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Individual, Recurve, Women

Date	28 – 31 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Stone Mountain Archery Center, Stone Mountain, Georgia
Participants	64 from 29 countries
Format	Ranking round consisted of 72 arrows, 18 each at 30 metres, 50 metres, 60 metres, and 70 metres. Matches shot at 70 metres. Matches in rounds 1-3 consisted of 16 arrows. Matches in the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final round consisted of 12 arrows. 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.
Olympic Record (Match, 12 arrows)	114 WR / Kim Su-Nyeong KOR / 2 August 1992 / Details

Korea had become the dominant nation in archery, particularly among the women, but the 1995 World Champion was Moldovan Natalia Valeeva, who would lose in the round of 16 in Atlanta. It was difficult to pick among the Koreans because their team was so strong that players would often compete internationally for 1-2 years and then be surpassed by the new players coming up.

In Atlanta the ranking round was led by Ukrainian Lina Herasymenko, followed by China’s He Ying. He advanced to the final, surviving a shoot-off victory in round two against Norway’s Wenche-Lin Hess. Her opponent in the final was another relatively unknown Korean, Kim Gyeong-Uk. Kim was ranked only 31st in the world, as was He, and had only been eighth in the ranking round. Her most difficult match had come in round three against her teammate, Yun Hye-Yeong, who she defeated only 165-164. The final was a comfortable victory for Kim, 113-107, over He.

Finishing 54th in the ranking round was Italy’s Paola Fantato, who competed from a wheelchair, as she was the victim of poliomyelitis as a child.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC
1	35	Kim Gyeong-Uk	KOR	Gold
2	9	He Ying	CHN	Silver
3	62	Olena Sadovnycha	UKR	Bronze
4	59	Elif Altınkaynak	TUR
5	7	Volha Yakusheva	BLR
6	33	Kim Jo-Sun	KOR
7	11	Wang Xiaozhu	CHN
8	15	Barbara Mensing	GER
9	34	Yun Hye-Yeong	KOR
10	13	Alison Williamson	GBR
11	45	Joanna Nowicka	POL
12	36	Natalia Valeeva	MDA
13	56	Lin Yi-Yin	TPE
14	50	Rita Galinovskaya	RUS
15	41	Loedmila Arzjannikova	NED
16	2	Janet Dykman	USA
17	42	Wenche-Lin Hess	NOR
18	38	Marisol Bretón	MEX
19	57	Lin Ya-Hua	TPE
20	12	Séverine Bonal	FRA
21	60	Natalia Nasaridze-Çakir	TUR
22	3	Lindsay Langston	USA
23	63	Lina Herasymenko	UKR
24	27	Kinue Kodama	JPN
25	44	Katarzyna Klata	POL
26	53	Jenny Sjöwall	SWE
27	40	Christel Verstegen	NED
28	23	Giovanna Aldegani	ITA
29	10	Yang Jianping	CHN
30	49	Kirstin Lewis	RSA
31	8	Volha Zabuhina	BLR
32	20	Nurfitriyana Saiman-Lantang	INA
33	43	Iwona Dzięcioł	POL
34	17	Sandra Wagner	GER
35	55	Christa Bäckman	SWE
36	21	Danahuri Dahliana	INA
37	31	Anna Mozhar	KAZ
38	37	Nadejda Palovandova	MDA
39	1	Judi Adams	USA
40	16	Cornelia Pfohl	GER
41	26	Ai Ouchi	JPN
42	22	Hamdiah Damanhuri	INA
43	54	Kristina Persson	SWE
44	39	Jargalyn Otgon	MGL
45	19	Judit Kovács	HUN
46	58	Yang Chun-Chi	TPE
47	61	Elif Ekşi	TUR
48	5	Myfanwy Matthews	AUS
49	14	Khatuna Kvrivishvili	GEO
50	51	Makhlukhanum Murzayeva	RUS
51	18	Tímea Kiss	HUN
52	30	Irina Leonova	KAZ
53	52	Yelena Tutachikova	RUS
54	24	Paola Fantato	ITA
55	64	Nataliya Bilukha	UKR
56	28	Misato Koide	JPN
57	4	Deonne Bridger	AUS
58	29	Yana Tuniyants	KAZ
59	48	Jill Börresen	RSA
60	25	Giuseppina Di Blasi	ITA
61	47	Leanda Hendricks	RSA
62	32	Jennifer Mbuta	KEN
63	6	Ugyen Ugyen	BHU
64	46	María Reyes	PUR

