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Individual, Recurve, Men

Date	12 – 19 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Panathinaiko Stadio, Athina / Proponitirio Toksovolias, Akharnes
Participants	64 from 35 countries
Format	Ranking round consisted of 72 arrows at 70 m. 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. Matches shot entirely at 70 metres.
Olympic Record (Match, 12 arrows)	115 / Oh Gyo-Mun KOR / 1 August 1996 / Details
Olympic Record (Match, 18 arrows)	172 / Jang Yong-Ho KOR / 18 September 2000 / Details
Olympic Record (Ranking Round, 72 arrows)	684 / Michele Frangilli ITA / 28 July 1996 / Details

Korea’s men archers were the best in the world, having won four of the last five World Championships both individually and in team competition. But they had been the best since around 1990 and had yet to have a male archer win an individual Olympic gold medal. This would continue in 2004, as, despite their three archers placing in the top five in the ranking round, none of them made the semi-finals, and they were shut-out of the medals.

In the lower half of the draw, Italy’s Marco Galiazzo advanced to the quarter-finals, where he faced the 2000 silver medalist, American Vic Wunderle. Galiazzo had been 2001 World Junior Champion and was the 2004 European Champion and had placed third in the ranking round and dispatched Wunderle 109-108, coming back to win on the final arrows. The final matched Galiazzo against Japan’s Hiroshi Yamamoto, a 41-year-old high school teacher. Yamamoto had won a bronze medal in the Olympic individual event in 1984, and competed at every Olympics from 1984-96. He failed to qualify in 2000 and tried to retire from the sport, but came back when his students encouraged him. Galiazzo continued his magical 2004 by defeating Yamamoto 111-109 for the gold medal.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC
1	12	Marco Galiazzo	ITA	Gold
2	45	Hiroshi Yamamoto	JPN	Silver
3	27	Tim Cuddihy	AUS	Bronze
4	24	Larry Godfrey	GBR
5	31	Park Gyeong-Mo	KOR
6	3	Im Dong-Hyeon	KOR
7	48	Chen Szu-Yuan	TPE
8	32	Vic Wunderle	USA
9	41	Anton Prylepau	BLR
10	61	Satyadev Prasad	IND
11	4	Jang Yong-Ho	KOR
12	14	Xue Haifeng	CHN
13	25	Viktor Ruban	UKR
14	10	Balzhinima Tsyrempilov	RUS
15	26	Oleksandr Serdiuk	UKR
16	8	Ilario Di Buò	ITA
17	29	Wang Cheng-Pang	TPE
18	33	Stanislav Zabrodsky	KAZ
19	43	Hasse Pavia Lind	DEN
20	49	Juanjo Serrano	MEX
21	21	Michael Frankenberg	GER
22	17	Takaharu Furukawa	JPN
23	9	Magnus Petersson	SWE
24	1	Dmytro Hrachov	UKR
25	11	Jonas Andersson	SWE
26	5	Liu Ming-Huang	TPE
27	7	Wietse van Alten	NED
28	28	Yavor Hristov	BUL
29	34	Alexandros Karageorgiou	GRE
30	35	Ron van der Hoff	NED
31	6	Michele Frangilli	ITA
32	16	Tashi Peljor	BHU
33	38	Hasan Orbay	TUR
34	56	Jorge Chapoy	MEX
35	13	Ricardo Merlos	ESA
36	46	Dave Barnes	AUS
37	18	Yuji Hamano	JPN
38	55	Franck Fisseux	FRA
39	40	Mattias Eriksson	SWE
40	58	Ken Uprichard	NZL
41	50	John Magera	USA
42	42	Yong Fujun	CHN
43	52	Tarundeep Rai	IND
44	39	Pieter Custers	NED
45	47	Lockoneco	INA
46	54	Felipe López	ESP
47	20	Jonathan Ohayon	CAN
48	62	Rob Elder	FIJ
49	51	Eduardo Magaña	MEX
50	30	Simon Fairweather	AUS
51	15	Jocelyn de Grandis	FRA
52	19	Butch Johnson	USA
53	36	Dmitry Nevmerzhitsky	RUS
54	59	Georgios Kalogiannidis	GRE
55	2	Jacek Proć	POL
56	23	Jeff Henckels	LUX
57	53	Apostolos Nanos	GRE
58	22	Maged Youssef	EGY
59	37	Majhi Sawaiyan	IND
60	44	Thomas Naglieri	FRA
61	57	Sifa Taumoepeau	TGA
62	60	Essam Sayed	EGY
63	63	Yehya Bundhun	MRI
64	64	Phoutlamphay Thiamphasone	LAO

