Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual recurve open

The men's individual recurve open archery discipline at the 2020 Summer Paralympics was contested from 27 August to 3 September.

Archery, Men's recurve open at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue	Yumenoshima Park Archery Field
Dates	27 August – 3 September 2021
Competitors	31 from 25 nations
Medalists
Kevin Mather  United States Zhao Lixue  China Harvinder Singh  India
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In the ranking rounds each archer shoots 72 arrows, and is seeded according to score. In the knock-out stages each archer shoots three arrows per set against an opponent, the scores being aggregated. Losing semifinalists compete in a bronze medal match.^[1] As the field contained 31 archers, the single highest-ranked archer in the ranking round, will progress directly to the round of 16 places.

Ranking round

The ranking round of the men's individual recurve event was held on 27 August.^[2][3]

Rank	Archer	Nation	10s	Xs	Score	Notes
1	Gholamreza Rahimi	Iran	23	7	644	PR
2	Zhao Lixue	China	20	10	639
3	Kirill Smirnov	RPC	18	9	632
4	Hanreuchai Netsiri	Thailand	8	3	632	SB
5	Bato Tsydendorzhiev	RPC	18	4	630
6	Kim Min-su	South Korea	15	3	628
7	Guillaume Toucoullet	France	13	3	620
8	Anton Ziapaev	RPC	13	6	612
9	Sadık Savaş	Turkey	19	6	611
10	Chikara Vivek	India	20	2	609	SB
11	Tomohiro Ueyama	Japan	16	5	609
12	Stefano Travisani	Italy	14	4	609	SB
13	Samuel Molina	Mexico	10	3	609
14	Dávid Ivan	Slovakia	10	1	609
15	Eric Bennett	United States	19	7	608
16	Eugen Patru	Romania	16	4	608
17	Kevin Mather	United States	13	7	606
18	Taymon Kenton-Smith	Australia	9	1	604
19	Wang Sijun	China	7	1	604
20	Dejan Fabčič	Slovenia	18	3	603
21	Harvinder Singh	India	14	6	600
22	Václav Košťál	Czech Republic	8	2	590	SB
23	Sampath Megahamulea	Sri Lanka	13	6	589
24	Łukasz Ciszek	Poland	14	4	585
25	Vedat Aksoy	Turkey	10	3	583
26	David Phillips	Great Britain	7	3	582
27	Heriberto Alves Rocca	Brazil	11	3	581
28	Suresh Selvathamby	Malaysia	10	5	579	SB
29	Maik Szarszewski	Germany	10	2	569
30	Pema Rigsel	Bhutan	7	2	523
31	Namjilmaagiin Mönkhbaatar	Mongolia	3	3	409

Knockout rounds

The knockout rounds will be held on 3 September 2021.^[4][5]

Top half

	Round of 32										Round of 16										Quarterfinals										Semifinals
											1	Rahimi (IRI)	5 9	22	26	27	25	26
	17	Mather (USA)	7	26	29	27	26	28			17	Mather (USA)	6 10	23	29	24	23	26
	16	Patru (ROU)	3	25	24	27	27	27													17	Mather (USA)	6	28	27	29	26
	9	Savaş (TUR)	6	21	26	22	26	29													9	Savaş (TUR)	2	23	27	28	26
	24	Ciszek (POL)	4	22	24	23	24	22			9	Savaş (TUR)	6	25	23	24	26	26
	25	Aksoy (TUR)	6	19	26	26	27				25	Aksoy (TUR)	4	22	24	26	24	22
	8	Ziapaev (RPC)	2	24	24	25	22																								17	Mather (USA)	6	28	24	25	24	26
	5	Tsydendorzhiev (RPC)	6	25	24	25	28																								21	Singh (IND)	4	25	24	25	25	24
	28	Selvathamby (MAS)	2	23	28	23	23				5	Tsydendorzhiev (RPC)	5 7	28	28	26	21	28
	21	Singh (IND)	6 10	27	26	26	25	25			21	Singh (IND)	6 8	26	23	29	23	28
	12	Travisani (ITA)	5 7	24	22	27	25	27													21	Singh (IND)	6	25	28	25	26
	13	Molina (MEX)	0	23	22	23															29	Szarszewski (GER)	2	21	23	28	23
	20	Fabčič (SLO)	6	25	28	28					20	Fabčič (SLO)	0	23	27	24
	29	Szarszewski (GER)	6	21	24	25	22				29	Szarszewski (GER)	6	27	28	27
	4	Netsiri (THA)	2	24	22	22	21

Bottom half

	Round of 32										Round of 16										Quarterfinals										Semifinals
	3	Smirnov (RPC)	6	25	28	21	27
	30	Rigsel (BHU)	2	23	23	22	18				3	Smirnov (RPC)	6	28	28	26
	19	Wang (CHN)	2	27	23	21	22				14	Ivan (SVK)	0	22	21	18
	14	Ivan (SVK)	6	24	26	27	24														3	Smirnov (RPC)	4	27	29	27	27	27
	11	Ueyama (JPN)	0	21	21	18															6	Kim (KOR)	6	30	27	26	28	28
	22	Košťál (CZE)	6	25	24	27					22	Košťál (CZE)	2	23	25	19	18
	27	Alves Rocca (BRA)	4	25	17	23	27	23			6	Kim (KOR)	6	28	22	27	25
	6	Kim (KOR)	6	20	22	24	24	30																							6	Kim (KOR)	5 8	26	30	25	25	23
	7	Toucoullet (FRA)	2	24	25	25	26																								2	Zhao (CHN)	6 10	25	27	25	26	25
	26	Phillips (GBR)	6	26	24	27	28				26	Phillips (GBR)	7	27	25	22	29	23
	23	Megahamulea (SRI)	2	22	25	21	21				10	Vivek (IND)	3	25	25	28	22	17
	10	Vivek (IND)	6	25	24	25	25														26	Phillips (GBR)	2	26	27	18	22
	15	Bennett (USA)	6	27	29	23	24	28													2	Zhao (CHN)	6	27	26	27	26
	18	Kenton-Smith (AUS)	4	25	24	24	25	24			15	Bennett (USA)	4	25	25	26	29	21
	31	N. Mönkhbaatar (MGL)	0	16	20	20					2	Zhao (CHN)	6	26	25	26	27	25
	2	Zhao (CHN)	6	27	24	23

Finals

	Gold medal match
	17	Mather (USA)	6	25	23	25	24	28
	2	Zhao (CHN)	4	24	19	25	27	28
	Bronze medal match
	21	Singh (IND)	6 10	26	27	28	25	26
	8	Kim (KOR)	5 8	24	29	25	25	27

References

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