Ranking Round

Date	28 July 1996 — 9:00
Format	Ranking round for placement into single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Targets Hit	10s	9s
1	63	Lina Herasymenko	UKR	673	72	31	35	=WR
2	9	He Ying	CHN	669	72	30	33
3	60	Natalia Nasaridze-Çakir	TUR	667	72	28	37
4	33	Kim Jo-Sun	KOR	663	72	33	24
5	62	Olena Sadovnycha	UKR	663	72	30	27
6	59	Elif Altınkaynak	TUR	663	72	28	31
7	36	Natalia Valeeva	MDA	662	72	27	34
8	35	Kim Gyeong-Uk	KOR	661	72	28	29
9	34	Yun Hye-Yeong	KOR	660	72	24	38
10	31	Anna Mozhar	KAZ	653	72	28	27
11	41	Loedmila Arzjannikova	NED	652	72	26	26
12	45	Joanna Nowicka	POL	651	72	27	27
13	51	Makhlukhanum Murzayeva	RUS	650	72	23	33
14	23	Giovanna Aldegani	ITA	650	72	19	38
15	13	Alison Williamson	GBR	648	72	25	27
16	10	Yang Jianping	CHN	648	72	22	33
17	2	Janet Dykman	USA	646	72	18	37
18	8	Volha Zabuhina	BLR	645	72	24	27
19	56	Lin Yi-Yin	TPE	644	72	24	29
20	50	Rita Galinovskaya	RUS	644	72	24	28
21	3	Lindsay Langston	USA	643	72	21	32
22	53	Jenny Sjöwall	SWE	643	72	16	39
23	52	Yelena Tutachikova	RUS	641	72	21	33
24	17	Sandra Wagner	GER	640	72	19	30
25	22	Hamdiah Damanhuri	INA	639	72	20	32
26	49	Kirstin Lewis	RSA	639	72	19	31
27	40	Christel Verstegen	NED	639	72	17	40
28	44	Katarzyna Klata	POL	639	72	17	34
29	38	Marisol Bretón	MEX	638	71	21	33
30	54	Kristina Persson	SWE	636	72	19	31
31	42	Wenche-Lin Hess	NOR	636	72	16	32
32	11	Wang Xiaozhu	CHN	636	72	16	32
33	24	Paola Fantato	ITA	635	72	21	25
34	30	Irina Leonova	KAZ	635	72	18	33
35	7	Volha Yakusheva	BLR	635	72	15	35
36	25	Giuseppina Di Blasi	ITA	634	72	19	29
37	14	Khatuna Kvrivishvili	GEO	634	72	19	29
38	61	Elif Ekşi	TUR	633	72	20	25
39	19	Judit Kovács	HUN	633	72	18	30
40	12	Séverine Bonal	FRA	632	72	22	22
41	57	Lin Ya-Hua	TPE	632	72	19	27
42	15	Barbara Mensing	GER	632	72	15	34
43	26	Ai Ouchi	JPN	631	72	17	29
44	58	Yang Chun-Chi	TPE	630	72	18	29
45	39	Jargalyn Otgon	MGL	630	72	15	35
46	29	Yana Tuniyants	KAZ	621	72	21	23
47	16	Cornelia Pfohl	GER	621	72	20	28
48	55	Christa Bäckman	SWE	617	72	11	33
49	5	Myfanwy Matthews	AUS	616	72	11	27
50	4	Deonne Bridger	AUS	615	72	11	28
51	21	Danahuri Dahliana	INA	615	72	11	27
52	27	Kinue Kodama	JPN	613	72	15	24
53	1	Judi Adams	USA	606	72	10	26
54	64	Nataliya Bilukha	UKR	605	72	9	30
55	20	Nurfitriyana Saiman-Lantang	INA	600	72	14	18
56	47	Leanda Hendricks	RSA	600	72	12	21
57	43	Iwona Dzięcioł	POL	599	71	12	25
58	28	Misato Koide	JPN	583	71	12	20
59	18	Tímea Kiss	HUN	582	72	9	19
60	6	Ugyen Ugyen	BHU	580	72	10	17
61	37	Nadejda Palovandova	MDA	580	70	10	24
62	48	Jill Börresen	RSA	567	71	9	18
63	46	María Reyes	PUR	535	72	6	16
64	32	Jennifer Mbuta	KEN	500	71	6	12

