarter finals
August 3, 2012, 3:00 p.m. CEST
Sagittarius 1 | Result | Shooter 2 |
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2 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 0 2 - 0 |
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Group 4
1 round
July 30-31, 2012
Sagittarius 1 | Result | Shooter 2 |
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2 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 0 |
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1 - 1 2 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 0 |
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2 - 0 2 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 0 |
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0 - 2 2 - 0 2 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 0 |
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0 - 2 1 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 2 |
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2 - 0 2 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 2 0 - 1 |
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0 - 2 1 - 1 0 - 2 2 - 0 2 - 0 1 - 0 |
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2 - 0 2 - 0 0 - 2 0 - 2 2 - 0 |
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2nd round
August 1, 2012
Sagittarius 1 | Result | Shooter 2 |
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2 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 0 |
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1 - 1 2 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 0 |
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0 - 2 0 - 2 1 - 1 0 - 2 |
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0 - 2 0 - 2 2 - 0 0 - 2 |
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Round of 16
August 3, 2012, 10:00 a.m. CEST
Sagittarius 1 | Result | Shooter 2 |
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0 - 2 2 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 2 2 - 0 1 - 0 |
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0 - 2 0 - 2 1 - 1 0 - 2 |
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Quarter finals
August 3, 2012, 3:00 p.m. CEST
Sagittarius 1 | Result | Shooter 2 |
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2 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 2 2 - 0 1 - 0 |
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Semifinals
August 3, 2012, 3:52 p.m. CEST
Sagittarius 1 | Result | Shooter 2 |
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1 - 1 2 - 0 0 - 2 2 - 0 0 - 2 0 - 1 |
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0 - 2 2 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 2 2 - 0 1 - 0 |
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Duel for bronze
August 3, 2012, 3:21 p.m. CEST
Sagittarius 1 | Result | Shooter 2 |
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2 - 0 2 - 0 0 - 2 0 - 2 1 - 1 0 - 1 |
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final
August 3, 2012, 3:21 p.m. CEST
Sagittarius 1 | Result | Shooter 2 |
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0 - 2 0 - 2 1 - 1 0 - 2 |
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Medals
space | Surname | nation |
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1 | Oh Jin-hyek |
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2 | Takaharu Furukawa |
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3 | Dai Xiaoxiang |
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For the first time, the medals went exclusively to athletes from Asia.
For the South Korean men it was the first individual Olympic victory.
Dai Xiaoxiang won the first Chinese men's medal.
In the placement round, not only did Im Dong-hyun set a new world record, the runner-up, his compatriot Kim Bub-min , was also better than the old brand. The third Korean, the eventual winner Oh Jin-hyek , was still better than the current Olympic record at the time.