Ranking Round

Date	12 August 2004 — 14:00
Format	Ranking round for placement into single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	10s	Xs
1	3	Im Dong-Hyeon	KOR	687	42	8	WR
2	9	Magnus Petersson	SWE	673	41	16
3	12	Marco Galiazzo	ITA	672	32	4
4	31	Park Gyeong-Mo	KOR	672	28	7
5	4	Jang Yong-Ho	KOR	671	30	18
6	1	Dmytro Hrachov	UKR	671	30	5
7	10	Balzhinima Tsyrempilov	RUS	668	35	9
8	43	Hasse Pavia Lind	DEN	666	29	13
9	45	Hiroshi Yamamoto	JPN	664	29	11
10	48	Chen Szu-Yuan	TPE	663	30	7
11	5	Liu Ming-Huang	TPE	663	28	11
12	27	Tim Cuddihy	AUS	663	28	9
13	15	Jocelyn de Grandis	FRA	663	28	8
14	7	Wietse van Alten	NED	661	27	10
15	25	Viktor Ruban	UKR	660	28	11
16	19	Butch Johnson	USA	660	27	10
17	18	Yuji Hamano	JPN	660	26	8
18	29	Wang Cheng-Pang	TPE	659	31	17
19	8	Ilario Di Buò	ITA	659	29	9
20	30	Simon Fairweather	AUS	658	27	8
21	21	Michael Frankenberg	GER	657	28	7
22	37	Majhi Sawaiyan	IND	657	25	11
23	2	Jacek Proć	POL	657	21	6
24	6	Michele Frangilli	ITA	654	27	8
25	26	Oleksandr Serdiuk	UKR	654	24	4
26	11	Jonas Andersson	SWE	653	30	14
27	14	Xue Haifeng	CHN	653	16	4
28	42	Yong Fujun	CHN	652	23	8
29	33	Stanislav Zabrodsky	KAZ	651	27	13
30	49	Juanjo Serrano	MEX	651	25	9
31	24	Larry Godfrey	GBR	650	24	7
32	52	Tarundeep Rai	IND	647	28	4
33	34	Alexandros Karageorgiou	GRE	647	21	12
34	38	Hasan Orbay	TUR	647	18	7
35	51	Eduardo Magaña	MEX	646	25	2
36	39	Pieter Custers	NED	646	23	5
37	17	Takaharu Furukawa	JPN	646	21	3
38	56	Jorge Chapoy	MEX	645	22	7
39	46	Dave Barnes	AUS	641	25	8
40	54	Felipe López	ESP	641	24	8
41	47	Lockoneco	INA	641	23	10
42	28	Yavor Hristov	BUL	641	20	4
43	32	Vic Wunderle	USA	639	25	7
44	36	Dmitry Nevmerzhitsky	RUS	639	18	5
45	41	Anton Prylepau	BLR	638	20	8
46	40	Mattias Eriksson	SWE	637	18	6
47	50	John Magera	USA	637	17	7
48	61	Satyadev Prasad	IND	634	16	4
49	35	Ron van der Hoff	NED	633	15	8
50	20	Jonathan Ohayon	CAN	632	15	6
51	13	Ricardo Merlos	ESA	630	24	7
52	16	Tashi Peljor	BHU	627	18	2
53	44	Thomas Naglieri	FRA	626	12	3
54	58	Ken Uprichard	NZL	623	19	7
55	23	Jeff Henckels	LUX	623	17	7
56	55	Franck Fisseux	FRA	622	20	3
57	60	Essam Sayed	EGY	602	16	5
58	59	Georgios Kalogiannidis	GRE	601	15	3
59	22	Maged Youssef	EGY	599	10	2
60	53	Apostolos Nanos	GRE	585	12	1
61	62	Rob Elder	FIJ	583	7	2
62	57	Sifa Taumoepeau	TGA	563	5	2
63	64	Phoutlamphay Thiamphasone	LAO	557	7	1
64	63	Yehya Bundhun	MRI	494	10	2

