# Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's individual

The women'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—70, 60, 50, and 30 metres. The highest score for each arrow was 10 points, giving a possible maximum of 2880 points.

## Records

The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Record | Round | Name | Nationality | Score | OR |
| Single FITA round | First | Irena Szydłowska | Poland | 1224 | OR |
| Single FITA round | Second | Doreen Wilber | United States | 1226 | OR |
| Double FITA round | Combined | Doreen Wilber | United States | 2424 | OR |

## Results

| Rank | Archer | Nation | Round 1 Score | Round 1 Rank | Round 2 Score | Round 2 Rank | Total Score |
| | Doreen Wilber | United States | 1198 | 4 | 1226 (OR) | 1 | 2424 (OR) |
| | Irena Szydłowska | Poland | 1224 (OR) | 1 | 1183 | 9 | 2407 |
| | Emma Gapchenko | Soviet Union | 1201 | 2 | 1202 | 3 | 2403 |
| 4 | Keto Losaberidze | Soviet Union | 1195 | 6 | 1207 | 2 | 2402 |
| 5 | Linda Myers | United States | 1200 | 3 | 1185 | 6 | 2385 |
| 6 | Maria Mączyńska | Poland | 1173 | 12 | 1198 | 5 | 2371 |
| 7 | Kim Ho-Gyu | North Korea | 1195 | 6 | 1174 | 11 | 2369 |
| 8 | Alla Peunova | Soviet Union | 1180 | 10 | 1184 | 7 | 2364 |
| 9 | Terene Donovan | Australia | 1189 | 8 | 1167 | 13 | 2356 |
| 10 | Francisca de Gutierrez | Mexico | 1198 | 4 | 1155 | 16 | 2353 |
| 11 | Mary Grant | Canada | 1148 | 21 | 1202 | 3 | 2350 |
| 12 | Ju Chun-Sam | North Korea | 1179 | 11 | 1170 | 12 | 2349 |
| 13 | Maria Teresa Romero | Spain | 1169 | 13 | 1178 | 10 | 2347 |
| 14 | Natjav Dariimaa | Mongolia | 1189 | 8 | 1152 | 17 | 2341 |
| 15 | Aurora Breton | Mexico | 1151 | 19 | 1184 | 7 | 2335 |
| 16 | Lynne Evans | Great Britain | 1156 | 18 | 1157 | 15 | 2313 |
| 17 | Yoshiko Akiyama | Japan | 1162 | 15 | 1139 | 20 | 2301 |
| 18 | Jadwiga Szoszler-Wilejto | Poland | 1165 | 14 | 1132 | 22 | 2297 |
| 19 | Maj-Britt Johansson | Sweden | 1157 | 16 | 1126 | 23 | 2283 |
| 20 | Kim Hyang-Min | North Korea | 1157 | 16 | 1118 | 25 | 2275 |
| 21 | Carol Sykes | Great Britain | 1115 | 26 | 1158 | 14 | 2273 |
| 22 | Agnes Hamvas | Hungary | 1151 | 19 | 1114 | 27 | 2265 |
| 23 | Silvia de Tapia | Mexico | 1145 | 22 | 1113 | 28 | 2258 |
| 24 | Nelly Wies-Weyrich | Luxembourg | 1144 | 23 | 1108 | 33 | 2252 |
| 25 | Pauline Edwards | Great Britain | 1106 | 29 | 1143 | 18 | 2249 |
| 26 | Erna Rahbek Pedersen | Denmark | 1111 | 27 | 1133 | 21 | 2244 |
| 27 | Herrad Frey | France | 1121 | 24 | 1109 | 30 | 2230 |
| 28 | Maureen Bechdolt | United States | 1106 | 29 | 1112 | 29 | 2218 |
| 29 | Lilli Lentz | Denmark | 1109 | 28 | 1109 | 30 | 2218 |
| 30 | Ursula Büschking | West Germany | 1078 | 32 | 1122 | 24 | 2200 |
| 31 | Pierrette Dame | France | 1056 | 35 | 1140 | 19 | 2196 |
| 32 | Marjory Saunders | Canada | 1083 | 31 | 1109 | 30 | 2192 |
| 33 | Sally Svendelin | Switzerland | 1119 | 25 | 1072 | 37 | 2191 |
| 34 | Anna-Lisa Berglund | Sweden | 1070 | 34 | 1115 | 26 | 2185 |
| 35 | Carla Nolpa | West Germany | 1074 | 33 | 1091 | 35 | 2165 |
| 36 | Doljin Demberel | Mongolia | 1040 | 36 | 1102 | 34 | 2152 |
| 37 | Tjoeij Lin Alienilin | Indonesia | 1012 | 38 | 1088 | 36 | 2100 |
| 38 | Shue Meei-Shya | Republic of China | 1038 | 37 | 988 | 38 | 2026 |
| 39 | Viola Muir | Canada | 981 | 40 | 974 | 39 | 1955 |
| 40 | Brit Stav | Norway | 1003 | 39 | 926 | 40 | 1929 |