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

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The men'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—90, 50, 70, 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 | John Williams | United States | 1268 | OR |
| Double FITA round | Combined | John Williams | United States | 2528 | OR |

## Results

| Rank | Archer | Nation | Round 1 Score | Round 1 Rank | Round 2 Score | Round 2 Rank | Total Score |
| | John Williams | United States | 1268 (OR) | 1 | 1260 | 1 | 2528 (OR) |
| | Gunnar Jervill | Sweden | 1229 | 2 | 1252 | 3 | 2481 |
| | Kyösti Laasonen | Finland | 1213 | 6 | 1254 | 2 | 2467 |
| 4 | Robert Cogniaux | Belgium | 1205 | 7 | 1240 | 5 | 2445 |
| 5 | Edwin Eliason | United States | 1193 | 13 | 1245 | 4 | 2438 |
| 6 | Donald Jackson | Canada | 1225 | 3 | 1212 | 12 | 2437 |
| 7 | Victor Sidorouk | Soviet Union | 1205 | 7 | 1222 | 7 | 2427 |
| 8 | Arne Jacobsen | Denmark | 1188 | 20 | 1235 | 6 | 2423 |
| 9 | Graeme Telford | Australia | 1224 | 4 | 1199 | 16 | 2423 |
| 10 | Lucien Trepper | Switzerland | 1191 | 16 | 1218 | 8 | 2409 |
| 11 | Dennis McComak | United States | 1199 | 9 | 1199 | 16 | 2398 |
| 12 | Mikhail Peunov | Soviet Union | 1222 | 5 | 1175 | 24 | 2397 |
| 13 | Herluf Andersen | Denmark | 1178 | 23 | 1216 | 10 | 2394 |
| 14 | Siegfried Ortmann | West Germany | 1175 | 24 | 1215 | 11 | 2390 |
| 15 | Terry Reilly | Australia | 1193 | 13 | 1194 | 18 | 2387 |
| 16 | Rolf Svensson | Sweden | 1179 | 22 | 1207 | 14 | 2386 |
| 17 | Roy Matthews | Great Britain | 1174 | 25 | 1211 | 13 | 2385 |
| 18 | Andre Baeyens | Belgium | 1190 | 19 | 1193 | 20 | 2383 |
| 19 | Hiroshi Kajikawa | Japan | 1192 | 15 | 1189 | 22 | 2381 |
| 20 | Olavi Laurila | Finland | 1155 | 31 | 1217 | 9 | 2372 |
| 21 | Jacques Doyen | France | 1186 | 21 | 1183 | 23 | 2369 |
| 22 | Jakob Wolfensberger | Switzerland | 1191 | 16 | 1176 | 25 | 2367 |
| 23 | Jos Daman | Belgium | 1165 | 29 | 1200 | 15 | 2365 |
| 24 | Mati Vaikjärv | Soviet Union | 1194 | 11 | 1169 | 30 | 2363 |
| 25 | Elmer Ewert | Canada | 1194 | 11 | 1165 | 32 | 2359 |
| 26 | John Snelling | Great Britain | 1195 | 10 | 1161 | 35 | 2356 |
| 27 | Olle Boström | Sweden | 1168 | 27 | 1179 | 24 | 2347 |
| 28 | Alfonso Jones | Mexico | 1154 | 32 | 1190 | 21 | 2344 |
| 29 | Seiji Hibino | Japan | 1150 | 33 | 1194 | 18 | 2344 |
| 30 | Richard Krust | West Germany | 1172 | 26 | 1170 | 29 | 2342 |
| 31 | Alfredo Massazza | Italy | 1189 | 19 | 1151 | 39 | 2340 |
| 32 | Jan Erik Humlekjær | Norway | 1164 | 30 | 1175 | 26 | 2339 |
| 33 | Giancarlo Ferrari | Italy | 1167 | 28 | 1155 | 36 | 2322 |
| 34 | Béla Nagy | Hungary | 1135 | 39 | 1167 | 31 | 2302 |
| 35 | Sante Spigarelli | Italy | 1145 | 34 | 1155 | 36 | 2300 |
| 36 | Johannes Akkerhaugen | Norway | 1133 | 40 | 1155 | 36 | 2288 |
| 37 | Francisco Naranjilla | Philippines | 1117 | 44 | 1171 | 28 | 2288 |
| 38 | Shinji Nakamoto | Japan | 1124 | 42 | 1163 | 34 | 2287 |
| 39 | Marcel Balthasar | Luxembourg | 1144 | 36 | 1141 | 43 | 2285 |
| 40 | Jorma Sandelin | Finland | 1142 | 37 | 1136 | 45 | 2278 |
| 41 | Wayne Pullen | Canada | 1145 | 34 | 1130 | 46 | 2275 |
| 42 | Louis-Henry Lemirre | France | 1102 | 46 | 1164 | 33 | 2266 |
| 43 | Galsangiin Byambaa | Mongolia | 1112 | 45 | 1141 | 43 | 2253 |
| 44 | Alain Convard | France | 1100 | 47 | 1151 | 39 | 2251 |
| 45 | Ronald Bishop | Great Britain | 1138 | 38 | 1106 | 50 | 2244 |
| 46 | Tomasz Leżański | Poland | 1128 | 41 | 1109 | 48 | 2237 |
| 47 | Jean-Pierre Héritier | Switzerland | 1123 | 43 | 1099 | 51 | 2222 |
| 48 | Egil Borgen Johansen | Norway | 1076 | 50 | 1143 | 42 | 2219 |
| 49 | Emilio Ramos | Spain | 1092 | 48 | 1107 | 49 | 2199 |
| 50 | Carlos Santos, Jr. | Philippines | 1062 | 52 | 1121 | 47 | 2183 |
| 51 | Rafel Aveleyra | Mexico | 1031 | 54 | 1147 | 41 | 2178 |
| 52 | José Almanzor | Mexico | 1092 | 48 | 1083 | 52 | 2175 |
| 53 | Robin Sampson | New Zealand | 1060 | 53 | 1055 | 53 | 2115 |
| 54 | Ramón Aldea | Philippines | 1067 | 51 | 1035 | 54 | 2102 |
| 55 | Ferdinand Vega | Puerto Rico | 972 | 55 | 982 | 55 | 1954 |
* Notes
** Jacobsen defeated Telford 76-70 in a tie-breaker to gain 8th place.
** Jones defeated Hibino 61-46 in a tie-breaker to gain 28th place.
** Akkerhaugen defeated Naranjilla 286-285 in a tie-breaker to gain 36th place.