The men's individual was an archery event held as part of the Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics programme. Like other archery events at the Olympics, it featured the recurve discipline. All archery was done at a range of 70 metres. 64 archers competed.
The same basic competition format as in 1992 was used, though there were some significant changes. The competition began with a 72-arrow ranking round (down from 144 arrows in 1992). This was followed by three elimination rounds (up from two in 1992; the increase allowed every archer to advance to the elimination), in which archers competed head-to-head in 18-arrow matches (up from 12 arrows in 1992). After these rounds, there were 8 archers left. The quarterfinals, semifinals, and medal matches (collectively termed the "finals round") were 12-arrow matches. In all matches, losers were eliminated and received a final rank determined by their score in that round, with the exception of the semifinals. The losers of the semifinals competed in the bronze medal match.
Michele Frangilli, Italy def. Dominic Rebelo, Kenya (166-142)
Lalremsanga Chhangte, India def. Andrew Lindsay, New Zealand (160-156)
Tommi Tuovila, Finland def. Steven Hallard, Great Britain (151-150)
Stanislav Zabrodsky, Ukraine def. Jubzhang Jubzhang, Bhutan (156-156, 9-8)
Hsieh Sheng-Feng, Chinese Taipei def. Jackson Fear, Australia (164-162)
Takayoshi Matsushita, Japan def. Goran Bjerendal, Sweden (163-162)
Gary Hardinges, Great Britain def. Cho Sheng-Ling, Chinese Taipei (158-158, 10-9)
Justin Huish, United States def. Sergei Martynov, Kazakhstan (165-157)
Jari Lipponen, Finland def. Antonio Vazquez, Spain (168-143)
Samo Medved, Slovenia def. Aleksandr Yatsenko, Ukraine (161-150)
Paul Vermeiren, Belgium def. Limba Ram, India (165-140)
Rod White, United States def. Bair Badënov, Russia (161-152)
Vadim Chikarev, Kazakhstan def. Okyay Kucukkayalar, Turkey (166-144)
Jose Anchondo, Mexico def. Raul Kivilo, Estonia (158-157)
Lionel Torres, France def. Simon Fairweather, Australia (165-154)
Hiroshi Yamamoto, Japan def. Adolfo Gonzalez, Mexico (155-154)
Oh Kyo-Moon, Korea def. Stefan Mliakov, Bulgaria (162-156)
Paweł Szymczak, Poland def. Nuno Pombo, Portugal (152-148)
Martinus Grov, Norway def. Sebastien Flute, France (161-158)
Tang Hua, China def. Andrey Podlazov, Russia (157-154)
Baljinima Tsirempilov, Russia def. Vitaliy Shin, Kazakhstan (164-163)
Tomi Poikolainen, Finland def. Kevin Sally, Canada (158-155)
Mikael Larsson, Sweden def. Rob Rusnov, Canada (167-159)
Kim Bo-Ram, Korea def. Jeannot Robitaille, Canada (168-160)
Magnus Petersson, Sweden def. Luo Hengyu, China (167-161)
Andrea Parenti, Italy def. Damien Letulle, France (161-150)
Valeriy Yevetsky, Ukraine def. Wu Tsung-Yi, Chinese Taipei (159-156)
Matteo Bisiani, Italy def. Skalzang Dorje, India (167-156)
Jang Yong-Ho, Korea def. Paolo Tura, San Marino (164-141)
Keith Hanlon, Ireland def. Peter Koprivnikar, Slovenia (155-151)
Matthew Gray, Australia def. Shen Jun, China (162-158)
Richard Johnson, United States def. Matevz Krumpestar, Slovenia (158-140)
Michele Frangilli, Italy def. Lalremsanga Chhangte, India (164-158)
Stanislav Zabrodsky, Ukraine def. Tommi Tuovila, Finland (163-142)
Hsieh Sheng-Feng, Chinese Taipei def. Takayoshi Matsushita, Japan (157-156)
Justin Huish, United States def. Gary Hardinges, Great Britain (166-155)
Samo Medved, Slovenia def. Jari Lipponen, Finland (161-161, 9-8)
Paul Vermeiren, Belgium def. Rod White, United States (159-158)
Jose Anchondo, Mexico def. Vadim Chikarev, Kazakhstan (156-154)
Lionel Torres, France def. Hiroshi Yamamoto, Japan (164-163)
Oh Kyo-Moon, Korea def. Paweł Szymczak, Poland (169-154)
Martinus Grov, Norway def. Tang Hua, China (161-159)
Tomi Poikolainen, Finland def. Baljinima Tsirempilov, Russia (164-163)
Kim Bo-Ram, Korea def. Mikael Larsson, Sweden (166-160)
Magnus Petersson, Sweden def. Andrea Parenti, Italy (167-165)
Matteo Bisiani, Italy def. Valeriy Yevetsky, Ukraine (163-152)
Jang Yong-Ho, Korea def. Keith Hanlon, Ireland (165-159)
Richard Johnson, United States def. Matthew Gray, Australia (164-157)
Michele Frangilli's score of 170 in the round was an Olympic record for 18 arrows. Oh Kyo-Moon's score of 336 was an Olympic record for 36 arrows, R32 and R16 combined.
Michele Frangilli, Italy def. Stanislav Zabrodsky, Ukraine (170-160)
Justin Huish, United States def. Hsieh Sheng-Feng, Chinese Taipei (169-162)
Paul Vermeiren, Belgium def. Samo Medved, Slovenia (161-159)
Lionel Torres, France def. Jose Anchondo, Mexico (159-158)
Oh Kyo-Moon, Korea def. Martinus Grov, Norway (167-159)
Kim Bo-Ram, Korea def. Tomi Poikolainen, Finland (162-160)
Magnus Petersson, Sweden def. Matteo Bisiani, Italy (167-163)
Jang Yong-Ho, Korea def. Richard Johnson, United States (162-160)
Justin Huish, United States def. Michele Frangilli, Italy (112-112, 10-9)
Paul Vermeiren, Belgium def. Lionel Torres, France (111-106)
Oh Kyo-Moon, Korea def. Kim Bo-Ram, Korea (114-113)
Magnus Petersson, Sweden def. Jang Yong-Ho, Korea (111-108)
Justin Huish, United States def. Paul Vermeiren, Belgium (112-103)
Magnus Petersson, Sweden def. Oh Kyo-Moon, Korea (112-109)
Oh's score of 115 in the match was an Olympic record for a 12-arrow match, as well as combining with the 114 and 109 to set a world record at 338 for the 36 arrow final round.
Oh Kyo-Moon, Korea def. Paul Vermeiren, Belgium (115-110)
Justin Huish, United States def. Magnus Petersson, Sweden (112-107)