Round One

Date	16 August 2004 — 8:30
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round two.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Aug 8:30	Im Dong-Hyeon	KOR	152 – 109	Yehya Bundhun	MRI
Match #2	16 Aug 8:30	Alexandros Karageorgiou	GRE	147 – 143	Tarundeep Rai	IND
Match #3	16 Aug 8:57	Satyadev Prasad	IND	155 – 150	Yuji Hamano	JPN
Match #4	16 Aug 8:57	Ron van der Hoff	NED	145 – 135	Butch Johnson	USA
Match #5	16 Aug 9:24	Hiroshi Yamamoto	JPN	155 – 147	Franck Fisseux	FRA
Match #6	16 Aug 9:24	Michele Frangilli	ITA	153 – 141	Lockoneco	INA
Match #7	16 Aug 9:50	Oleksandr Serdiuk	UKR	164 – 141	Felipe López	ESP
Match #8	16 Aug 9:50	Hasse Pavia Lind	DEN	158 – 110	Essam Sayed	EGY
Match #9	16 Aug 10:17	Jang Yong-Ho	KOR	162 – 131	Apostolos Nanos	GRE
Match #10	16 Aug 10:17	Takaharu Furukawa	JPN	146 – 143	Yong Fujun	CHN
Match #11	16 Aug 10:44	Michael Frankenberg	GER	140 – 135	Dmitry Nevmerzhitsky	RUS
Match #12	16 Aug 10:44	Tim Cuddihy	AUS	148 – 127	Thomas Naglieri	FRA
Match #13	16 Aug 11:11	Tashi Peljor	BHU	161 – 136	Jocelyn de Grandis	FRA
Match #14	16 Aug 11:11	Anton Prylepau	BLR	141 – 137	Simon Fairweather	AUS
Match #15	16 Aug 11:37	Stanislav Zabrodsky	KAZ	145 – 141	Pieter Custers	NED
Match #16	16 Aug 11:37	Park Gyeong-Mo	KOR	154 – 138	Rob Elder	FIJ
Match #17	16 Aug 15:30	Marco Galiazzo	ITA	156 – 122	Sifa Taumoepeau	TGA
Match #18	16 Aug 15:30	Juanjo Serrano	MEX	148 – 138	Eduardo Magaña	MEX
Match #19	16 Aug 15:57	Ilario Di Buò	ITA	151 – 146	Mattias Eriksson	SWE
Match #20	16 Aug 15:57	Wietse van Alten	NED	152 – 151	Ricardo Merlos	ESA
Match #21	16 Aug 16:24	Liu Ming-Huang	TPE	148 – 145	Ken Uprichard	NZL
Match #22	16 Aug 16:24	Vic Wunderle	USA	145 – 128	Majhi Sawaiyan	IND
Match #23	16 Aug 16:51	Xue Haifeng	CHN	162 – 153	Jorge Chapoy	MEX
Match #24	16 Aug 16:51	Dmytro Hrachov	UKR	154 – 128	Maged Youssef	EGY
Match #25	16 Aug 17:18	Balzhinima Tsyrempilov	RUS	148 – 133	Georgios Kalogiannidis	GRE
Match #26	16 Aug 17:18	Jonas Andersson	SWE	160 – 151	Dave Barnes	AUS
Match #27	16 Aug 17:45	Yavor Hristov	BUL	133 – 132	Jacek Proć	POL
Match #28	16 Aug 17:45	Chen Szu-Yuan	TPE	136 – 132	Jeff Henckels	LUX
Match #29	16 Aug 18:12	Viktor Ruban	UKR	157 – 140	Jonathan Ohayon	CAN
Match #30	16 Aug 18:12	Wang Cheng-Pang	TPE	159 – 144	John Magera	USA
Match #31	16 Aug 18:37	Larry Godfrey	GBR	157 – 155	Hasan Orbay	TUR
Match #32	16 Aug 18:37	Magnus Petersson	SWE	158 – 95	Phoutlamphay Thiamphasone	LAO

