| | Event type
Team, Women
| Date | 9 – 10 August 2008 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan Shejianchang, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing | |
| Participants | 30 from 10 countries | |
| Format | Teams consisted of three archers. Ranking rounds scores based on scores carried over from individual ranking round. Tie-breaking for the final placements was done by the following method. Losers in each round were ranked according to the score they shot in that round. Ties in that round were broken by the number of 10s shot in that round and then the number of 9s shot in that round. If still tied the score in the preceding round was used as the tie-breaker, followed by number of 10s, and then number of 9s in the preceding round. Team event shot entirely at 70 metres. Matches consisted of 27 arrows, 9 per archer. | |
| Olympic Record (Ranking Round, 216 arrows) | 2,030 WR / Lee Seong-Jin • Park Seong-Hyeon • Yun Mi-Jin  KOR / 12 August 2004 | |
Korea had won all five gold medals in this event and had also won the last four World Championships. They left little suspense when they set an Olympic record in the ranking round, and they won all their matches easily. As in 2004, China advanced to the final against Korea, again winning the silver medal. France won a surprising bronze medal for their first ever Olympic medal in women’s archery.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Republic of Korea | KOR | Gold | |||||
| Ju Hyeon-Jeong • Park Seong-Hyeon • Yun Ok-Hui | ||||||||
| 2 | People's Republic of China |  CHN | Silver | |||||
| Chen Ling • Guo Dan • Zhang Juanjuan | ||||||||
| 3 | France |  FRA | Bronze | |||||
| Virginie Arnold • Sophie Dodémont • Bérengère Schuh | ||||||||
| 4 | Great Britain |  GBR | ||||||
| Charlotte Burgess • Naomi Folkard • Alison Williamson | ||||||||
| 5 | Italy |  ITA | ||||||
| Pia Lionetti • Elena Tonetta • Natalia Valeeva | ||||||||
| 6 | Poland |  POL | ||||||
| Małgorzata Ćwienczek • Iwona Marcinkiewicz • Justyna Mospinek | ||||||||
| 7 | India |  IND | ||||||
| Dola Banerjee • Bombayla Devi • Pranitha Vardhineni | ||||||||
| 8 | Japan |  JPN | ||||||
| Nami Hayakawa • Yuki Hayashi • Sayoko Kitabatake | ||||||||
| 9 | Chinese Taipei |  TPE | ||||||
| Wei Pi-Hsiu • Wu Hui-Ju • Yuan Shu-Chi | ||||||||
| 10 | Colombia |  COL | ||||||
| Ana María Rendón • Sigrid Romero • Natalia Sánchez | ||||||||
Ranking Round
| Date | 9 August 2008 — 12:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ranking round for placement into single-elimination tournament. |
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Team Points | Individual Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Republic of Korea | KOR | 2.004 | – | ||
| Ju Hyeon-Jeong | 2.004 | 664 | ||||
| Park Seong-Hyeon | 2.004 | 673 | ||||
| Yun Ok-Hui | 2.004 | 667 | ||||
| 2 | Great Britain | GBR | 1.925 | – | ||
| Charlotte Burgess | 1.925 | 623 | ||||
| Naomi Folkard | 1.925 | 651 | ||||
| Alison Williamson | 1.925 | 651 | ||||
| 3 | People's Republic of China | CHN | 1.916 | – | ||
| Chen Ling | 1.916 | 645 | ||||
| Guo Dan | 1.916 | 636 | ||||
| Zhang Juanjuan | 1.916 | 635 | ||||
| 4 | Poland | POL | 1.908 | – | ||
| Małgorzata Sobieraj-Ćwienczek | 1.908 | 645 | ||||
| Iwona Dzięcioł-Marcinkiewicz | 1.908 | 620 | ||||
| Justyna Mospinek | 1.908 | 643 | ||||
| 5 | France | FRA | 1.903 | – | ||
| Virginie Arnold | 1.903 | 626 | ||||
| Sophie Dodémont | 1.903 | 632 | ||||
| Bérengère Schuh | 1.903 | 645 | ||||
| 6 | India | IND | 1.897 | – | ||
| Dola Banerjee | 1.897 | 633 | ||||
| Bombayla Devi | 1.897 | 637 | ||||
| Pranitha Vardhineni | 1.897 | 627 | ||||
| 7 | Japan | JPN | 1.881 | – | ||
| Nami Hayakawa | 1.881 | 649 | ||||
| Yuki Hayashi | 1.881 | 616 | ||||
| Sayoko Kawauchi-Kitabatake | 1.881 | 616 | ||||
| 8 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | 1.871 | – | ||
| Wei Pi-Hsiu | 1.871 | 585 | ||||
| Wu Hui-Ju | 1.871 | 634 | ||||
| Yuan Shu-Chi | 1.871 | 652 | ||||
| 9 | Italy | ITA | 1.842 | – | ||
| Pia Lionetti | 1.842 | 613 | ||||
| Elena Tonetta | 1.842 | 595 | ||||
| Natalia Valeeva | 1.842 | 634 | ||||
| 10 | Colombia | COL | 1.841 | – | ||
| Ana María Rendón | 1.841 | 647 | ||||
| Sigrid Romero | 1.841 | 551 | ||||
| Natalia Sánchez | 1.841 | 643 |
Round One
| Date | 10 August 2008 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | Republic of Korea | KOR | |||||
| Match #2 | 10 Aug 10:25 | Italy | ITA | 215 – 211 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | |
| Match #3 | Poland | POL | |||||
| Match #4 | France | FRA | |||||
| Match #5 | People's Republic of China | CHN | |||||
| Match #6 | India | IND | |||||
| Match #7 | 10 Aug 10:00 | Japan | JPN | 206 – 199 | Colombia | COL | |
| Match #8 | Great Britain | GBR |
Quarter-Finals
| Date | 10 August 2008 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 10 Aug 12:05 | Republic of Korea | KOR | 231 – 217 | Italy | ITA | |
| Match #2 | 10 Aug 11:40 | France | FRA | 218 – 211 | Poland | POL | |
| Match #3 | 10 Aug 10:50 | People's Republic of China | CHN | 211 – 206 | India | IND | |
| Match #4 | 10 Aug 11:15 | Great Britain | GBR | 201 – 196 | Japan | JPN |
Semi-Finals
| Date | 10 August 2008 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to final round. |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 10 Aug 16:25 | Republic of Korea | KOR | 213 – 184 | France | FRA | |
| Match #2 | 10 Aug 16:00 | People's Republic of China | CHN | 208 – 202 | Great Britain | GBR |
Final Round
| Date | 10 August 2008 |
|---|
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 10 Aug 18:10 | Republic of Korea | KOR | 224 – 215 | People's Republic of China | CHN | |
| Match #2 | 10 Aug 17:45 | France | FRA | 203 – 201 | Great Britain | GBR |