Round One

Date	31 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to second round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Lina Herasymenko	UKR	156 – 126	Jennifer Mbuta	KEN
Match #2	31 Jul	Wang Xiaozhu	CHN	152 – 143	Paola Fantato	ITA
Match #3	31 Jul	Janet Dykman	USA	156 – 154	Christa Bäckman	SWE
Match #4	31 Jul	Yang Jianping	CHN	159 – 150	Myfanwy Matthews	AUS
Match #5	31 Jul	Kim Gyeong-Uk	KOR	164 – 158	Iwona Dzięcioł	POL
Match #6	31 Jul	Séverine Bonal	FRA	156 – 151	Hamdiah Damanhuri	INA
Match #7	31 Jul	Lin Ya-Hua	TPE	162 – 158	Sandra Wagner	GER
Match #8	31 Jul	Yun Hye-Yeong	KOR	165 – 138	Leanda Hendricks	RSA
Match #9	31 Jul	Olena Sadovnycha	UKR	153 – 126	Ugyen Ugyen	BHU
Match #10	31 Jul	Katarzyna Klata	POL	152 – 148	Khatuna Kvrivishvili	GEO
Match #11	31 Jul	Lindsay Langston	USA	151 – 150	Yang Chun-Chi	TPE
Match #12	31 Jul	Joanna Nowicka	POL	165 – 152	Judi Adams	USA
Match #13	31 Jul	Kim Jo-Sun	KOR	163 – 153	Nadejda Palovandova	MDA
Match #14	31 Jul	Marisol Bretón	MEX	142 – 139	Giuseppina Di Blasi	ITA
Match #15	31 Jul	Rita Galinovskaya	RUS	150 – 150	Jargalyn Otgon	MGL
Match #16	31 Jul	Kinue Kodama	JPN	159 – 147	Makhlukhanum Murzayeva	RUS
Match #17	31 Jul	Natalia Nasaridze-Çakir	TUR	168 – 140	Jill Börresen	RSA	OR
Match #18	31 Jul	Volha Yakusheva	BLR	159 – 151	Kristina Persson	SWE
Match #19	31 Jul	Lin Yi-Yin	TPE	159 – 140	Yana Tuniyants	KAZ
Match #20	31 Jul	Giovanna Aldegani	ITA	157 – 153	Danahuri Dahliana	INA
Match #21	31 Jul	Elif Altınkaynak	TUR	155 – 147	Tímea Kiss	HUN
Match #22	31 Jul	Christel Verstegen	NED	155 – 150	Elif Ekşi	TUR
Match #23	31 Jul	Jenny Sjöwall	SWE	152 – 152	Ai Ouchi	JPN
Match #24	31 Jul	Loedmila Arzjannikova	NED	149 – 141	Nataliya Bilukha	UKR
Match #25	31 Jul	Natalia Valeeva	MDA	159 – 141	Misato Koide	JPN
Match #26	31 Jul	Kirstin Lewis	RSA	150 – 150	Judit Kovács	HUN
Match #27	31 Jul	Barbara Mensing	GER	150 – 145	Yelena Tutachikova	RUS
Match #28	31 Jul	Nurfitriyana Saiman-Lantang	INA	155 – 153	Anna Mozhar	KAZ
Match #29	31 Jul	He Ying	CHN	158 – 123	María Reyes	PUR
Match #30	31 Jul	Wenche-Lin Hess	NOR	154 – 148	Irina Leonova	KAZ
Match #31	31 Jul	Volha Zabuhina	BLR	158 – 152	Cornelia Pfohl	GER
Match #32	31 Jul	Alison Williamson	GBR	156 – 141	Deonne Bridger	AUS