Round Two

Date	17 August 2004 — 15:30
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round three.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Aug 15:30	Im Dong-Hyeon	KOR	171 – 159	Alexandros Karageorgiou	GRE
Match #2	17 Aug 15:30	Satyadev Prasad	IND	158 – 155	Ron van der Hoff	NED
Match #3	17 Aug 15:57	Hiroshi Yamamoto	JPN	162 – 154	Michele Frangilli	ITA
Match #4	17 Aug 15:57	Oleksandr Serdiuk	UKR	165 – 164	Hasse Pavia Lind	DEN
Match #5	17 Aug 16:24	Jang Yong-Ho	KOR	166 – 163	Takaharu Furukawa	JPN
Match #6	17 Aug 16:24	Tim Cuddihy	AUS	164 – 163	Michael Frankenberg	GER
Match #7	17 Aug 16:51	Anton Prylepau	BLR	155 – 152	Tashi Peljor	BHU
Match #8	17 Aug 16:51	Park Gyeong-Mo	KOR	164 – 164	Stanislav Zabrodsky	KAZ
Match #9	17 Aug 17:18	Marco Galiazzo	ITA	164 – 163	Juanjo Serrano	MEX
Match #10	17 Aug 17:18	Ilario Di Buò	ITA	164 – 160	Wietse van Alten	NED
Match #11	17 Aug 17:45	Vic Wunderle	USA	164 – 160	Liu Ming-Huang	TPE
Match #12	17 Aug 17:45	Xue Haifeng	CHN	162 – 161	Dmytro Hrachov	UKR
Match #13	17 Aug 18:12	Balzhinima Tsyrempilov	RUS	162 – 160	Jonas Andersson	SWE
Match #14	17 Aug 18:12	Chen Szu-Yuan	TPE	170 – 159	Yavor Hristov	BUL	OR for 2nd and 3rd round combined (339)
Match #15	17 Aug 18:37	Viktor Ruban	UKR	167 – 167	Wang Cheng-Pang	TPE
Match #16	17 Aug 18:37	Larry Godfrey	GBR	163 – 162	Magnus Petersson	SWE

Round Three

Date	19 August 2004 — 8:30
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Aug 8:30	Im Dong-Hyeon	KOR	167 – 165	Satyadev Prasad	IND
Match #2	19 Aug 8:56	Hiroshi Yamamoto	JPN	168 – 160	Oleksandr Serdiuk	UKR
Match #3	19 Aug 9:22	Tim Cuddihy	AUS	166 – 165	Jang Yong-Ho	KOR
Match #4	19 Aug 9:48	Park Gyeong-Mo	KOR	173 – 166	Anton Prylepau	BLR	OR for 18 arrow match
Match #5	19 Aug 10:14	Marco Galiazzo	ITA	162 – 155	Ilario Di Buò	ITA
Match #6	19 Aug 10:40	Vic Wunderle	USA	165 – 164	Xue Haifeng	CHN
Match #7	19 Aug 11:06	Chen Szu-Yuan	TPE	169 – 161	Balzhinima Tsyrempilov	RUS	OR for 2nd and 3rd round combined (339)
Match #8	19 Aug 11:31	Larry Godfrey	GBR	167 – 162	Viktor Ruban	UKR

Quarter-Finals

Date	19 August 2004 — 15:45
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Aug 15:45	Hiroshi Yamamoto	JPN	111 – 110	Im Dong-Hyeon	KOR
Match #2	19 Aug 16:00	Tim Cuddihy	AUS	112 – 111	Park Gyeong-Mo	KOR	OR for quarter, semi and final (340)
Match #3	19 Aug 16:15	Marco Galiazzo	ITA	109 – 108	Vic Wunderle	USA
Match #4	19 Aug 16:35	Larry Godfrey	GBR	110 – 108	Chen Szu-Yuan	TPE

Semi-Finals

Date	19 August 2004 — 16:50
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Aug 16:50	Hiroshi Yamamoto	JPN	115 – 115	Tim Cuddihy	AUS
Match #2	19 Aug 17:05	Marco Galiazzo	ITA	110 – 108	Larry Godfrey	GBR

Final Round

Date	19 August 2004 — 17:25

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	19 Aug 17:25	Marco Galiazzo	ITA	111 – 109	Hiroshi Yamamoto	JPN
Match 3/4	19 Aug 17:43	Tim Cuddihy	AUS	113 – 112	Larry Godfrey	GBR	OR for quarter, semi and final (340)