| Date | 31 July 1996 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Stone Mountain Archery Center, Stone Mountain, Georgia | |
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals. | |
| Olympic Record (Match, 12 arrows) | 114 WR / Kim Su-Nyeong | |
| Olympic Record (Ranking Round, 72 arrows) | 673 WR / Lina Herasymenko | |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 31 Jul | Wang Xiaozhu | 156 – 149 | Janet Dykman | |||
| Match #2 | 31 Jul | Kim Gyeong-Uk | 165 – 164 | Yun Hye-Yeong | |||
| Match #3 | 31 Jul | Olena Sadovnycha | 161 – 158 | Joanna Nowicka | |||
| Match #4 | 31 Jul | Kim Jo-Sun | 164 – 157 | Rita Galinovskaya | |||
| Match #5 | 31 Jul | Volha Yakusheva | 161 – 157 | Lin Yi-Yin | |||
| Match #6 | 31 Jul | Elif Altınkaynak | 160 – 150 | Loedmila Arzjannikova | |||
| Match #7 | 31 Jul | Barbara Mensing | 163 – 158 | Natalia Valeeva | |||
| Match #8 | 31 Jul | He Ying | 165 – 159 | Alison Williamson |