Round Two

Date	31 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to third round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Wang Xiaozhu	CHN	156 – 152	Lina Herasymenko	UKR
Match #2	31 Jul	Janet Dykman	USA	154 – 148	Yang Jianping	CHN
Match #3	31 Jul	Kim Gyeong-Uk	KOR	159 – 153	Séverine Bonal	FRA
Match #4	31 Jul	Yun Hye-Yeong	KOR	167 – 155	Lin Ya-Hua	TPE
Match #5	31 Jul	Olena Sadovnycha	UKR	158 – 151	Katarzyna Klata	POL
Match #6	31 Jul	Joanna Nowicka	POL	152 – 152	Lindsay Langston	USA
Match #7	31 Jul	Kim Jo-Sun	KOR	158 – 157	Marisol Bretón	MEX
Match #8	31 Jul	Rita Galinovskaya	RUS	155 – 151	Kinue Kodama	JPN
Match #9	31 Jul	Volha Yakusheva	BLR	153 – 153	Natalia Nasaridze-Çakir	TUR
Match #10	31 Jul	Lin Yi-Yin	TPE	155 – 149	Giovanna Aldegani	ITA
Match #11	31 Jul	Elif Altınkaynak	TUR	160 – 149	Christel Verstegen	NED
Match #12	31 Jul	Loedmila Arzjannikova	NED	160 – 151	Jenny Sjöwall	SWE
Match #13	31 Jul	Natalia Valeeva	MDA	160 – 143	Kirstin Lewis	RSA
Match #14	31 Jul	Barbara Mensing	GER	144 – 141	Nurfitriyana Saiman-Lantang	INA
Match #15	31 Jul	He Ying	CHN	163 – 163	Wenche-Lin Hess	NOR
Match #16	31 Jul	Alison Williamson	GBR	157 – 142	Volha Zabuhina	BLR

Round Three

Date	31 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Wang Xiaozhu	CHN	156 – 149	Janet Dykman	USA
Match #2	31 Jul	Kim Gyeong-Uk	KOR	165 – 164	Yun Hye-Yeong	KOR
Match #3	31 Jul	Olena Sadovnycha	UKR	161 – 158	Joanna Nowicka	POL
Match #4	31 Jul	Kim Jo-Sun	KOR	164 – 157	Rita Galinovskaya	RUS
Match #5	31 Jul	Volha Yakusheva	BLR	161 – 157	Lin Yi-Yin	TPE
Match #6	31 Jul	Elif Altınkaynak	TUR	160 – 150	Loedmila Arzjannikova	NED
Match #7	31 Jul	Barbara Mensing	GER	163 – 158	Natalia Valeeva	MDA
Match #8	31 Jul	He Ying	CHN	165 – 159	Alison Williamson	GBR

Quarter-Finals

Date	31 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Kim Gyeong-Uk	KOR	106 – 103	Wang Xiaozhu	CHN
Match #2	31 Jul	Olena Sadovnycha	UKR	108 – 105	Kim Jo-Sun	KOR
Match #3	31 Jul	Elif Altınkaynak	TUR	109 – 107	Volha Yakusheva	BLR	OR
Match #4	31 Jul	He Ying	CHN	103 – 93	Barbara Mensing	GER

Semi-Finals

Date	31 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Kim Gyeong-Uk	KOR	111 – 109	Olena Sadovnycha	UKR	OR
Match #2	31 Jul	He Ying	CHN	101 – 100	Elif Altınkaynak	TUR

Final Round

Date	31 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	31 Jul	Kim Gyeong-Uk	KOR	113 – 107	He Ying	CHN	OR
Match 3/4	31 Jul	Olena Sadovnycha	UKR	109 – 102	Elif Altınkaynak	TUR