The women's individual recurve competition at the 2011 World Archery Championships took place from 4–10 July 2011 in Torino, Italy. 148 archers competed in the qualification round on 4 July; the top 104 archers qualified for the knockout tournament on 7–8 July, with the semi-finals and finals on 10 July. The tournament doubled as the principal qualification tournament for the 2012 Olympics.