American Brady Ellison won the men's recurve competition for a record third time, beating 16-year-old Marcus D'Almeida in the final by shoot off.[1][2][3][4] The winners in the other events were all from the Americas.
The compound legs consisted of a 50m qualification round of 72 arrows, followed by the compound round at 50m on a 6-zone target face, using cumulative scoring for all individual, team and mixed competitions. The top seven individual performers (with no more than two from each country,) plus one host nation representative if not already qualified, proceeded to the finals; the top mixed team performer proceeded to face the host nation at the finals, which were the same competition format as the legs. The team competition was not competed at the finals.[5]
The recurve legs consisted of a 1440 qualification round (formerly called a FITA round), followed by a 72m Olympic set system. The top seven individual performers (with no more than two from each country), plus one host nation representative if not already qualified, proceeded to the finals; the top mixed team performer proceeded to face the host nation at the finals, which were the same competition format as the legs. The team competition was not competed at the finals.[6]
The scores awarded in the four stages were as follows:
With the exception of the highest ranked recurve archers Oh Jin-hyek and Jung Dasomi, the qualified athletes from South Korea declined invitations to the World Cup Final in order to focus on the Asian Games, and were replaced by the next highest qualifiers. The final places were filled by representatives from the host nation, Switzerland.[16][17][18]
