The men's individual archery event at the 2008 Summer Olympics was part of the archery programme and took place at the Olympic Green Archery Field. Ranking Round was scheduled for August 9. First and second elimination rounds took place on August 13, and eights, quarterfinal, semifinals and medals matches were staged on August 15. All archery was done at a range of 70 metres, with targets 1.22 metres in diameter. Marco Galiazzo was at Beijing to defend his Olympic Gold Medal won on Athens but failed to qualify for the finals after being defeated in the Round of 32. Japanese Hiroshi Yamamoto,... silver at the last Games, and Australian Tim Cuddihy did not participate at the Chinese Games. 64 archers from 37 countries qualified for the event at the Beijing Olympics. The 44th Outdoor Archery World championship, held in Leipzig, Germany, plus 5 continental qualification tournaments and a Final World Qualification Tournament selected 61 slots for the event, along with 3 Tripartite Commission Invitations. The competition began with the ranking round. Each archer fired 72 arrows. This round was done entirely to seed the elimination brackets; all archers moved on to them.
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August 9, 2008 - August 15, 2008
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